Over the past year, the Empire State Building has been taking steps to become more energy efficient. Now, the results of their first year’s efforts are in, and they have exceeded their building efficiency expectations by 5% and saved $2.4 million. Once all of the building’s tenant retrofits are complete, [...]

The Empire State Building is getting a lighting makeover fit for the 21st century. This year, the owners of the building are replacing the 400 standard lamps installed on the outside of the building for the 1976 bicentennial with 1,200 new LED fixtures. According to the New York Times, the [...]