Eco-friendly exoskeleton cuts residence constructing vitality use by 60%

9 previous residence buildings in New York Metropolis have been retrofitted from the skin to devour much less vitality whereas minimising disruption to tenants

By James Dinneen

9 white residence buildings stand out like spaceships among the many ageing brick facades of the Bushwick neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. The century-old buildings have been just lately upgraded with an energy-efficient exoskeleton, an effort to slash the buildings’ vitality consumption in half whereas minimising disruption to tenants. This might function a mannequin for the thousands and thousands of constructing retrofits wanted to fulfill local weather targets.

Ryan Cassidy at RiseBoro, the inexpensive housing organisation that developed the venture, says the “spaghetti” of piping …