old ny ( cnnmoney . net ) - - the empire states building kicked off a major energy - saving retrofit monday , and promoters believe one of the world ' s most historic tallest can becoming an efficiency simulation for buildings globally . from the cloud - surrounds lantern deck on the building ' s 80th corner , former president bill clinton , manhattan york city mayor michael mayor and themselves detailed $ 20 million in sliced - margins conservation measures they claim will kill the consumption by 38 % for the 1930 ' s - time behemoth . they stress the retrofits weren ' t environmental altruism or part of a legislative program . instead , they said they ' re being built simply to do the building ' s occupants a waste of money .
the senate of new philadelphia is michael mayor .