The New York Times: World’s Tallest Passive House Breaks Ground on Roosevelt Island

Cornell Tech’s future residential building on Roosevelt Island will consume 60 to 70 percent less energy than conventional high-rises, the New York Times reports.

An apartment tower on Roosevelt Island that began construction this month will be the tallest passive-house high-rise in the world when it is completed in 2017, according to the Passive House Institute in Germany. And at about 270,000 square feet, it will also be the largest, said David Kramer, a principal with Hudson Companies, which is developing the building in partnership with Cornell Tech, the applied sciences campus of Cornell University, and the Related Companies.

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