World Trade Center - Vision

 

A Roadmap Forward

Read The Port Authority's candid report on the path ahead at the new World Trade Center.

Download the report (PDF)

Retail Facts

• 500,000 square feet of multi-level retail space.
• Primary retail space in stunning new transit terminal designed by Santiago Calatrava.
• Prime street-level retail space in multiple towers.
• Concentrated consumer-base with wages 3x higher than city average.

Green Construction Facts

• Recycled content building materials, including sustainably-harvested wood.
• Construction debris recycled.
• Construction vehicles use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels and particulate filters.

Sustainable WTC Complex

• Most environmentally-conscious complex of its size in the world.
• LEED Gold Certification.
• Energy performance exceeds code requirements by 20%.
• Cooling systems use reclaimed rainwater.
• Waste steam helps generate electricity.
• Increased outside-air ventilation improves inside-air quality, reduced emissions.
• The electricity generated every hour by the new WTC’s sustainable fuel cells is enough to light 480,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs.