LOCATION: Lackawanna, New York REDEVELOPED USE: A 20-megawatt wind farm with eight turbines generating enough electric power for 9,000 residents. The wind turbines deliver power to the area power grid through electrical infrastructure that remained from the previous uses. SITE BACKGROUND: The site once housed one of the largest steel mills in the world. It ceased operations in the early 1980s and has been largely idle since. The actual ground that …

The topic of sustainable remediation continues to be prominent news. The Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) held it's10th meeting in June in Chicago. SURF is a collaborative forum focused on developing the ability to use sustainability concepts in remedial action decision-making, including brownfields. Approximately 50 people with deep interest in sustainable remediation attended the two day meeting. Attendees represented private industry, public agencies (both federal and state), universities and the development …

Washington’s Stimulus Package promised to create or save over 3.5 million jobs, with a good share of the stimulus package focused on energy and environmental enhancements. Many jobs will be created, so it begs the questions: How will these jobs be counted and how many will be truly green?   Answering these questions begins with the acknowledgement that …

Portland, Oregon's reputation precede itself when it comes to demonstrating leading-edge renewable resource initiatives. It's a mentality marked by maximum effort witnessed through civic cooperation and the rolling up of sleeves to set gold standards for green living. The latest maximum effort is reflected through a transit-oriented development aptly named MAX—as in MAX Light Rail, a commuter rail and streetcar service along key Portland corridors geared to connect regional centers. It's …

All sustainability, like all politics, is local. Those are the words of William McDonough, a veteran of the green architecture movement and a man who sees the new Obama administration as a harbinger of the sea change going on in sustainable development. "It's critical to have a large-scale strategy for the reindustrialization of the country," says McDonough. McDonough, founding principal of the William McDonough + Partners design firm, …

The city of Flagstaff, Ariz., is helping change the way people perceive getting around town—and its revitalizing a 100-year-old brownfield property in the process. A parcel of land—located at 116 West Phoenix Ave. in Flagstaff—is proving to be an ideal location to situate a new bus transfer station, deemed so for several reasons, one being that it's in close proximity to …

LOCATION: The Aurora, Ill., downtown riverfront PROPOSED USE: outdoor music venue, visitors center, botanical garden, nature education center, public market, pedestrian bridge linking east and west banks of the Fox River SITE …

Facts: Name: Aerotropolis Atlanta Project Size: 130 Acres Estimated Cost: $1.5 billion Location: Former Ford Atlanta Assembly Plant at the juncture of: The country’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, serving more than 90 million passengers …

Hotel valet doorman—when they are not assisting hotel guests or parking vehicles—have some “down time” to make observations about the vehicles that populate the city streets. Chris Nichols and A.J. Franklin were convinced that something was missing on the streets of Charleston, S.C.: A “green” taxi service. As such, the duo decided the time had come to give up parking cars and start “driving” a new trend in Charleston. Nichols …

Last fall, the Regional Green-house Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cooperative effort by 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, went live as the first mandatory, market-based CO2 emissions reduction program in the U.S. The 10-state RGGI agreement consists of participation from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The intent of the …