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Reaching New Heights: Sustainability at One World Trade Center

In the intense dialogue surrounding security at the new World Trade Center site, the fact that One World Trade Center will be one of the greenest super-tall buildings in the United States is often overlooked. The where and how of protecting this 104-story building, which stretches to 1,776 feet with its spire antenna, has been discussed extensively, but architects say they’ve also put a lot of thought into how to protect the environment itself from this three-million-square-foot behemoth of construction.