Sustainable  Energy   CUNY  SustainableWorks  

Modeling    a  Sustainable  NYC  transformation  

Building  the  tools  to  move  

cleantech  in  to  NYC  and  beyond  

 

Building  commercialization  

platforms

CUNY  Sustainability  Project  

The  City  University  of  New  York  Sustainable  CUNY  

 NYC  Solar  Deployment  Roadmap    PV  Interconnection  Study  (with  NREL)  Property  tax  abatement  Expansion  of  state  net-­‐metering  law  Solar  Ombudsmen  

NYC  Installer  Survey  DOB  Placement  

Putting  the  Policies  and  Relationships  in  Place    

 

NYC  2007-­‐2011:    Creating  a  Roadmap  for  Large  Scale  Solar  Adoption  in  Urban  America  

Understanding  the  Market  &  Structuring  for  Deployment    

With  multiple  substations,  

even  one  or  two  

Megawatts  of  solar  in  the  

right  place  can  make  a  

powerful  difference  in  a  

City  that  is  the  financial  hub  

of  America  

Targeting  Deployment  

46  area  substations    57  networks  

Zone  Identification  

Con  Edison  networks  

Day-­‐peaking  profile    

Infrastructure  upgrades  needed  OR,  solar  to  defer  the  

 

Rooftop  potential      

NYC  Solar  Empowerment  Zones  

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Virtualized,  single-­‐portal  permitting  process  for  installers  and  customers  

 

Inter-­‐agency  data  Sharing  and  project  tracking  

 

Identifying  inter-­‐agency  synergies  and  eliminating  process  redundancies  

 

The  Goal:  Reduce  the  process  for  installing  PV  systems  in  NYC    to  100  days  

 

Tools:  The    

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The  largest  Light  Detection  and  Ranging  (LiDAR)  based  Solar  Map  in  the  World  

Solar  potential  and  usable  rooftop  area  estimates  for  every  building  in  New  York  City    

Built  in  Solar  PV  Financial  Calculator  which  estimates  Financial  Metrics,  Electricity  Savings,  Environmental  Impact,  and  Cost  after  Incentives  

Tools:  The  NYC  Solar  Map    

www.nycsolarmap.com  

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U.S.  Solar  Balance  of  System  Costs  2010  balance  of  systems  costs:  1.6  Billion  Dollars  in  2010  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Image  source:  Goodrich  et  al,  2011.    

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 SMART  (Solar  Market  Analysis  Reporting  and  Tracking)  NY  

SMART  NY  

Enable  Markets  

and  Supply  

Workforce  Development  

Research  and  

Innovation  

 Enabling  

 

   

 Investment  

JOBS    

Sustainable  Energy   CUNY  SustainableWorks  

CUNY  Sustainability  Project  

The  City  University  of  New  York  Sustainable  CUNY  

Communications  laurie.reilly@mail.cuny.edu