GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - The Sallan Foundation

IMPACTS OF REDUCTION MEASURES TO DATE
New York City has already begun implementing measures that contribute to reducing
the City government’s greenhouse gas emissions. These measures include, among
others, energy reduction programs, street tree-planting programs, conversion of
streetlights to more efficient technologies, landfill methane recovery, use of alternative
fuel vehicles, and solid waste recycling. Figure 27 illustrates each measure’s
contribution to the total annual avoidance of 446,000 metric tons of CO 2 e emissions.
These measures demonstrate the progressive policies of the past ten years and point
toward the fact that with more concentrated effort New York will be able to achieve even
more substantial reductions in the future.
5%
31%
40%
1%
1%
7% 15%
0.1%
ENCORE program
School coal boiler conversion
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Landfill methane recovery
Photovoltaics
LED traffic signals
DEP f uel cells
Street tree planting
Figure 27. 2006 CO 2 e reduction measures by share (446,000 metric
tons).
1. ENCORE
The Energy Cost Reduction program (ENCORE) 19 provides for energy conservation and
clean technology projects in City facilities. The ENCORE program, started in 1995, is
based on a contract between the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New York City
Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the City University of New
York (CUNY), and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). The
DCAS Office of Energy Conservation coordinates the ENCORE program on behalf of
City agencies.
19 ENCORE (ENergy COst REduction) is contractual agreement between the New York Power Authority
(NYPA) and the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) providing for
turnkey implementation of energy efficiency and clean energy projects.
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