Bethpage, N.Y.-based Sustainable Long Island has announced the release of its 2011 Brownfields to Greenfield$ Manual: A how-to guide on brownfields redevelopment. …

USGBC reveals Chicago ranks No. 1 in LEED Certified Square Footage. Moreover, Illinois’ annual growth for the certification of existing green buildings continues to agressively grow. …

IDB grant to provide electricity for 1,500 homes and roadmap to spark investment in solar power in Latin America and the Caribbean …

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.   …

As the clean energy industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downturn, it's entering a stage of rapid change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty. In several key sectors, the market is shifting back toward business structures and technologies that were once abandoned, but are now being revived. …

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.   …

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.  …

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. …

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. …

A measure passed in June is expected to greatly enhance the landscape and future growth prospects for Connecticut's brownfield remediation and redevelopment efforts. …

A three-day rock concert pumped new life into the once moribund neighborhood adjacent to the former U.S. Steel South Works plant thanks to the feasibility of interim-use redevelopments. …

When it comes to urban agriculture, the implementation of it is predicated upon solving several issues. Growers and the community must have a game plan for such issues as permits, liability, retail sales, aesthetics, land ownership, and safety. …

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. …

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. …

Bolstered by federal EPA funding package, Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development is eager to put funds to use for several pet projects, starting with aggressive cleanup and remediation plan of action. …

For the financial services giant, a new cool roof recently installed on a retail branch location in Pensacola, Fla., is proving to be a solid investment of another kind.   …

Gary, Ind. is eager to embark on an economic redevelopment renaissance that might accelerate if the city is able to overcome some tricky roadblocks that heretofore have obstructed the overall effort. Fortunately, the city has a veteran brownfield specialist who sharpened her civic vision during a failed run at City Council. Now, Mary Mulligan's back with brownfields and ready to effect some serious, positive change for this Lake County, Ind. city. …