Hello Edward and Varun.
Appreciate your suggestions and links.
We have walked the neighborhood, see the map below. For your interest I am including site plan and an image of the skybridge slated for demolition.
The red boundary shows the area of impact and the yellow blocks are the buildings proposed to be demolished.
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Damyanti Radheshwar AIA Member Emeritus
D Radheshwar Architect
Shirley NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-27-2022 11:05 AM
From: Varun Kohli
Subject: Calculating embodied carbon in historic buildings
Hi Damu, check out this study by CLF which will give you some relevant benchmarking; Microsoft Word - CLF Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report 17 01 31b cover.docx (carbonleadershipforum.org)
Hope you're doing well.
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Varun Kohli AIA
Battery Park City Authority
New York NY
Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2022 02:26 PM
From: Damyanti Radheshwar
Subject: Calculating embodied carbon in historic buildings
Dear Mr. McLaren,
I am an architect and urban planner in NYC. Currently I am working on an environmental argument in protest of the demolition of historic fabric around the Penn Station in NYC as part of the new development project.
I am working with the total square footage of the existing buildings, many were built in early 1900s, including by Mckim, Mead and White. I will not have time, scope doesn't warrant, to do a detailed material take off. A simple square foot value would be just great to apply.
Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I thank you for your time.
Damyanti Radheshwar FIIA AIA LEED AP
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Damyanti Radheshwar AIA Member Emeritus
D Radheshwar Architect
Shirley NY
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