{"id":14032,"date":"2013-06-25T03:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=75a4fe05c5c7e3485399cdfffb55a6b5"},"modified":"2013-06-25T03:18:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:18:16","slug":"empire-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/empire-state-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire State of mind"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n Empire State Building, by Scott Beale<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The innovative energy efficiency program at the Empire State Building has exceeded guaranteed energy savings for the second year in a row, saving $2.3 million and providing a new model for building retrofits that is now being rolled out nationwide, according to project partners Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE: JLL<\/a>), Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI<\/a>) and the Rocky Mountain Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2009, the Empire State Building, President Bill Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg<\/a> launched a comprehensive retrofit at the landmark property. Its aim was to reduce costs, increase real estate value and protect the environment. In 2011, the Empire State Building beat its year-one energy-efficiency guarantee by 5 percent, saving $2.4 million. In year two, the iconic property surpassed its energy-efficiency guarantee by nearly 4 percent. As with the first year’s results, all information and monitoring and verification reports can be viewed at www.esbsustainability.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The Empire State Building retrofit project is two for two,” said Anthony E. Malkin of the Empire State Building. 
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READ MORE:<\/strong> <\/span>“Learning the art of retrofits from the Empire State Building,”<\/span><\/a> Sustainable Industries<\/em>, Feb. 21, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

Malkin and the Clinton Climate Initiative Cities program<\/a>, a partner of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, assembled a coalition of companies and organizations to focus on energy efficiency at the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n

The core base building energy-efficiency retrofit at the Empire State Building is complete, with the balance of the projects to be finished as new tenants build out new high-performance workspaces. Once all tenant spaces are upgraded, the building is expected to save $4.4 million a year, at least a 38 percent reduction of energy use that will cut carbon emissions by 105,000 metric tons during the next 15 years.<\/p>\n

The retrofit project focused on eight improvement measures addressing core building infrastructure, common spaces and tenant suites. Improvement measures performed by Johnson Controls and Jones Lang LaSalle included the refurbishment of all 6,514 windows, installation of insulation behind all radiators, a chiller plant retrofit, new building management systems controls, new revenue-grade meters serving the entire building and a web-based tenant energy management system.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, the energy retrofit model has been replicated throughout the United States. Johnson Controls and Jones Lang LaSalle jointly implemented the program at all 13 properties in Malkin’s New York metro area commercial portfolio, as well as One Worldwide Plaza in New York. Johnson Controls has replicated this same model at 44 commercial buildings in the United States, including The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and The Port of San Francisco’s historic property at Pier 1, the corporate headquarters of Prologis Inc. Jones Lang LaSalle has also instituted the model at 25 other properties across the nation, including The Moscone Center in San Francisco and Chicago Union Station. In the past year, Rocky Mountain Institute has leveraged learnings from its work on the Empire State Building to collaborate with two large portfolio owners, global communications company AT&T and the Exchange, the Department of Defense’s oldest and largest retailer, on an integrated design approach to dramatically improve energy efficiency across their facilities.<\/p>\n

[pagebreak]”When implemented under a performance contract, the energy savings are guaranteed, ensuring a no-risk investment and a smart business decision,” said Iain Campbell, vice president of Global Energy and WorkPlace Solutions at Johnson Controls Building Efficiency. <\/p>\n

New Empire State Building tenants over the past two years include LinkedIn, Skanska, LF USA, Coty Inc., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Shutterstock. The retrofit has been marketed as attracting these tenants, which sought space to reflect their sustainability values.<\/p>\n

In the United States, 40 percent of energy is consumed by buildings, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. In dense urban settings like New York City, commercial buildings account for up to 75 percent of energy used. If every commercial building in New York City followed the Empire State Building’s blueprint, i’s estimated tat carbon emissions would be reduced by 4 million tons—equivalent to what is generated by a typical coal-fired power plant.<\/p>\n

“While the Empire State Building retrofit savings are impressive, its impact if extrapolated over the U.S. building stock is astounding,” said Rocky Mountain Institute Buildings Principal Victor Olgyay. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11054,11055,7669,11056,11057,3294],"class_list":["post-14032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-empire-state-building-energy-efficiency","tag-highrise-efficiency","tag-johnson-controls","tag-new-york-city-energy-efficiency","tag-skyscraper-retrofits","tag-sustainable-buildings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}