The owners of an Upper West Side high-rise have installed a maze of twisting pipes and tanks that collect carbon dioxide from the massive, gas-fired boilers in the basement before it goes to the chimney and is released into the air.
A New York City high-rise has pipes and tanks that collect carbon dioxide from the gas-fired boilers before it goes to the chimney and is released. Dani Beckstrom has the story.From the outside, the residential high-rise on Manhattan's Upper West Side looks pretty much like any other luxury building: A doorman greets visitors in a spacious lobby adorned with tapestry and marble.
They see it as a way to meet emissions goals without having to relocate residents for extensive renovations. They argue that to achieve meaningful reductions in emissions, buildings should be significantly upgraded and switched to renewable-powered electricity instead of continuing to burn fossil fuels.
The boilers, which are expected to last another 10 or 20 years, produce roughly half the building's emissions, Asparro said. That process takes energy, and capturing carbon dioxide does increase the building's electricity use, but overall the system is still reducing the building's emissions. But now a handful of green tech companies and building owners are trying for the first time to deploy this technology on a much smaller scale on residential buildings.In Minnesota, Radisson Blu Mall of America, a hotel, has installed a system that captures carbon dioxide that's eventually used to make soap.
Nearly 70% of New York City's large buildings have steam boilers that run on natural gas or oil, according to NYC Accelerator. Then, using equipment provided by a company called CarbonCure, the liquid carbon dioxide is compressed and turned into a solid. One main ingredient of concrete is cement, which contributes about 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, according to a study by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.On average, concrete producers using CarbonCure technology reduce their carbon footprint by just 5% to 6%, said Robert Niven, CEO of CarbonCure, which works with 700 concrete producers in 30 countries.
People exposed to high concentrations of carbon dioxide, the report said, may experience rapid breathing, confusion, elevated blood pressure and increased arrhythmias. Extreme concentrations of carbon dioxide can lead to death by asphyxiation.
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