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The Empire State Building is STILL growing!

Posted : April 14, 2009 by Liam, Category: Uncategorized

A building that stood as the world’s tallest for more than 40 years continues to grow in stature.
The Empire State Building in New York has many commonly known accolades but it was recently announced that the iconic building is to be retrofitted in an effort to improve its energy efficiency, indoor environment and carbon footprint.

A group of designers are reinventing the Empire State Building to be a new icon… of sustainability.
A reduction of a 38% in energy use has been quoted!

Some of the detailed analysis and changes to be made to the building include energy modelling, building energy consumption profiles, controlling outside air through the envelope’s windows and altering air flow within the building.

Watch ex US President Clinton speak about the project;
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Other lesser-known Empire State accolades include;

• In 1994, it was named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
• In 2007, it was ranked number 1 as America’s Favourite Architecture, according to the American Institute of Architects.
• It took only a year and 45 days to complete construction, without overtime!
• 3,800,000 people visit the Empire State Building every year and it is intended to share the message of sustainability to each of those visitors.

On a final note and speaking of US Presidents, congratulations goes out to President Obama for passing the LEED NC v2.2 exam earlier this month. Click here to see his result. For those of you who didn’t check the date (you know who you are), better luck next year!

Liam