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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
EU ADOPTS EFFICIENCY LEGISLATION
The European Federation of Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) reports that the European Union (EU) has adopted a series of legislative acts with the goal of improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of buildings and industrial products. Although lifts are not included in the scope of the legislations, they have been included in the product list of Working Plan 2016-2019 of the Eco-Design Directive. This list consists of products estimated to have relevant potential in terms of energy savings and environmental impact. Products on it will be studied by the European Commission (EC) to verify the possibility of improving their environmental impact, and lifts have been under study since the second half of 2017. Once the two-year study is complete, the EC will be able to execute an impact assessment that will allow deciding, after consultations with stakeholders, whether to widen the scope of the Eco-Design Directive to lifts. If so, the EC can decide to approve either an implementing measure (specifying an ecological design for lifts) or a self-regulation measure proposed by the industry and elaborated in accordance with the directive.
GLASS LIFT SHAFTS PART OF AUSTRALIAN TOWER DESIGN
Glass lift shafts are among features Fender Katsalidis incorporated into its winning design for 32 Smith Street, a 27-story office tower GPT Group plans to build in the central business district of Parramatta, Australia, The Urban Developer reports. Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney and has office vacancy rates ranging from 3% to zero. That creates optimism for GPT and city officials, who quickly approved the project. The glass shafts will join glass façades and widened footpaths that will "improve the visual and pedestrian connection to the nearby Parramatta River and surrounding streets." Construction is expected to start this year and be complete in mid 2020.
WORLD’S SKINNIEST SKYSCRAPER PASSES HALFWAY POINT IN NYC
Construction on New York City’s (NYC) third-tallest and the world's future skinniest building, 111 West 57th Street, has passed the halfway point of an eventual 1,428 ft. or 82 stories, New York YIMBY reports. The building will be notable for its 24:1 slenderness ratio — leaving room for only one residence per floor — and distinct design by SHoP Architects featuring a terracotta, bronze and glass façade. Incorporating the historic Steinway Building, 111 West 57th Street will have 60 condominiums starting at more than US$15.5 million. JDS Development and Property Management Group are behind the project, which, at the current rate of construction, could be finished in 2020.
Image: Hayes Davidson and SHoP Architects:
https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/03/111-west-57th-street-officially-surpasses-halfway-point-in-rise-to-1428-pinnacle.html
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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com
EU ADOPTS EFFICIENCY LEGISLATION
The European Federation of Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) reports that the European Union (EU) has adopted a series of legislative acts with the goal of improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of buildings and industrial products. Although lifts are not included in the scope of the legislations, they have been included in the product list of Working Plan 2016-2019 of the Eco-Design Directive. This list consists of products estimated to have relevant potential in terms of energy savings and environmental impact. Products on it will be studied by the European Commission (EC) to verify the possibility of improving their environmental impact, and lifts have been under study since the second half of 2017. Once the two-year study is complete, the EC will be able to execute an impact assessment that will allow deciding, after consultations with stakeholders, whether to widen the scope of the Eco-Design Directive to lifts. If so, the EC can decide to approve either an implementing measure (specifying an ecological design for lifts) or a self-regulation measure proposed by the industry and elaborated in accordance with the directive.
GLASS LIFT SHAFTS PART OF AUSTRALIAN TOWER DESIGN
Glass lift shafts are among features Fender Katsalidis incorporated into its winning design for 32 Smith Street, a 27-story office tower GPT Group plans to build in the central business district of Parramatta, Australia, The Urban Developer reports. Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney and has office vacancy rates ranging from 3% to zero. That creates optimism for GPT and city officials, who quickly approved the project. The glass shafts will join glass façades and widened footpaths that will "improve the visual and pedestrian connection to the nearby Parramatta River and surrounding streets." Construction is expected to start this year and be complete in mid 2020.
WORLD’S SKINNIEST SKYSCRAPER PASSES HALFWAY POINT IN NYC
Construction on New York City’s (NYC) third-tallest and the world's future skinniest building, 111 West 57th Street, has passed the halfway point of an eventual 1,428 ft. or 82 stories, New York YIMBY reports. The building will be notable for its 24:1 slenderness ratio — leaving room for only one residence per floor — and distinct design by SHoP Architects featuring a terracotta, bronze and glass façade. Incorporating the historic Steinway Building, 111 West 57th Street will have 60 condominiums starting at more than US$15.5 million. JDS Development and Property Management Group are behind the project, which, at the current rate of construction, could be finished in 2020.
Image: Hayes Davidson and SHoP Architects:
https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/03/111-west-57th-street-officially-surpasses-halfway-point-in-rise-to-1428-pinnacle.html
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