The NYC Clean Heat Program was established to help building owners and landlords convert their fuel sources to cleaner ones in compliance with new regulations implemented by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection in 2011. The program provides assistance and resources to make the conversion process easier and more affordable. Since the program's implementation, emission levels from buildings burning heavy oil have declined by 50 percent and overall pollution levels and pollution-related deaths and emergency room visits have dropped significantly.

1. NYC Clean Heat Program
Contributes to Cleaner Air in New
York
By GC Environmental, New York

2. Introduction
• GC Environmental provides environmental consulting
services from its headquarters in Bay Shore, New York.
Following new building regulations implemented by the
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) in 2011, GC Environmental became a participant
in the NYC Clean Heat Program. NYC Clean Heat helps
building owners and landlords convert fuel sources to
cleaner ones in compliance with the new regulations.
Regulations implemented by DEP facilitated greener
construction policies statewide by requiring all buildings
to convert from heavy forms of heating oil to cleaner
fuels.

3. NYC Clean Heat Program
• NYC Clean Heat was established to help
implement the new regulations, and the
program focuses on providing assistance and
resources to make the conversion process easier
and more affordable. The switch to cleaner fuels
benefits both the environment and the state’s
overall population by lowering pollution levels
and the presence of other harmful emissions,
such as sulfur dioxide.

4. Conclusion
• Since the program’s implementation, emission
levels produced as a result of buildings burning
heavy oil have declined by 50 percent, and
overall pollution levels have dropped. In
addition, deaths and emergency room visits
related to pollution levels have been reduced
significantly since 2008.
For more information on the NYC Clean Heat
Program, visit its website at
www.greencleanenv.com.