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Project details:
- Client:
The Sheldrake Organization
- Architect:
Polshek Partnership and Ismael Leyva
- Maincontractor:
Plaza Construction Corporation
- Main contractor:
Sky King
- PV Consultants:
Altpower
- Project Brief:
To provide a fixed and movable sun tracking louver
system on the building's plant room at its top elevation
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A green tower for New York
Since 2000 the Battery Park City Authority has instituted mandatory green guidelines for all new residential buildings. These mandatory guidelines "establish a process for the creation of environmentally responsible residential buildings that
are appreciably ahead of current standards and practices for development."
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One River Terrace, (c) Nelson Bakerman Photographer
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Accordingly and several of its recent buildings have qualified for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings from the U.S. Green Building Council.
One River Terrace is Battery Park's latest residential addition. At 320 ft and 31 storeys high, with 264 units, it is expected to win a platinum LEED rating.
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Shadoglass louvers
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Shadovoltaic louvers
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Colt shading systems have made a contribution to this achievement. Around the top level plant room Colt has provided a series of louvers to generate electrical power. These comprise Shadometal perforated metal louvers to the north elevation, and movable and sun-tracking vertical Shadovoltaic (photovoltaic) louvers to the south, east and west elevations.
These louvers provide just over half of the building's 70 kWp electricity that is generated from photovoltaic cells. Furthermore, the movable louvers are controlled by a passive Girasol sun tracking system that is entirely autonomous.
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