Vinco files Con Edison Clean Heat and NYS Clean Heat rebates as part of every qualifying heat pump install. Mitsubishi Hyper-Heat (H2i) and Daikin Aurora are the cold-climate models that hold full heating capacity below 0F. NYC DOB permits filed under license #022359. The rebate comes off your invoice, not a check you wait on.
Verified against the Con Edison rate card and the NYS Clean Heat prescriptive structure as of 2026. The residential cap is 70 percent of project cost (85 percent in a Disadvantaged Community). Rebates are filed by a participating contractor and deducted from your invoice. Amounts can change with each program year, which is why Vinco re-verifies on the day the proposal is issued.
Sources: coned.com/save-money/rebates-incentives-tax-credits · cleanheat.ny.gov · figures verified as of 2026, re-verified at proposal
The reason most NYC heat pump conversions fail is undersized or non-cold-climate equipment. A standard heat pump derates hard below 17F, and a NYC winter routinely runs five to ten days under 10F. Hyper-Heat (Mitsubishi) and Aurora (Daikin) are the two cold-climate platforms that hold rated heating capacity below 0F. Both qualify for Clean Heat. Both come from manufacturers Vinco is factory-authorized for.
Single and multi-zone ductless. Holds 100% rated heating capacity at 5F, 76% at -13F. The default for brownstones, pre-war co-ops, and townhouses where ductwork is impractical and each floor needs its own zone. 12-year compressor and parts warranty when installed by a Diamond Elite contractor.
Centralized VRF for full buildings. One outdoor unit feeds 10+ indoor heads. The right answer for boutique hotels, mid-size offices, and small multifamily. Heat recovery models can heat one zone while cooling another, which is how a Class A office runs perimeter heat and interior cooling on the same loop.
Daikin's cold-climate platform. Aurora wall units rate down to -13F, VRV Aurora condensers deliver 100% capacity at 0F. The default in projects where Daikin VRV is already standard (most institutional and large commercial NYC accounts) and where centralized control via the iTM building management interface matters.
For buildings with existing radiator distribution that prefer not to retrofit refrigerant piping through every floor. The heat pump produces hot water; the existing radiators (or new low-temp panel radiators) deliver it. Eligible under Clean Heat space-heating and domestic hot water tracks. Common in landmarked townhouses where wall-mounted ductless heads are not approvable.
Highest efficiency, longest service life (25+ years on the unit, 50+ on the ground loop), and the only path eligible for Clean Heat in multifamily new construction. Pairs with the federal 25D 30 percent uncapped tax credit. Limited by available drilling access in NYC, which is why most geothermal projects we run are on lots with rear yards or in new ground-up multifamily.
Not every NYC building is a great Clean Heat candidate. Five building types we run conversions on most often, and what makes the math pencil out for each.
One-pipe steam boiler decommissioned, Mitsubishi Hyper-Heat M-Series multi-zone ductless installed floor-by-floor, condenser in the rear yard or on the roof. Unlocks the full $8,000 to $10,000 Option 1 residential rebate. Paired with a federal 25C credit, the net swap on a typical $30,000 to $45,000 brownstone conversion lands in the $20,000 to $30,000 range. Adds central cooling on every floor, which the boiler never provided.
Window AC and through-wall PTAC replaced with M-Series multi-zone ductless. Individual unit owners qualify under the residential apartment tier ($4,000 base, $5,000 DAC). Co-op boards approve M-Series at a higher rate than other heat pumps because the line set routing is well-understood and the historical noise data is on file. Vinco produces alteration agreement-ready scope letters as part of the install.
Centralized Daikin VRV Aurora or Mitsubishi City Multi VRF replacing rooftop gas-fired equipment. Commercial track at $120/MMBtu full-building electrification. Combined with Section 179 expensing and remaining bonus depreciation, the effective net cost on a $250,000 to $400,000 VRF replacement routinely lands 40 to 60 percent below sticker. Local Law 97 compliance is the secondary driver here, which we handle on the same project.
Rooftop packaged-unit replacement with electric heat pump RTU plus a separate kitchen exhaust and makeup-air design. Phased Load Electrification path at $70/MMBtu when the kitchen line is staged separately from the dining room. We handle the DOB filing, the Department of Health coordination on grease ductwork, and the Con Edison post-inspection.
Building-wide heat pump conversion at $5,000 per dwelling unit prescriptive. On a 24-unit building that is $120,000 in Clean Heat alone, before the federal stack and any envelope-tier bonus. Common pairing with NYSERDA EmPower Plus on income-qualified buildings and with NYS Clean Heat low-interest financing for the residual. Vinco runs the entire application stack as the participating contractor.
The reason Vinco gets called for Clean Heat conversions on co-op boards, hotel chains, restaurant groups, and Class A office buildings is not marketing. It is the specific manufacturer authorizations and the in-house capability below. Most NYC HVAC contractors do not hold all of these.
Top tier of the Mitsubishi Electric contractor program. The commercial Elite tier with City Multi VRF training, factory parts access, and the 12-year extended labor and compressor warranty on every install. There are fewer than two dozen Diamond Elite contractors in all of New York City. Required for Hyper-Heat M-Series projects where the customer expects the full warranty path.
Daikin VRV factory training, parts access, and the extended manufacturer warranty path. We can pull warranty parts overnight on most VRV4, VRV5, and Aurora platforms, which matters when a high-rise condenser is down and the building is full of tenants. Required for Aurora and VRV Aurora projects.
We file the Clean Heat application as part of the install. Site assessment, application submission, Con Edison pre-inspection, Notice to Proceed, install, post-inspection, rebate applied to the invoice. The customer never has to apply, never has to wait on a check, never has to follow up.
We file our own permits under our own license. We do not rent another contractor's number, we do not subcontract the licensed work, and we are responsible for our own DOB inspections. If a Clean Heat conversion needs an alteration permit (Alt-2 or Alt-CO), we file it. Co-op alteration agreements, COIs at $2M / $4M with a $5M umbrella, and engineer letters are produced as part of the project.
Sister company runs an in-house ductwork shop in Brooklyn. When a Clean Heat conversion needs custom duct (rectangular, spiral, kitchen grease, or architectural), we make it in-house instead of waiting two weeks for a sheet metal sub. Most NYC HVAC contractors call out for sheet metal, which adds time, markup, and a hand-off where details slip.
If your Clean Heat conversion is being driven by a failure (boiler down in February, RTU dead in July), we dispatch a licensed tech same-day in Manhattan and Brooklyn when called before 11am. Same-day or next-morning in Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Dispatcher answers (212) 810-0915 24/7.
Local Law 97 caps building emissions for any NYC covered building over 25,000 square feet. The first compliance period ran 2024 to 2029 with relatively soft caps. The 2030 to 2034 caps are roughly 40 percent stricter. The 2035 to 2039 caps tighten again. A building still on a fossil-fuel boiler or RTU in 2030 is paying the LL97 emissions penalty (currently $268 per metric ton of CO2e over the cap) on top of fuel cost.
Converting to a Clean Heat-eligible heat pump now pulls the capital cost forward into a window where Con Edison is paying $5,000 per dwelling unit (multifamily prescriptive) or $120/MMBtu (commercial full electrification) to do it. Wait until 2030 and the building owner pays the full conversion capital plus the LL97 penalty in the meantime. The math is not close. For multifamily and commercial owners, the Clean Heat window is the cheapest LL97 compliance path on the table.
Vinco runs both filings on the same project. Clean Heat application to Con Edison, LL97 emissions modeling to support the building's annual report, and the engineer letters demonstrating the post-conversion emissions profile. See the Local Law 97 HVAC compliance page for the full LL97 breakdown.
Ten things people ask before a Clean Heat conversion. If your question is not here, call (212) 810-0915. The dispatcher answers 24/7.