Bronx Library Center

Saratoga County's Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library Earns LEED Certification

Tue

Sep

The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, just to the northeast of Schenectady, recently earned formal LEED certification from USGBC. The 55,000-square-foot project was designed by architects Woodard Connor Gillies & Seleman of Albany and opened to the public back in December of 2006. NYSERDA served as a technical advisor on the project, which participated in the New York Energy $mart New Construction Program, and reviewed the proposed energy-saving features of the building proposed by the design team, which included high-efficiency windows, additional insulation, efficient lighting with occupancy control, efficient HVAC systems, and a digitally controlled building management system.

NYSERDA offered the project team financial incentives both for the additional costs of the energy savings features, as well as the LEED certification process itself. While there’s no data available on how the building has performed since it opened up, NYSERDA anticipated that the project would yield an annual energy savings of around 382,000 kWh and cost savings of $55,000.

GreenHomeNYC's 2007 Green Buildings Open House

Fri

Oct

by Stephen Del Percio

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If you're looking for something to do this coming Saturday, October 6- and the weather here in New York City should be fabulous for it- check out GreenHomeNYC's Green Buildings Open House.

LEED Silver for Bronx Library Center & Local Law 86 Primer

Mon

Jan

by Stephen Del Percio

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The New York Public Library’s Bronx Library Center was awarded LEED Silver certification from USGBC last summer, but USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi officially presented the honor in person at a ceremony last Thursday, January 11th up in The Bronx. The Center is the first publicly-funded green building in New York City to receive LEED certification (noteworthy because the City’s Local Law 86, requiring LEED Silver for many public projects, took effect on January 1, 2007). At five stories, 78,000 square feet, and designed by Dattner Architects, the Center is the New York Public Library’s largest capital project in the past twenty years, at a cost of some $50 million. Green features include FSC-certified desk, door, and interior paneling, an insulated glass curtain wall, and separately controlled heating and cooling areas for office and bookshelf spaces.