Cool roof technology award.Balmori Associates designers of the green roof system on Battery Park City's Solaire Building, has been nominated for the 2004 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Roof Award of excellence. The first 'green" high rise residential in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. was designed in response to an ambitious set of guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for green architecture developed by 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 . The building is widely recognized for its innovative use of green roof technology, benefits of which include on-site storm-water retention, greater building energy efficiency, and reductions in urban smog and air temperatures. The building has two green roofs. On the 19th floor is 8 terrace or "intensive" green roof, and ah "extensive" or inaccessible green roof covers the rooftop 8t the 28" floor. These were integral elements of the sustainable, low-Impact building design, which earned the building, which a Gold LEED rating. The vegetation for both the 5,000 s/f accessible and the 4,800 s/f rooftop sections were chosen for their ability to tolerate harsh conditions like desiccating winds, urban pollution, and strong solar radiation solar radiation, n the emission and diffusion of actinic rays from the sun. Overexposure may result in sunburn, keratosis, skin cancer, or lesions associated with photosensitivity. . The vegetation and water retention system absorbs nearly 70% of the rainwater that falls on the building, cools the building's exterior, and reduces the building interior heating and cooling costs. |
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