BofA tower gets top green-building rating

Originally Published: May 20, 2010 9:04 AM
Modified: May 20, 2010 11:32 AM from Craine's Real Estate
950-foot tower earns first LEED-Platinum honor; tower designed to use two-thirds less power, save 7.7M gallons of water and please more tenants.

By James Comtois
New York's second tallest building is now its first high-rise commercial building to receive LEED-Platinum certification, the highest "green" building rating for environmental performance.
The 54-story, 2.1 million-square-foot Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, at Sixth Avenue and West 42nd Street, was certified under the LEED Core & Shell designation for providing occupants with cleaner air and more natural light, while conserving energy and other natural resources within the building. (Read More at the link above).