{"id":1004287622,"date":"2018-12-19T20:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T04:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004287622"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:53:30","slug":"cogen-plant-takes-flight-at-airport-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cogen-plant-takes-flight-at-airport-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cogeneration Takes Flight at JFK Airport Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Diana Mosher<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport in Queens, N.Y. (Photo by Max Tuohey\/Courtesy of MCR)<\/p><\/div>\n

When MCR Development announced in 2015 that it would be converting the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport into a lobby and retail space for an adjacent six-story hotel, it was a happy day for architecture and aviation enthusiasts. Now, as the $265 million project nears completion in first quarter 2019, another aspect of the hotel is garnering additional interest: Its self-contained cogeneration power system, which will reduce the property\u2019s operating costs by an estimated $4 million.<\/p>\n

Most attention will focus on the existing 200,000-square-foot building, a flight-themed 1962 masterpiece designed by Eero Saarinen. That will be the hotel\u2019s public-facing component and house the hotel\u2019s lobby, registration desk, restaurant, bars and retail. The renovated front portion will connect to two new wings that will offer 512 guest rooms. Other visitor draws: A new conference center and a retro cocktail bar housed in a vintage plane.<\/p>\n

Those features will lure visitors, but the remarkable power strategy will be located out of public view. Housed on the roof of the north hotel building will be a combined heat and power plant (CHP) will supply electricity and regulate temperature for the entire property. The CHP plant will connect to a natural gas source, allowing the building to operate on a separate power source from the airport and greatly reduce its energy expenses. \u201cThe CHP effectively saves us $4 million a year in operating costs,\u201d  said Jason Garone, vice president construction, MCR Development. <\/p>\n

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Rendering of the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport (PRNewsfoto\/MCR Development)<\/p><\/div>\n

The default decision would have been to connect to JFK\u2019s existing cogeneration plant, which supplies power and thermal energy to terminals and support facilities. But the cost of those services seemed prohibitive.  <\/p>\n

\u201cThe CHP was the brainchild of Tyler Morse,\u201d Garone said. Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, supply reliable electricity, steam and hot water at lower cost and emissions than grid-supplied electricity and an on-site boiler. Superior energy efficiency and lower energy costs resulting from CHP can earn significant points toward LEED certification.<\/p>\n

 As Garone put it: \u201cWhy not build your own power plant and you can get high-pressure gas in and produce your own power, your own thermal energy\u2014and control your own destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CHP plant will connect to a natural gas source, allowing the building to operate on a separate power source from the airport and greatly reduce its energy expenses. \u201cThe CHP effectively saves us $4 million a year in operating costs,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get power in from Con Ed, you don\u2019t know where that power is being produced,\u201d adds Garone. \u201cIt could be from oil or coal. Gas is a clean energy. It burns much cleaner than some of the other fossil fuels so that\u2019s another benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prefabrication of the CHP using a modular system to assemble the elements off site is saving approximately six months of construction time. Rather than a traditional build-up of the main cogeneration components, its three reciprocating engines, three gas-driven chillers and boilers are being assembled in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in ten containers that have been specially fabricated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose units can be sent down here and then lifted in place, one by one, and connected. You streamline your construction and have fewer crane lifts than when you build it by parts and pieces on site,\u201d adds Garone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Flight Center is the jewel in the crown. It\u2019s the showpiece of the project and the reason why this project is happening,\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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