Buildings of Excellence Competition

Description of goods to services to be bid:

The Buildings of Excellence Competition (the Competition) seeks proposals for multifamily demonstration projects that will be clean and resilient, beautiful, and functional, and will provide healthy, safe, comfortable, and resilient living spaces for their occupants. The Competition aims to accelerate the design, development, construction, and operation of multifamily buildings that will meet or exceed the minimum energy performance identified in this RFP and integrate co-benefits for occupants, such as controlled and healthy indoor air quality, as well as exceptional comfort. Successful proposers will demonstrate how their projects will be profitable for the developers and owners and demonstrate realistic cost reductions in the design and construction of clean and resilient buildings.

Selected projects are eligible to receive up to $1,500,000 in direct funding as well as support for initiatives focused on broad marketing and public awareness. The Competition will set aside $10 million to support projects that will be eight (8) stories or greater in height and $5 million to support projects less than or equal to seven (7) stories in height. The Competition will set aside a minimum of $7.5 million of the total funding available to support affordable housing projects.

If changes are made to this solicitation notification will be posted on NYSERDA’s website at:
www.nyserda.ny.gov/funding-opportunities

Eligibility/Qualifications Requirements/Preferences:

This round of the Competition will consider projects that intend to serve all market sectors, at all building heights, while primarily focusing on projects that are at an early stage in their design and development cycle. The Competition is available to projects located anywhere in New York State, regardless of whether the project will be located in an investor-owned electricity distribution company service territory. Proposals for projects that are or will be located in disadvantaged communities, for projects in early schematic design or design development phases, and for projects that involve the adaptive re-use of commercial office, institutional, or retail space to provide multifamily housing are considered in the scoring evaluation.