Featuring climate smart energy choices and energy efficiency projects all across NYC! We were originally inspired to map energy in NYC by the Great Northeast Blackout of 2003, and published our first printed map on the topic in 2006. A continually evolving process, this new Open Green Map includes the best of the sites as of 2013. Want to help us add more to it? Click Suggest a Site at the top!
NYC Energy
Charting energy & climate change in NYC
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January 27, 2006
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This is an amazing park! Make sure the nature center is open before you go. Large-scale worm bin for community & for the Center’s food waste, and lots of other ways to interact. Beautiful art show...
Energy Star apartment building on the Upper West Side that employs green design using the latest in environmental science, creating apartments that are housed in an environmentally sensitive structure...
The first green skyscraper in New York City, the Conde Nast building is a 48-story office tower that was finished in 2000. Part of the 42nd Street Master Plan to promote the redevelopment of this area...
This building is primarily used by the NYC Administration for Children's Services and is the first place where children who were mistreated are taken. This building is also home to the Emergency Child...
Cloud Institute is committed to teaching, learning and thinking play on the shift toward a sustainable future. Using teacher training, bio-sculpture & other resources, they equip school systems K-12 a...
This energy, arts and education center, created by Community Environmental Center, is located in the vibrant eco-park created by People Power. Come learn and take part in a number of educational works...
A pioneer, this organic cafe is now one of dozens in NYC serving healthy, locally grown, energy-efficient vegetarian meals. This cafe revolves their food around organic, plant based cuisine and their ...
This low-cost bike shop offers youth programs, clubs (with seasonal bike rides for kids), youth internships, and other activities for youth. They hold various events throughout the year and provide fu...
This is a medium sized community garden where solar powered electricity catches the sun from the waterfall and sheds light.
This community garden is maintained by local residents in association with ...
Four new affordable Lower East Side People's Mutual Housing Association apartment buildings designed by Chris Benedict RA and Henry Gifford.
While being bike friendly, these apartment buildings are eq...
A member-run cooperative grocer in the East Village providing high-quality organic food and household products. 4th St. Food Corp stock a variety of local, organic and fair-trade goods, seasonal fruit...
The Place for Everything New York! They offer NYPD, FDNY, DSNY, and Parks Department merchandise as well as municipal publications, the Green Book (official reference guide to NY), and others.
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Most notable feature is the Statue of Liberty, a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. Now helping us all breath free, this National Park site in New York Harbor is biomass-powered.
A place where people can learn about and explore new technologies and issues related to architecture. Throughout the years, the Center has evolved to be become an increasingly important cultural insti...
This tall office tower is a renewably powered government building. While primarily being considered a green building, this government building is also home to a newly landscaped and designed public pl...
Now helping us all breath free, this National Park site in New York Harbor is biomass-powered. Ellis Island also serves as home to New York's famous Statue of Liberty.
South east of Battery Park - see - https://www.siferry.com/. Completed in Spring 2005, the Whitehall Terminal serves 70,000 daily Staten Island commuters and the features new climate control technolog...
This Museum has Manhattan's largest solar array as of 2012! 36 kiloWatts of solar is atop Museum of Jewish Heritage's south annex (the Verdesian Towers above also has solar!). Opened in 1997, visitors...
Gold LEED certified luxury residential tower.The building is the 2nd residential green building in NYC. There are 274 apartments. The building has a 2 story Limestone base and brick and glass exterior...
A beautiful community garden cultivated with a wonderful spirited sensibility plus 6B Garden has a popular performance space. Often open during the evening. Fabulous fireflies!...
Project Name: Belvidere Street
Project Type: Industrial
LEED System: LEED NC 2.2
Certification Level: Gold
42 of 69 possible points
Awarded February 16, 2011
Credit Achievement:
Sustainable Sites........
The Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator (BF+DA) is a terrific sustainability resource for New York's fashion leaders and up and coming designers and producers. BF+DA is connected with Pratt Instit...
The Greene Hill Food Co-op welcomes new members who share the work and enjoy great prices on fresh organic and local food. Serving the communities of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy and Prospect H...
41 Cooper Square, the new academic building for The Cooper Union, aspires to manifest the character, culture and vibrancy of both the 150 year-old institution and of the city in which it was founded. ...