NEW YORK — New York City is already the second leading tech hub in the nation after Silicon Valley, but the Brooklyn Tech Triangle coalition released a strategic plan on June 18 that could help the city surpass its California counterpart.
NEW YORK — Steeplechase Plaza, a new piece of sustainable architecture, recently debuted on Coney Island — marking the first milestone in the City of New York Economic Development Corporation’s plans to breathe new life into the amusement park and resort destination.
WASHINGTON — On June 5, the USGBC announced its latest campaign called LEED Earth, which offers free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in 112 countries where LEED has yet to be pursued.
WAC Lighting introduces Tube, a new indoor and outdoor LED sconce luminaire. Precise engineering, superior optics and the latest LED technology are integrated in this highly efficient wall sconce. With its sleek cylindrical profile, Tube functions as an accent, wall wash or pathway light. Tube’s Dark Sky Friendly design prevents light pollution from spill around or up from the luminaire, according to the company. Constructed of aluminum with an etched glass lens, Tube is engineered with an integral driver and replaceable LED modules.
Varco Pruden Buildings, a Memphis, Tenn.-based division of BlueScope Buildings North America Inc., recently selected Ryan Hill as the new director of corporate engineering. Hill’s background includes 16 years of work in the construction industry, 11 of which he worked with BlueScope and its affiliates as an engineering manager and overseeing corporate accounts.
Raymond Clark, AIA, LEED AP joins the leadership team at architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK as the new senior vice president and management principal. Clark holds 35 years of experience in the architectural and engineering profession. Having started his career at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Clark has since worked his way up, serving several positions such as principal and then senior project architect and technical coordinator for various projects.
The new Cree CPY250 Series offers 35 percent improved performance to competing LED luminaires. The new CPY series offers two options of slim, low-profile designs. Plus, it consumes 75 percent less energy than traditional Metal Halide fixtures, helping users achieve payback in less than two years, according to the company. The CPY250 is available in both flat and prismatic drop lens, providing two illumination aesthetics to meet the visual, as well as the vertical and horizontal illumination performance needs of a typical canopy application.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hobbs + Black Associates Inc., an architecture firm headquartered in Ann Arbor, recently received the Honor Award in the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards from The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for its work as the architect of record on the $1.5 billion City Creek Center in Salt Lake City.
The 23-acre, 5.5 million-square-foot City Creek Center opened on March 22, 2012 and combines retail, residential, office and public spaces across 20 structures ranging from two to 30 stories tall.
NORWICH, Norfolk, U.K. — Construction on the approximately $12.2 million Norwich Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich is officially scheduled to begin in the next couple of months after Norwich councilors approved the project, dubbed “the greenest building in the U.K.”
OAK RIDGE, Tenn.