Bronx Initiative for Energy & the Environment
Environmental Grants Program
The Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrion, Jr., and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) have established the Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment (BIEE). This Initiative has created three separate partnership funds: the Bronx Partnership for Environmental Benefit; the Bronx Partnership for Electric Transportation; and the Bronx Partnership for Residential and Commercial Energy Efficiency and New Technology. The goal of the Initiative is to demonstrate pathways to a green Bronx. Together these funding sources, in concert with BOEDC's existing business loan programs, will provide capital for a diverse set of projects.
BOEDC has created three separate funding programs:
1) Electric Transportation Grant Program - to offset emissions levels and promote the use of electric transportation in the borough. BOEDC already has identified one component of the program: the Bronx Clean Commuter Van Program. BOEDC will purchase electric, fifteen-passenger shuttle vans, to be utilized for a shuttle service for workers in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center.
2) Environmental Grants Program - to encourage non-profit organizations and small businesses to utilize new technologies to achieve energy efficiency and implement mitigation strategies. Proposed program components may include: Free Energy Surveys (Audits) for Businesses and Non-Profits; Green Roof Demonstration Project; Weatherization technology; Lighting Upgrades; Solar/Wind Technology; Green Building; and Boiler Retrofits.
3) Environmental Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) - to provide low interest loans to Bronx businesses and building owners to incentivize the use of energy efficient measures and new technology which improve the air quality of the borough. The Environmental RLF will target several areas of energy efficiency and new technology, including the following: green roof development; boiler retrofits; upgrades to electric forklifts; upgrade of trailer refrigerator units to dual-fuel capacity; and development of new environmental technology.
Request for Proposals
The Bronx Initiative for Energy & the Environment (BIEE), a program of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, announces the establishment of the Environmental Grants Program. The Environmental Grants Program is designed to encourage non-profit organizations and small businesses to utilize new technologies to achieve energy efficiency and implement mitigation strategies in the borough of The Bronx.
Up to $1.15 million in funding is available for eligible project activities that include strategies to increase energy efficiency and/or reduce pollution. Projects include: weatherization technology; lighting upgrades; solar/wind technology; green building components; boiler retrofits; and new energy technology. Additional projects meeting program priorities will be considered. Priority will be given to projects that:
- Result in the greatest pollution reduction or energy savings per program dollar;
- Leverage private and public cost-sharing for project development;
- Represent a planned approach to new technology use or development;
- Offer unique and innovative partnerships and approaches to meeting critical needs and priorities.
Eligible applicants: non-profit organizations and small businesses operating in The Bronx.
Proposal Format: Project Summary should not exceed 1 page, with the total project narrative not exceeding ten (10) pages.
Five (5) copies must be clearly labeled and submitted to:
Kate Shackford, Director
Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
198 East 161st Street, Suite 201
Bronx, New York 10451
Proposal Deadline: Proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis. There are very limited grants available.
Program questions can be directed to Kate Shackford at (718) 590-3498 or kshackford@boedc.org.