NYPA Press Release

NYPA to Partner with OGS to Install Energy Efficiency Upgrades Totaling

$11 Million at the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center

Heating, Cooling and Lighting Improvements to Result in

Energy Cost Savings and Reduced Carbon Emissions

NYPA, OGS to Improve Energy Reliability and Efficiency of

Incident Response Center

WHITE PLAINS—The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) today announced the installation of energy efficiency upgrades at the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center in Westchester County. The $11 million project includes the replacement of the center’s existing heating and cooling systems and the installation of energy efficient LEDs.

“New York’s first responders are the best in the nation and they deserve facilities that are as prepared and reliable as they are,” said New York Power Authority President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll. “The suite of energy efficiency and reliability improvements at the Hudson Valley Management Center will upgrade the facility’s heating, cooling, and lighting systems, curbing carbon emissions and reducing operating and maintenance costs.”

“In support of Governor Hochul’s ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in New York State, OGS is committed to working with NYPA and our other partners in state government to identify and implement clean energy projects at state properties managed by OGS,” said OGS Commissioner Jeanette Moy. “The energy efficiency upgrades taking place at the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center will decrease the carbon footprint at a building that is home to agencies providing crucially important transportation and emergency-response services in the region.”

NYPA will replace the facility’s existing chillers with two new air-cooled chillers, reducing the overall cooling needs of the office space, and add two smaller AC units dedicated to the IT rooms. Separating the office spaces’ cooling from the two large IT rooms, which house the building’s servers, will improve system resiliency and reduce energy use.

Additionally, NYPA will replace the facility’s existing boilers with newer, more efficient boilers to supply reliable heat and hot water throughout the three-story building.

As part of the project, NYPA will upgrade the building’s energy management system, which will allow OGS to utilize the new overall heating and cooling systems more efficiently.

Additionally, the Power Authority will replace the facility’s fluorescent light fixtures with more than 2,000 energy efficient LED fixtures.

In total, the improvements will reduce the center’s annual carbon emissions by 300 metric tons—the emissions equivalent of not using nearly 35,000 gallons of gasoline annually.

The project is expected to begin this June and be completed by the end of 2025.

The Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center is an around-the-clock facility that hosts a variety of government agencies, including the New York State Police and a 911 call center. The center is critical for transit management and incident response in the Hudson Valley.

The energy efficiency upgrades at the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center are among the latest capital projects aimed at reducing OGS’ carbon footprint. In the past ten years, NYPA has implemented 24 projects totaling nearly $69 million for OGS, saving the agency nearly $3.4 million annually and reducing carbon emissions by more than 9,000 metric tons.

The improvements also directly support BuildSmart 2025, a statewide energy efficiency program administered by NYPA, aimed at reducing energy usage in state facilities by 11 trillion British Thermal Units (BTU) by the end of 2025—the equivalent of removing nearly 500,000 cars from the road.

NYPA provides a wide variety of energy technology and renewable energy services to its governmental customers under BuildSmart 2025, including energy audits, project engineering, design, installation, and construction management. The energy efficiency projects carried out by NYPA include high efficiency lighting retrofits, occupancy and daylighting lighting sensors, building and energy management systems, boilers, chillers, air-handling systems, thermal storage, microgrids, solar photovoltaic systems, anaerobic digesters, and emerging energy technologies.

State entities have implemented or are actively developing nearly 1,300 energy projects with calculated energy savings of more than 8.1 trillion BTUs.

BuildSmart 2025 is part of the state’s overall goal to reduce on-site energy consumption in buildings by 185 trillion BTUs by 2025.

Buildings are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in New York State and integrating energy efficiency and electrification measures in new and existing buildings will reduce carbon pollution and help achieve more sustainable, healthy, and comfortable buildings in support of the state's ambitious goal to achieve 2 million climate-friendly homes by 2030. Through New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Power Authority and utility programs, more than $6.8 billion is being invested to decarbonize buildings to achieve the state's decarbonization goals. By improving energy efficiency in buildings and including onsite storage, renewables, and electric vehicle charging equipment, the State will reduce carbon pollution and advance the target of reducing on-site energy consumption by 185 trillion BTUs by 2025, the equivalent of powering 1.8 million homes.

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