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November 17, 2008
The New York Times, Enlightened
A Cutting-Edge Lighting System at the Publisher's Times Square Office Tower is Saving $300,000 in Energy Costs
The CoStar Group
By Andrew C. Burr
A state-of-the-art lighting system installed at the new 52-story office tower on Eighth Avenue is saving the publisher more than $300,000 annually in energy costs by outperforming what were thought to be ambitious efficiency expectations, by a jaw-dropping 70 percent.
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The 1.5 million-square-foot office building delivered late last year and is co-owned by the Times and Forest City Ratner Cos., the New York-based property development firm which controls the upper 24 floors.
NoLandGrab: Aside from being a co-owner, Forest City Ratner was the developer. Though the building's lighting system is supposedly highly energy-efficient, Forest City Ratner did not complete LEED certification, which the company originally claimed it would.
Posted by lumi at November 17, 2008 5:07 AM