Last month, the New York Times announced that the lagging $85 million redevelopment of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (“BAM”) Cultural District near Ft. Greene looks like it’s finally moving forward. Something that wasn’t highlighted in Times, though, is that the Theater for a New Audience, one of the cultural institutions relocating into the District, will be seeking LEED Silver certification for its new Frank Gehry-designed headquarters. The theater recently posted an update on its blog outlining some of the reasons it’s decided to make the up-front investment required to achieve a Silver rating. Among the sustainable features that will be incorporated into the new space are a stormwater filtration system, a white roof and landscaping, a mechanism to reduce water use by 30 percent, the use of recycled steel and recycling and salvage of waste during the building’s construction, and a green cleaning program.
January 31st, 2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued