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    New 387-unit Archer Green residential housing includes CHP, Solar, Battery Storage in New York

    Dec. 7, 2021
    New housing project in the Queens borough incorporates battery storage, solar panels, a combined heat and power (CHP) system, electric charging stations and energy efficiency appliances and fixtures
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    A New York real state development company is celebrating completion of a new affordable housing project in the Queens borough that incorporates battery storage, solar panels, a combined heat and power (CHP) system, electric charging stations and energy efficiency appliances and fixtures.

    Omni New York LLC joined with city officials and community stakeholders to herald completion of Archer Green in Jamaica, Queens. The 15,000-square-foot residential building contains 387 units of housing, as well as a fitness room, coworking space, a children’s playroom, lounge, terrance and bike storage.

    The building will also achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold status by the U.S. Green Building Council, and will incorporate several green technologies that will improve building operations and increase resiliency, including a state-of-the-art battery energy storage system that can provide back-up power in the event of a black out, solar panels, a CHP system that generates electricity and captures heat that would otherwise be wasted, electric vehicle charging stations, and energy efficient appliances and fixtures.

    Archer Green was a joint effort including Omni New York, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The project was originally borne out of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan, a $153 million revitalization effort established by the de Blasio mayoral administration.

    "We are thrilled to celebrate the completion of the 100% affordable housing and mixed-use development that is Archer Green," said Eugene Schneur, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Omni New York LLC. "We want to thank all of the partners and local officials that helped make this project possible, as this new development is bringing much needed affordable housing and economic investment to the city. We are honored to have been part of these efforts."

    Since 2004, Omni has owned and managed over 17,000 units of affordable housing in eleven states.

    The rental rates at Archer Green are tiered based on location and income and assures that units will be affordable to tenants, according to reports.

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    (Rod Walton, senior editor for EnergyTech, is a 14-year veteran of covering the energy industry both as a newspaper and trade journalist. He can reached at [email protected]).

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    Rod Walton, EnergyTech Managing Editor | Senior Editor

    For EnergyTech editorial inquiries, please contact Managing Editor Rod Walton at [email protected].

    Rod Walton has spent 15 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist. He formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    Walton earned his Bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. His career stops include the Moore American, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Wagoner Tribune and Tulsa World. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids. The C&I sectors together account for close to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

    He was named Managing Editor for Microgrid Knowledge and EnergyTech starting July 1, 2023

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.

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