Gothamist: Building One Bryant Park One Stud at a Time

AustinTheBuilder

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:54:07 -0500

Only one point is offered for waterless urinals toward USGBC LEED Certification. 7 WTC had enough points to make a Silver rating without going waterless and not enough to attempt a Gold, hence no reason to spend on waterless. 2 floors every 3 weeks is not that bad for a structure as complicated as BOA's.... it's not a concrete-slop residential building! Good job Tishman BOA Team !

Dahlia

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:28:35 -0500

i work across the street from the building and it will take a long time to build. they're going at a rate of ~2 floors every 3 weeks. they're on 15 or so now, and i would assume they're trying for at least 60, so thats at least a year for the rest of the structure....

mortonstreeter

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:30:05 -0500

www.usgbc.org for more info on what qualifies as a LEED-certified building. waterless urinals are not a requirement, but a potential credit earned toward LEED-certification. green is good.

HughE2030

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:18:43 -0500

That building is taking forever to build. Plus I was in WTC 7 the other day, and it has the seal of a green building, but has water in it's urinals. I thought to be green you had to have waterless urinals? Confessions of a celebrity stalker http://hughe2030.blogspot.com/