
One of the main attractions of New York is the Empire skyscraper.
State Building" - will be switched to a more efficient and
environmentally friendly use of electricity. This was announced on Monday by the mayor of the metropolis, Michael Bloomberg, and former US President Bill Clinton, ITAR-TASS reports.
The cost of the corresponding project is estimated at $20 million. His
implementation will allow saving $4.4 million per year per year
due to more efficient operation of the internal system
energy supply.
According to Bloomberg and Clinton, the Empire State Building should ideally become
a model building for the whole world. The project provides
replacing 6.5 thousand skyscraper windows with new, more advanced ones. This
should minimize heat leakage into the winter heating system
season and will help avoid overheating the air inside the building in summer.
Construction of the famous skyscraper located on
intersection of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Manhattan was completed
in 1931. After that, for more than 40 years, the 102-story
the building was the tallest in the world. The palm
skyscraper in 1972 was intercepted by the north tower of the World
shopping center in New York. After its collapse as a result
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Empire State Building is considered
the tallest building in New York and the state of the same name.