Green Buildings

The importance of sustainable incentives

It's impossible to deny that development is extremely costly. Often new sustainable technologies might be over looked due to the high upfron...

Unwind missed NYSERDA MPP funding opportunities

Many multifamily buildings include upgrades and retro-fits as part of their annual budgets. While many of these projects will result in some...

Top 2014 green trends that enhance building value

As a commercial real estate appraiser, monitoring green trends is part of the complex process of valuing green real estate. In 2014, I fores...

Corporate leadership bringing down U.S. carbon footprint

The country's business leaders are taking important strides to bring down the amount of greenhouse gas emissions the U.S. produces each year...

Self-survival, e-extroversion and clean capitalism

How will extroversion, a noble purpose, become the instinctive "new norm," considering that since the beginning of existence, humans have be...

Higher occupancy rates through sustainable design

Building owners want full occupancy of their buildings. Commercial tenants want spaces that are run efficiently and won't negatively impact ...

Making energy efficient investments work for you

It has been well-established that investing smartly in a building's energy efficiency will result in a robust payback and other business ben...

Foster + Partners and IBI • Gruzen Samton design Yale 230,000 s/f facility; Seeking LEED Gold

Foster + Partners and IBI Group • Gruzen Samton have opened Yale University's School of Management's new 230,000 s/f facility. Foster ...

MCE: Incentives to be available in N.Y.C.

Entergy's Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will be decommissioned at the end of the year amidst concerns over safety and the cost-effectiveness ...

Ryan joins Perkins Eastman as associate principal in firm's New York office

Nicolas Ryan AIA, LEED AP, has joined Perkins Eastman as an associate principal in its N.Y. office. His expertise spans 16 years and multipl...