There’s Green IT and there’s IT that greens. The City of New York, IBM, Columbia University, Polytechnic Institute of NYU and City University of New York have teamed up to turn the Big Apple into a mecca for sustainable structures. In establishing the NYC Urban Technology Innovation Center, which will reside in Columbia University, the [...]
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Scientific American has a neat article and slideshow that details the $5 million, 65,000-square-foot green roof atop the United States Postal Service’s Morgan Processing and Distribution Center in New York City. Installed in 2008, today it not only plays host to a thriving assortment of trees and flowers — and million dollar views — it [...]
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