The city of Ithaca, New York has voted to decarbonize all of its real estate with an eye toward becoming 100% carbon neutral by 2030.

The aggressive initiative is part of the city's Green New Deal, widely regarded as one of the most progressive such plans in the US. Ithaca's common council members voted Wednesday to allow the city's mayor to contract with Brooklyn-based climate tech firm BlocPower to kick-start the plan.

The deal with BlocPower is the first large-scale, city-wide electrification initiative in the US, the company said in a statement. Its proposal for Ithaca includes the installation of air source heat pumps and other supporting energy efficiency upgrades and building improvements it says will cut Ithaca's 400,000 tons of CO2 by 40%. The firm says the plan will also create 400 new green economy construction, technology and management jobs.