Green Buildings

SWBR celebrates grand opening of $23 million BEST Test facility

SWBR Architects celebrated the grand opening of the BEST Test & Commercialization Center at the Eastman Business Park, a $23 million, 18,000...

SL Green Corp. expands LED lighting retrofit program

SL Green Realty Corp. is underway with the expansion of an LED lighting retrofit program, installing more than 8,000 LED lamps across nine c...

Green and Building Information Modeling (BIM)

As the building industry evolves, so do the tools of the trade. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the tools that are redefining ...

Simple technology, so many benefits

There is a great deal of talk about energy efficiency, retrofitting, retrocommissioning, Local Law 87 and a myriad of terms people are bandy...

Time to focus on Local Law 87 compliance - again

It's year two in the Local Law 87 cycle and it's time for "covered buildings" on blocks ending with the number "4" to focus on getting start...

Demand a plan for your green initiatives

This article can't begin to define all of the interrelated benefits of embracing a "green building initiative," however, I do want to talk a...

Rent freeze? Go green to save green

The rent freeze promised by N.Y.C. mayor Bill de Blasio is heating up. Landlords are, understandably, against it, arguing that annual proper...

Con Ed offers savory recipe for restaurants to save energy and money

Here's some good news for restaurant owners in New York City and Westchester County. Food establishments that are natural gas or electricity...

Benefits of improving energy efficiency

I was fortunate to have been the construction and environmental manager for one of the largest conversions from No. 6 oil to natural gas in ...

Design AIDD receives Sustainable Building Project Award from the APA

Design AIDD Architecture, DPC has received the Sustainable Building Project Award from the American Planning Association Sustainable Communi...