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Greening the Empire State Building

Lisa Wojnovich — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:36:41 +0000

New York City’s Empire State Building is the latest poster child for green innovation. Earlier this week, Anthony Malkin, president of W&M Properties, the company that owns the building, announced that they would begin a $500 million self-financed program to renovate the world famous landmark — $100 million of which would be used to reduce the building’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. The project should be completed by December 2010.

The Biggest Apple in the Big Apple Is Going Green

Jessop Petroski — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:02:55 +0000

New York city’s most iconic image, the Empire State Building, is about to undergo a ‘green’ makeover. Soon, one of the nation’s oldest buildings will be in the top 10 percent of the greenest buildings in America.

Who says only new buildings can be green?

Leading the way in this green revolution is former US President Bill Clinton. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tony Malkin of the Empire State Building Company, and the energy and construction partners joined Mr. Clinton to bring this retrofitting project together.

Empire State Building Begins Huge Energy Efficiency Retrofit

Timothy B. Hurst — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:37:39 +0000

Building to cut energy consumption by nearly 40% in three years

Officials at New York’s Empire State Building today unveiled a new process for analyzing and retrofitting existing structures for environmental sustainability. As central elements of the $500 million upgrade program presently underway at New York City’s tallest building, the program is expected to reduce energy consumption by up to 38 percent, providing a replicable model for similar projects around the world.

The program is being spearheaded by former President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Climate Initiative, as well as the Rocky Mountain Institute, Johnson Controls Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle.

“In this distressed economic climate, there is a tremendous opportunity for cities and building owners to retrofit existing buildings to save money and save energy,” said Mr. Clinton today at the announcement. “I’m proud of the work my foundation’s climate initiative has done with 40 of the world’s largest cities, including New York.”