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This battery offers New York City apartments a cleaner way to stay cool

Every Electric’s new power bank helps defray the peak demand on the city’s energy grid through effi­cient energy storage

Pragathi Ravi

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Submetering for savings at Queensview

Behind the metering strategy that shifts the onus for elec­tricity use onto the indi­vidual — making users more aware of their own waste

Ayana Smith

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A heat pump that slots into the façade and is pack(aged) with benefits

More retrofit projects are shifting toward the use of pack­aged terminal heat pumps, or PTHP units, as an energy- and cost-effi­cient way to upgrade a property’s heating system

Natasha Ishak

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Steam heat systems learning new tricks

A legacy boiler company is pioneering boiler replace­ment with a steam-gener­ating heat pump powerful enough to heat New York’s biggest apart­ment buildings

Saugat Bolakhe

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What is a “Radiator Cozy” and how does it work?

Inwood Park Apartments was able to save money on fuel and reduce carbon emis­sions — all by insu­lating their in-unit radiators

Ayana Smith

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How do window-unit heat pumps work?

Behind the new heat pumps that are helping to decar­bonize NYCHA’s Woodside housing

Miranda Lipton

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Controlling for comfort — and for cost

New air-source heat pumps offer resi­dents an increased level of control, but also shift who’s paying for the heat

Mary Cunningham