One World Trade Center to be Tall, Sustainable

When it is completed in 2013, New York's One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the U.S., and one of the most sustainable buildings of its size in the world. The building is designed to LEED Gold specifications. It will derive about 35% of its power from renewable energy sources. Around 400 fuel cell stacks have been installed. It is one of the largest fuel cell installations in the world. Waste heat from the system will be recycled and used for hot water and heating in the podium of the building and the entrances. Air conditioning will be supplied, in part, by a 12,500-ton (44 000 kW) central chiller plant that will use water from the Hudson River.

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