A construction firm tapped Aggreko as their 17-story high-rise in downtown Boston neared the final stages of construction. The project team faced a significant challenge: efficiently heating all stories of the building to complete the finishing work. Given the vertical nature of the structure and limited square footage, traditional electric heating methods would be inefficient.

The need for heat to be distributed from ground level up raised further challenges. A typical solution for similar-sized buildings would involve using several electric heaters. However, the building’s power limitations ruled out this approach. Additionally, the option to use indirect heaters, which would require daily fuel refills on every other floor, would have driven up operational costs and emissions.

The project team needed an efficient, non-electric solution that could not only heat the building from the ground up but also minimize fuel consumption and, as a byproduct, environmental impact.