NY-GEO BROOKLYN 2024
All Tours are on Monday, Oct 21
Need to know information:
- Must be a registered for NY-GEO 2024 Brooklyn to participate
- Select One tour, when registering
- Tours 1, 3 & 4 include motorcoach transportation to and from the sites.
- Tour 2 is escorted via subway
- Long Pants and Closed Toe Shoes
- PPE will be supplied, where needed
- Waivers make be required on some sites
Tour fees: $100 - must be registered to attend NY-GEO 2024 Brooklyn.
9.30.24 - We are working to add two additional tours - awaiting final approval.
Learn More about NY-GEO 2024 Brooklyn and Register HERE.
Tour 1 - Motorcoach - Currently Full- Please Check Back
12:00 pm Depart Brooklyn Marriott
4:00 pm Arrival Brooklyn Marriott
- 1 Java
- 25 Stewart
Lendlease 1 Java
Once completed, 1 Java in Greenpoint Brooklyn, which is an all-electric residential property, will be the largest residential project in New York State to use a geothermal heat exchange. the geothermal system at 1 Java Street will reduce annual carbon emissions from heating and cooling by 53% compared with typical residential systems.
This project has received $4M under NYSERDA PON 4614 and $4.6M in a Con Edison Clean Heat Incentive.
Designer (Prime): ZBF Geothermal
Designer (Subs): CDM Smith and Geoptomize
Drilling Contractor (Prime): Brightcore Energy
Drilling Subcontractor: GeoSource Energy
Horizontal Subcontractor: American Well & Pump
Mechanical Contractor: KSW Mechanical
Equipment Manufacture: ClimateMaster
25 Stewart - Bushwick
Set to become New York City’s first geothermal powered hotel. The 96,000-square-foot, eight-story hotel will include 160 rooms, a rooftop pool, a restaurant and a health and wellness facility.
Tour 2 - Subway - Currenly Full - Please Check Back
12:00 pm Depart Brooklyn Marriott
4:00 pm Return to hotel
- 555 Greenwich Street
- St. Patricks Cathederal
555 Greenwich Street
The state-of-the-art system delivers 100% of the heating and cooling requirements to the 270,000-square-foot, 16-story structure by combining geothermal loops in 63 foundation piles with rooftop-sited modular air and ground sourced heat pumps. The hybrid system includes an active controls system that analyzes real-time ground and air temperature data to responsively provide maximum energy efficiency at minimal operating cost which enables the system to be optimized as building use and climate changes over the years. The system is currently operational, and 555 Greenwich is expected to receive LEED platinum certification—joining only 10 projects awarded that status in New York State.
Read full press release HERE
Building Owners: Hudson Square Properies, Norges Bank Investment Managment, Trinty Church Wall Street, Hines
Design Team: COOKFOX, Thornton Tomasetti, LANGAN, JBB
Construction Team: AECOM TISHMAN, Endurant, URBAN, GEOptimize, Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp, Salas O'Brien, PACE, Masters Building Solutions
St. Patricks Cathedral
The renovation of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, one of New York’s most visited destinations, required strategic planning and phased construction across a campus spanning an entire city block.
Campus infrastructure was upgraded with a seamless insertion of sustainable systems, including a state-of-the-art geothermal heating and cooling system.
The entire project was conducted while the Cathedral remained open for daily masses, welcoming the five million visitors who pass through its doors annually.
Tour 3 - Motorcoach
12:00 pm Depart Brooklyn Marriott
4:00 pm Return to Brooklyn Marriott
Eastchester Garden and Jackson Houses
Eastchester Garden and Jackson Houses Geothermal Pilot Projects for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
The goal was to decouple the Domestic Hot Water (DHW) from the central steam system, electrifying portions of the thermal load, and reduce the site emissions of fossil fuel usage by 40% by 2030 (as required by local law 97), all with minimal disturbance to the tenants.
That goal was achieved by installing a geothermal system to decouple and electrify 35% of the thermal load, and 5% more efficient and smaller boilers, due to the avoided DHW load. That way the steam boilers would not have to be operated during the summer heating shutdown.
The design team opted to use a distributed design, with an individual system serving each building, avoiding the higher costs of a district approach.
Two 30-ton Waterfurnace high-temperature heat pumps, able to provide 140F degree water, for 60-ton DHW hot water capacity in each building, providing a standardized and reproducible design approach. A novel design and control approach provides 140F DHW temperature all year long, together with a higher efficiency DHW, including high peak coverage.
The geothermal system is expandable at a later time in order to provide 100% space heating and cooling in order to comply with stricter future emission requirements.
General Contractor: Adam's European Contracting
Designer (Prime): Buffalo Geothermal LLC, CSA Engineering
Drilling Contractor (Prime): Buffalo Geothermal LLC
Drilling Subcontractor: Re-Eco, Reliable Drilling
Horizontal Subcontractor: Buffalo Geothermal LLC
Mechanical Contractor: Buffalo Geothermal LLC, Kordun Construction Corporation
Equipment Manufacture: WaterFurnace International
Monitoring and Verification: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Owahgena Consulting Inc
Tour 4 - Motorcoach
12:00 pm Depart Brooklyn Marriott
4:00 pm Return to Brooklyn Marriott
1515 Surf Ave, Coney Island
1515 Surf Avenue was the first high-rise project in NYC to install a geothermal system. This project is complete and participants in the tour will be able to see an operating geothermal system including advance controls, vertical stack heat pumps in apartments, and a R744 (C02) domestic hot water system. This project was supported by a $1.6M award under NYSERDA PON 4614 and $2.9M in a Con Edison Clean Heat Incentive.
Designer and Prime Contractor: Ecosave
Designer (Subcontractors): ZBF Geothermal, CDM Smith, and GEOptomize
Implementation Subcontractor: ZBF Geothermal
Drilling Contractor: Allied Well Drilling
Mechanical Contractor: Centrifugal Group Associates
Equipment Manufacture: ClimateMaster, Lync