Green Building
PlaNYC: Make it a Social Movement
Central to the City’s sustainability efforts is PlaNYC, the monumental program linking hundreds of greening initiatives across City operations. Yet how sustainable is PlaNYC itself? As a project of the Mayor’s Office, it was created almost completely by government agency staff and consultants. [...]
EcoChi For Interior Design
Every space has a life of its own, and impacts us as we go about our lives. Our actions, energy and thoughts, as [...]
Energy
Powerhouses of New York
Con Ed obviously has big stakes in NYC’s energy consumption, but who else controls the energy industry in New York City? According to [...]
African Huts Glow With
Resourceful people in developing countries, living in places lacking the larger infrastructure, adapt renewable energy in surprisingly [...]
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Transportation
It’s Better on a Bike!
According to the NYC Department of Transportation, in 2000, only 11% of New Yorkers rode a bicycle to work, while 25% drove and 53% took public transportation. While this number is steadily increasing, cyclists are still a minority here in NYC. Why do so few New Yorkers [...]
Giving the Streets to the People
In a recent interview with Grist, Janette Sadik-Khan, the commissioner of [...]
New Subway Connection for Brooklyn
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has put the finishing [...]
Green City Challenge 2010 Work Green Competition
The Work Green Challenge took place on a rooftop in the East Village. It featured the first solar thermal system built in New York. Quixotic Systems challenged the teams on their knowlege of solar thermal technology.
Open Mic
Fill Your Tires With Nitrogen!
The nitrogen molecule is more stable and larger than that of oxygen; it takes 3 to 4 times longer for it to escape through porous rubber tires. Nitrogen fill increases safety, reduces tire wear, improves handling, minimizes blowouts and its environmentally friendly. [...]
Rain is a Renewable Resource
Here in New York City, the primary issue with stormwater runoff is the [...]
Natural Gas: The New Frontier
When it comes to choosing the energy sources that power our lifefstyles, [...]
5 Easy Tips to Work Green
With increased issues of global warming and environmental concerns, it’s [...]