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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:49:05 +0000

[...] Nations headquarters in New York City? This building, almost 60 years old, is currently undergoing extensive renovations in order to increase its energy efficiency. The architects, hoping for a LEED silver rating from [...]

By: R

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:42:18 +0000

It’s worth noting that the UN Secretariat building is currently extremely energy inefficient. The “window seals” which are mentioned do not work, and air freely flows out the (single pane) windows, which by the way can be opened and closed on all floors. The 30% reduction in energy consumption probably amounts to a building that still wastes 20% of its energy. It is also not very “proactive” to have not made any renovations in nearly 60 years.

By: simon

simon — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:22:45 +0000

instead of using the word ‘green’ in the title, what is wrong with the phrase ‘aiming at a 30% reduction in energy consumption’? not sexy enough? at least its nearer the truth. while this is an impressive reduction for such a building, throwing the green word around will lead to more extensive greenwashing. 30% isn’t enough to be green in my opinion. all this being said, i am very pleased that such a huge investment has been put into this initiative and i hope more follow