LEED Platinum

Green Envy Development Group announced yesterday that the offering plan for its four-unit Silhouette condominium development in Park Slope has been accepted. CEO Robert Roth also announced pricing for each unit: the ground floor unit with backyard space is $959,000.00; the second floor unit is $899,000.00; the third floor unit (with one-half roof garden) is $979,000.00; and the fourth floor unit (also with one-half roof garden) is $970,000.00. Designed by formerly Brooklyn-based Coggan + Crawford Architecture Design, the four-story Silhouette is seeking New York City's first dual Energy Star and LEED Platinum certification; you'll recall that the former is under EPA’s program for new homes, requires an energy efficiency of 15 percent over the 2004 International Residential Code, and performance must be verified by a third-party Home Energy Rater who performs an on-site inspection of the property’s insulation, ductwork, and air tightness.

The Albanese Organization’s Visionaire in Battery Park City earned formal LEED Platinum certification from USGBC yesterday. The 33-story, 500,000-square-foot condominium is the first LEED Platinum set of condos in New York City, and joins Albanese’s 26-story Verdesian rental building, which is also certified Platinum and similarly located in Battery Park City. The 251-unit tower was designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and features a building-integrated photovoltaic system that provides 48 kW of electricity, while 35 percent of the building’s electric load will be sourced from Green-e certified renewable energy sources. The Visionaire also features an insulated low-e curtain wall and a single master switch at the entrance to each unit allows residents to simultaneously turn off lights in every room. Units are also set up for automated control of window shades.

Earlier this week, Brownstoner's Development Watch checked in with Amie Gross Architects' LEED Platinum hopeful 575 Fifth Avenue project in Park Slope. The 49-unit affordable housing development broke ground last August and is now two stories out of the ground; developer Fifth Avenue Committee expects an early 2010 occupancy. As we noted previously, the 5-story, $8 million project includes, among other green features, an efficient, gas-powered HVAC system and recycled-content structural materials. The development is at the corner of 5th Avenue and 16th Street and sits on the site of a former muncipal parking garage. Steven Winter Associates is the project's LEED consultant. Check out a construction progress photo over at Brownstoner via the link below.

• Development Watch: 575 Fifth Avenue (Brownstoner)
• 575 Fifth Avenue (gbNYC)

The Durst Organization and Bank of America recently announced the completion of Henry Miller's Theatre, which is on track to become the first LEED-certified Broadway theater here in New York City. The effort builds upon the Broadway Goes Green program that we noted last December here at gbNYC, which is a partnership between the Broadway League and Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 initiative. Designed by a project team that included Cook + Fox Architects and Adamson Associates of Toronto, the 1055-seat theater is located in podium space facing West 43rd Street, adjacent to 4 Times Square but within 1 Bryant Park (which, as you'll recall, is seeking the first LEED Platinum rating for a commercial office building here in New York City). The Roundabout Theater Company will provide programming for the theater beginning this September 10 with a production of Bye Bye Birdie.