Comments on: PHOTOS: 1 Bryant Park Tower Gets LEED Platinum Certification!

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:28:40 +0000

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By: oviddawen@gmail.com

oviddawen@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:54:57 +0000

It\\\’s great to laud this green skyscraper! But keep in mind that One Bryant Park received its LEED Platinum certification back in May:

http://www.tishmanconstruction.com/files/LEEDPlatinum05-20.pdf

The building was also covered in depth in ArchitectureWeek by contributing editor Michael J. Crosbie back in early July:

http://www.architectureweek.com/2010/0707/environment_1-1.html

Still more photos of the building can be seen at Archiplanet:

http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_at_One_Bryant_Park%2C_New_York%2C_New_York

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:03:09 +0000

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By: jheinze007

jheinze007 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:05:40 +0000

I have the stellar photo of 1 Bryant Park, taken on August 27th, 2009.

By: nhop1234

nhop1234 — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:54:04 +0000

One Bryant Park IS the first skyscraper to win LEED Platinum for new construction.

The Joe Serna Jr. Cal/EPA Headqrtrs Bldg. in Sacramento, CA
won LEED Platinum for Existing Buildings.

By: geoffsamek

geoffsamek — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:15:56 +0000

Great little article! I was pleased to discover your website which seems quite fascinating. However I was a little put off by what I believe to be an error in the article.

I take issue with the factual accuracy of the following statement, “Today we’re thrilled to announce that the green tower has just achieved LEED Platinum certification, making it the world’s first office tower to reach the USGBC’s highest rating!”

I’m not sure exactly how you are defining office tower, but the Joe Serna Jr. Cal/EPA Headqrtrs Bldg. in Sacramento, CA achieved a LEED Platinum certification almost 7 years ago. (can be verified at this website: http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/Project/CertifiedProjectList.aspx) Granted it is only a 25 story office tower, but it is an office tower with a Platinum certification.

Cheers.

By: ochiboy84

ochiboy84 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:25:14 +0000

Its is all good news, but what is the Bank of America or the owner of the building benefiting from this? What are there reason, why do they want to do this. However i would love for them to try and promote this by having other organization on on board.

By: tincanfury

tincanfury — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:53:40 +0000

yes, but who did the Engineering?

By: Chris Merwin

Chris Merwin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:17:02 +0000

This really is an interesting building and the photos do an amazing job of capturing it! After looking at these pictures I really want to go see it!