![]() The company applied for a platinum-degree certification with LEED in early 2011. The project was carried out under the guidance of an international team composed of Siemens Building Technologies, architect and interior designer Steven Leach Group and the LEED advisory firm EcoTech International. Estimates show the savings resulting from the modifications would pay for the cost of making them within three years. LEED certification would entail inspections and upgrades in wiring, water and lighting equipment at a cost of NT$60 million (US$1.8 million). The structure is already designed to be energy-efficient, with double-pane windows blocking external heat by 50 percent and recycled water meeting 20–30 percent of the building's needs. The Taipei Financial Center Corporation (TFCC) announced plans on 2 November 2009 to make Taipei 101 "the world's tallest green building" by summer of 2011 as measured by LEED standards. The property will return to the city in 2067. In 1997, led by developer Harace Lin, the Taipei Financial Center Corporation, a team of several Taiwan banks and insurance companies, won the rights to lease the site for 70 years and develop a building, placing the winning bid of NT$20,688,890,000 for the Build Operate Transfer agreement with the city government. The skyscraper opened on 31 December 2004 to celebrate New Year's Eve (2005). Taipei 101 is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. The tower is adjoined by a multilevel shopping mall that has the world's largest ruyi symbol as an exterior feature. ![]() The tower houses offices, restaurants, shops, and indoor and outdoor observatories. Its design incorporates a number of features that enable the structure to withstand the Pacific Ring of Fire's earthquakes and the region's tropical storms. Taipei 101's postmodernist architectural style evokes traditional Asian aesthetics in a modern structure employing industrial materials. The structure regularly appears as an icon of Taipei in international media, and the Taipei 101 fireworks displays are a regular feature of New Year's Eve broadcasts and celebrations. In 2011, Taipei 101 was awarded a Platinum certificate rating under the LEED certification system for energy efficiency and environmental design, becoming the tallest and largest green building in the world. The elevators of Taipei 101 that transport passengers from the 5th to the 89th floor in 37 seconds (attaining 60.6 km/h (37.7 mph)) set speed records. Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan. Upon completion, it became the world's first skyscraper to exceed a height of half a kilometer. This building was officially classified as the world's tallest from its opening in 2004 until the 2009 completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. Taipei 101 ( Chinese: 臺北101 pinyin: Táiběi yī líng yī stylized as TAIPEI 101), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a supertall skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. Toi 4bak 1 gwok 3zai 3 gam 1jung 4 zung 1sam 1 T'ai 2 Pei 3 Kuo 2 Chi 4 Chin 1 Jung 2 Chung 1 Hsin 1
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