Discover Clean Energy Careers With Roadtrip Nation

Posted by NYPH , September 6, 2023 - Energy, Industry News

Three New Yorkers Traverse the State to Explore Jobs Fueling the Clean Energy Transition New York’s clean energy investments and ambitious climate goals are creating thousands of new jobs in fields like offshore wind, green buildings, and alternative transportation. A new documentary series, Empowered State , dives into the diverse and rewarding career opportunities within New York’s growing clean energy economy at this pivotal moment in addressing the climate crisis.…

Passive House De­sign­er / Con­sult­ant course

Posted by Kendall Rocco , September 5, 2023 - Industry News, Passive House Institute

Learn first-hand from experts at the Passive House Institute, how to design energy-efficient & cost-optimal buildings worldwide! A prerequisite is a general knowledge of Passive House, which you can conveniently acquire via the approx. 3-day e-learning Passive House Fundamentals: https://elearning.passivehouse.com You also need a good level of English (B2 or equivalent), basic knowledge of building physics, as well as the ability to use Microsoft® Excel. E-learning "Passive House Fundamentals": preparatory training on…

Regenerative Materials, Bruce King, Founder & Director, Ecological Building Network

Posted by NYPH , September 5, 2023 - Energy, Industry News

Bruce King will introduce the Regenerative Materials session at our Symposium on September 22   REGISTER TODAY >   Can the design and construction of new buildings help solve the climate crisis? Authors Bruce King and Chris Magwood reply hopefully, further explaining the science, analytics, and ethics of “carbon-smart architecture.” The authors define this approach as the design of buildings that absorb more greenhouse gases (GHGs) than they emit or…

Welcome by David J. Lewis, Dean, School of Constructed Environments

Posted by NYPH , September 2, 2023 - Architects

David J. Lewis will give the welcome remarks at our Symposium on September 22 Regenerative Metropolis.   REGISTER TODAY >   David J. Lewis is the Dean of The School of Constructed Environments, Professor of Architecture, and a founding principal of LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), a design intensive architecture firm located in New York City.  At Parsons he has served as Director of the Master of Architecture program, the Director of Design…

DIVE BRIEF Report: Passive House nears cost parity with traditional construction

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 30, 2023 - Industry News

Dive Brief: Compared to a standard building, a multifamily structure constructed to Passive House standards can use up to 80% less energy for its day-to-day operations — and at about the same construction cost, according to a new report from the New York City-based Passive House Network, a building standards educator affiliated with the Passive House Institute. In a survey of 45 multifamily buildings in Massachusetts and New York built to…

Keynote by Felix Heisel, Director, Circular Construction Lab

Posted by NYPH , August 25, 2023 - Architects, Events, Industry News

We are happy to announce that Felix Heisel will give the keynote speech at our Symposium on September 22 Regenerative Metropolis.   REGISTER TODAY >   Felix Heisel is Assistant Professor and the Director of the Circular Construction Lab at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. He is a faculty fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and a graduate field member in architecture, systems engineering and matter design…

High Line – Moynihan Connector, Designed by SOM and Field Operations, Opens in New York City

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 23, 2023 - Industry News, Sponsor

The High Line – Moynihan Connector—designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner Field Operations and led by Empire State Development, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Brookfield Properties, and Friends of the High Line—is part of a long-standing vision to create safer, more enjoyable pedestrian access, connect people to transit, and seamlessly link public open spaces and other community assets in the neighborhood. As the…

Building Sector ‘Inertia’ Impedes Multi-Family Passive House Projects

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 23, 2023 - Member News

Proponents of Passive House, a globally recognized standard for energy-efficient building design, say multi-family Passive House projects in the United States have hit cost parity with conventionally designed buildings, but systemic inertia is holding back widespread adoption. Passive House accounts for less than 1% of all multi-family construction in the U.S. in the past decade, writes the Passive House Network (PHN) in its recently-published report, Safe At Home: How all-electric, multi-family…

The secret behind New York’s most energy-efficient new office building

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 22, 2023 - Industry News, Sponsor

A typical office building in New York City uses huge amounts of energy for heating and cooling. A new 16-story office tower in Manhattan takes a Nordic-inspired approach that’s fundamentally more efficient: One system, based on heat pumps and water-filled pipes, is designed to move heat where it’s needed on each floor, between floors, and even to and from the building next door. The building, at 555 Greenwich, is expected…

SARANY selects the Battery Playscape and Charlotte of the Upper West Side for 2023 awards

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 21, 2023 - Industry News, Projects

We were honored to learn that two of BKSK’s projects, the Battery Playscape and Charlotte of the Upper West Side were selected to win 2023 design awards. At the award event/SARANY gala on June 13th the level of the award will be announced amongst all of the awardees. This is the first award for Charlotte since the completion of the multifamily building that is built to Passive House design standards and is currently in…

Replacing ACs with heat pumps: A backdoor way to decarbonize heating

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 14, 2023 - Industry News, News

Heat pumps are often touted as an efficient way to decarbonize home heating. But a new approach to driving their adoption is on the rise in the U.S. Over the past few months, federal energy-efficiency regulators and state and city building-code overseers have begun to promote policies aimed at encouraging people to replace their existing central air-conditioning systems with heat pumps. Although heat-pump sales already outpaced gas furnace sales last year, new research…

East 79th St Retrofit

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 14, 2023 - Industry News, Sponsor

This 160-unit residential co-op, constructed in 1961 in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood, was an early example of the white glazed brick buildings that came to characterize the area’s development projects of that era. The original building design prioritized comfortable units with large, spacious rooms in keeping with the upscale neighborhood. But the economy of means also dictated a purely functional design of the façade. As the building…