A hybrid solar thermal heat pump domestic hot water system in the Solara Apartments in Rotterdam in 2019.

With the implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act, New York will move toward constructing buildings that are more affordable to operate, more reliable and better aligned with long-term public health and environmental goals. This law ensures highly efficient all-electric new single-family and low-rise building construction by 2026, and the same for larger-scale new construction by 2029.

But New York has delayed the implementation of this law. And that means New Yorkers will be waiting longer to realize these benefits:

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Communities in New York have already shown that the transition is both practical and beneficial. In 2019, Ithaca became the first city in the nation to adopt

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