There is a new Green building in NYC – at the southern tip of Manhattan in Battery Park City. Read about the Visionaire – it is one very green building – though a very expensive place to live with pricing startling at just under $700,000 and going to a little over $6 million.
" … the Visionaire … a testing ground for urban green architecture."
"… All building fixtures reduce use of potable water, and a blackwater treatment system means that all toilet water in the building is recycled, treated wastewater. Stormwater collection reserves irrigate the green roofs, which cover 70 percent of the roof surface … a natural gas-powered microturbine on the structure’s roof harnesses its own waste energy to heat water."
" … saves an estimated 42 percent in energy costs against a base-line average. This is largely the result of efficient building systems and the building envelope … goal was achieved through exhaustive attention to detail … "
According to an article on the Jan 24th, 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer the building is LEED Platinum Certified.
Via: Greensource LINK