Tag: global warming
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Mid-century dilemma
New York City is looking to figure out what to do with their tens of millions square feet of commercial office buildings that were built mid-century. This is the generation of buildings which that entailed the wholesale destruction of historic buildings which in turned became a major impetus for the historic preservation movement. These…
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The New Normal
A recent article in the New York Times, “The Generator is the Machine of the Moment” talks about changes to building projects to make them more resilient to Hurricane Sandy type storms. The changes are straight forward changes to the building systems, such as moving mechanical systems out of the basement, flood proofing the basements and…