Heat and Electric
The goal of each call for innovation is to reduce costs for the city’s housing authority buildings. Here’s more info on the heat-related call: And here’s the electricity call, a area that constitutes an operating expense of $180 million yearly for NYCHA: Since the heating and hot water bill is $200 million, these two calls for innovation cover a $380 million annual total.
A Search for Entrepreneurs
As Citymart Partner Julia Haselmayer said in a press release: And Jeff Merritt, Director of Innovation with the Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation, further clarified the opportunities available: One or more solutions for each call for innovation will be turned into pilot projects at a NYCHA development. If any of these pilots is successful “both economically and technically,” NYCHA states, they “may announce an open procurement process soliciting bids for further deploying the technology.” NYC.gov covers their terms and details their timeline in the release, but the relevant deadline now is the entry period: from October 18 until November 23. The final winner selected for pilot programs will be announced on March 1, 2017.
