Durst building wins top 'green' award.Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Global Green USA Global Green USA is the U.S. arm of Green Cross International. It is one of 30 national offices with over 70 professional staff worldwide. Global Green USA is a national environmental organization. References Global Green USA Website www.globalgreen. recently presented The Global Green Design Award to The Durst Organization, in recognition of the firm's innovative environmental design and construction of The Helena, a 37-story residential tower with 597 rental units opening in 2005. The award, which was accepted by Helena Rose Durst, was made at Global Green's fifth annual New York Gala Awards, on Monday, October 11, at Gotham Hall in Manhattan. The Helena, at 601 West 57th Street (at 11th Avenue), is a "landmark green" building as a result of its sustainable mechanical systems, such as an onsite system that reuses wastewater. The building will earn LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. ) by the U.S. Green Buildings Council and is applying for a gold or silver rating. Rose Associates, Inc., will serve as exclusive leasing agent for The Helena and also manage the building. A rental office will open in January. Global Green USA is the American affiliate of Green Cross International, which advocates sustainable design and other pro-environment policies worldwide, including the elimination of stockpiled weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . Mr. Gorbachev, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. for his role in ending the Cold War, is president of Green Cross International. The Global Green Award is one of several major citations received by the Durst family for environmental leadership. For example, in 1999, the Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. conferred its "Forces of Nature" award on the The Durst Organization for building the first "green" office tower in New York City, Four Times Square (The Conde Nast Building). Proceeds from Global Green's New York Gala Awards will be used to further initiatives to combat the effects of global warming
The predicted effects of global warming on the environment and for human life are numerous and varied. It is generally difficult to attribute specific natural phenomena to long-term causes, but some effects of and for other environmental causes. |
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