BCUE

On Saturday, the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment held the grand opening of its new headquarters between Second and Third Avenues at 168 Seventh Street in Gowanus. The project is seeking Gold under USGBC's LEED for Commercial Interiors rating system and consists of 18,000 square feet across two floors at was once a doll factory. For the past thirty years, BCUE has been creating programs for over 300 New York City public schools relating to sustainable urban environmental practices. It also organizes the annual Green Brooklyn Conference and earlier this year unveiled the Sustainable Business Network in cooperation with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. The organization had previously been operating out of Prospect Park's Picnic and Tennis Houses.