Renovation work is underway on Nomad Tower, a 39-story Class A office building at 1250 Broadway in NoMad, Manhattan. Building owner Global Holdings will replace more than 2,000 legacy single-pane windows with LuxWall’s Transparent Insulation technology, marking the first East Coast office implementation of its kind. The property is located between West 31st and 32nd Streets.
1250 Broadway, via nomadtower.com.
1250 Broadway, via nomadtower.com.
The retrofit is intended to improve the building’s energy performance without requiring a full façade replacement. LuxWall’s 8-millimeter Transparent Insulation system provides an R-value of 18, compared with R-1 performance for traditional single-pane glazing, and is expected to reduce overall building energy use by approximately 20 percent.
1250 Broadway, via nomadtower.com.
Preliminary modeling by The Numerical Building Corporation indicates the retrofit could help reduce energy consumption, support Local Law 97 compliance, and provide a payback period of under five years. The project is also supported by city utility incentive programs.
1250 Broadway, via nomadtower.com.
Nomad Tower is a short walk from the 34th Street–Herald Square station, which serves the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, and W trains, and the 33rd Street PATH station.
Installation is currently underway and is expected to be completed this summer.
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Can already see the new windows on the top floors of the tower – looks incredible
Are they attempting to match the original look is it a total update change?
Reskinning older buildings will become more popular, but it would be a shame to lose our mid-century designs.
I, for one, am thrilled to lose our mid-century designs.
Apparently, the new windows feature an evacuated space between the panes of glass.