All Skylight Articles

Pilot light: HDFC co-op pioneers a new strategy for air-source heat pumps

Inside the pilot program that helped this LMI Manhattan co-op lean less heavily on #2 heating oil

What are we going to do with this roof?

The story of how one Brooklyn condo board bonded together over solar energy — after much deliberation

Heat pumps transform former factory lofts into a temperature-controlled oasis

The International Tailoring Building set out to make their spaces more comfort­able, and met LL97 regu­la­tions along the way

How a Queens multifamily rental building turned roof repairs into energy gains

When it came time for routine repairs, the Bluestone group upgraded to solar

Controlling for comfort — and for cost

New air-source heat pumps offer resi­dents an increased level of control, but also shift who’s paying for the heat

How this Brooklyn condo ensures its solar panels work at max efficiency

Once solar panels are installed, engi­neers utilize energy ​“clip­ping” to ensure peak perfor­mance, even on the cloud­iest days

Hybrid heating, modern solutions

Ecosystem engi­neers utilize both heat pumps and a gas boiler to heat Manhattan co-op

Simple installations and a financial ‘no-brainer’

Solar panels on the roof of Forest Hills rental carve a pathway toward clean energy via net metering

Sealing in the benefits of energy efficiency

Project designers explain why air sealing is a crucial compo­nent of any energy effi­ciency project

Making it make cents

A Q&A with Jay Merves on green financing options for different types of homeowners

Installing heat pumps in a fully-occupied co-op

How this Manhattan building completed a major energy upgrade without disrupting resi­dents’ lives

Renewable energy, sustainable financing

NYCEEC worked with the Bluestone Organization for its first loan to a multi­family rental unit for solar installation

Tips from Tom Sahagian

An energy aficionado offers advice on how to make the switch to more renew­able technology

“We had to tell a good story.”

How Lucas Parra lobbied his neigh­bors for rooftop solar

From nightclubs to boiler rooms

Get to know Eric Einstein, the co-op member behind the International Tailoring Building’s HVAC revamp

Eric Bluestone talks solar strategy

Bluestone, pres­i­dent at the Bluestone Organization, is putting solar anywhere he can

“If we could do it, anyone could”

A Q&A with two coop­er­a­tors from one of New York City’s orig­inal self-managed Finnish co-ops, who coor­di­nated efforts to tune up their ancient boiler and patch up leaks in the walls

What is Local Law 97?

Skylight’s all-in-one explainer of New York City’s land­mark building decar­boniza­tion law — and what it means for the city’s resi­den­tial buildings.

“Read the F*cking Manual!”

A Q&A with Chris McGinnis, a former IBM worker and long­time co-op resi­dent who made it his mission to learn how build­ings work so he could make his own more efficient

“Everyone’s sick of hearing about heat pumps from me!”

A Q&A with Kathryn DeFehr, Brooklyn archi­tect and co-op resi­dent, on how to sway a co-op board