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Comment by Matt Vandenhengel 6 hours ago

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Comment by Judy Harper on October 7, 2009 at 3:39pm

Mc-Graw Hill Building is Largest LEED-EB Building in New York

Rockefeller Group Development Corporation, a subsidiary of The Rockefeller Group, announced today that its signature building, The McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, has achieved LEED-EB Certification. The 2.5 million square foot property is the largest LEED-EB certified building in New York. LEED-EB is the designation by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for existing buildings. (Read More)

Comment by Judy Harper on August 31, 2009 at 12:05pm

Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label
By MIREYA NAVARRO Published: August 30, 2009 -- New York Times

. . . Builders covet LEED certification — it stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — as a way to gain tax credits, attract tenants, charge premium rents and project an image of environmental responsibility. But the gap between design and construction, which LEED certifies, and how some buildings actually perform led the program last week to announce that it would begin collecting information about energy use from all the buildings it certifies.
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Comment by Judy Harper on August 16, 2009 at 10:28am

Real Wood Floors: Reclaimed Wood Flooring is the Ultimate Green Choice
Friday, 14 August 2009 00:00 from Chloregy

When it comes to flooring options, everyone knows that wood is a green flooring choice, but for the ultimate in green flooring, consider using reclaimed wood. Reclaimed wood floors are one of the hottest flooring trends today. (Read More)

Comment by Judy Harper on July 6, 2009 at 1:09pm

Real estate bellwether: 11 Times Square
The new 40-story midtown skyscraper will test the city's market for tenants seeking an environmentally friendly building packed full of modern conveniences.

All eyes are on 11 Times Square, which over the coming months will provide a referendum on the health of the commercial real estate market in New York, where rents have fallen anywhere from 25% to 45% from $72.97 a square foot during third quarter 2008. Are there still tenants in New York who will pay high prices for space with green credentials? And will they pony up to be on Eighth Avenue when inexpensive sublease space abounds at more prestigious addresses like Park Avenue? (Read More)

Comment by Judy Harper on June 25, 2009 at 5:36pm

Big Hotel Planned Next to Sears Tower
Wall Street Journal June 25, 2009
By MAURA WEBBER SADOVI

A real estate investment group that owns the Sears Tower said it is pushing forward with plans to build a 500-room environmentally friendly hotel next door to North America's tallest building, but released few details on financing for a project that will cost as much as $225 million.

The group, which includes investors Yisroel Gluck, John Huston, Joseph Chetrit and Joseph Moinian, said they would spend $350 million to make the 110-story tower more environmentally friendly and reduce the amount of energy it uses. It plans to cut the equivalent of about 150,000 barrels of oil used annually by such steps as replacing the tower's 16,000 windows with more energy-efficient alternatives, adding solar panels, more efficient gas boilers and motion detectors so that escalators operate only as needed. (Read More)

Comment by Judy Harper on May 23, 2009 at 8:41pm

The Race for Better Building Codes New York Times May 21, 2009, 11:05 am
Buildings account for more than one-third of national energy use and 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Green Building Council. Read More.