00A01475

Description: The purpose of this award is to provide funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the City of New Haven Office of Climate and Sustainability.

The recipient will implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) developed under a Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) planning grant.

Activities conducted through this grant will benefit all residents and visitors to New Haven Union Station Thermal Energy Network: tenants, employees, and visitors to Union Station as well as residents of and visitors to the Union Station area through four main objectives:

Implementation of ambitious measures that will achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions by 2030 and beyond;

Pursuit of measures that will achieve substantial community benefits, particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities;

Complementing other funding sources to maximize these GHG reductions and community benefits; and,

Pursuit of innovative policies and programs that are replicable and can be 'scaled up' across multiple jurisdictions.

Activities: The activities include the designing and building a geothermal energy network with 285 boreholes, 850 feet deep to service Union Station and nearby Union Square development with the capacity to supply heating and cooling for 1,000 units of housing; construction of the housing is not included within the scope of this project.

The approved activities include all components of the completed geothermal network including piping and laterals as well as required pumping and other support equipment.

The second activity includes the design and installation of a geothermal heat pump retrofit of Union Station with a 200-ton heat pump to accommodate 64,240 square feet of livable area in the building.

Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include a completed Union Station area thermal energy network connected to and being utilized by Union Station and the adjacent Union Square development.

As well as a retrofitted Union Station, utilizing a 200-ton heat pump as its primary heating system.

The expected outcomes include 6,363 metric ton (MT) carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2E) reductions by 2030 and 63,272 MT CO2E reductions by 2050 as well as a thermal energy network that could be scaled in the future for other developments.

The intended beneficiaries include residents and visitors to the Union Square development as well as tenants, employees, and visitors to Union Station.

The development is slated for mixed income housing and is located in a disadvantaged community.

City Of New Haven

1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE

66.046 - Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

EPA Region 1: Boston [EPA - RO]

New Haven, Connecticut 06519 United States

Single Zip Code

Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition) (EPA-R-OAR-CPRGI-23-07)