Coach’s global headquarters, occupied in May 2016, includes showroom space, offices, larger conference rooms, kitchen, private terrace, data center, and 40,000 sq ft design studio. The building has floor-to-ceiling glass and column free layouts which permit views and natural daylighting throughout its high density office layout. Vidaris’ energy modeling for the entire Hudson Yards development, and in particular for Tower C at 10 Hudson Yards, offered great synergy for this project. Energy efficiency measures included: •chilled water coil in data rooms, in addition to condenser water coils •high efficiency lighting, with extensive daylight dimming and occupancy sensors Vidaris’ energy modeling was cofunded by NYSERDA. Features supported by Vidaris’ sustainability consulting include: •Over 35% water use reduction achieved through installation of low-flow toilets, urinals, lavatories, showers and pantry faucets. •A measurement and verification program optimizes water and energy use. •Indoor Air Quality measures include best management practices during construction, low-emitting adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, furniture and monitoring of outside air rates.

The Boston Garden redevelopment, known as Hub on Causeway, is a three-phase project on the site of the original Boston Garden, next to the existing TD Garden. Phase one is the podium, phase two is the residential/hotel tower, and phase three is the office tower. The podium is a 1.2 million square foot, eight-story above-grade new construction project with garage, retail and creative office space. The podium also has an additional three stories of below-grade parking and one level of below-grade tenant space. The building will be comprised primarily of retail and office space, but will also contain elevator lobby, restrooms and various back-of-house support space. The residential/hotel tower features a 200-key hotel over 16 stories and 325,000 square feet of residences over 33 stories. The office tower is a is a 574,000 square foot, twenty-three story new construction project situated above a podium with retail and concourse space. The building will be comprised primarily of office space, but will also contain elevator lobby, restrooms, and various back-of-house support space.

110 East 59th Street is 37-story commercial office building located in midtown, Manhattan. The building’s facade, executed in the modernist style, is clad in a unique dark gray glazed brick with alternating ribbon windows. The building was designed as the new headquarters for its developer, Jack Resnick & Sons and boasts a public plaza with commissioned artwork at the south entrance.

Vidaris performed a full window replacement of 3,000 existing casement pivot windows with new in-swing casement windows to match the original window profiles of this circa 1959 building designed by William Le Scaze, a noted modernist architect. Currently Vidaris is consulting and monitoring the masonry reclad.

A sleek hybrid of European Modernism with the Streamline Style of late Art Deco, the Look Building was constructed in 1949-1950 as the headquarters of Look Magazine. Suggestive of the upper decks of an ocean liner, the horizontal setbacks wrap around curved corners in a transitional design by Emery Roth & Sons.

Landmarked in 2010, the Look Building has seen window replacement by Vidaris, as well as façade review under Local Law 11. The building’s lower floors were reclad in materials that more closely follow the original design.

Vidaris is providing waterproofing consulting and monitoring services for the new regional headquarters in Sunrise, Florida. The two-building development will be 400,000 sf to be able to accomodate around 3,200 employees. Scope included reviewing the preparation of the precast concrete slabs for installation of the waterproofing system and panel to panel sealant joint installation, and witnessing the installation of the waterproofing membrane and the flood, spray and hose testing.

390 Madison is the first 21st-century institutional building in midtown and the first full-block development on Park Avenue in nearly 50 years. The 24-story building has been completely redesigned; it features a new exterior, higher ceilings and a new floor plan. Two full floors were removed and the height of the building increased by eight new floors while maintaining the same 900,000 square feet of floor area. By remassing the building, and pulling out 20% of the existing structure, eight outdoor terraces and column-free spaces were created. As both Building Envelope and Energy consultants, our integrated team worked together to achieve the architect’s and client’s vision of a comfortable, energy-efficient building. Vidaris also helped the project earn energy efficiency incentives for efficient chillers, low power lighting and controls, and low-flow faucets through NYSERDA. Finally, we performed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis for two atriums with large and tall glass areas to assess HVAC and envelope characteristics needed to reduce the risk of moisture condensation.

121 Seaport is a new, Class A office building. Unlike its neighbor 101 Seaport, the oval-shaped tower sits above a rectilinear base containing a three-story lobby and two stories of retail amenities totaling 50,000 sq. ft. The project also includes rooftop terraces, a fitness center, below-grade parking and waterfront access. It utilizes twice as much vision glass as typical office buildings, with a composition that is structural steel, concrete core, and 80% glass. Energy efficiency measures include:

• use of a rain reclamation system
• abundant natural daylight
• chilled beam mechanical system
• its streamlined shape reduces lateral loads and increases construction efficiency
• high plumbing fixtures throughout the building

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Located in the East Rail Yards (ERY) section of Hudson Yards, a 17 million square foot development, the Office Tower A is the second-tallest building in New York City. The floor plans maximize river-to-river views. Time Warner is a major tenant and is also in active pursuit of LEED certification with Vidaris’ assistance. Vidaris also consulted on optimizing the energy efficiency of the 13 MW site-wide cogeneration plant - analyzing, among others, the distribution of electricity, hot water and chilled water within, and among, all buildings.

Vidaris has conducted energy modeling for several purposes:
•Estimate the actual energy cost, once the building is in use
•Help decide the cogen contribution that is economically advantageous for Tower A, given the demand from all other buildings on the site
•LEED
•Incentives from the NYSERDA New Construction Program
•NYC Energy Code compliance. Of note, Vidaris has helped the building save hundreds of thousands of dollars via efficiency trade-offs in place of the provision for a 2% voltage drop in the main electric feeders.

Some of the energy efficiency measures evaluated included:
•High-performance curtain wall
•Heat wheel
•Effect of connecting all or parts of the building to the Hudson Yards cogeneration microgrid
•Chiller plant vs high efficiency water-cooled DX for the spec portion on the building
•High-efficiency chiller plant for the Time Warner section of the building

Vidaris, using CFD modeling, has assessed the potential for condensation at spaces with very high glass walls and complex geometry (64 ft glazing in the atrium)

In addition to energy efficiency, Tower A includes sustainability measures, among which are the following:
•Best practice air filtration using high efficiency MERV-14 filters
•At least 50% of wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council
•Stormwater collected for cooling tower make-up
•Storm-proofing to protect from storms including Category 1 hurricane, using watertight points of entry, reinforced fuel tank rooms, and elevated switchgear

10 Hudson Yards will house the Time Warner corporate offices, CNN studios and offices, HBO offices and editing space, Warner Brothers corporate space, and other ancillary uses. It wil also accommodate other tenants. Time Warner has set a project goal of highly efficient, forward looking, and dynamic work space to align with the dynamic development objectives of Hudson Yards.

Vidaris professionals are assisting the owner and design team in achieving LEED Gold for this project, advancing features such as:
•advanced air filtration system
•significant water use reduction, based on evaluation of 6 options by Vidaris professionals
•installation of continuous metering equipment to allow for measurement & verification of system performance in base building
•evaluation of interior building materials to go beyond the baseline LEED low-emitting materials requirements
•ensuring high performance office, IT, and AV equipment through coordination of multiple disciplines

Vidaris professionals’ extensive energy analysis included integration with the base building systems, as well as an asseeement of energy efficiency measures that include:
•high efficiency chiller plant
•high efficiency boiler plant
•low lighting density in all spaces
•automated lighting controls in all spaces (daylight harvesting, occupancy and vacancy sensors)
•temperature management according to occupancy

Vidaris’ consulting is cofunded by NYSERDA.

425 Park Avenue is a tapered, steel-frame office tower that will rise 897 feet with 41 stories. Construction began in 2015 for the first full-block office building on Park Avenue for 50 years. Located between 55th and 56th Street, its glassy design is comprised of three volumes: a seven-story base, a recessed central section, and a slender tower of offices at the top, with a sloped amenity wall and exterior metal cladding featuring a diagrid pattern. The tower features triple-height sky gardens between each volume, a 45-foot tall lobby and a 38-foot tall penthouse, as well as a two-level public restaurant. Vidaris is providing building envelope consulting for the project.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography