Aztech Wins GEOSTAR TOP JOB Award @ NY-GEO 2025
April 23, 2025 – Aztech Geothermal was presented with the GEOSTAR TOP JOB Award at the NY-GEO 2025 Conference in Saratoga Springs. The award was in the Multifamily Category.
Steamboat 20 ribbon cutting: Chiquita D’Arbeau, Executive Director of the Albany Housing Authority holds the scissors with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and US Representative Paul Tonko on either side.
The Steamboat 20 Project stands as a bold example of how to electrify older multifamily housing stock. Originally constructed in the early 1960’s, the project included the conversion of existing gas-fired boilers and domestic hot water systems to an all-electric distributed geothermal heat pump system. All 88 apartments, plus common areas, and commercial spaces are now supported by a highly efficient network of geothermal heat pumps. The domestic hot water conversion remained centralized with the installation of twin 25-ton CO2 refrigerant geothermal heat pumps. The geothermal source energy to support the systems consists of thirty-two (32) 500-foot deep geothermal closed loop boreholes located under the two parking lots. Edgemere Development pieced together the funding for this ambitious retrofit made possible by NYSHCR Clean Energy Initiative (CEI); NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program (MPP), Flextech Program, and Heat Pump Demonstration Study (HPDS); National Grid Clean Heat; and NYS Attorney General. Aztech Geothermal was the lead geothermal consultant and other NY-GEO members also had important contributions including ZBF Geothermal, Stark Tech, GEOptimize and Earth Sensitive Solutions. Link.