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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 1, 2011  Jobs or Just McJobs New York City (including the outer boroughs)gained only 127,000 in residents since the last Census. If there is ever a city that demonstrates the current two tier economy its this one. Cities for the rich and those who are too poor to leave and work in service jobs and others moving further away to areas they can manage to find work and manage to live above water. | GREEN GODDESS MARCH 3, 2010 Green Insurance That could translate into multi-million savings for the owners and tenants of buildings like the retrofitted Empire State Building, the Condé Nast Building at Times Square, and the newly constructed Bank of America Tower on Bryant Park, all located in New York City. With one simple coding book and guideline available then there is always assurance that energy and performance are linked. For some Insurers the push for green building is now. commercial insurer. How significant? Fireman’s is giving a 5 percent discount in building insurance to green buildings. | | | | | |
| GREEN GODDESS MAY 20, 2010 Another LEED View Today a great editoral in the New York Times brings the issue to light about what LEED's real purpose was and that in the zeal to be green we are not really seeing what it means and what the purpose of the certification is and should be. Rather it was to be a set of guidelines for architects, engineers and others who want to make buildings less wasteful. number of local, state and federal agencies require LEED certification for their new buildings — so why not have them institute follow-up requirements as well? | |
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