Microturbine project brings residents breath of fresher air.It's summer in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and in addition to weekend trips to Central Park and Coney Island Coney Island (kō`nē), beach resort, amusement center, and neighborhood of S Brooklyn borough of New York City, SE N.Y., on the Atlantic Ocean. that means bad air. Smog and ozone alerts are a summertime fact of life in the nation's most populace city. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and study released in March, New York has the most pollution-laden air in the country, ranking ahead even of California. Clinton Hill's residents, at least, will be able to breath easier soon thanks to the installation of 13 natural gas-powered microturbines that will allow the complex to turn off its dirty old oil heaters in the summer, when they've previously been used to generate hot water. Upon execution of the $2 million dollar project, slated for this summer, the 1,200-tenant Clinton Hill Clinton Hill has multiple meanings: Places
"The system enables the summer shutdown of the north campus boilers--when air pollution is at its worst--and provides year-round electricity along with hot water to more than 700 of Clinton Hill's 1221 cooperative apartments. This project benefits residents of the entire community, by reducing fine particle pollution in a city in which high levels of childhood asthma are a growing problem," said Debbi Edelstein, director of Clean Air Communities (CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. ), which provided $400,000 in project funding through its partnership with Consolidated Edison. Proponents say microturbines are more efficient than traditional forms of power and heat generation and have the benefit of being an "off the grid" power supply. This means buildings with microturbines or other methods of what is known as "cogeneration" or "co-gen" will fare better in the event of a blackout. At Clinton Hill Apartments, The 13 dual-purpose microturbine units will produce electricity and hot water for the buildings. The co-gen units will displace number-6 oil boilers for hot water production, saving energy and reducing air pollution. The units will generate 540 kW to provide supplemental power to seven of the buildings in the 13-building complex. The nearly $2 million project was principally funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation that was created by the New York State Legislature in 1975. The purpose of the NYSERDA is to provide funding for the research of energy development. in cooperation with Clinton Hill Apartment Owners' Corporation, and CAC. |
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