Green Building Competition - 2006

Grand Winner
New Sunrise Yard
Gruzen Samton LLP Architects, Planners, Interior Designers

Gruzen Samton LLP Architects, Planners, Interior Designers
This project, situated on 46,300 square feet, will be the base of operations for the Facilities Maintenance Group of the NYC Department of Transportation and is part of the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s sustainable design pilot program. Using an integrated, consensus driven process, the project achieves a 65% energy savings over ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 baseline through measures such as use of high performance glass, clerestory roof system, a high efficiency lighting system, radiant floor heating, demand based ventilation, and use of high efficiency boilers. Demolition waste will be reused and water efficiency will be achieved through native landscaping and maximizing pervious services. Runoff is contained on the site and construction vehicles will use ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel.

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Jury Members

• Carlton Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Full Spectrum, LLC.
• Chris Garvin, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Cook+Fox Architects, LLP
• Craig Graber, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC
• Julie Hoover, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Brain McGrath, Co-Director, Urban Field Station; U.S. Forest Service/ Columbia University's GSAPP
• Signe Nielsen, Commissioner, Arts Commission for the City of New York, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, P.C.
• Wayne Tusa, Chair, Liaison and Communications Committee, NY Chapter USGBC, Environmental Risk and Loss Control, Inc.