The document provides details about the Bank of America Tower building in New York City. It is a 55-story, 1,200 foot tall skyscraper that contains over 2 million square feet of office space. It has achieved LEED Platinum certification, making it the first commercial skyscraper to do so. The building utilizes numerous sustainable design features like an on-site power plant, ice storage system, rainwater collection, and daylight dimming to reduce its energy and water consumption by 50% compared to other buildings.

4. BUILDING DETAILS:
 THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIAL SKYSCRAPER TO ACHIEVE
THE USGBC’S HIGHEST RATING WITH THE LEED PLATINUM
CERTIFICATION.
 THE BUILDING IS 55 STORIES HIGH AND CONTAINS 2,100,000
SQUARE FEET (195,096 M2) OF OFFICE SPACE.
 DRAWING ON CONCEPTS OF BIOPHILIA—OR HUMANS’ INNATE
NEED FOR CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
 WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL SPIRE INCLUDED, THE STRUCTURAL
HEIGHT OF THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER IS 1,200 FT (370 M),
MAKING IT THE FIFTH TALLEST BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY.
 THE TOWER INCLUDES THREE ESCALATORS AND A TOTAL OF 52.
 HEIGHT
 ARCHITECTURAL - 365.8 M (1,200 FT)
 ROOF - 287.9 M (945 FT)
 TOP FLOOR - 234.5 M (769 FT)
 TECHNICAL DETAILS
 FLOOR COUNT - 55(+3 BASEMENT) (7 MECHANICAL)
 FLOOR AREA - 2,099,985 SQ FT (195,095.0 M2)
 LIFTS/ELEVATORS - 52

5. PLANS AND SECTIONS: SITE & GROUND FLOOR PLAN

6. 20TH FLOOR
PLAN
50TH FLOOR
PLAN

7. EAST – WEST SECTION

8. AMERICA TOWER TO REDUCE
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING WITH AN
AUTOMATED DAYLIGHT
DIMMING SYSTEM, REDUCING
LIGHTING AND COOLING
ENERGY BY UP TO 30%
ROOFTOP FARM TO INSTALL
AND MAINTAIN TWO
HONEYBEE HIVES ON THE
BUILDING.

9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM:
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: SEVERUD ASSOCIATES
 CRYSTALLINE SKYSCRAPER.
 CRYSTAL RISES FROM ITS BASE WITH SCULPTURAL FACETS
THAT INFER MOVEMENT AND ALLOW FOR VARIED VIEWS
AROUND THE NEIGHBORING TOWERS.
 THE FACETED CRYSTAL DESIGN IS COMPLEMENTED BY BOTH
THE CLEAR GLASS CURTAIN WALL AND THE TAUTNESS OF THE
SKIN’S DETAIL.
 THE CURTAIN WALL IS MADE OF LOW-E GLASS AND HEAT-
REFLECTING CERAMIC FRIT.
 CRISP FOLDS AND PRECISE VERTICAL LINES ARE ANIMATED BY
THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUN AND MOON.
 THE SOUTH-FACING FACET TURNS TO ADDRESS ITS PROMINENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH BRYANT PARK .
 FACING THE SKY AND SUN, THE SLOPED WALLS ADMIT MORE
SUNLIGHT INTO THE INTERIOR SPACES, AND ARE ALSO MORE
EFFECTIVE IN CAPTURING RAINWATER FOR COLLECTION AND
USE.

10. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
SYSTEM
 AT NIGHT, THE ON-SITE POWER PLANT PROVIDES THE ENERGY
TO MAKE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ICE, WHICH IS STORED IN TANKS
AND USED TO HELP COOL THE BUILDING DURING THE DAY.
THEREFORE THE POWER PLANT REDUCES THE BUILDINGS PEAK
(DAYTIME) POWER DEMAND ON THE UTILITY GRID IN TWO
WAYS.
 ON-SITE POWER GENERATION ELIMINATES ELECTRICAL
TRANSMISSION LOSSES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THE
DISTRIBUTION GRID WHICH RELIES UPON CENTRALIZED
GENERATING PLANTS.
 IN A PROCESS CALLED COGENERATION, WASTE HEAT FROM THE
POWER PLANT IS USED TO MAKE STEAM WHICH POWERS
CHILLING MACHINES TO COOL THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS
PROVIDING HOT WATER FOR HEATING.
 THE PLANT ALSO PRODUCES ALL OF THE BUILDING’S HOT
WATER WITHOUT OUTSIDE ENERGY.
 AT THE CORE OF THE BUILDING’S ENERGY SYSTEM, IS A 4.6MW
NATURAL GAS POWERED COGENERATION PLANT. COGENERATION PLANT
ICE GENERATION PLANT

11. HVAC:
 JDP DESIGNED, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED THE
BASE BUILDING HVAC PIPING AND EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING CHILLERS, PUMPS, COOLING TOWERS,
AND ICE STORAGE TANKS.
 THE ICE-STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE BASEMENT
MAKE ICE AT OFF-PEAK HOURS TO KEEP THE
BUILDING COOL THE NEXT DAY.
FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM:
 THE MULTI STAGE PEERLESS FIRE PUMP PROVIDES
BASEMENT TO CEILING PRESSURE FOR THE
MANUAL FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM IN THE
BUILDING.
 THE MULTI-ZONE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER FIRE
SYSTEM ALSO USES PEERLESS PUMPS AS THEIR
SOURCE.
 OVER 40 PEERLESS PUMPS ARE INSTALLED AND
WORKING IN THE BUILDING

12. SUSTAINABILITY
 THE BUILDING WILL SAVE 10.3 MILLION GALLONS
OF WATER ANNUALLY THROUGH SUCH DEVICES AS
WATERLESS URINALS AND LOW-FLOW FIXTURES.
 BY COLLECTING RAINWATER, CONSERVES 17
MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER EACH
YEAR.
 THIS BUILDING USES AN ONSITE NATURAL GAS-
FUELED POWER PLANT TO PROVIDE 70% OF
ANNUAL ELECTRICAL POWER NEEDS, AND ABOUT
30% OF PEAK DEMAND
 THIS BUILDING USED FLY-ASH, A RECYCLED
MATERIAL, TO SAVE 45% OF THE CEMENT THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN CONCRETE;
REDUCING WASTE AND ELIMINATING A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POLLUTION THAT IS
CAUSED BY THE MANUFACTURE OF CEMENT.
 RECYCLED STEEL AND OTHER MATERIALS WERE
ALSO USED 83% OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE WAS
RECYCLED, AND DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS.

13.  SENSORS TO CONTROL INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND
VENTILATION. ALL OF THE FRESH AIR USED IN THE
BUILDING IS COLLECTED AT ROOF LEVEL AND TREATED
BY HIGHLY EFFICIENT FILTERS BEFORE BEING
DISTRIBUTED TO INDOOR SPACES.
 THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER WILL REDUCE ENERGY
CONSUMPTION BY 50%, POTABLE WATER CONSUMPTION
BY 50%, AND CREATE NET ZERO CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS.
 A GRAY WATER SYSTEM WILL
CAPTURE, STORE, AND RE-USE
100% OF RAINWATER AND
RECYCLE WASTE WATER AND
PLANTED ROOFS, REDUCING THE
URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.