Adolfo Carrion Jr., Bronx Borough President, released a report earlier this month proposing sales tax exemptions and tax credits for businesses investing in green projects. Pointing out the higher cost of green building materials, Carrion said that “tax incentives might be needed, at least in the short term, to encourage green development. . . . […]
Fireman’s Fund Introduces Green Building Policy Package
On October 16th, the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company introduced a Certified Green Building Replacement and Green Upgrade coverage endorsement, designed to provide lower premiums for buildings already certified under LEED and the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes Rating System, as well as give owners of conventional buildings the opportunity to green their systems in the […]
Sustainability a “Common Theme” at City of the Future Competition
Sponsored by The History Channel and its “Engineering an Empire” series, the 2006 “City of the Future” competition arrived last week here in New York. With two additional installments scheduled to begin on November 17th in Chicago and December 8th in Los Angeles, the competition awarded the winners a $10,000 prize and the right to […]
Crain’s Chicago Business Devotes Focus Section to Green Building
Just a quick post directing you to a section in this upcoming week’s Crain’s Chicago Buisness focusing exclusively on green building. A series of articles discuss green roofs and the financial benefits of green building, among many other things. This particular article, entitled Energy and Aesthetics, though somewhat disappointing in substance, at least touches on […]
Starwood Capital Group to Create Green Luxury Hotel Brand
The Starwood Capital Group recently announced plans to build a chain of luxury green hotel properties, the first of which will open in Seattle in 2008, but also in many other states, even using the help as companies like luxury real estate colorado, to get the necessary properties for this. The brand will be called […]
NYC-Based Green Consulting Firm Emphasizes Financial Benefits of Green Building
An article from Sunday’s Times helps make the business case for green buildings. Andrew Shapiro is a former lawyer who got the idea for his consulting business, GreenOrder Inc., from his brother’s environment-friendly nightclub in Tribeca. After the club closed down, the two brothers opened up their firm, which now advises major developers on projects […]
Ideas on How to Recognize Design Excellence Within LEED
I wanted to respond to the last comment (below in italics) in its own separate post. My thoughts follow. Thanks to O.G. for his insight and starting this dialogue- I encourage others to chime in. I’d like to preface this discussion by saying that I believe in the LEED system but, like anything else, there’s […]
