New York, NY, Jun 1, 2011
High Performance Buildings Program
AXA Equitable Fact Sheet
The 1.8 million square foot AXA Equitable building at 787 Seventh Avenue is located
and 52nd streets in Midtown
Indiana limestone, the 54 floor building is home to multiple restaurants and banks, an athle
499-seat auditorium
To accomplish its mission of reducing operating costs while maintaining tenant comfort and safety,
AXA’s building management team partnered with
build a high performance sy
ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) plant
Approach
The high performance building
operate and maintain a building throughout its decades
build it in the first place. On the
conduct a financial and energy analys
a complete building load, HVAC system, energy and economic analysis computer simulation
program that compares the energy and economic imp
Based on the results, Trane recommended the replacement of the original 4,000
system with two 1,400
Chiller and a 45-tank thermal storage system, which provides 9,000 ton
capacity. Combined, these solutions bring
increase of 340 tons, in addition to the cooling impact of the new thermal stor
Trane also worked with AXA
chilled water and condenser pumps, coupled with the installation of Variable Flow Drives (VFDs)
and state-of-the-art building
plant operations, optimize energy conservation and further reduce energy costs. [
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