Green Roofs
Green Space Abounds at Mount Hope Community Center in South Bronx
Designed by the Croxton Collaborative Architects, the Mount Hope Community Center in the South Bronx will offer a gymnasium, conference center, computer labs, classrooms and play areas at East 175th Street between Townsend and Walton Avenues when it opens sometime later this summer. The 4-story, 44,000-square-foot project will include a number of sustainable design features, though it does not appear that the project team is pursuing any third-party rating. Landscape contractor Plant Fantasies- a certified WBE (woman-owned business enterprise) is installing three levels of outdoor terrace space, including two green roofs, one of 3600 square feet, the other 900 square feet. The outdoor greenery was designed by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, which specified drought-resistant soil and shrubbery.
Popularity: 16% [?]
5Aug2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
City Council’s Infrastructure Task Force Debates Solar Power Installations
During a panel discussion that was held earlier today at Hunter College, local alternative energy experts and city officials debated how Gotham might encourage increasing solar power to public and private buildings. The City Council’s infrastructure task force organized the forum, and co-chair Daniel Garodnick explained that under current regulations, a building owner is required to pay the costs of hooking a solar power system to the Con Edison grid. It’s not that simple, though; a 32-page .pdf document called “Standardized Interconnection Requirements and Application Process for New Distributed Generators 2 MW or Less Connected in Parallel with Utility Distribution Systems” sets forth the parameters. The New York Times’ City Room blog reports that one idea the task force is considering is creating various “solar empowerment” zones, where neighboring buildings that are suitable for solar installations could tie their arrays together and pay for just one connection to the Con Ed grid.
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31Jul2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Sciame Tops Out Mayne’s Green Academic Building at Cooper Union
Frank Sciame Construction Co. recently topped out Cooper Union’s new $150 million academic building at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between East 6th and 7th Streets). The 9-story, 175,000-square-foot tower was designed by 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and his Morphosis firm and is seeking at least a LEED Gold rating, with Platinum still a possibility. Cooper Union calls the project New York City’s first green academic building.
Popularity: 49% [?]
11Jun2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
185 East Third Street: Green Gone Wild in Alphabet City
The Wild Project is a green space for the arts located at 195 East Third Street between Avenues A and B. Architect Gita Nandan of Brooklyn-based Thread Collective transformed an existing one-story garage (which was formerly home to The Bottle Factory) into an 89-seat theater that features a 1500-square-foot green roof. The renovation took place back in June of 2007 and Nandan’s design attempts to preserve the character of the garage’s industrial past by retaining its exposed brick walls and wood joists.
Popularity: 26% [?]
3Jun2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
New York’s Green Museum Roster Includes Rochester Butterfly Garden
The April 2008 issue of eco-structure profiles the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden at Rochester, New York’s Strong National Museum of Play, a hands-on interactive learning institution geared towards both children and adults. Dancing Wings was part of Strong’s recent $37 million expansion effort and includes a number of sustainable design features, including a 4000-square-foot, 50-foot diameter tensile-fabric membrane roof designed and installed by Amherst, New York-based specialty contractor Birdair, Inc. The PTFE-coated roof allows up to 40 percent of natural light to penetrate into the habitat below, where over 800 butterflies are free to roam. It also assists the museum in achieving cost savings from decreased interior lighting requirements, minimizes the museum’s heat island effect, and contributed minimally to the project’s overall construction waste
Popularity: 11% [?]
9May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
The MTA: What Are You Going to Do, Walk?
The MTA, the people who brought you “The Next Brooklyn-bound L Train Will Arrive in Two Minutes” announcements only a decade or two after such systems became standard in the Old Country are not letting the Euros beat us in recycling, either. From Paris to Shanghai, most major transit systems in the past 10 years have installed separate bins for paper, glass, plastic, and even organic vs. non-organic waste. A few weeks ago, large stickers appeared on every single one of the black bomb-resistant garbage cans lining the platforms. “Can it for a Greener Planet!” they read. Could it be Apparently the stickers, the number or printing cost of which the MTA did not disclose, were a public service reminder – that they already recycle.
Popularity: 7% [?]
8May2008 | Alex Padalka | 1 comment | Continued
Brooklyn Named to List of Top 10 Green Roof Cities
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (”GRHC”) recently released the results of its 2007 Green Roof Survey, which collects data on the size, composition, and location of green roofs in North America. The survey, which GRHC has been conducting annually since 2004, placed Brooklyn at number 4 on the list of the top 10 green roof cities, with 102,908 square feet of green roofs implemented in 2007. Chicago came in first for the fourth year in a row with 517,633 square feet. GRHC points to Chicago’s policies that support the creation of green roofs, such as F.A.R. bonuses and tax increment financing, as the reason for their repeated superior ranking. The survey also found that green roofs grew thirty percent in overall square footage in 2007. The full top ten list can be found after the jump.
Popularity: 9% [?]
25Apr2008 | Meredith Taylor | 3 comments | Continued
New Green Roof Planned for Red Hook Factory
Soon the Red Hook waterfront will have a decidedly greener hue. U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez recently announced that she has secured $250,000 in federal money for the construction of a green roof on top of the Linda Tool and Dye metal fabrication factory at the intersection of Dwight and Coffey Streets. The grant will be […]
Popularity: 17% [?]
14Jan2008 | Meredith Taylor | 4 comments | Continued
The Sustainable Condo Prototype Project: Green for the Holidays
Designed by Busby Perkins + Will, the Sustainable Condo Prototype Project is the product of EcoSmart, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the development of sustainable building technologies. After eight stops across Canada at a variety of events, the Condo has landed in Toronto as part of a larger educational exhibit on green technologies co-sponsored by […]
Popularity: 18% [?]
26Dec2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Tishman Speyer Wraps Rockefeller Center in Green for Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, and as a nice complement to the efficient LED lights that will grace this year’s Christmas tree, Tishman Speyer has installed 363 solar panels on the roof of 45 Rockefeller Plaza. Last week, at the same press conference announcing both of these initiatives, Tishman, which has owned the complex […]
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27Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff*: Homestead Savings Bank, 283 Genesee St., Utica, New York
It’s not just Al Gore and other high-profile tenants that are actively looking for green office space. Upstate in Utica, New York, two local businessmen have secured a construction loan from NTB Bank for an $800,000 rehabilitation of the former Homestead Savings Bank at 283 Genesee Street, which will seek an unspecified level of LEED […]
Popularity: 16% [?]
19Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
10,000 Sq. Ft. Green Roof Approved for Village’s P.S. 41
Public School 41 received approval last Thursday from the School Construction Authority (”SCA”) for a 10,000-square-foot green roof. The school, located at 116 West 11th Street in Greenwich Village, will begin installing the roof next summer. P.S. 41 has retained the Jonathan Rose Companies to supervise the project, which is known as Gell- the Greenroof […]
Popularity: 12% [?]
15Nov2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Queens Botanical Garden’s Platinum Visitor Center to Host Tuesday, 8/7 Green Drinks
If you can’t wait until September 28th to check out the Queens Botanical Garden’s (“QBG”) Visitor & Administration Center (aiming for New York City’s first LEED Platinum rating) at its formal public opening, you’ll be pleased to know that the Center is hosting Green Drinks tonight (Tuesday, August 7) from 6:30 until 9:30PM on its […]
Popularity: 5% [?]
7Aug2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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