4 Times Square, New York City
4 Times Square, a 48-story skyscraper at the corner of Broadway and 42nd St., was the first major office building to be constructed in New York City in the 1990s. The building's most advanced feature is the photovoltaic skin, a system that uses thin-film PV panels to replace traditional glass cladding material. The PV curtain wall extends from the 35th to the 48th floors on the south and east walls of the tower, making it a highly visible part of the midtown New York skyline. Although the surface area for PV is relatively small, the system still provides enough energy to power the equivalent of five to seven homes. The building's developer, the Durst Organization, has implemented a wide variety of solar, healthy building, and energy efficiency strategies. The building was designed by Fox & Fowle Architects of New York, NY. Kiss + Cathcart Architects, also of New York, designed the building's PV system in collaboration with Fox & Fowle. Energy Photovoltaics of Princeton, NJ, developed the custom PV modules.
Credit: Andrew Gordon Photography and Fox & Fowle Architects
