http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:52:43 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23589 The results are in for the first study to systematically measure the effects of the city’s fledgling effort to introduce more reflective rooftops in order to reduce cooling costs and the overall heat burden on the city. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/03/opening-the-door-to-more-rooftop-farming/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/03/opening-the-door-to-more-rooftop-farming/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:18:28 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22535 The NYC Department of City Planning has proposed new zoning rules to make it easier to retrofit buildings for energy efficiency – including a provision on rooftop greenhouses.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/03/opening-the-door-to-more-rooftop-farming/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:20:51 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19299 It is no surprise that New York City holds one of the world’s densest agglomerations of people and infrastructure; but according to a new report, it is also hides a huge archipelago of potential farmland. The report, by the Earth Institute’s Urban Design Lab, identifies some 5,000 scattered acres of private and public vacant land suitable for farming–plus [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/feed/ 0