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by Ali Kriscenski

High Line 23, or HL23, is a new green building from Neil M. Denari Architects that is currently under construction and turning heads soon in the Chelsea art gallery district on Manhattan’s west side. The structure is a 14 floor mixed use of gallery space and condominiums with amazing views of the evolving [...]

by Bonnie Hulkower on 03.17.08

Greenbelt final stages of construction image from curbed
Derek Denckla, a musician, attorney, and environmentalist with a background in community organizing, is not your everyday condominium developer. His new 8-unit building in Williamsburg, is the first LEED-certified residence in Brooklyn. The building, called Greenbelt, offers an example of green development that [...]

Multi-modal Sustainable Design. Live/Work+Design/Build+Adaptive Re-use.

“We’re trying to come up with a picture of the future, and we think this is what it will look like,” said Ms. Whitehead. “Not stylistically, but in terms of the complex systems that we will all undoubtedly use for the collection of water and the micro-generation of energy.”

[paraphrasing the NYT] [...]

by Evelyn Lee

Adding to the growing LEED Platinum collection of homes in southern California including Project7Ten House and the Living Homes design by Ray Kappe, the Pasadena EcoHouse designed by StudioRMA is cited to become the first concrete LEED Platinum home in the USA. Built primarily of a green SCIPs (Structural Concrete Insulated Panels) similar [...]

March 14-15, 2008
Puerto Rico Convention Center
The Green Building Trade Show and Conference Corporation (GBTS) will present a major event in the Sustainability Field on March 14 & 15, 2008 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
This event, at no cost to the general public, will bring together major players (Stakeholders) in Puerto Rico. This Trade Show [...]