The document outlines Dan's top 10 energy efficient things that can be done in buildings. They are: 1) air seal common areas and apartments, 2) tune up, upgrade or replace the heating plant, 3) modify or change how domestic hot water is made and delivered, 4) fine tune or upgrade the heating distribution system, 5) insulate heating and domestic hot water pipes, 6) upgrade lighting in common areas and apartments, 7) insulate the roof deck, roof cavity or wall cavity, 8) paint the roof white, 9) fine tune the mechanical ventilation system, and 10) repair or replace windows. The document provides examples of each tip.

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Energy Efficiency

2. Green Homes NYC
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Dan’s Top Ten Energy Efficient things
to do in your building.
WEATHERIZATION WORKS

3. The Top Ten
• 1. Air seal, common areas & apts.
• 2. Tune up, upgrade or replace your Heating Plant.
• 3. Modify or change how you make and deliver Domestic Hot
Water.
• 4. Fine tune or upgrade your Heating distribution system.
• 5. Insulate your Heating and Domestic Hot Water pipes.
• 6. Upgrade your lighting in the common areas and inside apts.
• 7. Insulate your roof deck, roof cavity or wall cavity.
• 8. Paint your roof white.
• 9. Fine tune your mechanical ventilation system.
• 10. Repair or replace windows.

4. Interior AC Sleeve Cover

5. Roof Door infiltration

6. Common area doors & windows

7. Old Firebox Boiler

8. Steel Tube Boiler

9. High Efficiency Condensing Boilers

10. Electronic DHW Mixing Valve

11. DHW Storage/Makers

12. TRV’S on a Two Pipe Steam sysytem

13. TRV Remote operators

14. Air venting and Pipe insulation

15. Incandescent to CFL’s to save On
Lighting costs

16. Energy Star Ceiling fixture

17. Saturn Fixture installed in a kitchen
54Watts replacing two 40 watt lamps

18. Insulate the roof cavity with Cellulose

19. Or if you have an attic over a
conditioned space insulate it!

20. Clean and seal mechanical ventilation
system.

21. Roof fan, register and shaft branch

22. Constant Air Regulators can be useful
for mechanical ventilation systems.

23. New windows can improve comfort
and reduce infiltration.