Documenting Performance: Does it need to be so hard?
The Editor's Commentary in the Fall 2008 issue of High Performing Buildings (HPB) distilled some of the "Lessons Learned" over the first year of publishing HPB. The commentary stated "getting energy performance data should be easy but what we've learned in our first year is that energy consumption can be a complex issue, and the data that are available need some analysis."
Date 2008-02-01
Author Adam W. Hinge, P.E., Member ASHRAE; and Donald J. Winston, P.E., Member ASHRAE,
The Proof is Performance: How Does 4 Times Square Measure Up?
The road to high performing buildings is paved with high expectations but, ultimately, it is measured performance that shows how energy efficient a building really is. As owners and managers of more than 8 million ft of Class A office space in midtown Manhattan, including the Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square, The Durst Organization understands this concept well.
Date 2008-01-30
Author Adam W. Hinge, P.E., Member ASHRAE; and Donald J. Winston, P.E., Member ASHRAE
Al Gore Moving Into Douglas Durst’s One Bryant Park
Al Gore will be taking an office downstairs from developer Douglas Durst, as his investment firm Generation Investment Management is planning a move from its Washington, D.C., offices to the Durst Organization’s Bank of America Tower.
Date 2007-11-13
Author Eliot Brown
One Floor Left At Durst’s 1 Bryant Park
Scrape another off the top. Douglas Durst’s budding Bank of America Tower on 42nd Street has netted another lease agreement and is only a floor away from being fully leased, some eight months before the 54-story skyscraper opens its doors.
Date 2007-10-09
Author John Koblin
Topping Out Party for Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park
NEW YORK CITY- On June 26, Bank of America and The Durst Organization celebrated the new pinnacle of office buildings at the topping out party for Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. Situated on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets – diagonally across from Bryant Park – the spectacular new 2.2 million square-foot, 54-story crystalline skyscraper designed by Cook + Fox Architects and built by Tishman Construction Corporation will be the new crown jewel of the New York City skyline.