{"id":1004053213,"date":"2011-09-16T06:38:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=17484"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:36:13","slug":"empire-state-building-achieves-leed-gold-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/empire-state-building-achieves-leed-gold-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire State Building Achieves LEED Gold Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17485\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 205px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/09\/Empire_state_bulding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17485 \" title=\"Empire_state_bulding\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/09\/Empire_state_bulding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of BoNoMar, Wikipedia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jones Lang LaSalle announced in an official statement this week that the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded a LEED Gold certification to the Empire State Building, as further recognition from the $550 million Empire State ReBuilding program initiated in September 2009. The 80-year-old, 2.85 million-square-foot building is now the tallest and most well-known building in the United States to receive a LEED certification . It is also one the few National Historic Landmarks to earn this designation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Johnson Controls and Jones Lang LaSalle conducted the retrofit plans, which are expected to reduce the building\u2019s energy consumption by more than 38 percent and save $4.4 million in energy costs annually. Other improvements include reduced carbon emissions by an estimated 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the USGBC, declared that by earning LEED Gold, the Empire State Building has sent out a powerful message: green buildings don\u2019t necessarily have to be newly built \u2013 even the most iconic, historic buildings can have a place among the most high-performing, energy-efficient buildings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some of the most important green improvements at the Empire State Building that helped\u00a0 it to achieve LEED Gold certification include installation of ultra low-flow fixtures in the building&#8217;s restrooms; use of green cleaning supplies and pest control products; recycling of tenant waste and construction debris; use of recycled paper products and recycled-content carpets; low off-gassing wall coverings, paints, and adhesives; and the implementation of a program of tenant engagement and mandatory green requirements in lease agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<br \/>\nJones Lang LaSalle announced in an official statement this week that the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded a LEED Gold certification to the Empire State Building, as further recognition from the $550 million Empire State [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":757,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1600,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004053213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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