The high performing workplace, like the complicated world in which we live, work and play, isn’t necessarily simple to achieve. Such a workplace reflects the need to soundly integrate work processes, physical settings and furniture along with technology in service to the overall business needs of the organization and its larger mission. It’s also hard [...]

Telemark, Inc., a company who builds and renovates “green” houses, on Long Island, recently issued a press release that states that Telemark is the first contractor in the Hamptons to achieve accreditaton by the Building Performance Institute. The release is below. 
 
Hamptons Luxury Homes’ Telemark Subsidiary Becomes first Building Performance Institute Accredited Contractor in the Hamptons   
 
Bridgehampton, NY (April 21, 2011) [...]

Every year in February there are two things I count on. One is heavy snowstorms. Two is the annual Efficiency Vermont Better Buildings by Design Conference held in Burlington, VT at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center.
The two day conference is jam-packed with many of my favorite business people, building design, construction pros, suppliers and [...]

The Challenges of Convenience
Perhaps what’s most unique about the Keurig Single cup brewing systems is how easy it is to use and the overall convenience. Like anything in life there’s something gained and something lost with the onset of technological progress and convenience. In our time-starved world, your schedule wins in the ease of how well you make coffee [...]

Intrepid design innovators, check out Kbrewlids, a company which can help us all love coffee and the Keurig single brew system that much more. Thanks to Plasticless.com for blogging about this first. Check out Part 2 of this article for a crazy innovative idea I have about bringing a lifecycle process and mentality to the K-Cup Single [...]

Across the world, you can find mills processing and manufacturing solid wood, and engineered flooring products. These mills produce the flooring that you see in high end magazines, homes, and showrooms. As you can see from the picture above, all of this production also creates a huge environmental headache, waste.
Think of all the flooring in [...]

Reflecting over the Labor day weekend here in the U.S., hearing all of the recent unemployment numbers, all the debate about are we or aren’t we still in a recession, when will these endless wars we keep fighting end, how can we be optimistic for our children during such challenging times? As a Green architect and design [...]

There is an example right here within the UPworld Community who makes a regular practice of NetGiving.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to help the USGBC-LI support the PACE Assessment Protection Act.  The first PACE program in the nation designed to address energy efficiency was founded right here in Babylon, Long Island in 2008.  These programs are expanding businesses, creating jobs, saving energy, eliminating tons of carbon dioxide [...]

ReUse.LI is the first Long Island website dedicated to Material ReUse and the Long Island Green Community.