RRA designed FDNY’s Engine Company (EC) 287 in Queens, NY. The 18,500sf firehouse façade presents a legible face at a larger urban scale on a site straddling residential and commercial neighborhoods.
The building’s tight envelope, rooftop solar thermal vacuum panels for all heating and domestic hot water, energy-efficient dedicated outdoor air and indoor VRF for ventilation and cooling, green roofs, storm water retention tanks, new elevator and backup generator will be certified LEED Gold and replace a structurally compromised 100 year old firehouse. The new EC 287 will be a state of the art emergency facility that actively responds and engages with the surrounding Elmhurst community.