Green Building Salon

Join Urban Green Council for a case study of the recently completed LEED-CI Gold office of COFRA / Good Energies.
Located on the 29th floor of a 1960s Park Avenue office tower, the New York City home of the Cofra Group and its Good Energies venture capital company. The project was spearheaded by architect Pat Sapinsley, AlA, a Good Energies senior associate and CO Chair of AIANY COTE. Hoping to demonstrate the values suggested by the firm’s motto, “People, Planet, Profit."

The architects gutted the 22,500 square-foot space with the intent of using daylight as the primary means of illumination. Day lighting is the primary player in the daily reduction of energy consumption—which, at 0.76 watts per square foot, is 24 percent better than code. Newly defined perimeter offices and conference rooms are enclosed with transparent and translucent glass, so that light penetrates through to the floor plate. Light hued reflective surface materials, including white furnishing systems, natural maple, textural limestone mosaics, and glare free frosted resin enhance the effect of the natural light throughout. The resulting design is an innovative response to those conflicting requirements, balancing private offices with expansive openness, views, and daylight from every point on the floor. Quoted from Architectural Record

6:00pm Cocktails
6:30pm Presentation
7:30pm Q&A

Tickets
$10 Urban Green Members
$15 Non-members
$10 Students (must show valid ID at the door)