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One of the biggest challenges in greening our cities lies in reducing the energy consumption of existing buildings. Newer constructions are built with efficiency in mind, but older buildings (such as the iconic Empire State Building) were erected without even a passing thought to carbon emissions. The Clinton Climate Initiative has been working with cities around the world to implement large scale projects to reduce emissions and energy consumption, and has just announced the $20 million dollar eco-renovation of the Empire State Building, reports CleanTechnica. The tallest building in New York will receive new, triple-glazed, insulated windows (to increase efficiency in the summer and winter), an upgraded lighting system, new furnaces, and updated air conditioning systems, according to Clean Technica. The renovations are expected to lower the building's energy consumption by 38-percent.
The improvements are expected to pay for themselves within approximately three years of their completion, projected to occur by the end of 2010. Additional improvements made to tenant areas will continue through 2013, and may yield further reductions in energy consumption.
The hope is that the project will be used as a template for others to retrofit aging buildings with new technology and, as a result, to help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. [From: CleanTechnica Via: New Scientist]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsmintuuApr 10th 2009 2:57AM
A good project.
StopthehateApr 10th 2009 3:32PM
Helps save the environment, conserves energy and pays for itself in 3 years. Definitely a Democrat behind this!
BobApr 11th 2009 7:17AM
That makes great sense to retrofit these older buildings. I have a 110 year old farmhouse and when I bought the place the oil company knew the past owners on a first name bases. I've replaced windows, insulated and such and cut my oil costs 1/2 of when I bought the place.
Question on the article above though. I understood the empire state building to not have furnaces. It was heated by the central steam system in NYC and that was partially responsible for its being built so fast originally. Are they abandoning the steam systems in the building? The steam/ central heating system for the city would seem to still be more efficient, and green than each building having gigantic furnaces running.
kevinApr 11th 2009 7:46AM
All buildings need to be completely renovated after 40 or 50 years. Most owners usually pocket the profits from rents and leave the buildings to deteriorate.
Dave BriggsApr 11th 2009 9:20AM
If were so concerned bout these greenhouse gasses,why not turn off those useless lights that serve nothing more than to make the building pretty.
jimApr 11th 2009 7:52PM
You can STUFF this carbon emission CRAP where the sun doesn't shine, where it belongs right up the IDIOT'S as, who contrived this SHI,!!!! The SAD part is all these MINDLESS MORONS who swallow that drivel!!!!!!!!
GLENNApr 11th 2009 10:37AM
$ 20 million does not sound like very much for a building of this size...why don't they add a few upgrades and make the total $ 20 billion and then go to our benevolent government as ask for a tarp bailout
RayApr 11th 2009 11:02AM
Do any of you tree-hugging "greenies" stop and think of the impact of all this retrofitting? You do realize that all this new stuff has to be manufactured, thus emitting even more of the dreaded so called greenhouse gasses-don't you? You idiots just keep swallowing what the liberal clowns spoon feed you. One volcanic eruption emits more carbon into the ecosystem than the entire industrial revolution! Global warming is a SCAM meant to fund an agenda. Wake up and start thinking on your own before you won't be allowed to!
PeteApr 11th 2009 11:39AM
"Green" is the new code word. Every company that claims to be green will get more business whether it really does any good or not. I've even seen corporate logos are not done in green, giving the impression that the corporatation actually cares about something other than making a buck. As far as "global warming" goes, it is a natural part of climate change. In the 1970s the big fear mongered by the government and the media was that we were tumbling head over heels into another ice age and there was nothing we could do to change it. Today they scare us with "global warming" and tell us it's all our fault while a select few get richer and the rest of us starve.
fredApr 11th 2009 1:10PM
what a waste a waste of $20 million