Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

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Albany for many years was home to the Upstate New York’s largest All Electric Building

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Albany for many years was home to the Upstate New York’s largest All Electric Building.🔌

One Commerce Plaza was an all electric building until 2006, they used reversing valves on the air conditioning units to provide heat. But the system had one costly flaw — they had to use electric resistant heaters to bring the air temperature to above 40 degrees on cold days, which made the building very costly to operate in prolonged cold spells winter.

Now, One Commerce Plaza uses gas pre-heaters, but they don’t heat the building to 72 degrees. Instead, the rather small gas heater brings the outside air to around 45 degrees, then air conditioner units with their reversing valves, compress the heat from “warmed up air” to a comfortable 72 degrees for the offices.