Boiler Plant Efficiency Improvement for Housing Complex

Boiler room shown before and after.

This 50-acre Queens, NY housing complex called for the retrofit of 11 circa 1950 #6 oil-fired firetube boiler rooms with 60 high-efficiency gas fired boilers. Each boiler plant provides heat and domestic hot water to several garden apartment buildings. An energy cost study completed by the consulting engineer indicated a 250% improvement in overall boiler plant efficiency.