PUTNAM AVE TOWNHOUSE

Location:

Putnam Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221

Project Stats:

  • Completed: Summer 2020

  • Area of Building: 3,000

  • Use: R-3 Single-Family

  • Type of HVAC: Boilers serving radiators for primary heat + LG VRF Heat Pumps

Scope of Work: ABS designed this townhouse for the principal architect, Jess Hinshaw,’s mother, incidentally right next door to Jess’ own townhouse. We’ve combined a number of townhouses over the years but this was the first with a shared backyard between a multi-generational living arrangement. The project entailed providing a new VRF heat pump system and replacing existing hot water radiators. An innovative mico ‘combined heat, power, and cooling’ generation unit by M-trigen was installed as part of a National Grid pilot study designed to test, evaluate, and determine if this equipment is suitable in the ‘downstate NY gas service territories.’ Ultimately the Trigen unit proved to be too loud for densely populated Bed-Stuy, but it is very cool technology.

Architect: Shapeless Studio

Press: NY Times