All Posts Tagged With: "CUNY"

Green Incubator: NY Designs Business Center in Long Island City

NY Designs is a program sponsored jointly by the CUNY Economic Development Corporation and LaGuardia Community College. Housed on the seventh floor of one of LaGuardia’s buildings in Long Island City, the $6 million, 35,000-square-foot space opened in 2006 with a number of green design features, including recycled tire carpet. Its mission? To “grow New York design firms.” Current tenants include graphic design outfit Tribecca Designs, fashion designers eenamaria, and AR Architects. Lease terms range from six months to three years at an extremely affordable $2.50 to $3.00 per square foot (thanks to grants from NYSERDA, HUD, and ConEd, among others).

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15May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued

CUNY’s 280 Buildings Get $110M Greener

The Baruch College newspaper The Ticker has a nice wrap-up this week of all the green initiatives going on at CUNY schools across the City. CUNY is New York’s largest university system, with 23 campuses and 280 buildings. Over the past ten years, CUNY has invested $110 million in upgrading its facilities to make them more eco-friendly. The science lab at Bronx Community College, for example, runs entirely off solar panels on its roof, and two more solar roofs are planned at LaGuardia Community College and Kingsborough Community College. CUNY’s first eco-friendly science building just opened at Lehman College and additional sustainable science buildings are planned for City College and Brooklyn College.

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20Mar2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued

LEED-ND in NYC, Maki at 51 Astor Place, & Green Towers in Stamford

City to clone historic trees as part of PlaNYC million tree initiative
CUNY professor says LEED-ND should include community planning efforts; currently six New York City projects are exploring certification under the system
Edward Minskoff to raze 51 Astor Place and develop 430,000-square-foot green office building, designed by Fumihiko Maki
New York City-based developer chooses architect […]

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13Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued

CUNY Continues To Wave Its Green Flag

The City University of New York (”CUNY”) announced a budget request earlier this week for $77 million to build a new sustainable library on the campus of Bronx Community College (”BCC”). The North Instructional Building and Library, designed by Robert A.M. Stern, will be constructed for LEED Silver certification and is expected to be […]

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9Jan2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued