Clinton Hill Apartments
Complete Electrical Upgrade and Submetering
The electrical upgrade that Rand administered at Clinton Hill Apartments (left) covered all 1,229 units throughout the 12-building complex. Newly installed equipment included submetering banks (center) for individual apartments. Disconnect switches (right) for separate apartment lines were also installed.
Property:
12-building, 1,229-unit cooperative in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
Project Overview:
Major upgrade of the entire electrical system, including a conversion to apartment submetering.
Engineer:
RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC
New York, NY
Contractors:
Takos & K Electric, Inc.
$3,730,000 construction cost
Property Manager:
Ed Friedman
Mark Greenberg Real Estate Co.
Lake
Success, NY
Scope of Work:
Newly installed equipment included:
- Property line boxes and Con Edison service "end" boxes.
- Switch panels in each building, including new 1,600- and 2,500-ampere main building service switches.
- Service switches, meters, and circuit breaker panels to supply the elevator system and public light and power.
- Apartment submetering banks.
- Risers to connect the new submetering banks to each new apartment circuit breaker panel.
- Two 20-ampere kitchen appliance circuits and one dedicated air conditioner circuit within each apartment.
- Disconnect switches for separate apartment lines.