8/10/2023 0 Comments Manhattan skyscrapers![]() ![]() The company plans to install carbon capture systems in five more buildings this year. It has computerized motors, fans and pumps, LED lighting and battery storage. The apartment building is trying to reduce energy in other ways, too, said Josh London, senior vice president at Glenwood Management Corp. Pipes lead to spigots outside the building, where a truck loads up with the liquefied CO 2 and takes it to a concrete manufacturer in Brooklyn. Then it's compressed and cooled to minus-10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-23 Celsius), turning it to liquid. Credit: AP Photo/John MinchilloĬarbon dioxide and other gases flow from the boilers over a special material that separates out the carbon dioxide in a system that occupies two former parking spaces. New York is forcing buildings to clean up, and several are experimenting with capturing the carbon dioxide, cooling it into a liquid and mixing it into concrete where it turns into a mineral. "Boilers like this are installed everywhere, in schools and hospitals around the world," Asparro said.īrian Asparro, chief operating officer of CarbonQuest, points to a delivery truck on a touch screen display outlining the process from which liquid carbon dioxide is produced as a byproduct of a natural gas fired water boiler in the basement of The Grand Tier luxury apartment building, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in New York. The carbon capture system, Asparro said, is trapping about 60% of the boilers' emissions. ![]() The other half are generated at power plants where the building buys electricity. The boilers produce roughly half the building's emissions. In the Manhattan building's basement, two 500-horsepower boilers rumble, burning natural gas and releasing carbon dioxide. It's unclear whether carbon capture will be recognized by New York City as a qualifying emissions reduction the city has not decided. "Carbon capture doesn't actually reduce emissions it seeks to put them somewhere else," said Anthony Rogers-Wright, director of environmental justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. Credit: AP Photo/John MinchilloĬritics say buildings should be switched to electricity instead. New York is forcing buildings to clean up, and several are experimenting with capturing carbon dioxide, cooling it into a liquid and mixing it into concrete where it turns into a mineral. "Time is not on our side, and this type of solution can be installed quickly, cost-effectively and without a major disruption," said Brian Asparro, chief operating officer of CarbonQuest, which built the system.Ī liquid carbon dioxide pipe is labeled in a production room of The Grand Tier luxury apartment building, where the carbon byproduct of a natural gas fired water boiler is repurposed for industrial sale, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in New York. In this case, the carbon dioxide is sold to a concrete manufacturer in Brooklyn. To comply, some property managers are installing carbon capture systems, which strip out carbon dioxide, direct it into tanks and prepare it for sale to make carbonated beverages or soap. Other cities such as Boston and Denver passed similar laws. ![]() So building owners must make dramatic cuts starting next year or face escalating fines under a new law which affects some 50,000 structures-more than half the buildings in the city. In such a vertical city, it's impossible to address climate change without tackling emissions from buildings. The goal is to stop carbon dioxide, a climate-warming gas, from entering the atmosphere. To reduce emissions, the owners have installed twisting pipes and tanks that collect carbon dioxide from the building's massive, gas-fired boilers. Yet the basement has a set of equipment seen almost nowhere else in the world. ![]()
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