For over 50 years, residents of Carroll Tower in Providence, Rhode Island, relied on electric baseboards for heating and window AC units for cooling.
Now, the 194-apartment public housing development for senior citizens has had its entire HVAC system transformed with modern heat pump technology.
According to a report from Fast Company, 277 heat pumps from the climate tech startup Gradient were installed in the building as a part of a $1.25 million project between Providence Housing Authority, Gradient, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, Abode Energy Management, and Envr Air…