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'J i 1 1 j Use skeleton of » River Terrace hold (town air pottation from teig- Anthony O. Pereira, a tarmer. w- has twice as many water pipes and distance truck transportation. gamzer for Greenpeace who | air ducts in its apartments as a con- Jamping through ttose toops at wlops aiteaative eaergy sysiaas | vAttmal high-rise residential build­ once required compromise and con­ and '-whose lasing cards »y tUey , ing. Each apartment will have its stant calculation, contract*: s said- are printed with'-^ ink « own dedicated Mr supply — filtered How the soiar-energy collectors on paper, 'vividly recalls making Ms J 'aM humidified — and a separate ' the building’s exterior changeg their ■first presematioBs to general,-',,j water Use just for nutting the toilets - color midway tiroogh the proj«l coatractor, the TtuTier Cprporafiaa, ■ j with treated waste water piped ap tells that tale. a big, old-Hoe firm ttjat W hM from the treatment plant in the base- The original design specified Wack building New York skyscrapers W ] • ''I ment There are also pipes leading to more .than IM years, i k“'d =i aoi from a I8,«)0-galtoB rainwater . ............. ....... , "The first few ateetiags vote Wry,i colectiffli tank that will be used to tetimidating,” Mr. Pereira said, “bBt ! Waler the rooftop garden, which is * Jf VOU CFCHtC 3 we decided that' if we work^ twice j i Hitended to reduce the building’s ra- * , as hard, we could still earn Mr j vrtheatarrtpRergyfo-V , healthierbuildinsf, respe^,” . , . file Hiterestmg th; that it s - Othbr coBstni'tt-ioB experts »i : fofrtag as to devetop ianov-ative YOU. make OeOOlC Sept. 11 also raised tte profile ior j ways of bin Wing to a sustainable H H green coostrection by illuminating | fasiBon at appropriate costs." said healthier.’ how incredibly expensive ft is te'fdt Martin DettUag,' a vice president at tie Albanese DeveMJaiea Corpora- —--------- —----- in water and elwtrtctty and-, s^er : systems om ttey have Web 'ie-' j H 1 i tioa and the project maaager. “Our strayed. leaders want the building to be finan- photovoltaic panels — running half- » “If you use less energy and less cfally sustainable, too.” way ap the tower’s southwest side. water and yoo’re putflag less-'water To meet the Battery Park guide- The subcontractor found a Delaware out as waste, t!a0 don’t have to tliiak Worfeefs pouri "ig concreto at 20 River Terrace in Battery Park City. Developers say it wfll be the world’s most tines and also qualify for a green supplier, within the .5W-Miic iimit, about the big 'Bitogs like --iMiffiag environmentally correct residentia! tower. Its air is to be purified, and solar panels will generate electricity. buadtag tax credit created by New who was making solar panels oat of more pipes in and more wires, arid YoA State earlier this year, 20 River recycled silicon, using chips discard- the'political and eceaom'ic -irap&a- ferrace mast ase '35 percent less ed by the compater industry. Using tions of fi ' are ejiorniois,” said depend less or water aad energy for its air-amditloaing system, iag another payoff as well: a grow­ eaergy than a similar-sized sfruc- the Delaware siqipUer wcold thus get William D, Browning, a sehter caa- rewirees.p.^} River Terrace, ferex- whichj devetopers say, will help ing expertise, in how to make it al tare built under the standard cob- two benefits for one in meeting the suitant at the Rocky Mountain Iwtl- aa^te, wiU<use a third less water avoid suramertlme electricity price work. “First there’s resistance to stroctton codes. Building materials rules —more recycled content, close Wte, a nonprofit gr-oup in Snswraais, a typical tower of 29.3 ^art- qpikes. new things, then acceptance,” he - must follow a complex formula es- enough — but there was a problem. Colo.,,, that warks' on resour^ eff»- piests. -It yriH also''generate aboul 5 Mr. Dettling, file project maaager said. "Then comjwtitioB kicks ia, and fi-sfiianing their 'perceatage of recy- The solar panels -waild haw to be ciejcy issties. ", • , ■ g ’, per ofW owB'ei^ricity 'tfersai^. at 20 River Terrace, said that to yoo get tafflwation, efficiency and clei cMttent, and there must be affl- bine, not black Green fau.fi-Jings are to &1» colWctors dad use aatural gas watching the busWing rise, he is see- cost savings,”