NY-GEO Top Jobs 2025 Presented by GeoStar
L-R: John Thomas / WaterFurnace (GeoStar), Dan Audette / Wendel, Dan Sergison / Salas O'Brien, Rachel Carpitella / Wendel, Geoff Hoffer & John Ciovacco / Aztech Geothermal, Brian Urlaub / Salas O'Brien
The objective of the GEOSTAR Top Job Competition is to highlight and recognize the incredible talent, creativity and imagination that geothermal system designers and installers are bringing to the market. Additionally, these excellent case studies communicate to those outside the industry the variety of ways that geothermal heat pump technology can be applied. This year’s finalists have met the challenge!
Top Job Committee Chair:
- Joanne Coons / NY-GEO Volunteer
TOP JOB AWARD RECIPIENTS
TOP JOB AWARD RECIPIENTS
ITHACA FIRE STATION
The Ithaca Fire Station is a new 13,000 sq. ft., two-story, all-electric fire station designed by Wendel, replaces a 1960s-era facility and supports the City’s climate action goals and energy code. The building features a 32-ton ground-source geothermal system with eight 499-foot-deep wells, water-to-water heat pumps, radiant floor heating, and VRF systems for high-efficiency heating and cooling. The project also includes energy recovery ventilation and electric domestic hot water, creating a carbon-free facility designed for operational resilience and long-term sustainability.
ALAFIA
Alafia is a large mixed-use development located in Brooklyn and designed by Salas O'Brien with 2,400-unit affordable housing plus healthcare and community space and addresses economic, social and health care disparities. Alafia combines Passive House standards and incorporates geothermal heating and cooling, wastewater recovery and solar power to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint.
ALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S "STEAMBOAT 20"
Aztech Geothermal was the geothermal design consultant for the Albany Housing Authority's “Steamboat 20” project which stands as a bold example of how to electrify older multifamily housing stock. Originally constructed in the early 1960s the project involved the conversion of existing gas-fired boilers and domestic hot water systems to an all-electric distributed geothermal heat pump system. All 88 apartments, plus common areas are now supported by a highly efficient network of geothermal heat pumps.