gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of February 24, 2008, including new construction financing for Macklowe Properties at LEED Gold hopeful 510 Madison Avenue, security concerns over the proximity to the street of Towers 2, 3, and 4 at the World Trade Center site, and LEED and Energy Star news out of the Garden State.
March 2nd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Energy Star"
Green Commercial Office Space in New York City Currently Ranks Third in U.S.
According to a report that was released last month by the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego, Los Angeles is first among U.S. cities when it comes to LEED- or Energy Star-certified commercial office space. The CoStar Group provided the data upon which the report was based and ranked cities by the total amount of their square footage that has earned either the LEED or Energy Star designation; no breakdown appears to be readily available that segregates the figures according to individual rating system. Los Angeles topped the list with 100 buildings and 26.2 million square feet while Houston checked in at #2 with 46 buildings and 21.1 million square feet; New York City was third with 11 buildings and 12.3 million square feet.
February 26th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Green Restaurants, NYC Office Space a Bargain, & Green Depot at the Stock Exchange
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of February 10, 2008, including thoughts on green restaurants in New York City, a new development from Toll Brothers along the Gowanus Canal, the relative bargain that Gotham commercial office space remains, and Green Depot ringing the opening bell of the NYSE next Tuesday. As always, descriptions and links are after the jump.
February 16th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
New York Life Insurance Building Among 5 Manhattan Properties to Earn Energy Star Designation
On Tuesday, 5 New York City commercial buildings were among 1,400 nationwide that received 2007 Energy Star ratings from EPA. Dating from 1928, the Cass Gilbert-designed New York Life Insurance Building at 51 Madison Avenue is one of the awardees. The 40-story tower is also a National Historic Landmark, as well as a New York City landmark, designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission back in 2000. The 1,400 buildings are the most that have received the rating, which is distributed annually, since the Energy Star program kicked off back in 2002. Since 2004, New York Life and property manager Jones Lang LaSalle have been retrofitting 51 Madison with a number of measures designed to increase its energy efficiency.
February 14th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Unity Village Hotel & Conference Center- Midwest’s First LEED-Certified Hotel
At least to date, and for a number of different reasons, green hotels have been relatively hard to come by. A spate of announcements about projects here in New York City during 2007 (including 53 West 53rd Street and 330 Hudson Street) continue to help the local cause, but the hospitality industry at large still [...]
December 17th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Green Prefab in the Catskills: Alta Log Home, Fleischmanns, New York
USGBC’s LEED for Homes (“LEED-H”) Pilot Program is now closed; the organization’s constituents voted on its final approval during a period that ended a few weeks ago, and the system’s formal introduction should be forthcoming shortly. Three projects in New York State earned certification from USGBC under the Pilot Program, and we’ve presented two of [...]
December 13th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Morrisania Homes in The Bronx Earn NY’s First Affordable Housing LEED-H Rating
The Morrisania Homes, a sixty-four unit development in the South Bronx that includes sixteen three-family and eight two-family homes, just became New York’s first affordable housing project to receive certification under USGBC’s LEED for Homes (”LEED-H”) Pilot Program (which should launch formally sometime this fall) and the first LEED-H Certified residences in New York City. [...]
August 15th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued