Sky High Green
NEW YORK — The city’s second-tallest skyscraper is now one of New York’s greenest buildings.
The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, home to the bank’s New York operations, achieved LEED Platinum certification recently, marking the first time in U.S. history that a high-rise commercial office structure has attained LEED’s highest green building rating. 
USGBC Launches LEED Neighborhood Development
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council recently launched the LEED for Neighborhood Development green neighborhoods rating system.
Suppliers: Big Ass Fans
During a recent renovation of the 236,000-square-foot Lied Recreation Athletic Center at Iowa State University, the project team installed 22 large-diameter fans to improve comfort and ventilation.
Calif. Releases $961 Million for School Construction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state agency responsible for issuing funding for new public school construction and modernizations recently awarded $961 million to 185 schools seeking financing for construction and renovation projects.
Projects include more than $283 million for construction at overcrowded schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, $52.5 million for new construction in the Murrieta Unified School District and $41 million for new construction in the Adelanto School District.
Read More Wind Farm Approved at Cape Cod
WASHINGTON – A $900 million, 130-turbine wind farm planned for a site just off the coast of Cape Cod in the Nantucket Sound received final approval from the federal government, opening the door to building the nation’s first offshore wind farm and marking the end of a nine-year struggle to approve the project.
The Cape Wind project has undergone a comprehensive review by 17 federal and state agencies over the past eight years, and opposition from legislators, residents of Cape and islands, and other critics.
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Read More Platinum Project Protects Puget Sound
Green Construction and Design Highlights
• Douglas Fir beams salvaged from the demolished Tacoma Municipal Dock were used for ceilings and walls. Benches were made from reclaimed granite sidewalk curbs.
Read More Q&A: Integrated Solar
Marty Low is CEO of SRS Energy, a Philadelphia-based developer of integrated solar roofing products that provide renewable energy while 
serving the structure functionally and aesthetically.
The company’s Sole Power tile is designed to blend with several styles of the US Tile Co.’s clay roofing tiles, eliminating the need for obtrusive solar arrays.
Read More New School U. Expands
NEW YORK — The New School University recently introduced a plan to build a $353 million, 365,000-square-foot university hub on its Greenwich Village campus.
Center for Energy Efficiency
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ingersoll Rand recently debuted its Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, an organization created within 
the company to provide information on energy-efficient technologies for commercial buildings and select industrial applications.
the company to provide information on energy-efficient technologies for commercial buildings and select industrial applications.In St. Paul, the announcement was coupled with a ceremony dedicating Trane’s White Bear Lake facility as a LEED Gold certified building.
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