The Bank of America Tower, a billion-dollar, 55-story crystal skyscraper on the northwest corner of Manhattan’s Bryant Park […] would be “the most sustainable in the country,” according to its developer Douglas Durst. At the Tower’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, Gore powwowed with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and praised the building as a model for fighting climate change. “I applaud the leadership of the mayor and all of those who helped make this possible,” he said.
Gore’s applause, however, was premature. According to data released by New York City last fall, the Bank of America Tower produces more greenhouse gases and uses more energy per square foot than any comparably sized office building in Manhattan. It uses more than twice as much energy per square foot as the 80-year-old Empire State Building. It also performs worse than the Goldman Sachs headquarters, maybe the most similar building in New York–and one with a lower LEED rating. It’s not just an embarrassment; it symbolizes a flaw at the heart of the effort to combat climate change.
h/t Sid Vicious
Could this be named the Gore Flophouse?
My question is, did it snow when Algore showed up to cut the ribbon?
Gores applause was for his appearance fee. As the pope of Agw religion this was just a tithe to the man who claims to speak for Gaia.
It should be renamed the Crony Tower – a monument to the amalgamation of crony politics and crony capitalism.
coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2013/07/when-sustainability-is-not-sustainable.html
Just another building block in the AGW scam, and the gullible will let them get away with.
Excellent. Kate posted my link. Gracias!
Who knew “The Gore Effect” applied to buildings as well? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Effect
Sid, good story. I only wish I didn’t have to go to TNR to read it 🙁
LEEDing by example. A big pile, a tool, a point system.
Facebook built a huge data center near the arctic circle, cause they knew cooling was the biggest challenge. the reindeer now have IT jobs!
LEED is a joke. Bureaucratic busy work. Some things that get big LEED points makes you give your head a shake. I tried to understand it once but stopped shortly before I would have had to slit my wrists!
Hahaha … a banner day! Gooore suckered by the LEED scam!