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Greening the apple.(City Council legislation for green building standards)(Brief Article)
New York City government is rarely hailed as a model of efficiency, but now at least its buildings will be. In September, the City Council passed legislation that sets green building standards for hundreds of city-owned or -funded buildings--similar to laws in place in Austin, San Francisco and Boston. Cosponsored by Council Speaker Gifford Miller and Councilmember James Gennaro, it requires projects that cost more than $2 million to adhere to standards based on a nationwide rating system that analyzes siting, water efficiency, energy use, building materials and indoor ...
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...shareholder in the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice of Greenberg Traurig's New York office, has been designated by the U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate (LEED Green...
Source: HighBeam Research, Greening the apple.(City Council legislation for green building...