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Discussing sustainable design, urban planning, and green buildings, with particular emphasis on the LEED Green Building Rating System and a focus on the the New York City construction and real estate industries.
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Posted 2 years ago
Patagonia s Distribution Center in Reno, Nevada (image above) recently received a LEED Gold rating from USGBC for its 171,000 square foot expansion, and the company was just awarded a fifty percent
Posted 2 years ago
On Friday, Coca-Cola announced that it would work in cooperation with Georgia Tech s Enterprise Innovation Institute to cut energy consumption at its two million square foot corporate headquarters i
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I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to sample some natural cleaning products from Sun & Earth and I ve been meaning to write a quick post about the company, as I ve been using their products bot
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Posted 2 years ago
I d briefly mentioned Harsen House (image to the left) on the Upper West Side in a previous post, but I came across an article describing the project in a bit more detail and thought I d point you
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Over the past month or so, I ve noticed that Crain s New York Business has included an increasing number of articles on a variety of green building- and green business- issues. This week, Elisabet
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A couple of weeks ago, gbNYC had the opportunity to interview Rick Mattila, the director of corporate environmental affairs for biotechnology company Genzyme Corporation. Genzyme Center (image to left
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There s a great article in the latest issue of Building Design + Construction that provides some insight into the carrot versus stick debate with respect to municipal green building mandates. Palo A
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Take a long look at that unattractive parking garage on 14th Street the next time you find yourself in uptown Hoboken because, sometime during the next year, it s going to give way to a 12-story, 18
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One particular critique of LEED that I frequently hear about is how the rating system does not recognize design excellence. Integrating sustainable elements into green architecture that captures the i
Posted 2 years ago
Recently-published Issue 14 of The Next American City magazine focuses entirely on green building, and I urge you to check it out if you haven t already done so. An article I wrote about LEED appear
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