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Jolt of Reality: What It Takes for One Brooklyn Co-op Building to Electrify

Workers install an electric heat pump inside an apartment at a pre-war Brooklyn Heights building.

The saga of a Brooklyn Heights co-op building’s switching from oil to electric heat tells both a success story and a cautionary tale about what it takes to reinvent a century-old residence for a greener new era. Kathryn DeFehr, an architect who lives in the 20-apartment Hicks Street building, was the driving force for the […]

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