Energy Services Programs - Manhattan Family Court


	Energy Services Programs Project Profile: Manhattan Family Court Constructed in the early 1970s, the 12-story Manhattan Family Court building at 60 Lafayette Street houses all of the borough’s family court operations. Preparations for a complete rehabilitation of the building’s mechanical and electrical systems drew attention to a significant inefficiency: The building’s chiller plant was located outside the building. For close to three decades, the facility had relied on chilled water from pipes running from an adjacent building under Lafayette Street, and leakage was considerable. The City of New York presented NYPA with a unique challenge: to install a completely new chiller plant within a Family Court building not designed for the system’s bulk, weight or vibrations. Analysis confirmed that adaptation of existing upper-floor mechanical room space would be cost prohibitive. NYPA crews isolated space in the subbasement and ultimately lowered the massive equipment through a cut in the floor of the building’s parking lot, completing the work after hours for minimal disruption. The efficient new $4 million air-conditioning system will save the city nearly $140,000 a year. It features three high-efficiency electric centrifugal chillers, new oversized rooftop cooling towers to accommodate climate control requirements of planned computer facilities and a more environmentally benign refrigerant. NYPA undertook the work as part of its long-term energy partnership agreement with the city, under which the Authority provides financing and design, engineering and construction services for city-approved projects. back to energy services projects list...



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