New LEED-Seeking Conrad Hotel Brings a Rooftop Garden to Battery Park

New LEED-Seeking Conrad Hotel Brings a Rooftop Garden to Battery Park

The newly-opened Conrad New York is a luxurious 16-story hotel, complete with gorgeous harbor views and a lush green roof garden. Located next to the World Financial Center, the hotel features a light-filled atrium and sustainable design, bringing a new destination to Battery Park created by a team of renowned architects and designers, including landscape architect Ken Smith. The building is expected to achieve LEED Gold certification.
 

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Hearst Tower Earns LEED Gold for New Construction and LEED Platinum for Existing Structures

Hearst Tower Earns LEED Gold for New Construction and LEED Platinum for Existing Structures

The U.S. Green Building Council has just declared Manhattan’s Hearst Tower as the city’s first commercial office building to earn LEED Gold for its new construction and LEED Platinum certification for its existing building. The tower serves as the Hearst Corporation’s headquarters, where their operations and maintenance policies strictly adhere to the energy efficient and sustainable practices that LEED ratings require. Hearst’s CEO, Frank A. Bennack, Jr., announced the building’s impressive awards in a press conference today.



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One World Trade Center Is Now the Most Expensive New Office Tower in the World

One World Trade Center Is Now the Most Expensive New Office Tower in the World

The greatly anticipated One World Trade Center is now the most expensive new office tower in the world. An additional $700 million in estimated costs is bringing the total cost of 1 WTC to almost $3.8 billion. What’s more is that many of these extra millions are being tacked on due to a design flaw. According to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the necessary loading dock for tenants to move in will not be completed on time, so five temporary loading docks must be built, jacking the cost up by millions.



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LearningSpring School for Autistic Students in NYC Earns LEED Gold Certification

LearningSpring School for Autistic Students in NYC Earns LEED Gold Certification

Students who fall within the autism spectrum are often overlooked in public education. To address the problem, a group of New York City parents came together in 2001 to create the LearningSpring School, a private day school that serves 108 students in grades K-8. Thanks to the thoughtful design of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, the students will be moving to a new eight-story, vertically oriented campus on the corner of 20th Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. The new school was built specifically to accomodate the needs of the children, incorporates a variety of green technologies, and has earned LEED Gold certification.
 

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Hudson Yards to Get a Massive 51-Story LEED Gold Commercial Complex

Hudson Yards to Get a Massive 51-Story LEED Gold Commercial Complex

The High Line Park on the edge of West Chelsea will soon have a new neighbor: a 51-story LEED Gold tower for retail and commercial offices. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, the tower, which is the largest portion of the Hudson Yards project, will be a giant retail center, and the largest commercial building in New York (even bigger than One World Trade Center!). Although it will not open until 2015, Coach has already signed on to be the building’s main tenant.
 

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LEED-Seeking Children’s Discovery Center Opens at the Queens Central Library

LEED-Seeking Children’s Discovery Center Opens at the Queens Central Library

Several years ago, Mayor Bloomberg announced the Department of Design and Construction’s Design and Construction Excellence program to put the city's best young architects and designers to work on public buildings. Recently, one of the first projects delivered under this program has been finished and opened to the public: the glowing Children's Discovery Center at the Queens Central Library. Designed by 1100 Architect, the LEED-seeking building is a beautiful 22,000 square foot addition to the existing library. The brightly-colored Discovery Center combines a traditional library with hands-on science exhibits, giving children a vibrant new community resource.
 

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LTL Architects Create Living Wall of Central Park for OpenPlans’ Offices

LTL Architects Create Living Wall of Central Park for OpenPlans’ Offices

When work gets stressful, every New Yorker fantasizes about running out of the office and relaxing by the water or on the Great Lawn of Central Park. Now, one Lower East Side office doesn't need to escape to enjoy the iconic urban oasis. LTL Architects have designed an incredible installation in the offices of OpenPlans that makes a living replica of Central Park the heart of the work place. Not only does the living green wall, supplied by Parker Interior Plantscapes, make for a vibrant space, but it also plays a key role in the office's LEED gold certification, by providing insulation and helping to cool and clean the air.
 

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Avon’s New LEED-Seeking Headquarters Showcase the Company’s Commitment to Sustainability

Avon’s New LEED-Seeking Headquarters Showcase the Company’s Commitment to Sustainability

Most are familiar with Avon for their cosmetics but do you know the story behind company's long history of corporate citizenship? Since its founding in 1886, the company has created the largest social network for women and established programs to empower women economically. It has also contributed to pertinent female issues such as breast cancer and the effort to combat domestic violence. Now, adding an additional pillar to the company's sense of corporate responsibility, the new Avon New York Headquarters paves the way for sustainability as it heads toward LEED Gold certification.
 

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Empire State Building Achieves LEED Gold Certification

Empire State Building Achieves LEED Gold Certification

It’s official — the Empire State Building has been awarded LEED Gold certification. Thanks to a massive green overhaul that took more than two years, the landmark is now the tallest building in the United States to receive LEED certification. The groundbreaking retrofit included replacing the aging building’s windows with double hung operable windows and installing an energy efficient heating and cooling system. The changes are expected to reduce the building’s energy consumption by more than 38 percent and should save $4.4 million in energy costs.

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New Fordham University Dormitories Obtain LEED Gold With Help From NYSERDA

New Fordham University Dormitories Obtain LEED Gold With Help From NYSERDA

More and more New York colleges are jumping on the green building bandwagon. Last week, Fordham University obtained LEED Gold certification for its recently built Rose Hill Dormitories, supported by $555,000 in NYSERDA incentives. The funding will also allow the University to reduce energy costs by $174,000 annually through new high performance lighting and occupancy controls, high efficiency chillers and boilers, a new heat recovery system, and numerous other energy efficiency measures.



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PHOTOS: Inside the Hearst Tower, New York City’s First LEED Gold Skyscraper

PHOTOS: Inside the Hearst Tower, New York City’s First LEED Gold Skyscraper

Sustainably built skyscrapers are a dime a dozen in New York City these days, but not too long ago, that wasn't the case. The city didn't get its first green high rise until 2006, with the completion of the Hearst Tower. Designed by Inhabitat favorite Norman Foster, the striking blue lattice tower has become one of the most recognizable buildings in the city. The green building earned a LEED Gold certification in 2006, making it the first skyscraper in New York to achieve the coveted green building seal. We've long been fans of this thoughtful, interesting building at Inhabitat, so we were thrilled when we were recently invited to take a private tour inside the Hearst Tower -- read on for the details and our exclusive pictures from inside the stunning green high-rise.
 

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Affordable Housing in The Bronx Goes Green at Via Verde by Grimshaw Architects

Affordable Housing in The Bronx Goes Green at Via Verde by Grimshaw Architects

Grimshaw Architects is currently building Via Verde, an 18-story mixed-income development that is taking solar power innovation to the next level.

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NYC’s Historic Argonaut Building Achieves LEED Gold After Green Renovation

NYC’s Historic Argonaut Building Achieves LEED Gold After Green Renovation

The stunning landmark neo-Gothic Argonaut Building at Broadway and 57th Street has been awarded LEED Gold certification.

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Pratt Institute Opens Gorgeous LEED Gold Certified Myrtle Hall

Pratt Institute Opens Gorgeous LEED Gold Certified Myrtle Hall

The Pratt Institute, long a leader in sustainable design education, officially opened its new ecotastic digital arts building, complete with a green roof and solar panels. The six-story, 120,000 square foot Myrtle Hall is expected to meet the LEED Gold standard, which would make it the first every higher education building in Brooklyn to receive any LEED certification.

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