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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN PLUMBER'S BLOG SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Boiler Care in New York City Long before the statue of Liberty graced the skyline of New York Harbor, before the Brooklyn Bridge stretched across the East River, and before the New York skyline began to rise, there were utility companies already building the energy infrastructure that was needed to help sustain the city’s growth. Boiler Care in New York City Dwellings. Most particularly important is in the case of new boilers. New boilers should be monitored until the proper intervals between needed cleanings can be established through experience. | THE SMART VAN JANUARY 6, 2012  Nissan to Unveil All-Electric Van, Experts Say Public electric vehicle charging infrastructure is sparse in most of the country, so EV manufacturers will need to increase the battery life of commercial vans to ensure the vehicles are functional for an entire work day on a full charge. Starting in 2013, the NV200 will be thrown into another kind of service: New York’s taxi system. Check out our new Job Board! | | | | | |
| THE SMART VAN JANUARY 6, 2012  Nissan to Unveil All-Electric NV200 Van, Experts Say Public electric vehicle charging infrastructure is sparse in most of the country, so EV manufacturers will need to increase the battery life of commercial vans to ensure the vehicles are functional for an entire work day on a full charge. Starting in 2013, the NV200 will be thrown into another kind of service: New York’s taxi system. Check out our new Job Board! | ARIBRA NOVEMBER 6, 2009 redesign the city: a look at urban permaculture :: aribra :: sustainable, development Home about services contributors contact 06 November 2009 ~ 21 Comments redesign the city: a look at urban permaculture Food Lifestyle Peak Oil Sustainability Urbanism Tweet Share Email Sharebar Tweet Share Email by Liz Neves David Holmgren's Permaculture Flower If we speak of a healthy community, we cannot be speaking of a community that is merely human. city is both an organism and an ecosystem. Yet, most cities are dysfunctional in terms of operating like a healthy ecosystem or closed-loop system. Why are we throwing them away? | ARIBRA APRIL 2, 2010 Americans Rebuild for the 'New Urban Century' :: aribra :: sustainable, development Home about services contributors contact 02 April 2010 ~ 4 Comments Americans Rebuild for the ‘New Urban Century’ Green Building Infrastructure Urbanism Tweet Share Email Sharebar Tweet Share Email Many point to Charlotte has an example of good urbanism and city vision. Charlotte’s leadership understood decades ago that the city could not sustain it’s suburban growth and made proactive steps to create the economic engine it is today. Those snapshots from cities across America offer a glimpse of the future. | ARIBRA MARCH 9, 2010 Habitat for Humanity Embraces Density, Makes History The Atlantic Avenue project may represent a new direction for Habitat. From NY Times | Making History In a Brooklyn Neighborhood When Habitat for Humanity New York City consulted an architecture firm on its new site in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville, Brooklyn , it received a response that switched on a light bulb. The result, nearly three years and one entirely new development model later, is the largest creation in Habitat’s history, an $11.6 And the city’s branch of Habitat just learned last week that it will receive about $10.5 | | | | | | | |
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ARIBRA | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010 Maybe Smart Growth Isn't
Tommy Manuel is an architect, planner, writer, and artist working in South Carolina and New York City. :: aribra :: sustainable, development Home about services contributors contact 02 December 2010 ~ 3 Comments Maybe Smart Growth Isn’t Global Population Sustainability Tweet Share Email Sharebar Tweet Share Email If you haven’t seen Professor Albert Bartlett’s lecture &# Arithmetic, Population and Energy: Sustainability 101,” then you should. Seriously, here’s the link , go watch it. It’ll take a while, but you can come back. OK, got the picture? We simply can not. MORE >> -
ARIBRA | FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010 can you see the sea?
If I got on my roof, I’d view slivers of the East River, bits of New York Harbor, a slice of the Verrazano Narrows. New York City is surrounded by water, but you’d be hard-pressed to see it unless you crossed a bridge, made your way to the outermost edges of each borough, took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry or a water taxi. So, how can the rest of us enjoy the sparkly flow of the East River, the majesty of New York Harbor? can see sea gulls pausing in church towers. cannot see the sea. miles from the Bay as the crow flies. Maybe. MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011  Land of the Pharaohs.
The last few weeks the New York Times is "reviewing" current Architecture in the Chinese provinces. Well given Asia's immense growth in wealth the past decade I assume their own Oligarchs will establish new centers of business and opportunity in a nation still finding a blend of what it means to be both Capitalist and Communist in nature. The Vanke Center, a vast office, hotel and exhibition complex on the edge of this bustling city of nine million in the Pearl River Delta. The next is the new Guangzhou Opera House designed by Zaha Hadidis. MORE >> -
GREEN BUILDING INSPECTOR | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 its the infrastructure
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GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 Stimulate This!!!
I keep thinking of the term "shovel ready" and wonder how a municipality in only a few months have "shovel ready" projects for their infrastructure, especially when most can barely function with months/years advance. Today the New York Times found that this is just the case with many projects going unfunded and others simply not making any sense in relation to dollars and jobs in many states. Not shocking given our Mayor's disengagement from the larger picture outside the City of Seattle. said his city “did pretty terrible” when it came to getting money. MORE >> - Its the Infrastructure GREEN GODDESS | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
- Water Water Everywhere GREEN GODDESS | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
- The Politics of Hate GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
- We Built This City on Rock N Roll GREEN GODDESS | FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
- Change is Gonna Do Ya Good GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
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