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Regulatory Limitations - Rent Stabilized Apartments - The building owner is required to provide free heat and hot water.
- No mechanism to recover investment in new systems is necessary to achieve decarbonization.
- Buildings are capital constrained
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| Riser Capacity Expansion ServiceVault ExpansionPointEntry Space Constraints |
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| - Capacity competition with other electrification needs:
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| title | learn more Heat Cooling- cooling
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3title | Gas Utility Earnings Adjustment Mechanisms (EAM) focused on |
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| SystemPeak System Peak Demand Reductions |
| - Partial Electrification concepts achieve deep decarbonization but do
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Fire DangerSpace ConstraintsElectri Distribution LimitationsStructural Loads | - Building Automation/BMS/Demand Response:
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title | learn more Limitations blackbox - Blackbox software
- Microgrid
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title | learn more Constraints Use zero - Zero carbon fuels availability is non-existent
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- Phase change material (DHW, space heating)
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| title | learn more- Building water loops are typically “top down” - cooling capacity
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| Outdoor Space Constraints for Geothermal Wells- Outdoor space constraints for geothermal wells
- Difficult permitting
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title | learn more- Requires entity that may operate in public ROWs and
| acrossproperty - across property lines
- Utilities are limited by regulations for gas, steam or electric
| deliveryvs. - delivery versus shared loop media (ambient temperature water).
- Only utility entities can provide very long amortization periods
- Utilities are best suited to work amid crowded
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| - Deep Bore Geothermal Limitations:
| - Requires test drilling and geological assessment
- Seismic
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- Drilling equipment is very large - more akin to oil and
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- Subsurface land rights and DEC restrictions
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| Lighting Controls- lighting controls
- High-efficiency electrically commutated motors (ECM)
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) on pumps and motors
Retrocommissioning Tasks and Maintenance8- Retro-commissioning tasks and maintenance
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| Work Scheduling- work scheduling
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Work must be completed at the end of facade/window useful life; very long useful life |
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Reduce Local Law 11 recurring cost via overcladding - Aesthetic concerns
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Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) - Space constraints
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HVAC Load Reduction (HLR) Technology - Vent or capture exhaust gases
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Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) - Fire and life safety concerns about volume of refrigerant gas located within occupied spaces.
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Ducted Supply/Exhaust Air Source Heat Pumps |
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More open-source interconnection between devices/interoperability is needed to achieve energy distribution flexibility and capacity expansion: - Air source that has a manifold connection to interconnect with water source or refrigerant gas distribution
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Domestic production and supply chain is limited |
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Small players operating in this space |
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Technology is not tested over long operational periods - Daikin, Nilan, Zehnder, Drexel und Weiss, Minotair, Build Equinox, Clivet
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Deployment timeline is highly uncertain |
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Price per ton of carbon is highly uncertain and will likely be volatile/low based on previous emissions trading scheme outcomes |
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