Skylight Editions

Rent-stabilized tenants fight for an energy efficient retrofit — and win

Demands for effi­ciency pay off for tenants in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights in the form of brand-new heat pumps

All-electrics aren’t all created equal

What’s right for your building — heat pumps, or elec­tric resis­tance heaters?

Tenant power heats up

How one rent-stabi­lized building orga­nized to demand heating upgrades

The birth of an organizer

Anna Nemetz’s journey from freezing renter to tenant leader

In the South Bronx, this co-op sets a high standard

How one working-class coop­er­a­tive took an incre­mental approach to improving effi­ciency, and found savings along the way

Real Time Energy Management (RTEM) tech offers real savings opportunities

Meet the NYSERDA-backed tech that saved Sherman Terrace more than $53,000 on energy in one year

“We have to be very smart with how we are using money.”

How this South Bronx co-op maxi­mized impact without sacri­ficing budget

Getting under the hood with Derek K. Jones

What drove this South Bronx coop­er­ator to lead his building toward solar and more

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

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

Sealing in the benefits of energy efficiency

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

Tips from Tom Sahagian

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

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

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

Making it make cents

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

“We had to tell a good story.”

How Lucas Parra lobbied his neigh­bors for rooftop solar

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

Hybrid heating, modern solutions

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

Installing heat pumps in a fully-occupied co-op

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

From nightclubs to boiler rooms

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

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

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

Renewable energy, sustainable financing

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

Eric Bluestone talks solar strategy

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

A facelift into an energy efficient future

An Upper East Side co-op replaces white-brick façade with porce­lain tile, fixing leaks and improving insulation

Betting on a better Building Management System

An auto­mated program to monitor building systems helps Manhattan co-op inch toward Local Law 97 compliance

Out of the china cabinet and onto the façade

Cutting-edge porce­lain tiles offer dura­bility and low main­te­nance for Manhattan co-op

How Stefan Unger got “married to the project”

This co-op member became an expert in rain­screen cladding by leading his build­ing’s reno­va­tion project