Archive for Paul McGinniss
Passive Survivability: The Terminator as a Green Builder
Alex Wilson, the founder and executive editor of Environmental Building News and president of BuildingGreen Inc. is making the call for a new building standard called “Passive Survivability,” which he calls “a new design criterion that helps preserve crucial life support in the post-Katrina age.” Mr. Wilson spoke at the recent Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Building Energy (”NESEA”) 2008 conference in Boston, where he noted that 94 percent of the oil consumed by the world has been since 1955- the year he was born. “In one lifetime we’ve burned through something that took all of history to create,” he said.
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26Mar2008 | Paul McGinniss | 0 comments | Continued
Bring It On: Green Drinks Chapters Battle for World’s Biggest Green Cocktail Party
It’s never been about the number of people, getting credit for beating somebody else in business, or winning a game for Margaret Lydecker, founder of Green Drinks NYC. It’s all about being true to herself and bringing disconnected people together to talk about the state of the world and finding ways to lead a more sustainable life, while at the same time not cutting back on the good times. But, like other genuine and passionate people who don’t set out to be famous, Margaret nevertheless finds herself at the center of a magnificent chain of energy that has spiraled out across the world.
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25Feb2008 | Paul McGinniss | 5 comments | Continued
Greener Gadgets Conference Set for Next Friday in Midtown
There are a few tickets left for next week’s Greener Gadgets conference here in New York City, which will explore the greening of the consumer electronics industry. I’m going and excited to meet Jill Fehrenbacher, founder and editor of Inhabitat, which is organizing the full-day event with Mark Alt + Partners. The conference will feature representatives from a number of consumer electronics companies, academics, and renewable energy entrepreneurs who will speak about product life cycle assessment, recycling programs, sustainable materials, and product marketing, as well as exhibit booths and entries from a green design competition whose winner will be selected by the audience.
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25Jan2008 | Paul McGinniss | 0 comments | Continued
Doors of Green Perception: The First Step to Going Green is Putting the Cart Before the Horse
Paul McGinniss Talks with Craig Newmark at Inman News Real Connect NYC 2008
Yes, New Yorkers are always in a hurry. We always seem to be moving too fast. But lately I’ve been thinking that, maybe, despite all the fast paced running around, we’re not moving fast enough.
And maybe that’s because we think New York City […]
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15Jan2008 | Paul McGinniss | 0 comments | Continued
Upstate New York Green Real Estate Report: 2007 Year End Roundup
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Stephen and gbNYC over the past year and reporting on all things green across Upstate New York. I’d like to end the year by noting some of the biggest and best green news that came out of Upstate New York in 2007, as well as link you back […]
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1Jan2008 | Paul McGinniss | 1 comment | Continued
Alternative Energy: The Stone Age Did Not End From Lack of Stone
I had the pleasure of attending a breakfast meeting at the Yale Club in Midtown last week that featured Professor David Cahen of the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. The event was hosted by the real estate and finance consulting firm Schonbraun McCann Group and offered a handful of real estate industry […]
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7Dec2007 | Paul McGinniss | 0 comments | Continued
The Green Scene*: Special Report from USGBC’s Greenbuild Chicago 2007
*Paul McGinniss, whose Upstate New York Green Real Estate Report is a regular feature here at gbNYC, was at Greenbuild last week and checks in with this special report about the happenings in Chicago.
Over 20,000 people gathered in Chicago this past week for USGBC’s Greenbuild Expo 2007. I was lucky enough to be invited by ScheinMedia, […]
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12Nov2007 | Paul McGinniss | 2 comments | Continued-
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