Beyond the Entranceway and corridor, visitors get a clear view of much of lower Manhattan, including construction of the new Freedom Tower, through a wall of windows that spans the length of the building. The illuminated models, along with some smaller models of lower Manhattan, are housed in this room as well. The walls of the room are lined with touch screen monitors offering a variety of information about past and present development at the World Trade Center site. An 85-Inch Panasonic Premier Plasma TV mounted flush in the wall creates the stage for full scale, guided presentations to larger touring groups.

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The remainder of this space contains two boardrooms designed explicitly for leasing negotiations with new tenants of the complex. These rooms are both equipped with sophisticated teleconferencing systems, making meetings about this world famous piece of real estate into an experience that can be had anywhere in the world.

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The client wanted a sleek space where the electronics were not in the spotlight unless called into service. To work toward this goal, all keypads were blended into the interior design using Trufig. Trufig products allow for flush mounting of keypads and switches that are custom painted to blend into any surface. The team working on these faced a particular challenge, since the walls of this space are a combination of faux finishing, and wallpapered photography of the future NYC skyline. After all had been completed, the only visible portions of the Lutron keypads were the butt ons themselves. 

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The greatest focus of this space was on sustainability. The space is a LEED Platinum and Energy Star Gold Certified space. In fact, it was the very first commercial office building in New York to earn a LEED certification. To maintain the building’s Energy Star rating, our team employed vacancy sensors, dimmable fluorescent lights, and day lighting. 48 Dimmed lighting zones, 35 LED lighting zones and 3 shading zones containing 52 shades in total, all share one common feature: automatic adjustment to most efficiently utilize the light from both inside and outside sources. Lutron sensors tell the system when the shades should be lowered and raised, keeping the building in a unique state of symbiosis with the sun. When the exterior light is bright enough, the system will raise the shades to use the natural light from outside rather than artificial light from the installed fixtures, further lowering energy costs.

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to select any fixture in the space, or bank section of the scale models, to control that particular light, bringing ease of use to a whole new level. When tours are done and it’s time to go home, the staff  selects the Away button to shut down the system and prevent any unnecessary energy usage. Automated control and sustainability come full circle in this shining example of what it really means to be green.