MALVERN, Pa., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Property Trust announced today that Liberty and Plumbers Local Union #690 have joined together to propose to the City of Philadelphia a pilot project for Comcast Center that involves installation of waterless urinals as part of a LEED(R) high-performance building program. As part of this five-year program, it is proposed that Liberty and the City of Philadelphia monitor the units to ascertain performance.
This proposal will be considered by the city's plumbing advisory board at a meeting on April 5, 2006.
"We respect the time and effort Plumbers Local Union #690 has put into the discussion of this issue," said John Gattuso, senior vice president for Liberty. "Through this dialogue, we have been able to openly discuss with the union and other interested parties both the potential represented by and the concerns involved with the implementation of this new technology. We appreciate the effort which has been expended by all parties in extensively vetting this issue, which is an important component in our water conservation and overall high-performance building strategy. We believe this ensures that Comcast Center will take its place as one of the preeminent high rise buildings in the world."
Liberty Property Trust is a leader in commercial real estate, serving customers in the United States and United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties. Liberty's 64-million-square-foot portfolio includes more than 700 properties which provide office, distribution and light manufacturing facilities to 2,100 tenants. For more information on the company and its properties, please see http://www.libertyproperty.com/.
