Category : Green Building

New York takes its place among top ten LEED states

REW Staff January 30, 2013 January 30, 2013

by REW StaffJanuary 30, 2013January 30, 20131381

New York has landed at number seven in the list of the top 10 states for new LEED certifications in 2012. In rankings issued by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), New York racked up 127,628,763 total square feet of LEED-certified space through 2012 — that’s 1.77 square feet per...

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Green group giving ex-cons second chance to re-build lives — and homes

REW December 27, 2012 December 27, 2012

by REWDecember 27, 2012December 27, 20121509

A New York City non-profit that branched out into development ten years ago is once again adding to its repertoire — with education. With help from a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fortune Society recently began offering men and women with criminal histories hands-on training for green jobs in its environmentally friendly Harlem building. “For our clients, they come with so much stigma it’s hard to get them through the door to get looked at,” said Joanne Page, Fortune's CEO. “We want to give them an edge, and green training is a great way to do that.”