Avalon White Plains, a 13-year-old 407-unit luxury rental complex in White Plains, NY, has become the first building in the state to have an indoor lithium-ion battery storage unit installed.
The 144kW battery bank, about the size of two side-by-side refrigerators, discharges at peak hours to support the electricity grid when under stress. It re-charges at off-peak times to take advantage of low cost, low carbon emission power.
Another advantage, promoted by the smart building technology software developer that helped create the system, Logical Buildings, is the battery operation is able to serve as a generator in the event of power outages.
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