Skyscraper

The Hearst Tower is a green building, built with consideration to the environment.

According to Wikipedia:

"Hearst Tower is the first green building completed in New York City, with a number of environmentalheat conductive limestone. Polyethylenecirculating water for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Rain collected on the roof is stored in a tank in the basement for use in the cooling system, to irrigate plants and for the water sculpture in the main lobby. The building was constructed using 80% recycled steel. Overall, the building has been designed to use 25% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of New York, and earned a gold designation from the United States Green Building Council’s LEED considerations built into the plan. The floor of the atrium is paved with tubing is embedded under the floor and filled with certification program."

Very interesting.  I wouldn’t have know that by just looking at the building.

Paz