The Millennium Tower Residences

Подпись: Fig. 6. Millenium Tower BPCA Site 2A (Add picture)

Millennium Partners development on BPCA Site 2A, The Millennium Tower Residences, also utilizes the SunPower A-300 solar cell but in a custom laminate as part of a facade wall at the mechanical bulkhead. The developers are pursuing all available funding. The goal of the developer is to achieve a USGBC LEED® Gold Certification.

The development and design team set a goal of making the system the most efficient to install as to purposely avoid trade disputes. A well thought out design allowed for 14 pre-glazed wall units to be

raised in a single day by crane to the buildings bulkhead. Ornamental Ironworkers installed the system and Electricians wired it up later. No on site trade disputes occurred, making this perhaps the most efficient installation to date in New York City. However, under pressure from new internal guidelines, UL would not field list the project and since the installation was complete, there was great concern as to whether this project would ever be accepted by the local authority having jurisdiction. Eventually another Nationally Recognized testing Laboratory agreed to field list the system and therefore another barrier for BIPV was overcome with the ability to have multiple laboratories evaluate BIPV systems in the field. This created new options for furthering BIPV implementation in New York City and the rest of the United States.