Posts on: Green Building

If we lived in a more reasonable- some might say more sane- world, the need to adapt to a warming world would not be a political issue. Alas, we are […]

If there’s one thing that was made crystal clear this week, it’s that the new federal government is going to be hostile to renewable energy, despite all its obvious benefits. […]

New York, with its vast acreage of rooftops and millions of renters, is the top community solar market in the country. On Thursday, Governor Hochul and NYSERDA President and CEO […]

New York set some very ambitious climate goals, and some are proving harder to attain than others. But one area where we’re overachieving is in adopting solar energy. As outlined […]

Climate Works for All, a coalition of environmental Justice, community advocacy and labor groups, has called on the City Council to ask for new climate investments. Some of the priorities […]

It seems like it was only a short while ago that solar power was a marginal part of the electricity generation mix, one that almost no one except hardcore environmentalists […]

In the years since it was transformed into public space, Governors Island has been a popular destination for people looking for a more bucolic NYC experience. From the Jazz Age […]

Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new framework for New York State to increase its distributed solar capacity to 10 gigawatts by 2030- enough to power 700,000 homes. NYSERDA and the Public […]

In December, NYC became the largest city in the country to agree to phase out the use of fossil fuels in all new buildings. The New York City Council has […]