New certification for environmental contractors
The Environmental Contractors Association announced the formation of the Certified Environmental Remediation Training (CERT) Institute. The new site safety initiative has training centers in Midtown...
Tag : NYC CLIMATE WEEK
ConEd commends its customers whoʼre getting their green on
Con Edison this week welcomed participants from around the world and around the corner for Climate Week NYC 2019, which runs through Sept. 29. This...
Funds available for building owners who conserve water
With a goal of reducing water consumption by 20 million gallons per day, the city is urging property owners to take advantage of funding for...
Lane partners with hOM on building wellness plan
Lane, a workplace experience platform, has partnered with hOM, a tech-enabled amenity provider, to bring on-site fitness programming to building tenants. Through the partnership, employees...
Skanska taking sustainability to the worker
Skanska USA has joined the Fitwel Champion Network. Fitwel is the world’s leading certification system for optimizing building design and operations to support human health...
City building managers drilled in air scrubbing
New York’s building managers are being drilled on the latest in clean air technology. NYARM, the New York Association of Realty Managers recently began a...
Fresh push to save a billion birds a year from killer glass
Ornithologists estimate that 330 million to one billion birds die annually in the United States due to glass collisions, fatalities that can be prevented by...
Natixis becomes first bank to manage the green impact of its balance sheet
Natixis’ Green Weighting Factor, a mechanism that allocates capital to financing deals based on their climate impact, is now up and running. It applies to...
REBNY offers its members energy efficiency education programs
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) launch Creating & Capturing the Value of Real Estate Sustainability in NYC, an energy efficiency and sustainability...
Preparing your building to meet Climate Mobilization rules
By James Nelson and Terri Gumula, Avison Young While the commercial industry was focused on the changes to rent regulations in Albany last spring, the...