Items tagged #Boiler

Skylight takes New Yorkers behind the scenes of the Victoria’s energy-efficient renovation

A recap of Skylight’s latest clean energy building tour, hosted in part­ner­ship with EN-POWER GROUP.

Optimizing your steam heat boiler

How to upgrade steam boiler heating systems to meet Local Law 97 emis­sion standards

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

How steam heat boilers work

Boilers have warmed New York build­ings for decades. But to prepare them to meet the city’s new climate stan­dards, we must first under­stand how they function.

1010 Sherman Avenue
Sherman Terrace
South Bronx

637–661 41st Street
Sun Garden Homes
Sunset Park

“If we could do it, anyone could”

A Q&A with two coop­er­a­tors from one of New York City’s orig­inal self-managed Finnish co-ops, who coor­di­nated efforts to tune up their ancient boiler and patch up leaks in the walls

2 Charlton Street
Two Charlton Owners Corp
SoHo

In the South Bronx, this co-op sets a high standard

How one working-class coop­er­a­tive took an incre­mental approach to improving effi­ciency, and found savings along the way

In Queens, a culture-driven approach to energy efficiency changed everything

How a historic Jackson Heights co-op secured its grade A energy rating through incre­mental upgrades and consis­tent share­holder discourse