Green Buildings

Sefaira raises $10.8 million: Strenghtens leadership in sustainable software

Sefaira, a leader in energy efficiency software for the building and building materials sectors, has closed $10.8 million in Series A fundin...

Con Ed Green Team to host energy summit

Con Edison's Green Team will host an energy efficiency summit on May 1 at the Hilton N.Y. for commercial and industrial building owners look...

Original Energy streamlines oil buying process for metro New York customers

Too often the oil purchasing process puts unnecessary burden on building owners and managers. Dealing with multiple parties is not only cumb...

BBS-designed school nominated for Green Ribbon program

NYS commissioner of education John King nominated BBS Architects & Engineers-designed Hampton Bays Middle School to the U.S. Department of E...

Anbau Enterprises open Citizen - targeted for LEED Gold certification

According to Stephen Glascock and Barbara van Beuren, principals of Anbau Enterprises, Inc., a developer recognized for its environmentally-...

Creating an energy effective building system

When creating energy effective systems you have to look into many variables, such as operating costs, maintenance costs and environmental im...

LEED training: The smartest choice

If you want to turbo-charge your real estate career, getting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) training is the smartest c...

Choosing the right landscape plants

Adding landscape plants to your yard, stoop or terrace is extremely gratifying. It adds beauty to your space and can be enjoyed by people, a...

Converting to cleaner heating fuel: Two studies

Recent New York City law requires buildings burning No. 4 or No. 6 heating oil, or "heavy" oil, to switch to cleaner burning heating fuels. ...

What does it mean to be a high-performance building?

We've been talking about the steps property owners and managers can take to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial build...