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 | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Full Spectrum"
Monday LEEDoff: Harlem’s Kalahari at 40 West 116th Street
We’ll note today’s holiday in honor of Dr. King by pointing you to the Kalahari condominiums, which are still under construction on Fifth Avenue at 116th Street in Harlem, in pursuit of a LEED Silver rating. Developed by Harlem-based Full Spectrum Building & Development, the twelve-story project should open for occupancy sometime during the first two quarters of this year. Full Spectrum (which is also developing green projects in Trenton and at 1400 Fifth Avenue) is an African-American-owned developer of green properties that also provided consulting services in connection with the 20 River Terrace project in Battery Park City.
January 21st, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued