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Thanks to new solar arrays atop ten city buildings, including three police stations, two schools, a fire station, and sanitation department garages, New York City has tripled its solar power production. Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement yesterday during a press conference at the offices of a new tech start-up, Efficiency 2.0.

This is a brief article about a change in home buying trends toward less square footage and in favor of higher quality of life in terms of neighborhood. It's the second in a two part series. It resonated with me because I grew up in a suburban (not McMansions by any stretch) neighborhood detached from any civic or cultural hub activity. People mostly kept to themselves and within their yards, and I always longed as a kid to be able to walk places and just observe human activity or go to a store. Had it been purely rural I might have been satisfied in other ways but it didn't really have the advantages of rural or urban life. That is the reality I think of many suburbs - yes, there is a city somewhere in the vicinity but you are surrounded by private property, so it's kind of the crud of both worlds rather than the best.

Here's a short YouTube video showing the new 1.6 Megawatt PV solar project just completed on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

NFL Pop Up Store Opens On 6th Ave- Recently renovated Green Building

Hi All, and Happy St. Patrick's Day! As this is my first post, I thought it would be fitting to give a shout to my employer, Greenstreet Inc. We are a green construction firm in New York City. "GREENSTREET is a high-end construction firm that specializes in energy-efficient, healthy and green building."