A planned residential community isn’t necessarily the first place you might look to try and find the intersection of design excellence and sustainability, but a new development in suburban Connecticut might help to change your tune. When it’s complete, Windermere on the Lake will offer twenty-four luxury homes across seventy-five acres in North Stamford. Developed [...]
November 23rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedEnergy Star
93 Nevins Street / 453 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill: The Brooklyn Health House
Developed by Boerum Hill-based R & E Brooklyn, Inc., 93 Nevins Street and 453 Pacific Street (collectively, the Brooklyn Health House) are currently under construction. The project team, which includes Kiss + Cathcart Architects and general contractor GreenStreet Construction, is remodeling a 1920s-era brick pharmacy- which also served as a Laundromat and a deli- into [...]
August 16th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: BOMA Celebrates 100 Years & Gotham Green Milestones
Last week, the Building Owners and Managers Association (“BOMA”) International celebrated its 100th anniversary by holding its annual convention here in New York City. The Citicorp Building, Time Warner Center, and 1 Madison Avenue were all lit up green during the four day event- attended by over 2,300 real estate professionals from all over the [...]
July 30th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
BD+C Webcast Compares Energy Star, LEED, and Green Globes Rating Systems
Eric Truelove, P.E., LEED-AP, Director of Sustainable Services at The Renschler Company in Madison, Wisconsin, kicked off last Thursday’s Building Design + Construction, New Developments in Green Building, webcast with an excellent overview, and comparison, of the Energy Star, LEED, and Green Globes rating systems. Subsequent presenters during the hour and a half webcast [...]
December 10th, 2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued