NYSERDA Tests High-Rise Wind Power Installation at Corning Tower in Albany
Swift Wind Turbines, as these devices are known, are designed specifically for rooftop operation and are being tested in Albany for viability throughout New York State.
View ArticleSteinway & Sons Begins Installation of Solar Power System in Long Island City
Thanks to a significant grant from NYSERDA, the famous Long Island City-based piano manufacturer has installed a broad range of energy efficiency-related building systems at its flagship factory in...
View ArticleMonroe County to Construct LEED Silver Crime Lab in Rochester
This four-story, 45,000-square-foot crime lab demonstrates that advanced building technologies and LEED certification can be applied across a broad range of uses.
View ArticleFortune Academy Complex Breaks Ground, Seeks LEED Gold at 625 West 140th Street
Co-developed by Jonathan Rose Companies and the Fortune Society of New York, this $42 million project will feature extensive green design elements and myriad amenities for residents.
View ArticleHomes Sweet Homes: NYSERDA Gets Props From EPA For Energy Star Homes Program
Hot acronym-on-acronym action: NYSERDA's Energy Star Homes green retrofit program receives the Environmental Protection Agency's 2010 Leadership in Housing Award.
View ArticleGetting Schooled: New York’s Schools Are Green, and Getting Greener
Is our children learning? We at gbNYC certainly hope so, but a new collaboration between Princeton Review and the USGBC suggests that many New York college students are at least trying to learn on...
View ArticleNice Tapestry: LEED Gold-Hopeful Harlem Rental Building Opens… With An Art...
The LEED Gold-Hopeful Tapestry, in East Harlem, will be one of the greenest buildings in Upper Manhattan. That's cool enough, but its opening looks even cooler.
View ArticleGet Out Of Town: Hudson Passive House In Claverack, NY Aims For Net Zero,...
Let's leave this Non-Ground-Zero Non-Mosque stuff behind us and check out some impressive green buildings in Columbia County, NY and Montauk, shall we? Right, excellent idea.
View ArticleCore Values: Bronx’s Fordham Place Is The Boogie Down’s First Commercial...
... and the 14-story mixed-use structure on Fordham Road scored LEED Gold honors, at that, making it (another) LEED success story in the Bronx.
View ArticleShine On: Is NYC Emerging As A Solar Hub?
From our disposition to our weather, New York City is not necessarily the sunniest of places. But a spate of promising new solar projects suggests that solar's outlook in NYC might be... brightening....
View ArticleElectric Truck Manufacturer to Develop South Bronx Assembly Plant
The first clean technology manufacturing facility in the Bronx will be located in the former Murray Feiss building in Hunts Point, where Kansas City-based Smith Electric will produce a $100,000...
View ArticleWilmerHale Lands LEED Gold for Energy Aligned Clause-Backed 7 WTC Office
After becoming the first tenant to implement New York City's Energy Aligned Lease Clause, the law firm WilmerHale has announced another environmental milestone for its offices at 7 World Trade Center:...
View ArticleGotham’s Charge to Nation’s EV Infrastructure Leader Begins in Battery Park City
A significant investment from NYSERDA has New York City hopeful of becoming the country's urban leader in infrastructure to support electric vehicles, with 80 new charging stations slated for...
View ArticleIn Newburgh, Kaplan Hall Earns SUNY’s 11th LEED Gold Rating
The SUNY system's 11th LEED Gold rating is the 87,000-square-foot Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange - it's the first LEED-certified building anywhere in Orange County.
View ArticleThe Missing Link: More Data Is Key for Building Energy Retrofit Market
Increasing data sets about the performance of energy efficiency retrofit projects is critical to increasing the number of investors willing to extend clean tech financing.
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