Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pa

Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Comcast Center is a 58-story, 975-foot high office tower encompassing approximately 1,250,000 rentable square feet. When certified in 2009 it was the tallest LEED Gold building in the US due to its sustainable features.  For example, a glass curtain wall that blocks 60% of the heat from the sun while allowing 70% of the sun’s visible light to be transmitted. This both provides ample daylight while reducing energy used for air conditioning. High indoor air quality is achieved through the use of low VOC paints, adhesives, sealants, carpet, composite woods and other finish materials. CO2 sensors ensure that fresh air is supplied directly to each building area as needed while each floor is regularly flushed with 100% fresh air to reduce employee fatigue and improve productivity. Water use is reduced through water saving innovations like waterless urinals and the reuse of abandoned water tanks below the existing train station to capture rainwater for landscape irrigation. Water saving fixtures save 3,000,000 gallons of drinking water every year (41% of that used by a typical office building) and 4,950 gallons of sewage from entering Philadelphia’s sewage system every day (24% less than a typical office building). Construction materials contain on average over 20% recycled content while 77% of all construction waste was recycled, diverting over 20,000 tons of debris from landfills. Located in downtown Philadelphia on a long-abandoned site above a major rail station, the building sits at a major public transportation node which encourages the use of public transportation. Promoting the use of mass transit instead of automobiles has the potential to reduce carbon emissions from commuting by 50%. A dramatic 120 foot-high glass enclosed winter garden at street level features both a major sculpture installation by artist Jonathan Borofsky, “Humanity in Motion”, which includes sculptures of people walking their own paths across individual beams suspended three-stories high, and a ground-breaking, hi-definition video wall, 83 feet wide by 25 feet high, the largest four millimeter LED screen in the world.

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1701 JFK Blvd, Pennsylvania 19103

1256000ft.

John Gattuso, SVP Urban and National Development, Liberty Property Trust, Eight Penn Center, 1628 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia PA 19101 215-568-4100