Through the use of technology, an off-grid island resort was able to drastically cut its energy consumption as well as its reliance on diesel generators.
To adequately heat the 111 Murray Street residential skyscraper in New York, the owner sought an effective way to maintain the aesthetic of the mostly glass building without being obtrusive to its design.
The home now has a 3.9 kW solar array that offsets nearly 100% of the System M and grid power supplied from the clean-sourced ConEd program — meaning that the house has zero emission heating, cooling, and hot water.
Norton Commons is a massive community development project consisting of single and multi-family home units as well as local business town centers. Units are individually designed and built with renewable geothermal heating and cooling systems.