The piano-manufacturing icon Steinway & Sons has installed the world’s largest solar-powered cooling system atop its factory in Queens, New York as their green steps.
The $875,000 solar-powered rooftop system will provide cool air to dehumidfy the company’s 11 acres of factory operations, thus protecting the pianos inside. The system, which will be complete this spring, is funded in part by federal tax credits and a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.