The owners of the Empire State Building are investing $20 million in efforts to reduce the CO2 emissions of the New York City landmark.The building, which was the tallest building in the world until 1970, will have upgrades made in an effort to increase its energy consumption by 40 percent. The upgrades include extra layers of insulation on the 6,500 windows on the structure and a new, modern cooling system to replace the current one in the basement of the building.
The upgrades will also allow officer workers in the building to take responsibility for their own carbon footprint. Each worker will be able to access information on the Web detailing how much energy in being consumed in their part of the building.
For more info, check out this story in The Guardian, a UK newspaper.
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