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Part 3: The Significance of Taipei 101, the World’s Tallest and Largest Green Building
Britain’s largest pollinator study has been launched today. The project led by Professor Jane Memmott, from the University of Bristol, will be conducted in twelve cities across Britain to determine how well pollinators such as bees and butterflies are doing in urban areas.[read more]
Part 2: Iconic Taipei 101 Raises The Bar- Now the World’s Tallest LEED Platinum Building
Taipei 101, one of the most iconic properties in Asia, was officially recognized on July 28 as a LEED record-setter. In a ceremony whose participants included the chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, the premier of the Republic of China Taiwan, government officials of Taiwan and Taipei, and executives of Siemens Building Technologies and Taipei Financial Center Corporation, the Taipei 101 project was awarded the LEED-EBOM (Existing Building Operations and Maintenance) Platinum plaque, and lauded as the world’s tallest and largest green building, and the green building with the largest tenant base.[read more]
Part 1: Taipei 101- Preparing For A Historic LEED Unveiling
Today marks the official unveiling of Taipei 101 as the first skyscraper to achieve a Platinum rating under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED EBOM (ExistingbBuilding Operations & Maintenance) certification protocol. The project, at a cost of $2 million US, took almost two years to complete under the guidance of an international team comprised of Siemens Building Technologies, which led the retrofit of Taipei 101’s energy and building management control systems; architect and interior designer Steven Leach Group; and EcoTech International, the LEED advisory firm headed by international green certification expert Rob Watson.[read more]
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“I agree I think that the nature of human interaction and involvement depends on the nature of the actual facility itself. Getting people in and around fossil fuel burning power plants is seen as a security risk, but that still leaves many components of our infrastructure that could benefit from being noticed (and that citizens could benefit from noticing). I think of examples like John ...”
“I thinks it's provocative. In Florida, we were given tours of muncipal water treatment facilities as children, less so access to energy facilities. There is a cogeneration facility at MIT that sits comfortably in the urban context, as thousands pass by daily. But I'm always concerned that critical systems and humans should not mix for the most part. Educational programs may make the same point ...”