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Battery Park City Authority Guidelines
The Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Environmental Guidelines for Battery Park City – a planned community that sits on a 92 acre site on the west side of lower Manhattan – have provided a foundation for many innovative ideas that improve the urban experience and provide a vision of what cities can become. The purpose for the guidelines grew out of a desire to respond to increased public awareness of environmental conservation and increased demand for healthier, high quality living and working environments. Bob Fox and Bill Browning worked with The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), other architects, developers, and contractors to set a new “green” standard for New York City, based on a very early version of the LEED Rating System but tailored to the environmental and political climate of New York City. The guidelines became a local model for healthy, ecologically responsible environments and are responsible for the creation of the first “green” residential tower in the United States.

*Work performed by Bob Fox in affiliation with Fox & Fowle Architects and Bill Browning in affiliation with Rocky Mountain Institute. Detailed Terrapin Case Studies are available in the Workroom, our private extranet full of detailed information and resources to help you make an informed decision.

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