Battery Park City's newest green tower now underway.Governor George E. Pataki joined the Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side (BPCA BPCA British Pest Control Association BPCA Battery Park City Authority (New York state) BPCA Business Products Credit Association BPCA Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2002 (US) ) and Millennium Partners to break ground on a new "green" 35 story high-rise apartment building known as Millennium Tower Millennium Tower might refer to one of the following buildings:
The building is the first "green" building to be constructed since September 11 without using government incentives. Governor Pataki said, "This beautiful, environmentally responsible, 35-story condominium tower is being built at full taxes, demonstrating once again, that Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North has a bright future. "Battery Park City continues to lead the way when it comes to encouraging environmentally sound and responsible building. Phil Aarons and Millennium Partners have been invaluable contributors to the resurgence of Lower Manhattan and I thank them for their continued commitment." The 340,000 s/f tower, located on Battery Park City's site 2A on West Street and First Place, will offer 236 condominium apartments and sit adjacent to another one of Millennium's projects, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Battery Park. This is the fourth "green" building to be constructed in Battery Park City. The Millennium Tower Residences will be completed at the end of 2006. The project was designed by Handel Architects, who is also the designated designer for the World Trade Center Site Memorial. Like Battery Park City's The Solaire, Tribeca Green and The Verdesian, Millennium Tower Residences will be built according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Authority's pioneering Residential Environmental Guidelines. In terms of efficiency, the Millennium Tower Residences uses energy strategies that allow the building to be 25 percent more efficient than current New York State codes. These strategies will lower monthly utility costs for owners, and include advanced mechanical systems for the entire building, as well as solar rooftop panels to lessen outside electricity needs. The tower roof garden will also be landscaped to capture and recycle rainwater for re-use for irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. . Materials, including flooring, paint, wallboard and electric fixtures, will be chosen based on low emissions of volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids (VOCs), which have been identified as allergens. Externally, the building will rely heavily on recyclable construction materials, including steel, wood and even concrete drawn primarily from local sources to reduce energy and transportation costs. Each unit will receive fresh ducted air that has been treated for desired year-round humidity levels, and also filter 85 percent of all particulates from the outside, reducing soot and airborne toxins. With its innovative water use reduction strategies, including on-site recycling of waste water to supply flush water for toilets, the Millennium Tower Residences will use 33 percent less water than a comparable non-green building. |
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