Designing the Tallest LEED-Certified Building in the Western Hemisphere
Daikin participates in building the One World Trade Center
At 1,776 feet tall, One World Trade Center — the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere — rises above the Manhattan skyline. Opened in November 2014 and developed by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the skyscraper has raised new standards of design, construction, and prestige.
The design of all mechanical and life-safety systems at One World Trade Center had to meet PANYNJ’s strict building-code and LEED Gold certification requirements. As a result, HVAC equipment was highly customized to meet efficiency, IAQ, and sound-performance requirements, among other factors, as systems are located on office floors. Cooling and heating units were specified to feature high water pressure shell and tube condensers, a variable frequency fan drive, a BAS control system, customized energy efficient scroll compressors, and waterside economizers.