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Reduce your carbon footprint

New York provides a range of solar incentives, including the NY-Sun initiative, a 25% state tax credit, a 30% federal tax credit, exemptions from sales and property taxes, a property tax abatement (available only in NYC), and a beneficial net metering policy.  Paying for Solar 

What Makes a Smart Building, Smart?

A smart building in New York State uses technology to make the building more efficient, more comfortable, and quite simply a safe place to live. 

Here are some of the things we found out about what makes a smart building, "smart":

Nearly half of the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling. So making smart decisions about your home's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system can have a big effect on your utility bills  - and your comfort.  

Easy Lifestyle Choices to Start Reducing Carbon Footprint

The EPA's Home Energy Yardstick (HEY) offers a straightforward evaluation of your home's annual energy consumption in comparison to similar homes.  By answering a few simple questions about your home, you’ll receive:

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Also, we've included a few handy tips and do-it-yourself game-changers below!

GREEN Growing: Become a Carbon Sink   

GREEN Living: You Are What You Eat 

Tips and tools for measuring your carbon footprint   

Do it Yourself Energy Audit

Heating and Cooling Guide

Homeowner Guide to Solar Options

According to a report published by the Federal Reserve Bank (May 2024) sixty-three percent of adults said they would cover a hypothetical $400 emergency expense exclusively using cash or its equivalent, unchanged from 2022 but down from a high of 68 percent in 2021.  Here are some simple and easy way to both go green and support New York State's green energy industry. 

Are You Ready to Save Money, Now?

Three super easy ways to save money and reduce their carbon footprint:

Do you like the idea of solar but can't do it because you have trees shading the house (trees are an excellent thing!)? Perhaps you don't want to make the investment in solar or can't handle the hassle? Get solar electricity with no effort or investment! It's free to join and you can opt out at any time without penalty. Plus you'll receive a 10% discount on your Community Solar generated electricity. To learn more click here. It takes no time to sign up and you can take steps today to go solar the easy way.

GridRewards™ is a free, award-winning app that connects you to your ConEd electricity usage and enables you to earn cash rewards for reducing your electricity usage. The app provides information about your energy usage, tips and recommendations to reduce it. Importantly, the app is tied to Con Edison’s demand response program, whereby the app alerts you to the peak (or high demand) energy usage times in your area. During these peak times,you can earn cash rewards for taking simple energy actions.  There are no fees or penalties and you can quit at any time without strings attached. Click here to learn more.

For a step-by-step walk through of how to load GridRewards™ on your smartphone, click here. To watch the Ardsley CAN Neighbor for GridRewards™ webinar click here.

Ardsley participates in Sustainable Westchester's Westchester Power program which means that you can choose to have 100% renewable, affordable New York State hydro-power as your electricity source, delivered via ConEd.  Click here to learn more. Pair this with Community Solar and reap even more savings.

SmartCharge NY is a ConEd program that sends you money for charging your electric vehicle during off-peak times. Not only is the off-peak rate lower, but you will be rewarded with additional cash each month. Enroll and save.