Astoria co-op goes green with natural gas heating system

Frigid winters often mean chilly apartments or high heat bills, but one co-op in Astoria is giving the gift of a new heating system to their residents this holiday season.

The Acropolis Gardens Cooperative on 33rd Street began its transition from oil heat to heat from natural gas this month, just in time for what is predicted to be another extremely cold winter.Untitled

The transition to natural gas has a number of benefits, according to Brandon Osman, the managing agent of Acropolis Gardens and vice president of corporate development at Metropolitan Pacific Properties.

“Through our clean heat initiative we could do our part for green energy that will benefit the entire community of Astoria, as well as cut back on costs,” Osman said, “ultimately bringing great benefits to our tenants not only during the winter months, but throughout the year.”

Metropolitan Pacific Properties, the management company for Acropolis Gardens, was recognized by NYC Clean Heat earlier this year for their commitment to converting to cleaner heating fuel for its properties.

The company made the switch to natural gas not only for all of the positive environmental effects, but in order to keep costs down.

“Making the conversion to natural gas is obviously much cleaner, but it also costs about 50 percent less than conventional oil, in recent years,” Osman said. “In a property the size of Acropolis Gardens this can hold fuel costs down by $500,000 to $700,000 per year.”

Acropolis Gardens is made up of 617 one- and two-bedroom units. Live in or near Acropolis Gardens? Have your groceries delivered to you in 2 hours or less by PickUpLater.

“This assures our shareholders that carrying charges will not skyrocket in the future, while freeing up capital to undertake other repairs and projects that will continue to make Acropolis Gardens a wonderful place to live,” Osman added.

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