HEAT Act

Enviornmental & climate change groups decry the NY HEAT Act being left off of budget proposals from the state senate and governor. An energy systems expert explains benefits.

Professor of energy systems Ian Shapiro explains how heat pumps are a viable way to heat and cool homes and buildings, reducing fossil fuel use. He also describes NY HEAT Act provisions and how it will help.

It would, among other things, discourage natural gas hookups to new homes by eliminating a practice known as the 100-foot rule.

New York has banned the use of natural gas and fossil fuels in all new buildings, becoming the first state to enforce such a ban.