Behind the Scenes Tour

See the spaces behind closed doors and the machinery that makes the building tick. The scale of our home’s systems and appliances means efficiency with commercial or industrial equipment.

Condenser Pump Room - Danger — Be careful on this tour.

Water intake valve and pump room. The city’s water connection is at G1 and the Willoughby must pump the water up to the roof. (Water won’t work without electric power)

The North Building trash room has a bit more space and is also where the recycling is stored. The trash must be collected 365 days per year.

The buffer between Willoughby Park and the loading dock driveway serves as natural drainage area.

The locked area beneath Willoughby Park

The empty oil tank room waits for the installation of new oil tanks in 2012

The electrical room. The Willoughby annually spends around a million dollars for electrical power. Shutoffs are organized by tier — The electrical room. The Willoughby annually spends nearly a million dollars for electrical power. Shutoffs are organized by tier

How much gas does the Willoughby use? You can check the meter yourself over by the guest parking. The gas line serves all of our cooking appliances.

The terrestrial antennae equipment in this rooftop cage provides free HDTV broadcasts to all units.

Four cooling towers service all of the water and thermal circulation systems. During peak A/C times all four are powered up and running

Feed lines to the cooling towers. Inside of the former Brick Curtain Wall

Beautiful view from outside the curtain wall of the Cooling tower deck. Might be the last place in America without fences or railings!

The condenser pumps

The engineering room on the penthouse level

Chiller #1

The Boiler

Emergency Backup Generator. Note that it only provides emergency power to hall lights, service elevators, and little else.

The computer boxes on the walls are called variable speed drives. They help management run the building more efficiently because they can run equipment at different levels and are automatic or remote controlled. — The computer boxes on the walls are called variable speed drives. They help management run the building more efficiently because they can run equipment at different levels and are automatic or remote controlled.
Beneath the pool deck is the pool storage room

Beneath the pool deck is the pool storage room — The computer boxes on the walls are called variable speed drives. They help management run the building more efficiently because they can run equipment at different levels and are automatic or remote controlled.
Beneath the pool deck is the pool storage room

Beneath the pool deck is the pool storage room — This is what the deep end of the pool looks like from below with pool pipes and drains

The 24th floor balcony of the pool storage room overlooks the GEICO building with a sweeping view of NW Washington and in the distance Virginia too

Structured wiring for Verizon Fios Fiber Optic service