City Unveils New ‘Green’ Public Safety Communications Center
By Jon Whiten • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News
The city’s new $20 million Public Safety Communications Center on Bishop Street, which was unveiled today, is made from recyclable material and features a planted roof to slow water runoff and heat-impact reducing tiles. That and other eco-conscious elements of the building are leading the city to tout it as “the first major communications center on the east coast” built to green standards. It is slated to be certified LEED Silver, the third most stringent of four LEED certifications overseen by the U.S. Green Building Council.
“When you consider the smart engineering of this complex, it will cost so much less to heat in the winters or even less to cool in the dog days of summer,” JCPD director Sam Jefferson says in a statement. “And a cost effective comfort zone for the workers who will be there performing sensitive and highly stressful duties only makes sense.”
The building, which cost $15 million to construct, also houses about $5 million in communications dispatch technology, enabling 911 call-takers, police and fire dispatchers and others to operate more effectively.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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