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1. Fantastic Case Studies
2. This Is What Geothermal Looks Like
3. NYS Clean Heat Stakeholders Conference
4. Career Corner

1. Fantastic Case Studies

Sustainable Westchester has put together a fantastic collection of 17 short commercial clean heating and cooling case studies.

Feast your eyes and stimulate your imagination with extraordinary examples of high-performing North American buildings with heat pump HVAC systems, like the one below.

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2. This Is What Geothermal Looks Like

Alan Waller, Lower Michigan Territory Manager at WaterFurnace International, recently gave a virtual talk in Michigan that was part of a webinar titled All- Electric New Homes with Incentives and Utility Incentives in Michigan.

The talk includes several excellent slides, including the one below, illustrating where the energy comes from in a typical geothermal home.

The webinar can be viewed here. Waller's section runs from 13:36 to 19:50.

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For Our Readers

See the New York Heat Pump Incentive Table here.

NOTE: LIPA/PSEG-LI rebates are not included in this table, but can be found here, under the section "Higher Rebates."

NYSERDA Ground Source Heat Pump video

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3. NYS Clean Heat Stakeholders Conference

The New York Electric Utilities and NYSERDA have established a Joint Management Committee (JMC) for the NYS Clean Heat Statewide Heat Pump Program. NYS Department of Public Service Staff will serve in an oversight and consultative role.

The JMC plans to host two stakeholder forums each year and the first, Heat Pump Program Stakeholder Conference, will be held on November 20, 2020 from 10 AM - Noon.

Here is the agenda, in part, from the notice:

NYS Clean Heat Program Update

Program performance

Program processes and documents

JMC work group update

Eligible technologies

NYSERDA market development

Future considerations and plans

Open Discussion*

Growing the Heat Pump Market

How would you characterize customer awareness and perception of heat pump technologies? What information or arguments are most influential in convincing customers to consider and purchase heat pumps?

What type of tools or resources would be helpful in expanding customer awareness of these technologies? Would certain customer segments benefit more than others from increased awareness?

How can the JMC, Electric Utilities, and associated parties support increased adoption of heat pump technologies throughout New York State?

In what ways has COVID continued to impact customer decisions, business activities, sales pipelines and project completion? Please share specifics.

Supporting the Contractor Network

How have code, regulatory, and technical considerations played a role in project design and completion?

What new types of contractor/manufacturer/code official trainings would be helpful in the market?

Read the entire notice to the conference here. Here is the link to register for the meeting.

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4. Career Corner

NOTE: International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) Accredited Installer (AI) Certification is necessary for companies wishing to participate in the NYSERDA geothermal rebate program.

See TRAINING here.

See EVENTS, WEBINARS and JOBS AVAILABLE here.

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Top Job

2017 TOP JOB Award Winner:

Buffalo Geothermal's
Lockport Housing Authority Installation

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