Taipei 101 to become the world’s tallest green building
Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world’s tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of “World’s Tallest Green Building.” In 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed Taipei 101 in terms of height, but the Taiwanese building won’t give up the fight, throwing down $1.8 million in energy efficiency upgrades, which are expected to yield $20 million annually in savings and make it the Earth’s greenest and tallest building.
Over the next 18 months, the skyscraper will undergo significant energy efficiency upgrades and will also seek LEED Gold certification for existing buildings. The certification will largely depend on the building performance after the upgrades and renovations take place. The owners of Taipei 101 are teaming up with SL+A International Asia Inc., Siemens and EcoTech International Inc. to complete the eco-upgrades. Seen at Inhabitat. More images after the break.
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4:37 PM Feb 20th
World’s tallest green building: http://www.archdaily.com/40848/tapei-101-to-become-the-worlds-tallest-green-building/
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It seems nobaby cares abt this …..
Astonishing (in a bad way). What does it say about Taipei 101 when a mere $1.8 million investment of technology for a billion dollar building yields over $20 million in annual savings? If they got that much savings out of the deal, I’m baffled why they didn’t consider employing some of the technology when they were building it just a couple years ago.
On the bright side, at least they’re moving on from the whole “tallest” craze – not that they have much choice, since the Burj tower already overtook them…
spot on. it´s just embarassing.
but probably the 1.8 to 20 million ratio is only marketing. (if it is lower, then its the marketeers mocking architects and engineers, if its higher, its a shame on everybody! lol)
nonetheless assuming these recent mistakes is a sign of recent stupidity/greed, its simply embarassing, and disrespectfull: to the environment, to future generations, to everybody that actually gives a damn.
well, at least they are trying to correct it…(though its only for economic purposes).
I think its time to make a prize to tallest and most LEED-unfriendly buildings in the world.
what do you think?
apparently its not 20 million dls, but 20 million New Taiwan dls, or ~600.000dls.
“…and make it the Earth’s greenest and tallest building.”
This is a joke. If people keep repeating the type of marketing rubbish the whole idea of “green” building will become meaningless. There is nothing you can realistically do to make a 101 storey pile of air conditioned glass and metal green.
Spot on. This is a joke.
tall building never green! It’s a joke
Instead of Remember The Alamo ( for those of you that know what that means) remember The Twin Towers.
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