Keep the building alive.
By creating more uses for a building, an owner can rationalize the fixed costs of building green by generating revenue.
First LEED-Platinum skyscraperOne Bryant Park includes a Broadway theater (open at night) and public seating area (open all day) which Fox says will eventually include a coffee and sandwich service, as well as a fancy restaurant and 24-hour ATMs for anchor tenant Bank of America. "The most sustainable feature," says Appel, "is human contact."
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