A Warming Planet
Jersey City, New Jersey
It could always be worse, right? Well, I don’t believe this is always the best approach. Like with tropical storm Henri, never materializing to hurricane status when making landfall. You may say it could always be worse, but it did wreaked havoc up the East coast with torrential rainfall.
This weekend, tropical storm Henri delivered record breaking rainfall in New Your City! The storm surge was not what they expected, as it moved slowly producing widespread flooding up the East coast. These heavy downpours inflicted terror and tragedy to Tennessee, tearing apart houses and killing more than 20 people. Watching the news, I heard some unforgettable stories of babies ripped out of their parents’ arms while the storm… Continue reading
Oculus, NYC
The time is ripe for innovation and thinking Greener! And that is exactly what NYC is doing. The city has some of the most ambitious building performance policies and regulations in the United States. These policies are reshaping our built environment while offering many new green jobs and opportunities for companies to prosper and become part of the clean green transition eliminating the need to burn fossil fuels.
Come 2024, all NYC buildings over 25Ksqft. will be required to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits or face financial penalties which are proven to be effective in forcing the adoption of new concepts and preventing opposition.
In 2025, NYC will become one of the first cities in the world to adopt predicted energy use… Continue reading
Ancient Wind Catchers
It is called a wind catcher. What is a wind catcher? It is a tall chimney like structures that protrudes from the rooftops of older houses in many middle east cities.… Continue reading
What are we waiting for!
For the world to stand a fighting chance against climate change and achieve a NetZero emission economy, businesses will need to start a clean transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and see this as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Our governments must pave the way by creating new policies and offer large short-term investments to ensure fossil fuel free electricity is readily available.
These are important roles the government and public entities must play to reduce risk for new investors to make green investments in new solutions attractive for private capital. At the same time, creating green value chains through public procurements will allow for the construction and technology industries to implement proven solutions aiding in a clean… Continue reading