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Technical studies, program documentation, and project coordination for NYSERDA programs, including FlexTech, Empire Building Challenge, and Buildings of Excellence.
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NYSERDA provider work is program-specific. A study, a retrofit, and a new development may follow different eligibility rules and approval steps. Owners need to know what is eligible, what must be approved first, and which costs remain their responsibility.
Scope, requirements & reporting
FlexTech provides cost sharing for eligible technical assistance, including energy studies, for qualifying New York commercial, industrial, institutional, and multifamily customers. Program eligibility includes utility-related requirements. The program supports analysis; it does not provide cost sharing for construction of the measures identified in that study.
Empire Building Challenge focuses on approaches to low-carbon retrofits of large buildings. Buildings of Excellence highlights low-carbon multifamily projects. KOW coordinates technical work and documentation within the applicable project scope; program availability, eligibility, and application timing must be confirmed for each engagement.
Before procurement, confirm application and approval requirements, eligible costs, required technical providers, documentation, and payment milestones. KOW can help organize technical scope and supporting information. Program administrators determine eligibility and awards; a preliminary incentive estimate should not be treated as committed funding.
Program support should produce a specific eligibility and milestone record: applicable offer, applicant and building qualifications, technical scope, application deadline, preapproval requirements, eligible costs, deliverables, and payment conditions. Track evidence and administrator decisions. Avoid counting an estimated incentive as awarded funding.
Decisions supported
Is there a current program that fits the project and timing?
What technical analysis and documentation are required?
How should program milestones align with design, procurement, and construction?
What responsibilities and follow-up should the project team plan for?
Typical scope
The final scope follows the property, transaction, program, client requirements, and information available. Typical elements include:
Process
Confirm the property or project, intended use, reliance parties, schedule, available information, and required deliverable.
Review the documents, identify gaps, and coordinate the people and access needed to complete the scope.
Perform the observations, analysis, interviews, and specialist coordination called for by the assignment.
Separate material findings from background information and state the basis, limitations, open items, and follow-up clearly.
Common assignments
Program screening and technical coordination for a defined building-improvement project.
Early review of incentive opportunities that may affect design and project planning.
Identification and coordination of potential opportunities across multiple properties.
Frequently asked
No. Location, utility accounts, building type, affordability, technology, and project stage can affect eligibility. Review the current offer against the actual property.
That depends on the program. Some require approval before procurement or work begins. Check timing before signing contracts or making purchases.
No. The program administrator determines eligibility, awards, and payment. Technical support can help prepare the submission but cannot guarantee an outcome.
Sometimes, subject to each program’s rules. Disclose other funding and confirm cost-allocation and incentive-stacking restrictions before making budget assumptions.
Support can include reviewing the property and project stage, coordinating the required technical work, organizing documentation, and connecting program requirements with the design or capital plan.
No. Availability, eligibility, incentives, deadlines, and technical requirements can change. Current program materials should be confirmed for each project before decisions are made.
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