But Kate Muller, a spokeswoman, said the incentives played a “large role in New York’s aggressive, nation-leading energy goals, which look to build an energy system
that is resilient, cleaner, and affordable for all New Yorkers.”
Mr. Gomez, a self-proclaimed student of the latest energy-efficiency technology,
said he was not done trying to bring down the energy use at his Trump property.
“Donald Trump’s own properties benefited from energy-efficiency upgrades, courtesy of successful clean-energy and climate change policies,” said Dave Anderson, a policy analyst at the Energy and Policy Institute, an organization
that supports renewable energy and that has been tracking Mr. Trump’s use of energy-efficiency incentives.
That year, Mr. Trump finished securing almost $1 million in energy-efficiency incentives
and low-interest loans from New York State to fit a Trump-branded residential tower in Westchester County with eco-friendly fixtures, state records show.
“We might at some point look at doing something like that.”
A version of this article appears in print on March 4, 2017, on Page A11 of the New York edition with
the headline: Trump Got Nearly $1 Million in Energy-Efficiency Subsidies From New York State in 2012.
In documents filed in New York State, the Trump Organization is listed as the managing agency for the buildings that received the incentives.
Mr. Gomez said that though he had never spoken directly with Mr. Trump, he was commended by his bosses for his work on energy efficiency.
“I strongly believe in clean energy, in conserving energy, all of
that — more than anybody,” Mr. Trump is quoted as saying in a fact sheet about the project, at Trump Tower at City Center in White Plains.
