This green roof is the lid on New York City’s first energy-efficient school building, home to high school and primary school students. Located in Brooklyn, New York, the building was designed in a bid to reduce the city’s carbon footprint. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
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00:00This green roof is the lid on New York City's first energy-efficient school building,
00:05home to high school and primary school students.
00:08Located in Brooklyn, New York,
00:09the building was designed in a bid to reduce the city's carbon footprint.
00:14Architect Adam Urynski explains.
00:17So the payoff is that the building is going to be around 70 to 75 percent more efficient
00:22than a conventional building of its type,
00:25a conventional public school, in terms of its energy usage.
00:30Project Director Dominic Griffin explains the key to the school's energy efficiency
00:34is an energy recovery unit described as the lungs of the building,
00:39bringing fresh air in, serving the spaces.
00:42New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a $4 billion initiative in 2022
00:48to make all new-build schools all-electric
00:51and to convert 100 existing schools to all-electric heating by 2030.
00:56This initiative projects a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 120,000 tons annually.