Green Buildings

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...

Energy efficiency: New life for old facilities

Facilities are increasingly required to make tough decisions on energy efficiency, but "green" can be turned into "gold" in at least one res...

Sustainable and energy efficient

A sustainable building has a positive impact on both its occupants and the environment. Often, but not always this translates into energy ef...

LED lighting has come of age

Concerns over energy conservation and freedom from reliance on imported energy and various other ecological and political influences have he...

Trinity Real Estate names Stanwich Energy as purchasing advisor for 6 million s/f portfolio

Stanwich Energy Advisors has been named by Trinity Real Estate as energy purchasing advisor for the company's six million s/f portfolio situ...

Accounting for embodied energy

One of the most challenging aspects of evaluating SustainAbility initiatives is to determine precisely both the total lifecycle energy cost ...

Healthy Buildings collaborates with The New York Palace to achieve Green Key certification

Healthy Buildings has facilitated the achievement of a 4 Green Key rating for The New York Palace. This distinction through the Green Key Ec...

Black named director of sustainablity by SL Green, a newly-created position

According to SL Green Realty Corp., Jason Black, LEED AP, has been promoted to director of sustainability, a newly-created position. In his ...

Morris Adjmi Architects designs Wilf Hall: $33 million project being considered for LEED Platinum certification from USGBC

Wilf Hall, the newly completed NYU Law building, is being considered for LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, acc...

CPC funds $540,000 in green energy retrofits

The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) has funded a $540,000 permanent mortgage refinancing for a multifamily property in Brooklyn's Prospec...