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Governor Cuomo signs "Under 2 MOU" to help prevent global temperature from increasing by 2 degrees
On October 8th at Columbia University in Albany New York Governor Cuomo joined by Vice President Gore announced the signing of the “Under 2 MOU”. This is an agreement that New York will join 42 ot…
Boston Globe Editorial - Save the Solar Incentives
It was great to see the Boston Globe supporting solar incentives in an editorial this Sunday. The Globe points out that the town of Easton generated $200,000 for schools and roads when they put solar …
INhouse at the Solar Decathlon 2015
INhouse is intelligently designed to respond to the conditions of the climate in coastal California, such that the majority of its needs for heating, cooling, and lighting are addressed architectural…
Our Member Artaic could Use your Vote in the Interior Design BOY Awards!
Our Member Artaic made it to the final round of the 2015 Interior Design Best Of Year Awards, and they would love your vote! Vote for Artaic in the Materials & Surfacing category and help them WIN! …
Incandescent bulbs may be in real decline as suppliers can now offer more efficient options. Top choices are fluorescent, CFL, and LED bulbs, but LEDs are clearly the most efficient. They use less ele…
Mayor Bill de Blasio's Administration announces new program to help make buildings greener
The program is known as the NYC Retrofit Accelerator. The program will provide free technical assistance and advisory services to building owners. The intent is to aid building owners in using clean e…
Stackable Solar Homes for City Streets - Great idea from the Solar Decathlon! (via Ecobuilding)
Check out this stackable solar entry from the New York City College of Technology. The D.U.R.A (Diverse, Urban, Resilient and Adaptable) home is an infill location meant for city streets. The team …
The One World Observatory Recently Achieved LEED Gold Certification
The observatory on the top of New York’s Freedom Tower, known as The One World Observatory, recently achieved LEED Gold Certification. The observatory opened earlier this year on May 29. The new bui…
LEED Marketing Brochure, USGBC
I found a helpful interactive brochure that describes the certification options for various categories of green building within LEED. http://leed.usgbc.org/
Learn more about Blower Doors from TEC: Wednesday, September 30th, 1-2 PM CST
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Time: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Central time This is the first in an occasional series on some of the lesser known but equally important features and uses of building dia…
Fort Collins Companies Spearhead Net Zero Water Management Tool
Five Fort Collins companies led by sustainability engineering and planning firm Brendle Group have spearheaded the Net Zero Water (NZW) Initiative and have created the Net Zero Water (NZW) toolkit to …
Mass Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is Hiring!
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is a publicly-funded agency dedicated to accelerating the success of clean energy technologies, companies and projects in the Commonwealth—while creat…
Together with over 90 Founding Partners, Toxics Action Center and Clean Water Action are launching Mass Power Forward, a statewide coalition committed to securing energy policy that supports local ren…
Green buildings the force behind sustainable cities
Climate change remains one of the biggest global challenges likely to affect livelihoods of future generations. There are different forces behind climate change that need to be addressed, and one of t…
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans - 10 Years Later, Why aren't We Doing Better?
Recently, we posted an opinion in our Green Building Industry News area on New Orleans ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck. http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-resources/sustainable-bu…
Should we be Worried about the Rapidly Expanding Desalinization Industry?
Access to water is a growing issue, particularly with recent droughts. At first, desalinization sounds like a good idea. But I was reading an Environmental News Network article about how desalin…
Recycled Kitchens, Salvaged Splendor
The New York Times recently posted an article about how different organizations in New York are recycling used kitchen appliances. Organizations like Green Demolition and BIG Reuse, are in the busines…
Beautycounter- Beautiful Products, Made Safely
After watching the widely known movie, An Inconvenient Truth, founder of Beautycounter, Gregg Renfrew, became very passionate about environmental health. As a wife and mother of three, she discovered …
Thank President Obama and the EPA for the finalized Clean Power Plan (Petition)
President Obama and the EPA have finalized a Clean Power Plan that imposes the first limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Pollution from power plants apparently cause 40% of the carbon pollut…
Oil Change Interntaional Petition: Tell President Obama to Keep Shell Oil out of the Arctic
Petition: Stop Arctic Drilling! "We call on the Obama Administration to make the Arctic Ocean off limits to Big Oil. In order to tackle climate change we must leave carbon underground -- not let fo…
How Sustainable is the Current Growth in Solar?
A new article from Vox.com http://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/9048201/rooftop-solar-vulnerable by energy columnist David Roberts explains that the current boom in rooftop solar technologies is currently bei…
Here's How NY Wants to Lead the Renewable Energy Revolution
An article by The Washington Post takes a closer look into what NY's plans are for becoming one of the leading states in what many call the "Renewable Energy Revolution". The solution: local micro pow…
Governor Cuomo announces Shared Renewables green energy program for NY
Last week Governor Cuomo announced a new energy program that gives more homeowners the ability to use renewable energy. This is a huge step in the right direction for NYers! After the disastrous effec…
EnerScore - Aiming to Rate every US Home on Energy Efficiency
Congrats Brian and Kenn of Massachusetts-based Enerscore. Nice article in FastCompany! "Greater transparency in how much energy homes are wasting might provide a boost to the market. If we knew…
Petition: Ask Governor Christie to hold Exxon fully accountable for oil spills, clean ups
Stand with Environment America and Environment New Jersey behind this petition: "New Jersey has been fighting Exxon in the courts for decades over the damages it’s done to natural resources, bu…
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