Vidaris collaborated closely with Renzo Piano Workshop, Cooper Robertson, and JBB to impart sustainable features to this remarkable museum. Vidaris performed LEED/Green consulting as well as Energy /CFD consulting for: LEED, Local Law 86, Energy Code compliance, NYSERDA incentives, and to forecast the effect on energy cost of alternative scheduling for opening to the public. Vidaris also performed Enhanced Commissioning, complementing JBB’s work on Fundamental Commissioning. The building is projected to use 25% less than code in regulated energy (exclusive of vertical transportation, plug loads and kitchen), and 24% lower overall energy use, that includes all energy uses. To meet the city’s high performance energy metric and to save energy, the building features highly insulated facades, clad in pale steel panels, and triple-pane glazing, efficient LED lighting, CO2 sensors with outdoor air modulation, airside and waterside economizer, high efficiency chillers and boilers, and a 75kW cogeneration engine. Captured storm water feeds the irrigation system and the cooling tower. In insulating the building’s billowing façade, Vidaris performed extensive CFD analyses to protect against moisture condensation within concealed cavities. Ultra-low emitting materials, enhanced outdoor air filtration and a building flush-out prior to occupancy insures both the occupants and artworks are protected from contaminants. Vidaris’ consulting was co-funded by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography

15 Hudson Yards will be the first residential tower to top out at Hudson Yards and will be integrated with The Shed at its base. It will have approximately 385 units in total between rental apartments and condominiums. Vidaris is providing a full scope of services across its building envelope and energy/sustainability divisions, offering consulting, shop and site inspections, energy code compliance and LEED consulting.

This new luxury condominium tower in Chelsea holds 44 residences and features three penthouses, a double-height lobby. Vidaris provided consulting for the facade as well as the roof, design assist, witnessed the mock-up testing, and performed both shop and site inspections. The code advisory team reviewed documents regarding lot line windows, and the energy team provided energy code compliance calculations, including THERM modeling and CFD Analysis.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography

Located next door to Grand Central Terminal, this 67-story, Class-A office tower will be an iconic addition to midtown Manhattan. Set to open in 2021, this terra cotta and glass tower will be over 1500 feet tall and is designed to have 4 tapering blocks that interlock and end at different heights. The tower also features a retail podium at its base. Vidaris is providing both building envelope and sustainability services, including CFD modeling of the atriums and energy code progress inspections. The sustainability team is coordinating for a WELL Core & Shell Gold rating in addition to both LEED v3 Platinum and LEED v4 Gold certifications. Commissioning is being performed by LPI, an affiliate company of Vidaris.

Constructed in 1929, the museum underwent building-wide renovations to provide better facilities for the artwork, enhance visitor experience, and reduce environmental impact. The museum has gallery spaces, classrooms, and a shop. The renovations occurred over three phases, so the museum could remain open throughout construction. Indoor air quality was of special concern, both during construction and after. In addition to low-VOC materials, the project has increased outside air delivery, and improved filtration with MERV 13 filters. Testing confirmed the achievement of these goals. Water use reduction was another area of focus. Vidaris professionals also worked with the design team to increase energy efficiency. The building achieved 15% savings over ASHRAE 90.1-2004. Significant aspects include

• Efficient lighting
• Modulation of outside air based on occupancy, with enthalpy economizers
• Efficient, VSD chillers with waterside economizer

This innovative exposed concrete-framed residential tower by Rafael Vinoly Architects, rising 1,397 feet tall, was the tallest building in New York City to roofline upon its completion. The 128 residences feature large glazed windows (10’ by 10’) and 12-foot ceilings. The base of the building has a three-story glass atrium retail component. As the exterior wall consultant, Vidaris assisted in delineating performance criteria for the large-sized windows, developing the details and technical criteria for weatherproofing them, and then monitoring the fabrication and on-site erection. Additionally, Vidaris performed building energy modeling, thermal analysis, sustainable design assist, specifications, as well as LEED monitoring during construction. LPI, an affiliate of Vidaris, performed LEED Fundamental and Enhanced Commissioning. The post-occupancy engagement process of the enhanced commissioning is in progress. To enable the client receives financial incentives from NYSERDA, LPI is also performing focused review and testing of select energy efficiency measures.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography

MoMA Tower will be another addition to the Manhattan skyline upon its completion. Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, the 1,050-foot supertall tower tapers to its 82nd floor with the exterior wall featuring triple pane glass windows, making it the tallest building of its kind with this window selection. 170 luxury residential condominiums fill most of the tower, occupying 442,357 square feet, while the Musuem of Modern Art will occupy floors two, four and five for gallery space, at a total of 36,000 square feet. The facade is made up on metal and glass, and has a diagonal grid.

This new one-million square foot tower is built at the old Filene’s site in Downtown Boston and includes residential space as well as space for retail, a sports club, and parking. Its foundation was the largest single concrete pour in the history of Boston. Vidaris, as the building envelope and energy efficiency consultant for the project, worked with the design team and client to rationalize the performance and design intent in the context of an advanced, highly energy efficient and sustainable enclosure system, which happens to be a unitized curtain wall system. This included balancing a program for unitized construction that was consistent with an accelerated construction schedule. We provided consulting to meet LEED requirements, and with our registered NSTAR vendor status, we guided Millennium Tower through their participation in the NSTAR program. Millennium Tower is also subject to the Massachusetts Stretch Code, which requires energy performance 20% better than ASHRAE 90.1-2007, Appendix G.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography

This unique tetrahedron-shaped building, designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group, is a dramatic addition to Manhattan’s skyline. Natural light, views, plants and moving water are integral components of VIA’s design aesthetic. The building facilitates indoor/outdoor living, with terraces and balconies throughout. VIA’s Garden courtyard, planted with 47 native species, opens toward the Hudson River. Among the project’s numerous awards: 2017 ACEC Excellence in Engineering National Award; and 2016 CTBUH Best Tall Building Award - Americas. Vidaris served as the façade consultant, retained for design assistance on aspects of the undulating exterior wall, with its high performance glass and aluminum spandrel which transitions into a stainless steel curtainwall skin on sloped roof. Vidaris’ sustainability team provided beyond-LEED advanced materials research, vetting materials for their environmental health impact. It conducted manufacturer outreach, reviewed emissions reports, wrote green specs and helped the design team select safer products. Vidaris’ energy modeling demonstrated a 19% cost reduction and 17.5% reduction in carbon emissions relative to the Energy Code baseline. During construction Vidaris performed inspections. In addition, Vidaris’ sister company, LPI, Inc., provided engineering evaluation of the stud and anchor welds for the sloped wall embedded assemblies, based on visual, magnetic particle and ultrasonic examinations.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography

World Trade Center Tower 3, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners and Adamson Associates, is the third tallest building on the site, standing at 1,240 feet, and holds commercial offices with trading space and a retail podium, and a connection to the WTC Transportation Hub. At the ground level, a triple-height cable-net facade reinforces the transparency of the lobby entrance. The facade is column free with a curtain wall glass facade allowing for panoramic tower views and views of the September 11 Memorial. There are multiple roof set backs. Vidaris is providing comprehensive building envelope consulting and monitoring services that include work throughout all phases of design and construction. Vidaris is collaborating with the design team in the formulation and development of performance criteria as well as contract document preparation and review. Vidaris was also instrumental in the development and specification and selection of building exterior materials which included a high performance thermally-broken window wall system incorporating low-e glass. Construction administration services includes shop drawing review, witnessing of laboratory and field testing and monitoring of installation for conformance to design objectives as well as code requirements. In addition to envelope consulting, Vidaris has also provided energy modeling services to earn LEED Optimize Energy points and comply with Executive Order 111. Studies included energy efficiency measures that could be implemented by both the tenants and the building owner, and optimization of the 1.2MW cogeneration plant.   Photo Credit: Pavel Bendov Photography