The Manhattan Apartment Building That Went All-In On All-Electric

The Manhattan Apartment Building That Went All-In On All-Electric

The Manhattan Apartment Building That Went All-In On All-Electric Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. This article was published as a collaboration between Reasons to be Cheerful , which reports on solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, and Skylight , which tells stories about the New Yorkers leading the clean energy transition in their own homes. F rom the outside, 420 Beekman Hill in Midtown East looks like your standard Manhattan co-op: A 110-unit tower of white brick built in the 1960s, topping out at 13 stories. But its familiar façade masks an innovative upgrade that’s brought the building to the cutting edge of energy efficient technology. As one of the first co-ops in Manhattan to fully electrify its heating and cooling systems with heat pumps, it serves as a model for cities looking to make older housing stock more sustainable. Prior to electrification, the build…