Design concepts from five finalists have been selected for FIGMENT’s City of Dreams 2013-14 Pavilion Design Competition, which charged entrants with creating a prototype for “a new, truly sustainable way of thinking about design and construction” that will be installed next summer on Governors Island.
Archive | Net Zero
SUNY-Buffalo’s Engineering School Aims to Transform Nickel City Into Tech Hub
By Stephen Del Percio on March 20, 2013 in Buffalo, Intellectual Property & Technology, LEED-NC, Net Zero
While its Rust Belt roots continue to fade, the University of Buffalo’s new $75 million engineering school hopes to help position Western New York as a tech industry leader.
Net Zero Shipping Container Energy Center Opens in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Designed by Gensler from used steel shipping containers, the New York Center for Sustainable Energy will fuse net zero design practices with education about the impact of clean energy choices on the natural environment.
Getting Loaded: Loadingdock5′s Passive Williamsburg Townhouse Back In Spotlight
WNYC is talking about it. Inhabitat is taking photos. Williamsburg’s aspiring chillwave stars have to be jealous of Passive House 1.
Can An Earthship Land Between Delancey and Rivington?
By David Roth on March 11, 2011 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, Net Zero, New York City, Rating Systems
See the space between those two ex-tenements on the Lower East Side? That’s where LES resident Ken Ruck wants to put the first-ever urban “earthship.”
Department of Bummers: Net Zero Red Hook Green Project Rejected By DOB
Redhook Green, Jay Amato’s net zero passion project in Red Hook, was a gbNYC favorite. Note the past tense.
Passive Resistance: America’s Passive House Problem, And Mine
Europe has thousands of passive houses. But, like health care systems that actually work and mopeds, this continental trend hasn’t really caught on in the U.S.
Zeroing In: Redhook Green Is a Zero Energy Building, But What Does That Mean?
By David Roth on December 22, 2009 in Brooklyn, Building Performance, Net Zero, New York City, Red Hook
What we don’t know about Redhook Green — and something we’ll certainly be discussing a lot in 2010 — is what exactly its “net zero” ambitions will actually mean in practice.
