Tag: existing buildings
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Stand Up and Cheer, the EBies are Here!
By Cecil ScheibNote: this blog is cross-posted from the Urban Green Council blogOn Thursday, June 28, the first annual EBie Awards were held at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square. The EBies are a nationwide, juried competition that celebrates increased sustainability in existing buildings (thus, EBies) and the people behind these improvements. Close to…
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The True Story of the EBies
Laurie Kerr Senior Policy Advisor NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Several years ago, a group of us Urban Greeners were chatting about how to scale up energy efficiency in existing buildings – as we so often do for fun…
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May I Borrow Your Jumper Cables?
Lauren Riggs, LEED AP Manager, LEED Performance U.S. Green Building Council “May I borrow some jumper cables?” The brick building asked the building next door. The brick building’s energy use was out of control; It needed to kick-start its effi…
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What LEED Means to Us
This entry is cross-posted from the Brewery Vivant blog. We recently received our LEED Silver (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification at Brewery Vivant and found out at the end of the process that we are the first commercial mi…