DETROIT – Gigawatt announces today the successful completion of a landmark heat pump retrofit project at 1800 W Bethune St., a historic 99-year-old building deeply rooted in Detroit's historic manufacturing heritage. The developer, Design Build Detroit, utilized Ephoca to solve the challenge of retrofitting buildings without balconies and opens doors for decarbonizing approximately 50,000 multifamily apartment units across Detroit.

The 83-unit, 4½-story building, 1800 W. Bethune St., is set to reopen Feb. 1 as the Bethune Lofts with asking rents on the lower end of what is typically found in newly built or rehabbed buildings in the city. The building also features unique and energy-saving heat pumps for heating and cooling in its apartments that are more commonly found in Europe, although starting to catch on in North America.