That Smarts: A Bumpy Beginning for Smart Meters in NYC
Submetering and smart meters are very good ideas, and ones whose potential takes the implicit promise of much that we write about here at gbNYC and make it explicit. That is, the idea of arming people...
View ArticleNouvel Vogue: 100 Eleventh Avenue Earns New York Times Raves, LEED Certification
We noted 100 Eleventh Avenue's LEED-hopeful status when it broke ground back in 2007, and even then, when the building was nothing more than financing and renderings, it looked pretty spectacular....
View ArticleBig Up in the Bronx: Boogie Down’s Melrose Commons First NYC Hood to Earn...
The South Bronx has picked itself up pretty impressively since its post-apocalyptic low ebb in the 1970s and '80s, and Melrose Commons -- the subject of a long-running Urban Renewal Area that kicked...
View ArticleBook It: LEED Gold Battery Park City Library Set To Open
Battery Park City is also home to Manhattan's first Applebee's, but the views are great and the buildings are nice and if there was one thing that one could grouse about as regards Battery Park City --...
View ArticleSweet Green: Mars Chocolate Cops Jersey’s First LEED-CI Gold Rating
Mars Chocolate last week announced that its North American headquarters building in Hackettstown has achieved New Jersey's first LEED Gold certification for a private sector project under the LEED for...
View ArticleHuge Net Zero HGA House in Southampton Earns LEED Platinum
USGBC has announced that Southampton's HGA House has been certified LEED Platinum by copping 104 total points under the LEED for Homes system.
View ArticleFeat of Strength: Power House Earns LEED Gold at Mill Pond Park in Bronx
Part of a $64 million overhaul of the 10-acre Mill Pond Park in the Bronx, the 25,800-square-foot Power House recently earned LEED Gold certification from USGBC.
View ArticleLEED-Certified Adaptive Reuse in Buffalo Earns State Historic Preservation Award
The LEED-certified 257 Lafayette Center in Buffalo has won a New York State Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Adaptive Use and Commitment to Community Revitalization.
View ArticleFortune 500 A/E/C Firm Inks Lease at LEED Silver 100 Park Avenue
Publicly-traded AECOM is moving into 100,000 square feet of space at the LEED Silver-certified 100 Park Avenue.
View ArticleGRO Green: Carpenter Residence Brings Modern Prefab to Jersey City
Conceived by GRO Architects to be both energy-efficient and cost-effective, the house was built with 18 prefabricated insulated concrete panels.
View ArticleNew York City Architects Design Green Building for Chinese Eco-City
Designed by Kevin Kennon and dubbed Tian Fang, the 45-story building in Tianjin, China will incorporate biophilic design techniques to mimic the form and growth of a bamboo forest.
View Article“Green the Key” to Empire State Building Landing LinkedIn Lease
The Empire State Building's green retrofit was the "key thing" in convincing LinkedIn executives to sign a 7-year, 31,000-square-foot lease for the iconic skyscrapers entire 25th floor.
View ArticleCampbell Soup Earns LEED Silver in Camden for Employee Center Building
Campbell Soup has earned formal LEED Silver certification for its KlingStubbins-designed, 80,000-square-foot Employee Center building in Camden, New Jersey.
View ArticleWestchester County Wins First LEED Gold Rating for Community College Gateway...
New York City-based Ennead Architects has designed Westchester County's first LEED Gold-certified building at the Westchester Community College.
View Article44-Story 1166 Avenue of the Americas Unveils First LEED-CI Office Space
Guy Carpenter's HOK-designed LEED-CI Gold offices are the first at 1166 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown.
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