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- 29:01… that next year starting January might be actually unusually warm. Yeah, that as well due to some jetream changes. Not good for the overall climate, but maybe good for the city of No, not at all. And and the Midwest. And the Midwest. It all affects us, right? It all affects us. We get a lot we get a lot of our food from there. So, it affects us significant.
- 50:53Uh, that is for the climate smart uh project. No, that's a memory. Excuse me. I'm having a memory of us talking about proono and asking us asking questions about why they would do a pro bono and then giving a long explanation. So, I need to go back.
- 2026-09-17CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Governance and Nominating Committee Meeting 9/17/261 passage30:43And there's just feels like there's a ton of potential, but then there's also um the housing issue. Um I personally for me like uh sustainability and climate stuff. There's some amazing projects going on that inspire me, but also like that is a big issue. Um, and then also I don't know this area like it's it's an aging population and um how do we like that's the same with the …
- 1:04:14Resolutions. First resolution is for um a task order with National Mohawk, I'm sorry, National Niagara, excuse me, National Grid and this is regarding a roof replacement for 401. Again, this is being funded through uh funds that um the that NAERTA has provided to the county through the uh clean energy community program.
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 202614 passages longer discussion15:33Correct. Painkiller um is most of the things that I have seen is like energy product you know much like you think about like a 5h hour energy. Um there are also products that are that same size as a five hour energy that say pure energy. Yes. as an analesic, right, pain reliever.
- 2026-09-15HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 9/15/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage19:04And there's some load curtailment regarding the energy usage, so that's part of the NRG vendor. They sent a request to try and cut some of the usage because there was a lot of peak usage in the summertime, so they're trying to look at our usage and help us out with what we can reduce in the district. So that's something that we're actually working on in the agenda tonight is …
- 38:43… but typically rammed earth it rammed aggregate is less vibrating than uh piles because they're not stiff when what they absorb the energy by displacing the rock to the side which is how you compact the soil with it because it it spreads out and uh it doesn't it absorbs the energy rather than you know creating a wave that grabbles.
- 45:28But yeah, you know, we are looking to um again um respect the the financial climate, you know, of the city and do what we can do um in our department to to come in the number of that is uh that is um decent. And so in order to do that, it it may result in cutting uh some personnel. Um that said, we we want to do that without sacrificing the supervision of the of the youth.
- 1:59Another piece that will be coming auditorium there will be new seating as well as The second one is the energy performance project looks to enhance energy efficiencies and being more environmentally friendly. throughout the district and also this summer we high school.
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- 40:09in some solar those exist that's like 2% of solar panels use that the solar panels on this project wouldn't include that I've looked into this in like great detail and regards to the project there are actually many reasons to oppose this project um and the big one in my mind is that's converting active agricultural land to nonuse and then it will no longer be producing food …
- 2025-03-25CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Full Board Meeting 3/25/2525 passages longer discussion51:47usable again like I don't see solar here solar there which I do agree with solar is a problem but I just think you're just reading too far into these uh a lot of these points I don't think it was this openness what you thought it was we're not intending to advance solar uh but um I guess taking it the next step you know what would our role be in in providing information to the …
- 31:10but let's start please with just the basics. What is community solar? And this won't take long. I'll get through my presentation quickly. Uh, community solar is a solar farm. The clean energy that's generated, it is fed directly into the power grid. But solar credits from these projects are applied to each participant's national grid bill each month. So these uh credits reduce …
- 21:32So, the climate smart there's no real climate smart grants per se, but we get the climate smart points. So, that we do apply to other grants, but the clean energy is the actual grant. Well, there are there are climate smart grants, but they're not tied to getting certified. So, even if you're just a municipality not participating in this program, you can still apply for those …
- 2023-01-23Conservation AdvisoryConservation Advisory Council - January 23, 202323 passages longer discussion38:30yeah okay uh next I have here I have the solar energy and Hudson scoping document which um is I'm assuming is similar to the being Heating and Cooling energy efficiencies sculpting documents or two different issues um I received the going down under climate smart the clean Heating and Cooling Energy Efficiency document so I have those um I'm going to schedule a meeting with um …
- 2022-02-01Conservation AdvisoryConservation Advisory Council - February 1, 202223 passages longer discussion48:21proposal to the common Council to consider absolutely um and so what we could do as the CAC um when I was older when we passed the unified solar permit so that we now have a um a form uh you know that was part of the climate spark and uh communities thing so we actually have like a process now I mean I don't think anyone even knows about it I mean we could put together you …
- 2022-05-20Historic PreservationHistoric Preservation Commission - Special Meeting, May 20, 202222 passages longer discussion1:20:41energy recovery ventilators with the intent to reduce energy usage by uh by you know between 50 to 75 as compared to conventional design and construction standards so we're also providing proposing to install pv solar panels for on-site power generation which will feed into the grid to further help reduce energy costs for this development so in our initial facade material …
- 2:21:37massive emissions at that intersection. Well, then I think that that would give us pause to say No, but they're saying the massive emissions have to be from the Russo. Exactly. I'm saying if if you know let's say if somebody's there monitoring vehicle travel right and they can obviously a person can tell the difference between trucks and cars right and you can write down truck …
- 2025-08-19HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 8/19/2025 Board of Education Meeting21 passages longer discussion10:46those upgrades, those improvements will drive energy savings and then ultimately the energy savings are then leveraged as the funding source for the upgrades themselves. Um really the key note there is that those energy savings are guaranteed to you uh contractually so that you have again the energy savings coming to fruition and the funding source to satisfy debt service …
- 2025-03-11HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 3/11/2025 Board of Education Meeting20 passages longer discussion1:31:01… anybody that may not be familiar um I could describe it is that it is a a construction project but the key are laser focused on driving Energy buildings generate Energy savings of course by increase Energy Efficiency it drives budget and then with those savings funding source for the project itself um a construction project it is almost a districts can leverage because it lets …
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- 1:35:40fifth dimension here we're talking about the the the energy that comes out of these studios and these artists who will be interviewed and have things like that so you know I really I believe. Okay I would say my question was is it an online event and I think that you answered it so that's what I wanted to confirm. And the mysteries of Zoom I think are a topic for another day …
- 3:15:18… changes that we're making. We're reconfiguring the parking configuration to allow for four spaces that includes one handicapped space and electric vehicle charging stations. On the site plan, you can see the inclusion of the deck space that ties to the first floor area in addition to the fire egress stairs that we're proposing to modify at this portion of the building. The …
- 29:01… that next year starting January might be actually unusually warm. Yeah, that as well due to some jetream changes. Not good for the overall climate, but maybe good for the city of No, not at all. And and the Midwest. And the Midwest. It all affects us, right? It all affects us. We get a lot we get a lot of our food from there. So, it affects us significant.
- 50:53Uh, that is for the climate smart uh project. No, that's a memory. Excuse me. I'm having a memory of us talking about proono and asking us asking questions about why they would do a pro bono and then giving a long explanation. So, I need to go back.
- 2026-09-17CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Governance and Nominating Committee Meeting 9/17/261 passage30:43And there's just feels like there's a ton of potential, but then there's also um the housing issue. Um I personally for me like uh sustainability and climate stuff. There's some amazing projects going on that inspire me, but also like that is a big issue. Um, and then also I don't know this area like it's it's an aging population and um how do we like that's the same with the …
- 1:04:14Resolutions. First resolution is for um a task order with National Mohawk, I'm sorry, National Niagara, excuse me, National Grid and this is regarding a roof replacement for 401. Again, this is being funded through uh funds that um the that NAERTA has provided to the county through the uh clean energy community program.
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 202614 passages longer discussion15:33Correct. Painkiller um is most of the things that I have seen is like energy product you know much like you think about like a 5h hour energy. Um there are also products that are that same size as a five hour energy that say pure energy. Yes. as an analesic, right, pain reliever.
- 2026-09-15HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 9/15/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage19:04And there's some load curtailment regarding the energy usage, so that's part of the NRG vendor. They sent a request to try and cut some of the usage because there was a lot of peak usage in the summertime, so they're trying to look at our usage and help us out with what we can reduce in the district. So that's something that we're actually working on in the agenda tonight is …
- 38:43… but typically rammed earth it rammed aggregate is less vibrating than uh piles because they're not stiff when what they absorb the energy by displacing the rock to the side which is how you compact the soil with it because it it spreads out and uh it doesn't it absorbs the energy rather than you know creating a wave that grabbles.
- 45:28But yeah, you know, we are looking to um again um respect the the financial climate, you know, of the city and do what we can do um in our department to to come in the number of that is uh that is um decent. And so in order to do that, it it may result in cutting uh some personnel. Um that said, we we want to do that without sacrificing the supervision of the of the youth.
- 1:59Another piece that will be coming auditorium there will be new seating as well as The second one is the energy performance project looks to enhance energy efficiencies and being more environmentally friendly. throughout the district and also this summer we high school.
- 54:54… for one. They did re uh leave in that big custom window on the bottom there. Um they also went ahead and installed in two wall-mounted heat pumps. um one of which um is even blocking the uh the view of the one historical window uh they actually left in place. This is all viewable from the public view on the sidewalk also.
- 2026-08-26County Finance CommitteeTobacco Securitization || Finance || August 26, 2026 HD 720p1 passage16:22Opposed? Carried. Resolution number 49, authorization for the climate smart communities task force to plan a one-day event in 2027.
- 17:36you know the energy use is going to be so minimal um you know LED lighting in the restroom and and a small tent. Um, we we have considered solar collectors on the roof of the bathroom, but with the shade there wouldn't be great and you know, cutting down trees would not be great to have more sun and the amount of electricity that's honestly going to be used is so very minimal. …
- 2026-08-25HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 8/25/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage33:35… as Lou shared earlier, a lot of different pieces happening in our facilities. So there's the capital project, there's the EPC or the energy performance contract. Um there's the smart schools. So a lot of different work happening throughout the next year with our facilities. So we are also working on a specific page of our website that will outline those different projects and …
- 2026-08-18County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || August 18, 20264 passages longer discussion47:26might be able to help on that is and you steer people towards community solar. Our climate smart committee had been recommending certain climate or certain community solar firms. Is that not still active or
- 28:05… called Kites Nest at the at the lower end of State Street. There can be a beautiful corridor of trees and water remediation because as our climate changes and as environmental threats change and as all those trucks run up and down Columbia Street and pollute the air, we need a way to keep our asthma prone children and elders breathing clean air. We need to address the …
- 2026-08-11HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 8/11/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage36:08So that's been a great addition there. Part of the energy performance contract work that is going on. Some of that work has been completed over the summer especially in this building the junior and senior high with replacing lighting with more energy efficient lighting. And then another piece of the EPC energy performance contract is actually what Mike mentioned. The boiler …
- 1:14:49Yeah. Um, so we were at the last meeting. Um, you uh, well, first of all, I'm Jeff Irish. the owner of Hudson Solar Solutions. The contractors were contracted by the Silicon Build It. Um, I am not a licensed professional engineer in New York State, but I'm not the uh engineer record on the project because I own the contracting company that's been contracted to build. So, other …
- 9:29We have a lot of electric vehicle in our city.
- 19:40it'll be a vast improvement. We've already got the data, so we're not spending a lot of time and energy uh over punching based on our wave here. But uh all the data comes through an IDA application and the annual reporting survey which is the obligation that we have to report back on progress that the pilots's made on going. So all we have to do is really repoint that data and …
- 14:51… last last uh week. This is the uh resolution authorizing the mayor to submit an application for New York State Department environmental uh climate smart communities implement implementation. Um and this relates to the what we just mentioned with Katherine the the streetscape around the park. Um this is a uh brand that I believe is a matching brand. Um yes, it's a $32,000 …
- 1:30… the combustion on site. And the final piece of that project that we're trying to do um that we're here tonight for is to um install a a solar carport on the parking lot that's just south of the building. Um that'll tie into the main panel at the basilica itself. And uh once it's up and going, it's designed to offset um hopefully 100% of the uh electrical demand on site that's …
- 2026-07-20County Economic Development CommitteeEconomic Development || July 20, 20263 passages longer discussion6:46… coming in. you could turn to the next page we have this is an aerial view. line is where the cattle are hanging out We're using a small solar kit, couple going to filter the pond water and pump that pasture. So, that manure gets deposited evenly. and fence. So, this was uh awarded building
- 53:51Next is authorizing the mayor to submit an application uh to New York State Department of Environmental Cons conservation for a climate smart communities implementation grant. Uh this particular resolution relates to um and it does have um this one does have matching. Uh this particular one relates to the sidewalk improvements and streetscape improvements around the the uh …
- 10:18… that the state goes through. The state um middle of 2025 I think um instituted new design guidelines uh to make all buildings more um energy efficient, more sustainable. Um also falsely the state is willing to make sure that investment goes in to make sure we have a higher quality building.
- 2026-07-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || July 14, 20265 passages longer discussion49:30Yeah. And I think we have we have a large number of them because this is what our climate smart committees have been working on. They've all opened these he you know to get climate points. They you know gone through this processing. So I think if we have a service we promote it make sure it's used.
- 4:52… infrastructure from mass transit, biking or walkways? Not a small impact. Will the proposed action cause an increase in the use of energy and it fails to incorporate reasonably available energy conservation or renewable energy opportunities? Not a small impact. Will the proposed action impact public or
- 5:07Yeah. So, and we're going to have to drag him in at least to download information from him for the street tree planting because that really has to we have to push that up to the front burner now. We'll get to that. Um, oh, I'm taking off climate smart sub community. So, we should find out now to why they told us if we get the points for this climate smart stuff.
- 18:34Yeah, it it just might be something cuz it's it's I believe it's solar. So that could be just something with the positioning of the of the solar app.
- 2026-06-17County Government CommitteeCounty Gov't || Public Works || June 17, 20268 passages longer discussion1:17:17what they want us to do with this money is to go to clean energy. So, you're talking about converting to electric or heat pumps and that's not going to happen for, you know, $500,000 in there.
- 2026-06-16HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 6/16/2026 Board of Education Meeting5 passages longer discussion31:36facilities committee met yesterday. Uh we were updated that the pool is currently closed now so that it can uh begin work with the energy performance contract. The boiler room is being worked on. Uh some of that's already in progress. We've also been informed that the team is looking into a temporary stair insert that would allow folks who have a little bit more mobility …
- 1:14So uh okay. So okay. So let's go back. So, Climate Smart, we sent it all off. Yay. That happened since last meeting, right? Yay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone for helping with Climate Smart. According to I sent an email out, I don't know. I forget what the numbers were right off the top of my head, but we needed like what
- 20:55brownfield site. Does it involve lead certification? Uh does it involve significant reliance on renewable energy? Does it involve creation of of renewable energy itself with consistent with zoning? And to the extent with which the project will require the provision of additional services, education, transportation, police, fire, medical service. We've had discussions uh you …
- 30:43they will just be solar? So, two of them have to be converted to solar. Mhm. Um and the company will do that when they come and install them.
- 1:21:38Yeah, I don't think we have a little better yet, but I I think uh the point is is what is currently there is obviously outdated and not as energy efficient. what will be proposed will have to meet the New York State Energy Code and all the requirements. And I think the architect and Joel had kind of went into some of the factors as far as the the u the energy star of the new …
- 19:20And uh, yeah, it's a it's a good group of people. So excited to uh, have seen with Energy. Um we'll be meeting again this June at our regular date. Um second Wednesday of the month. Um people want to move it up. Is that 6 pm to So we're going to figure out if we're going to move it. I'm not going to
- 45:48Um we recently had approved uh a contract for a five 2.5 megawatt solar project in Stockport. Uh we manage those for the county under 5 megawatt solar projects. Anything above that the board of supervisors have directed us not to assist them without the direction of the individual town. Uh and uh when we do that, uh we're now charging $8,500 a megawatt, split 50% between the …
- 1:32:22Uh and then some solar panels proposed Ben has undertaken thus far has all been commitment to sustainability. Um whether house that's still to be determined. Um recognize that is an important element go to the next page, please. So, more designs. They're more illustrious for pedestrian experience. What does it feel feel like a natural extension that is historic texture of …
- 2026-05-26County Economic Development CommitteeEconomic Development || May 26, 2026 HD 720p6 passages longer discussion41:01… you know and I guess uh you know we uh we continue to provide uh services to the county on the under five megawatt almost as of right uh solar projects but you'll remember you passed a unanimous resolution directing CDC and the county IDA not to provide any financial assistance to large solar projects without uh a directive from the individual town that I see it cited. So that …