Eco-friendly exoskeleton cuts apartment building energy use by 60%
Nine old apartment buildings in New York City were retrofitted from the outside to consume less energy while minimising disruption to tenants
Environment
28 February 2023
Buildings in Brooklyn, New York, were retrofitted from the outside
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Nine white apartment buildings stand out like spaceships among the ageing brick facades of the Bushwick neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. The century-old buildings were recently upgraded with an energy-efficient exoskeleton, an effort to slash the buildings’ energy consumption in half while minimising disruption to tenants. This could serve as a model for the millions of building retrofits needed to meet climate targets.
Ryan Cassidy at RiseBoro, the affordable housing organisation that developed the project, says the “spaghetti” of piping …
