5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (127+ words) CoStar This partnership plans energy makeovers of New York office towers - Fitted offices in demand as tenants look to cut costs, SHW analysis shows --------------------------------------------------------------- - Royal College of General Practitioners prescribes sale of London HQ --------------------------------------------------------------- - Boston-area AI startup doubles its San…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (164+ words) Early on, Clarke distributed bilingual brochures in English and Spanish to storefront owners along 171st Street, explaining his initiative and asking merchants to recommend other neglected blocks worth cleaning, per The Mary Sue. That direct outreach built early trust, and local…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (580+ words) New York is exploring an inventive way to make its notoriously hot subway platforms more tolerable: capturing the heat underground and putting it to use aboveground. Success would make it the first thermal energy network tied to a U.S. train system....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (884+ words) CHINATOWN — Residents are fighting against a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility they say could have significant environmental consequences for their communities. More than 100 neighbors packed into Pui Tak Center, 2216 S. Wentworth Ave., for a meeting hosted by the Coalition for a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (686+ words) If you've ever wondered which building in the United States has the most people inside, New York City's massive residential complexes and skyscrapers might come to mind. The answer, however, depends on how "most populated" is defined. The Pentagon in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (445+ words) 10:00 AM CDT on August 21, 2026 The Armour Square Park Fieldhouse was packed Thursday night with angry Bridgeport residents, all waiting to question what exactly Amtrak had in store for their neighborhood. With local representatives 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee and Illinois Rep....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1344+ words) Steel appears to be fully protected when buried within concrete, but water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and chlorides can penetrate its pores and initiate corrosion capable of cracking, spalling, and pushing the concrete outward. A reinforced concrete column may look perfectly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (418+ words) A 2023 report by UBS states that partial retrofits can create energy savings of 10-15% in commercial builds and up to 30% for residential projects, while “deep” retrofitting work can save 40–60% of energy use in commercial developments and 60–90% in residential buildings. Here, Steve…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (461+ words) Published Aug 17, 2026 As a candidate, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to close loopholes that allowed landlords to limit compliance with the city’s landmark law capping building emissions. But later this week, landlords will have the opportunity to buy their way out…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (300+ words) By Pam Wright Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Concerned about the York1 landfill at Dresden? If so, there’s another opportunity to have your say regarding the project, according to a municipal media release. The municipality’s advice comes following the recent distribution of…...