Green Buildings

EPA's lead-based paint rule, a toxic potentially litigation mess: How to become exempt

The EPA's Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting rule went effective on April 22. In August of this year, EPA's expressed they wil...

New remedial technologies can help you remediate your next Brownfield

With proper due diligence, including the performance of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and Phase II ESA, the cost and timefra...

Cultivating "SustainAbility" in networking relationships: Green mentoring

In conversations with colleagues, we've found that "networking" around "SustainAbility" is a distinctive way of relating that has its own se...

The benefits of utilizing reclaimed floors: Environmental and aesthetic

In the past several years, partly thanks to a nationwide move towards environmentally responsible building practices, a sizeable market has ...

EPA awards three Reckson/SL Green properties with Energy Star Labels

According to Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty Corp., as a part of the company's sustainable initiatives initially spearheaded by the L...

Gerrard of Columbia releases book: The Law of Green Buildings

It's expected that within 25 years, three-quarters of all buildings in the U.S. will be new or renovated, providing both an opportunity and ...

How can Green IT help both top and bottom line revenues?

Green IT - sounds expensive, doesn't it? With CEOs focused on driving revenue and increasing profitability, not many organizations are writi...

New York Foundling completes $32 million, LEED-certified Haven Academy; Environetics serves as architect and Signature as G.C.

Haven Academy Charter School, sponsored by The New York Foundling, opened the school year in a new complex - a 55,000 s/f, LEED-certified bu...

Donnelly Mechanical certified as a MSCA GreenStar company

Donnelly Mechanical Corp. has been saluted as a newly certified GreenStar company by the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA), a...

The Albanese Organization launches farm-to-building delivery program

The Albanese Organization, Inc. (AOI) has launched a delivery program that brings organic and conventional products from an eighth-generatio...