NYC Tackles Carbon Output of Current Building Stock

摘要

New York city lawmakeks have proposed a multifaceted program to reduce the carbon emissions of the city's l million existing buildings. The "Greener, Greater Buildings Plan" introduced on April 22, Earth Day, by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn would require all renovations-commercial and residential, public and private-to be green renovations. While signature high-rises such as Foster + Partners' Hearst Tower and Cook + Fox's Bank of America Tower have magnified the image of sustainable architecture, the environmental impact of new construction is limited by the preponderance of older buildings. "It's in existing buildings that the real progress lies," says Rohit Aggarwala, director of long-term planning and sustainability for the Mayor's Office of Operations.