Navy Yard among city's first industrial LEED projects.A new multi-tenant industrial building in the city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard The United States Navy Yard, New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY) - is located 1.7 miles northeast of the Battery on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the East River is expected to set a new standard for sustainable design in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . When completed, it will be one of the city's first green industrial buildings and will be seeking certification from the LEED (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. ) Green Building Rating System[TM] developed and administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC USGBC United States Green Building Council ). The project is the first phase of an expansion program that will add more than 400,000 s/f of new industrial space to the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The expansion plan, announced by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a groundbreaking ceremony in October, includes development of six new buildings over the next three years. The new three-story building at Perry Avenue will provide approximately 88,000 square feet of rentable space for light industrial uses. It contains large high-bay spaces on the first floor for warehouse and assembly or process uses and smaller spaces on the upper floors for multiple tenants including artisans and light manufacturers. The steel-framed building will be built over original pile foundations left behind after the demolition of three older buildings. The building design was approved by the Art Commission of 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 in July 2006. The project incorporates a wide range of sustainable design features, including resource-conserving technologies such as a wind turbine to supply part of the building's energy; a high-performance thermal envelope; waterless urinals; a stormwater harvesting system; a natural ventilation Natural ventilation is the process of supplying and removing air through an indoor space by natural means. There are two types of natural ventilation occurring in buildings: wind driven ventilation and stack ventilation. system and recycled content in all building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . . The building has been accepted to the pilot core and shell program of the U.S. Building Council's LEED rating system and is the first Brooklyn Navy Yard building to seek LEED certification. The LEED Green Building Rating System for Core and Shell Development is for new building owners who address sustainable design for new core and shell construction. It is a market-specific application which recognizes the unique nature of core and shell development, and works to set up a synergistic relationship which allows future tenants to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. green strategies implemented by the owner. LEED is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings and gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was established in 1801 and is today one of New York City's largest and most successful industrial centers. Located on a 300-acre industrial park on the East River waterfront between the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension). , it served as one of America's principal military facilities for more than 150 years. It was closed by the federal government in 1966 and reopened as an industrial park in 1970 when the city assumed ownership. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation--under the leadership of president Andrew H. Kimball and chairman Alan H. Fishman--is the not-for-profit corporation A not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation. that manages the Navy Yard under a lease with the city. The overall complex consists of 40 rentable buildings with four million square feet of industrial capacity. With more than 230 private-sector tenants, it supports a workforce of 4,000 permanent employees and a temporary workforce ranging daily from 500 to 1,000 employees. The three-year Phase I expansion program now underway involves the construction of six new buildings containing 401,900 square feet of industrial space and the addition of 800 permanent employees. The six new buildings include the Perry Avenue building; a three-building, 138,400-square-foot food industry complex; and buildings of 24,500 and 150,000 square feet. Construction of the Perry Avenue project began in October and is scheduled for completion in early 2008. By Rona Easton, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture , ARB, LEED AP, Senior Architect, Vollmer Associates |
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