Governor Cuomo has signed legislation which authorizes local governments or school districts to provide a real property tax exemption for new green building or renovation projects constructed after January 1, 2013 by local law, ordinance, or resolution.
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Midtown Manhattan Ranks Second in 2011 Survey of U.S. Green Real Estate Markets
Three New York City submarkets rank among the country’s top 10 green real estate markets according to Cushman & Wakefield’s 2011 Green Building Opportunity Index.
Starwood’s Element Ewing is New Jersey’s First LEED-Certified Hotel
The hospitality industry’s global green building leader has added the Garden State to its list of locations where guests can book rooms in a LEED-certified Element hotel.
Study: Lack of FSC-Certified Wood Products Creating Green Construction “Bottleneck” in New York
A recent study published in the Forest Products Journal identifies a lack of FSC-certified wood products as creating a green construction “bottleneck,” and calls on USGBC to open up its MR-7 Certified Wood credit to alternative forest certification regimes.
Your Parents Now Know More About Green Building: NPR Back For More On LEED
In part two of All Things Considered’s consideration of the green building movement, the show takes a look at the darker — or less-efficient, at least — side of LEED.
Your Parents Now Know What Green Building Is: About That LEED Feature On NPR’s All Things Considered
NPR’s feature on brand LEED and green building sure seems like a big deal. But how was the story?
TD Bank Looks To Score With Carbon Neutral Proclamation
Local banks still exist, but are increasingly the sort of thing grandparents talk about walking past on their way uphill to school (and then again, on the uphill home) back in the old days. The tellers knew your name, the locations were convenient, there were no grandiose jerkweeds in a back room tranching and re-tranching your mortgage, then making trillions of dollars worth of bets on whether or not you’d pay it back, and then going out for steak and yelling profanities at each other. Commerce Bank was one such nice-guy local bank — except for the unfeasible dual-uphill-location thing — before it was purchased by Canadian banking giant TD Banknorth back in 2007. As so often happens with your bigger banks, TD Bank went about alienating New Jerseyans (admittedly, not difficult) by acting like a Canadian Banking Giant. It will take more than some solar-enhanced drive-throughs and a bunch of carbon offsets to win back Jersey — we’re like that — but TD Bank’s recent announcement that it plans to go carbon neutral at least is a sign that the erstwhile Canadian Banking Giant is dedicated to being a Responsible Canadian Banking Giant.
New York State Approves Funding for Affordable LEED Silver Hegeman Residence in Brownsville
Designed by Cook + Fox Architects, the Hegeman Residence will pursue a LEED Silver rating from USGBC and exclusively offer studios, 61 of which will be set aside for low-income individuals from the surrounding neighborhood (which, incidentally, is one of the poorest in New York City and where a disproportionate number of residents become homeless).
USGBC New York Sponsors Discussion on Sustainable Design in Universities
A recent discussion at The New School – “The University as Green Crucible” – discussed how sustainability, green design, and green business can play a more significant role in higher education.
Marsh Report: At Least One Professional Liability Insurer is Considering a LEED Project Coverage Endorsement
A new report from Marsh explores current trends in the insurance markets with respect to available coverages for the risks associated with green building projects.
