Green Buildings

Empire State Building buys 100% renewable energy from Green Mountain Energy

The Empire State Building has become one of the city's largest commercial purchasers of 100% renewable energy. The 2.85 million s/f office ...

Phipps Houses completes brownfield remediation development, Courtlandt Corners; Designed by Dattner Architects and built by Monadnock Construction

Courtlandt Corners has risen, standing along both sides of East 161st St., spanning from Melrose to Courtlandt Aves. This latest affordable ...

Attention to building owners over 50,000 s/f

In a pioneering effort to reduce energy consumption of N.Y.C. buildings, the Bloomberg administration and the N.Y.C. Council created the Gre...

Are you ready for sustainable energy solutions? Utilize iDrawings Energy Module

The energy landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and energy use is a major factor in building operations costs. It is estimated tha...

The problem of winter mold: How to prevent it from growing in your building

When most people think about where mold grows, they picture hot, humid, and dark corners where all the creepy crawlies live. They rarely pic...

Bringing home a new baby to an environmentally friendly home

On December 21, 2010 I gave birth to my first baby, a baby boy named Evren Ataman. Prior to giving birth I became concerned with environment...

How do you write a green lease when you don't know what you don't know?

Transparency as a business model informs buyers and sellers of a way to foster a new model of cooperation as contrasted to the old model whi...

E.W. Howell completes construction of new green Child Advocacy Center (CAC) in Central Islip; Designed by Fusion Architecture

Long Island general contractor E.W. Howell recently completed construction of the new Child Advocacy Center (CAC). The CAC at The Pat and Ma...

van Zelm Engineers lead green power plant project at One Penn Plaza

van Zelm Engineers, a mechanical and electrical consulting firm based in Farmington, Conn., led the design team for the construction of an i...

SOLARgeneration installs solar energy system at a day school; NYSERDA provides $67,000

The Woodstock Day School has unveiled a new solar energy system it has installed that will reduce the carbon footprint of its five-acre camp...