Community Campaign for
Clean Heating, Cooling, and
Energy Efficiency
PE08.12 - Clean Heating, Cooling, and Energy Efficiency Campaign
Community campaigns are an effective way to encourage adoption of new, innovative technologies to generate value and savings for consumers while simultaneously advancing a community's clean energy goals.
On November 9, 2022, the Columbia County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 492-2022, authorizing the launch of a Clean Heating, Cooling, and Energy Efficiency Campaign to promote the purchase of heat pumps and to increase the energy efficiency of residents' homes through the installation of additional insulation and energy efficient windows and doors.
Public Online Informational Meeting
Recorded on February 28th
The Task Force hosted an online public meeting on February 28th with some of the vendors involved with this campaign. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce people to opportunities to participate in upgrading their heating, cooling, and hot water heating systems, and otherwise improving the energy efficiency of their buildings.
We've posted a video recording of this meting on YouTube.
The Columbia County CSC Task Force partnered with Heat Smart Capital Region on this meeting and will continue to do so with other aspects of this campaign. For more information see the links below.
Columbia County is partnering on this project with the
HeatSmart Capital Region is a community initiative that supports residents exploring ways to improve how they heat and cool their buildings.
Download informational brochures on ways to save money and increase your home's energy efficiency:
The following Columbia County Municipalities have signed on to participate in this campaign:
Ancram
Canaan
Chatham (town)
Claverack
Clermont
Copake
Gallatin
Germantown
Ghent
Hudson
Kinderhook (town)
Kinderhook (village)
New Lebanon
Philmont (village)
Taghkanic
Valatie (village)
The campaign has now successfully enroled more than 60 new customers in the program making Columbia County eligible for up to a $337,500 NYSERDA grant!
