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New York City Buildings to Open Doors for Green Tech Startups
Last Friday, the New York City Council announced the opening of a request-for-applications process for startup companies in the green building industry. Dubbed the Municipal Entrepreneurial Testing System, or METS, the program is aimed at New York...
“Green the Key” to Empire State Building Landing LinkedIn Lease
LinkedIn.com, the well-known social networking site for businesses, has signed a 31,000-square-foot lease for the entire 25th floor of the Empire State Building, whose green efforts have been a hot topic here at gbNYC throughout 2011. (Note: you...
New York Architects Design Green Building for Chinese Eco-City
New York City-based architect Kevin Kennon has released final plans and renderings for a nearly one million-square-foot office building in Tianjin, China. Called Tian Fang, the 45-story building will incorporate biophilic design techniques to mimic...
Is NYC Emerging As A Solar Hub?
Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday that Stephen was writing about Solar One’s ambitious Solar Two Arts and Green Energy Education Center. But it wasn’t — it was May of 2007, actually, which meant that Lehman Brothers was still in...
Inside Carnegie Hall’s LEED Silver Overhaul
Considering how few things in New York City exist today much as they did during the Benjamin Harrison administration, it’s something of a wonder that Carnegie Hall is still Carnegie Hall. Of course, today’s Carnegie Hall is notably different than...
Tenants Taking to Pre-Built Green Spaces at Empire State Building
We’ve written quite a bit here at gbNYC about W&H Properties’ $550 million retrofit project at the Empire State Building, which is serving as the basis for a LEED-EB:OM Gold application to USGBC. What we haven’t mentioned previously, though, are...
More on the IRS and the Destiny USA Debacle
Unless you’re enjoying an extended President’s Day vacation this week, there’s a good chance you’ve already read Rick Moriarty’s fantastic piece from last weekend’s Syracuse Post-Standard about the latest hurdle facing the developer (Robert Congel...
Why LEED Certification is lagging in New York
Earlier this month in an article that was widely disseminated, the Chicago Tribune noted that, according to USGBC, New York City was tied with Washington, D.C. for third-place among U.S. cities with 146 LEED-certified buildings, trailing Chicago (...
What Does NYC’s Greenest Luxury Hotel Look Like?
We’ve addressed it before here at gbNYC, but it bears mentioning again — as nice as staying in a hotel can be, all those fresh towels and 400,000,000-thread-count sheets come at an absurd and absolutely unnecessary carbon cost. Many of the...
Unit 3 at 180 East 93rd Street: NYC’s Most Expensive Green Rental?
Last month, French investors purchased the third-floor unit at the Barry Rice-designed 180 East 93rd Street condominium development for around $5 million, and are now offering it for rent at $23,000 per month, according to the Real Deal. The...
Syska Hennessy Snags LEED Gold for Times Square Headquarters
New York City-based consulting, engineering, and commissioning firm Syska Hennessy Group has earned LEED Gold certification under the Commercial Interiors category for its 65,000-square-foot headquarters at 1515 Broadway in Times Square. Providing...
LEED-Certified Adaptive Reuse in Buffalo Earns State Historic Preservation Award
Yesterday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation announced its 2010 New York State Historic Preservation Awards, which have been handed out annually since 1980 to acknowledge excellence in the protection of...
