Event Description

New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) has partnered with the Dutch initiative EnergieSprong to challenge market development of feasible deep energy retrofits. Beginning with six pilot projects focused on affordable multifamily housing, teams throughout the State search to flush out demand forecasts, industry investment, and regulatory constraints to drive market transforming solutions to net zero, or near net zero retrofits targeting the State’s existing building stock.

Where do the origins of this concept lie? This leads us on an adventure through the Netherlands, where market development has been in process for nearly ten years. A team of architects, engineers, financiers and owners took the opportunity to experience, first-hand, the advancements in technology and financing principles involved with developing market ready deep energy retrofits.

We bring this information back to North America for implementation, sharing details of cost compression including industrialization of architectural components, pre-fabricated mechanical systems, and finance models showing the ability for such retrofits to become viable in a market driven economy. Most importantly we make connections to New York State and North America, assessing compatibility and the opportunity to adapt and expand upon metrics seen for nearly a decade overseas.