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Volume 6: Existing Buildings

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


 

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

 

7           Excerpt from the Empire State Building Energy Efficiency Retrofit Announcement

President William Jefferson Clinton

 

11        Remarks at the Empire State Building Energy Efficiency Retrofit Announcement

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

 

13        Leadership and American Progress in Sustainability: Lessons Learned Retrofitting

an American Icon

Anthony E. Malkin, Empire State Building Company

 

17        A Case Study: Retrofitting America’s Favorite Skyscraper - A Leading Example of Energy Efficiency

Empire State Building Sustainability Team

 

25        The Model: A Work in Progress - Optimizing the Empire State Building Retrofit Process

Empire State Building Sustainability Team

 


 

ANOTHER EXISTING BUILDING SUCCESS STORY

 

35        Greening Multi-Tenant High Rise Buildings: Lessons Learned from 520 Madison Avenue, NYC

Tom Scarola, LEED AP and Josh Feuer, LEED AP, Tishman Speyer

 


 

PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY

 

39        Energy Audits & Benchmarking: Tools for Cost Savings in Existing Buildings

Adam Hinge, PE, Managing Director, Sustainable Energy Partnerships

 

43        Does Commissioning Make Sense for your Existing Building?

Michael C. English, PE, CCP, LEEP AP, Sr. Founding Partner, Horizon Engineering Associates

 

47        Does Cogeneration Make Sense for Your Facility?

David Holden, Sr. Vice President, EMCOR Group, Inc.

 

49        Energy Storage: A Critical Path to Sustainability

Mark MacCracken, PE, President, CALMAC

 

51        Energy Efficiency Lease Guidance to Address the “Split Incentive”

Sean Patrick Neill, Principal & Founder, Cycle-7

 


COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY

 

61        Sustainable Growth as Public Policy

Mark E. Strauss, FAIA, AICP, PP, LEED AP   Senior Partner, FXFOWLE Architects

 

65        The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change

Uwe Steven Brandes, Vice President, Initiatives, The Urban Land Institute

 


TOOLS OF THE TRADE

 

67       Tools of the Trade – A Compendium of Green Building Tools and Resources

 

76       Listings and Index

 

IBC     Cooperating Organizations

                         

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