All Posts Tagged With: "solar power"
Marquiss Wind Power to NYC: Test Drive a Free Wind Turbine
Apparently unfazed by recent skepticism from local engineers and architects aimed at Mayor Bloomberg’s plans to install wind turbines on Gotham’s skyscrapers and bridges, California-based Marquiss Wind Power has offered to donate one of its turbine systems to the city in order to demonstrate that the Mayor’s idea is in fact viable. The company’s patented roof-top wind turbine is approximately 19 feet high and weighs less than a typical rooftop air conditioning unit. Its T500 model is optimized for low, variable wind, is rated at 5 kilowatts, and is priced between $30,000.00 and $60,000.00 depending on the specific configuration. According to Marquiss CEO Paul Misso, the company’s turbines should pay for themselves within four to eight years, “depending on wind speed, utility rates, and available incentives.” Last week, in the aftermath of Mr. Bloomberg’s remarks in Las Vegas, experts had questioned the efficiency of wind turbine installations on local high-rises.
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26Aug2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
No Windmill For Empire State Building, After All (King Kong, Welcome Back!)
When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg goes to Vegas, he bets big. At an alternative energy conference, perhaps bullied by T Boone Pickens, the mayor proposed installing wind turbines, among other power-generating technologies, on Manhattan’s skyscrapers and bridges. And why not: aiming to slash the city’s greenhouse emissions by a third by 2030 is rather ambitious. The mayor also proposed ocean wind farms off the coast and solar panels across the city’s rooftops. He’s dreaming big (Statue of Liberty powered by wind farms) while keeping the character of the neighborhood when it comes to the turbines (”If there is a large ape that starts climbing the Empire State Building, it might get in his way” - yes, that is our mayor speaking.
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21Aug2008 | Alex Padalka | 1 comment | Continued
Green Home to be Cornerstone of Long Island Alternative Energy Park
In 2005, the 800-square-foot OPEN House was conceived and constructed by 75 students at Old Westbury, Long Island’s New York Institute of Technology. Made from wood, the house debuted at the 2005 Solar Decathlon and took home fifth place as a fully operational showcase for solar and hydrogen fuel cell technology. In 2007, it was re-entered in the Decathlon with a few upgrades, including an array of 35 solar panels and a rooftop pool for heating and cooling, which was designed to simulate the heating and cooling principles of a geothermal system. The prototype included a performance dashboard displaying the home’s energy consumption in real-time. The Town of Hempstead recently purchased the OPEN House from NYIT for $75,000.00 as the centerpiece of a new alternative energy office park on Long Beach.
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18Aug2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
American Apparel Bringing Green Retail to Hell’s Kitchen
As Racked reports that American Apparel is close to opening its twentieth store in New York City, we’ll note that the retailer’s Hell’s Kitchen outlet is currently in pursuit of an unspecified level of LEED for Commercial Interiors certification. The store at 610 9th Avenue will soon by joined by other iterations at 429 Broadway (Broadway and Howard) and 2103 Broadway (at 73rd Street). No word on whether the retailer’s 19 other New York City area outlets will also implement sustainable features or pursue a LEED rating. American Apparel was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles. The company has implemented a number of sustainable initiatives at the corporate level.
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12Aug2008 | 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
Baseball All-Stars Parade on Green Carpet from Bentley Along Sixth Avenue
As part of Major League Baseball’s efforts to green this year’s All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium (which the American League won last night in 15 innings), the red carpet that covered 95,000 square feet of Sixth Avenue yesterday from 40th through 58th Streets during the All-Star Red Carpet Parade was manufactured by Bentley Prince Street from 100 percent recycled fiber content. Bentley, whose California manufacturing facility holds a LEED-EB rating from USGBC, used 100 percent renewable electricity to manufacture the carpet through its on-site solar array, coupled with the purchase of Green-e-certified RECs. According to Bentley, its carpet manufacturing process avoids the use of 300 pounds of petroleum-based fiber and 162,000 gallons of water.
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16Jul2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
$105M Solar Loan Program Approved in Garden State
On Tuesday, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (”BPU”) approved PSE&G’s $105 million Solar Loan Program, which will provide $105 million towards financing photovoltaic systems across residential, multi-family/affordable, commercial, industrial, and non-profit/municipal buildings throughout New Jersey. The program will distribute loans to projects totaling 30 megawatts in solar power generation over the next two years on a first-come, first-served basis, though caps do exist for each sector. (For example, only 3 megawatts are available for affordable housing projects). Participants will pay back the loans, which will cover 40 to 60 percent of installation costs, either with cash or through Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (”SRECs”)- tradable certificates issued by BPU each time a solar power system generates 1 megawatt-hour of power (i.e., the amount of energy equivalent to a 1 megawatt power system running for one hour).
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11Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Pope Benedict XVI Inspires Long Island Churches to Take Environmental Action
Some local religious institutions are going green, motivated by current Pope Benedict XVI’s positioning of climate change as a moral issue. Last month, the Vatican added environmental degradation to the Church’s list of sins and, last year, the Pope announced that 1,000 solar panels would be installed on the roof of Vatican City’s main auditorium. Melanie Griffin, a Sierra Club spokeswoman, told Newsday that Pope Benedict’s “vocal support particularly for climate solutions could really tip the balance in world action.” During his upcoming visit to the United States, the Pope will celebrate Mass at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.- the first LEED-certified baseball stadium in the country.
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11Apr2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued
Huntington Village: Long Island’s Surprising Green Side
This past weekend’s New York Times Real Estate column “Living In” featured a glimpse of suburban Huntington Village on Long Island. While the storybook downtown and long commute to Penn Station aren’t totally surprising, Huntington’s progressive green initiatives are. Last year, the town became the first in New York State to offer incentives to residents who own hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicles. Parking on the street and in the town’s four commuter railroad station parking lots is free for residents with a “Keep Huntington Green” car decal, and they also receive free beach passes.
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26Feb2008 | Meredith Taylor | 3 comments | Continued
Solar Power Legislation, Green Cemeteries, and Sustainable Products Workshop
Albany Times Union calls for legislators to adopt “compromise plan” from Senator James Wright (R-Watertown) for utility redemption of excess green power generated by solar systems
Construction Specifications Institute New York Chapter to offer Process of Selecting and Specifying Sustainable Products workshop at Annie Moore’s Bar & Restaurant in Midtown on January 9 at 6:30PM
Green cemeteries […]
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5Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Stafford Park: Wind & Solar Power Meet LEED in the Pine Barrens
Developed by Barnegat, New Jersey-based Walters Group after a permitting process that lasted close to three years, Stafford Park is a 370-acre mixed-use project under construction in the New Jersey Pine Barrens on the site of a former landfill. Walters will seek LEED certification for each of the buildings in the development, which is to […]
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4Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Solar-Powered Hanukkah, Holland Tunnel LEDs, & Affordable Housing Green Fund
Clinton Climate Initiative announces partnership with Enterprise to create $30M Green Fund for affordable housing across New York State
Incident at LEED Gold hopeful Goldman Sachs Tower construction site injures one worker
Manhattan, Brooklyn synagogues install solar-powered lights for Hanukkah observations
Port Authority replaces fluorescent bulbs in Holland Tunnel with LEDs, expects to save $300K annually in energy […]
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15Dec2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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