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The Empire State Building made headlines recently for achieving LEED Gold certification following a major green retrofit project that will reduce the skyscraper's energy consumption by more than 38 percent. The building's electric chiller plant was rebuilt, electric meters were installed at the tenant level, and all 6,514 window units were removed, refurbished to improve their energy efficiency, and reinstalled.
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TUNING A BUILDING AT KIERANTIMBERLAKE At KieranTimberlake, we frequently conduct postoccupancy building monitoring to verify the performance of our buildings. Preproject monitoring services are used to diagnose and treat existing buildings. A monitoring program preceded renovation work at Yale University's Sage Bowers Hall, a 1920s-era classroom and office building. The study compared existing uninsulated construction with mock-ups that added new insulation and energy-efficient window assemblies.
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More Building and Construction A Wakatipu Alpine Residence — Otago Daily Times, 2011.1118From Edison's Trunk, Direct Current Gets Another Look — New York Times, 2011.1117 Chicago Trading Firm — Architect's Newspaper, 2011.1117 Imagining Housing for Today — New York Times, 2011.1117 Women's Opportunity Center in Kayonza, Rwanda — AEC Cafe, 2011.1117 Preparing for Earthquakes — Metropolis POV, 2011.1116 New Design Unveiled for LA Stadium — Diamond Bar Patch, 2011.1116 Thundermist Community Health Center by Vision 3 Architects — Providence Business News, 2011.1116 Frontiers of Design Science: Evidence-Based Design — Metropolis POV, 2011.1114 Toronto's Glass Condos Face Short Lifespan, Experts Say — CBC News, 2011.1114 Architects Developing 'Kit-of-Parts' Schools — BD (Registration required), 2011.1111 How Green Was My Skyscraper — Wall Street Journal, 2011.1111 Rethinking Ways to Divide Living Space — New York Times, 2011.1110 Superior Dome's Makeover Complete — North Wind, 2011.1110 Architects in Brooklyn Fatal Building Collapse May Have Troubled History — InjuryBoard, 2011.1110 Affordable Housing Design: Solid, but Could Be Better — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2011.1110 A Treehouse Grows in Brooklyn — New York Times, 2011.1110 Cranbrook Art Museum to Reopen after $22M Makeover — Associated Press, 2011.1109 Bird-Safe Buildings, Windows Catching On — Pontiac Daily Leader, 2011.1108 PLP Working Up 2 Billion GBP South Bank Development — BD (Registration required), 2011.1108 RMJM's Merthyr Learning Quarter Project Wins Go-Ahead — BD (Registration required), 2011.1108 American Institute of Architects Embraces Greater Transparency in Design — Washington Post, 2011.1107 Fourteen Homes Damaged in Record Earthquake in Oklahoma — Reuters, 2011.1107 The Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene Oregon — Talkitect, 2011.1107 St. Paul's Cathedral Project to Move Forward in Bankers Hill — San Diego Reader, 2011.1105 Zaha Takes Flight — Architect's Newspaper, 2011.1104 B.C. Housing Starts Expected to Rise Next Year: CMHC — Vancouver Sun, 2011.1104 Home Building Spent Another Year in the Cellar — USA Today, 2011.1104 Foster Reveals 50-Billion GBP Thames Hub Project — Guardian Unlimited, 2011.1102
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