The program will coat 1 million square feet of rooftop with white coating in 2011 with assistance from volunteers. The initiative helps meet PlaNYC's goal of reducing carbon emissions 30% by 2030.
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Keith Wilkins, the community and environmental director for Escambia County, Fla., has been on the cutting edge of remediation, reuse and redevelopment strategies in this county of 450,000 residents for more than a decade. Find out more about what makes the county tick from a community revitalization and resilience standpoint. …
The notorious 'Chemical Belt' of central New Jersey left a legacy of toxic waste sites contaminated by a host of chemicals. Under the auspices of Edison Wetlands Association (EWA), the successful first phase of the Raritan Landfill Walkway in Edison has yielded a riverfront trail opened in spring of 2010 and featuring a footbridge, recycled plastic boardwalk, butterfly gardens, native tree plantings, benches, swallow nesting boxes, kiosks and a gazebo.
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If people insist on driving their vehicles more to get around, they might as well consider using eco-friendly parking facilities that may also offer additional plug-ins for electric cars. The International Parking Institute feted 12 outstanding parking facilities in May. Read about four of them. …
The EPA's Southeast region, which includes Florida, has gotten 121 requests for brownfield funds, compared to 106 last year. Central Florida, including the Tampa metro area, has some ambitious plans in store with the funding.
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Spitzley will work with elected officials, economic development leaders and community groups to identify local priorities and objectives, learn about communities’ ongoing efforts to market themselves to prospective employers and residents, and how former GM properties fit into each community’s growth plan.
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Newly available U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant helps enable multiple cleanup efforts in the city--cleanup efforts that are intended to spark the advent of affordable housing redevelopment in the future.
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A veteran attorney who practices in the area of environmental and land use consultation, permitting and litigation for Hartford, Conn.-based Day Pitney LLP provides her insightful take on how brownfield practitioners can now look to Connecticut as another state that has crafted a progressive vision and working blueprint for local remediation and redevelopment efforts. …
Now in its 13th year, the U.S.EPA’s Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) was created in 1999 to ensure that at every Superfund site EPA and its partners have an effective process and the tools and information needed to return these sites to productive use. More than 550 cleaned-up Superfund sites have been returned to productive use or have reuses planned for them since the inception. More than 30,000 jobs at these sites have resulted in more than $1.3 billion in annual income for employees. Read how the team enabled the cleanup and mixed-use revitalization effort on the Wasatch Front.
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Not-for-profit outfit Civic Works is awarded fifth EPA brownfields training grant since 2000. Four other grants at $200,000 each had been used to train more than 200 people and place more than 150 graduates in jobs.
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With about a year to go before the opening ceremonies, the facilities that will house the 2012 Summer Olympics in London are already getting rave reviews for the green and sustainable attributes of the six already-completed competition venues--plus more. …
It isn't always easy to adopt an aggressive green building migration plan, but Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va., demonstrated it deserves an 'A' for effort and execution in a recent green conversion initiative benefiting its library. Students will have no excuse now about studying in an environmentally-pleased edifice.
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In late August, a team of federal agencies highlighted a coordinated effort in Bridgeport, Conn. that is designed to help train workers and create jobs--an initiative that is viewed as the foundation for economic recovery in the city. …
The Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Plummer, Idaho possessed alot of environmental challenges along an abandoned right of way. Among those was the removal of contaminated materials below the ordinary low water mark of Coeur d’Alene Lake and River. The seasonal timing of removal was critical to ensure the lowest water levels possible were forecasted and construction activities were scheduled for that timeframe.
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The site that was once home to a steel and coke processing facility will be transformed into a mixed-use redevelopment thanks to a sizable grant from regional utility.
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The cleanup efforts are underway at New Idria, Blue Ledge mines, to bring about change due to toxic pollutants discharged by both affecting California waterways. …
Economic redevelopment in Kalamazoo, Mich. is being explored on several fronts, one of them a plan to revitalize an historic campus footprint located on the grounds of Western Michigan University. A Kalamazoo community outreach and economic redevelopment expert has the goods on what this plan entails, and how it could serve as the springboard for more revitalization efforts in this southwestern Michigan community. …
An analysis of 51 LEED-certified green projects in Illinois found that most—specifically those that prioritized energy efficiency during the design and construction phase—use less energy than a typical commercial building. …
Projects totaling more than $100 million in commercial growth are underway. …
Just in the nick of time, brownfields are getting a much needed shot in the arm through an ambitious grants and jobs growth initiative that was outlined last Wednesday during a webinar entitled “Federal Brownfields Incentives: New Opportunities in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape.” …
