Upstate New York

Energy restructuring benefits: Our nation's energy policies should be made stronger

Recent research of retail energy markets in NYS and nationally demonstrate that consumers are significantly benefiting from energy restructu...

Osterhoudt of CME to provide site evaluation for 5,000-acre wind farm

Creighton Manning Engineering (CME) has been retained by PPM Energy to provide site evaluation, site design and Stormwater Pollution Prevent...

High benefit, low cost green design: Think green at the site selection stage for optimum impact

Developers sometimes shy away from sustainable design when faced with the high costs of the more headline grabbing ways of going green. Alte...

S&W Redevelopment of North America projects sales boost: To generate $6 million during 2008

A local company is playing a big role in the state's effort to clean up and redevelop abandoned industrial sites. It's leading to strong sal...

Bovis Lend Lease's W!LD Center/Natural History Museum project earns silver LEED certification

According to Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc., its client, the W!LD Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks has earned a LEED silver cer...

Implementing sustainability planning: The key to the green empire

The phrase "sustainability" is getting a lot of use these days, and for good reason. With the world's population at 6.6 billion people and r...

The "Sustainability Age:" Adaptive re-use allowing the old to become new again

We are onto something! Could this be the latest age in American history? As we take a quick look back, Americans have been quick to define...

The developer's role in sustainable design and LEED construction: One cannot avoid "green"

In real estate, sustainable design and LEED construction are not new. In fact, the design community has been involved in sustainable design ...

The meaning of greening in New York: An overview of the LEED rating system

"Build green. Everyone profits." This is the mantra of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and a truth backed by a growing body of data,...

Economic development plan launched for Kennedy Sq. Apartment Complex

According to governor David Paterson, a redevelopment plan for the Kennedy Sq. Apartment Complex in the downtown area has been launched to j...