Empire State Building Gets A Green Makeover

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By Staff

Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 15:54

The tall skyscraper Empire State Building is getting a green makeover in the recent future. Its current owners Wien and Malkin are investing and additional m to reduce the building's carbon footprint and eco friendly,economy,empire state building,energy,special days,wien malkin.

In the current scenario of economic recession the 102-storey office block is expected to turn higher rents by turning eco friendly.

The retrofit is being added to a renovation of the art deco structure that starts this summer already costing half a billion dollars. The work will be completed in 2013.

The green Empire State Building will cut the use of energy by 40 percent which in turn will reduce the emission of CO2 from the building 105000metric tones a year. This will be not an easy feat for the building that has 6500 windows, 73 elevators and total floor space of 2.6 million square feet.

All the windows will have an extra layer of insulation added by secreting a coated film between two glass panes and radiators. The cooling system in the basement will be replaced with new more efficient machines.

Individual workers have to take responsibility for their own emissions by being given access through their computers to monitors, which will tell them how much energy is being expended in their part of the building.

The famous coloured lights on the top of the Empire State that turn green, for instance, on St Patrick's day, will remain intact, arguing they are responsible for relatively little eco friendly,economy,empire state building,energy,special days,wien malkin.

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