4/3 AIANY Center for Architecture

Today, March 3rd, Cole and I visited the AIANY Center forArchitecture.  After visiting Cook + Fox Architects, the designers of One Bryant Park, we decided to learn a little bit more about the tower.  There was a lot of interesting statistics and information about the tower.

-The tower prevents 56,250 tons of co2 from coming into the atmosphere.

-40% of the materials used to build the tower come from within a 500 mile radius of NYC.

-35% of building made out of recycled materials.

-The tower’s goal is to produce zero storm water.

-Since the tower generates most of it’s own energy, it is 300% more efficient than normal buildings.

-67% of the debris from construction is recycled.

-A normal building loses 73% percent of energy through different areas, while the tower only loses 23%.

-25% of light energy can be conserved by using daylight dimming and motion detectors.

-The tower conserves 3 million gallons of water every year using waterless urinals and other conservation techniques.

-Quinn