Energy Efficient Solutions Help Carnegie Hall Secure LEED Silver Certification
It is one of a limited number of century-old buildings to achieve LEED certification
NEW YORK — Carnegie Hall, the nearly 125-year old iconic New York City music venue, has announced its award of a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it one of the oldest and most notable buildings to achieve the distinction. This milestone was achieved in part through close collaboration with Siemens, which was one of Carnegie Hall’s technology partners to modernize almost 165,000 square feet of non-performance space.
The certification followed the fall 2014 completion of Carnegie Hall’s Studio Towers Renovation Project (STRP), an infrastructure upgrade for two towers originally added atop the famed concert hall at the end of the 19th century. A central focus of this comprehensive renovation was the addition of the new 60,000-square-foot Resnick Education Wing, located on the Hall’s upper floors, as well as the refurbishment of the Hall’s backstage areas. In addition to its programmatic importance to the Hall, the project created an opportunity to highlight the importance of sustainable design and its positive impact on New York City, providing an example of the adaptive reuse of a historic building.