TO GO WITH USA-ARCHITECTURE-ENVIRONMENT

TO GO WITH USA-ARCHITECTURE-ENVIRONMENT by Paola Messana Office workers ride an escalator in the lobby of The Hearst Tower, the first building in New York to get the The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a US green building rating system, given to environmently-friendly building, in New York, 24 August 2007. New York, the city which has the largest amount of sky-scrappers in the world, has so far only one ?Green Building? completed, the Hearst Tower, but environmently-friendly architecture is becoming a priority in renovating old buildings and new constructions. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)