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LESSONS LEARNED:
FOUR TIMES SQUARE
An Environmental Information and Resource Guide

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    SHORT PROFILES AND INTERVIEWS:
  7 Douglas Durst, President, Durst Organization
  8 Jonathan Durst, Executive Vice President, Durst Organization
  10 Robert Fox, Principal, Fox & Fowle
  12 Bruce Fowle, Principal Architect, Fox & Fowle
  14 Dan Tishman, President, Tishman Construction
  17

Manhattan's Green Giant
Dan Kaplan, Fox & Fowle, Project Architect, Four Times Square

  25

Design Tools for 21st Century Buildings:
Adrian Tuluca, Steven Winter Associates

   

  31 A NEW WAY OF THINKING
32 What is Green Developement?
Bill Browning, Rocky Mountain Institute
33 Beyond Energy Efficiency - Energy Producing Buildings
Greg Kiss, Kiss + Cathcart
35 A Day in the Life of a Building Manager in 2005
Dennis Wilson, Enersave
39 A Whole Systems Approach to Building
Bill Reed, The Hillier Group
41 Be Careful What You Ask For
Sandy Mendler, HOK
43 The engineer's Role in Sustainable Design
Alan Traugott, Flack + Kurtz
44 Insights Into Sustainable Design
Gail Lindsay, Design Harmony, Inc.
46 Process, Integration and "Green" Design
Barry Donaldson, Barry Donaldson & Associates
47 Not a New Way of Thinking
Susan Drew and Michael Kazan, Gruzen Samton Architects
   

  49 WHY BUILD GREEN?
51 Building Locally, Thinking Globally
Asher Derman, Ph.D.
54 Environmental Impacts of Energy Use in Buildings
Ashok Gupta, NRDC
57 Creating Value in Commercial Real Estate Through Energy Efficiency
Robert Sauchelli, U.S. EPA
61 How New York City Could Capture Real Returns From More Resource Efficient Public Facilities
Hillary Brown, NYC Dept. of Design and Construction
   

  65 BUILDING FOR THE 21st CENTURY
  67 Environmentally Responsible Technology

Recommendations:
Source Energy and Transmission Loss ; Passive Solar Strategies ; Alternative Energy Sources ; CFC's and HCFCs
Choices Made at Four Times Square
 
  69 Energy Efficiency

Recommendations:
Energy Efficient Design, Space Planning ; Energy Efficient Technology, Curtain Wall Systems, Lighting Systems, Office Equiptment, Temperature Controls
Choices Made at Four Times Square
Reference Materials
 
  73 Indoor Air Quality

Recommendations:
Outside Air ; Materials ; Smoking Policy ; Humidification ; Other Contaminant Sources
Choices Made at Four Times Square
Reference Materials
 
  77

Resource Conservation

Recommendations:
Materials ; Construction & Demolition Recycling ; Partition Walls ; Acoustical Ceiling Panels ; Electrical Systems ; Lighting Systems ; Furniture Fixtures & Equiptment
Choices Made at Four Times Square
Reference Materials

 
  79 Environmentally Responsible Construction, Operations and Maintenance

Recommendations:
Design Practices ; Materials ; Construction Practices ; Building Commissioning
Choices Made at Four Times Square
Reference Materials
 
   

  81

WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE?

  81 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Energy Star Buildings Strategy ; The Real Estate Management Ally Program QuickScope ; Financial Software to Assess Added Value
 
  82 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Buildings for the 21st Century ; National Industrial Competitiveness through Energy, Environment and Economics (NICE3) ; Million Solar Roofs
 
  83 NYS Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Energy Efficiency Programs: Financial Packaging ; Flex Tech ; Energy Efficiency Workshops ; Energy Efficient and Environmentally Preferred Data Sources
Research and Development Progrqams ; Buildings ; Energy Resources ; Environmental Research; Industry and Applications
 
  84 Passive Solar Industries Council

Designing Low Energy Buildings: Passive Solar Strategies & ENERGY-10 Software
Peer Reviews
 
  84 U.S. Green Building Council

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED Building Rating System
 
   

  87 Listings
90 Index
94 Glossary
   

 

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