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Hurricane Harvey: What Does it Mean for New York City?
Les Judd
Hurricane Harvey: What does it Mean for New York City? As I write this article, Tropical Storm Harvey, downgraded from a category 4 hurricane just a couple of days ago is pummeling south Texas with torrential rain. The residents of Houston and the surrounding area are suffering from catastrophic flooding. Other than watching the drama […]
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China Thinking Big on Going Green
Jerrod Delaine
In the United States, green-certified building development has become more and more common. But did you know that China is actually the world’s largest green building market? In fact, China eclipsed the United States with more than 1 billion square feet of certified green, sustainable building space. What’s also interesting is that China did this in […]
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Green building programs show big results for big buildings
Jerrod Delaine
Each year in Los Angeles, certified green buildings keep 319 million pounds of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere — the equivalent of not burning 155 million pounds of coal or having the entire city go vegan for two weeks. These findings from UCLA researchers, published today in Nature Energy, are part of the first study to examine […]
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The Future of Urban Farming Might be Suburban Farming
Jerrod Delaine
When the urban farming startup BrightFarms first launched, it envisioned building its hydroponic greenhouses directly on grocery store roofs and on vacant city lots. Now, it says that the smartest place to grow food for cities may be just outside of them. The company’s newest site will be in the town of Wilmington, Ohio. With a population of only 12,459, it’s not […]
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