[SPN-Discussion] Feb. 10th - A Skyscraper That Breathes: PNC Tower

[Daryle Ward-Cherry]

A Skyscraper That Breathes: PNC Tower

Date: February 10, 2016

Time: 6:00 — 8:00pm

Venue: Con Edison, 4 Irving Place, Edison Room, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10003

For more information and to register, please visit Urban Green Council's event page<http://urbangreencouncil.org/content/events/skyscraper-breathes-pnc-tower>.

ABOUT THE EVENT

Touted as the greenest skyscraper in the world, PNC’s new $400 million, 33-story corporate headquarters (completed in October, 2015) employs an array of impressive sustainability strategies including multiple façade systems and a solar chimney. For approximately 42% of working hours throughout the year, the building will rely on operable windows and flaps in its sophisticated glass skin to bring in fresh air, rather than on mechanical ventilation.

Hear architect Doug Gensler (Gensler) and mechanical engineer Denzil Gallagher (BuroHappold Engineering) speak about the design team’s methods for combining natural and mechanical ventilation, and how extensive energy modeling and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies were used to predict system performance—and create a tower that is projected to use half the energy of a typical tall office building.


SPEAKERS

Denzil Gallagher
Principal, BuroHappold Engineering

Doug Gensler
Managing Director, Principal, Gensler


EVENT PRICE
Non-Member: $15


ABOUT URBAN GREEN COUNCIL

Urban Green Council is the New York Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Our mission is to advance the sustainability of urban buildings through education, advocacy and research.

A non-profit organization established in 2002, Urban Green is funded by contributions from foundations, its members, and corporate sponsors. Our in-house experts and a dedicated network of volunteers are helping to transform the built environment in New York City with models that can be replicated in urban centers nationwide.

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Daryle M. Ward-Cherry
Public Programs Associate

Urban Green Council
U.S. Green Building Council of New York
20 Broad Street, Suite 709
New York, NY 10005
212.514.9385 x118
dwc at urbangreencouncil.org<mailto:dwc at urbangreencouncil.org>
urbangreencouncil.org

A SKYSCRAPER THAT BREATHES: PNC TOWER
February 10 | Con Edison
<http://urbangreencouncil.org/content/events/skyscraper-breathes-pnc-tower>http://ugc.nyc/pnc-breathes
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