The 1 Java Street project is the largest mixed-use development in New York State to incorporate a ground source geothermal system for heating and cooling. When completed in 2025, there will be more than 800 residential apartments plus retail spaces in the revitalized city block of Brooklyn waterfront property.
The geothermal system included 321 vertical boreholes drilled 499 feet into the ground, spaced 15 feet apart with a 1 ΒΌ inch diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) PE4710 pipe inserted into each.
A total of 326,000 feet was used in the boreholes with another 31,000 feet of HDPE pipe in various diameters used for lateral distribution. Manufacturer of the pipe, Versaprofiles, received the Project of the Year Award from the Building and Construction Division of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc.
