Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

NYSERDA Tests High-Rise Wind Power Installation at Corning Tower in Albany

Wed

Feb

A 1.5-kilowatt wind turbine now sits atop the 41-story Corning Tower in Albany under a joint agency pilot project that will test the production of wind power here in New York State. The Office of General Services and NYSERDA are spearheading the project, which will monitor data in real time from a Swift Wind Turbine which was installed on January 22. Although 1.5 kilowatts is less than one tenth of the electricity used daily by workers in the building, the purpose of the installation is simply to review such systems both for economic feasibility, as well as overall energy efficiency, in urban environments. The Corning Tower was selected both because it is home to OGS, but also because it is the tallest building (588 feet) between New York City and the Adirondacks.

Navy Yard's Perry Building to Feature Renewable Energy Pilot Program

Thu

May

by Stephen Del Percio

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The Brooklyn Navy Yard's Perry Building will be home to art restoration firm SurroundArt once it opens up this summer. Interiors for the 89,000-square-foot space, which is aiming for a LEED Silver under USGBC's Core and Shell program, were designed by Steven Kratchman Architect, while the exterior of the building is being executed by Stantec. (Check out our previous posts on the Perry Building for more details on both the project and SurroundArt.) Last week, though, Stantec announced some details on the project's renewable energy features, which will include a photovoltaic and wind power pilot program. The firm is partnering with National Grid Energy Services in order to install a number of solar panels and wind turbines on the Perry Building's roof. The system will- at least initially- serve just the Perry Building and be tied to its main electrical equipment.

Stafford Park: Wind & Solar Power Meet LEED in the Pine Barrens

Fri

Jan

by Stephen Del Percio

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Developed by Barnegat, New Jersey-based Walters Group after a permitting process that lasted close to three years, Stafford Park is a 370-acre mixed-use project under construction in the New Jersey Pine Barrens on the site of a former landfill. Walters will seek LEED certification for each of the buildings in the development, which is to include 650,000 square feet of retail, 667 residential units, and 25,000 square feet of office space. 112 of the residential units will be set aside as affordable housing. Earlier this week, Walters announced that it has installed a temporary test tower to evaluate the site’s potential for producing wind power in cooperation with the Rutgers University Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences. The wind power project is part of an overall renewable energy initiative at the development that also includes a solar farm.

Patriots to Purchase Green Power for Gillette Stadium

Thu

Nov

by Stephen Del Percio

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Not to be outdone by the green efforts of this year’s World Series champions, the New England Patriots have announced that they’ve signed a four-year agreement to purchase renewable energy credits to completely offset their game day electrical use at Gillette Stadium, whose regular consumption is enough to power 2,269 homes for a day. The Kraft Group, which owns the team, will purchase 2,400 megawatt hours of RECs from Maryland-based Constellation NewEnergy. According to the Green Power Partnership program, which was established back in 2001, 400,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy were purchased in the program’s first year.