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One Prize 2011
11 February

ONE PRIZE is an annual design and science award to promote green design in cities. ONE PRIZE 2011 turned its focus to New York and its waterways, re-imagining recreational space, public transportation, local industry, and native environment in the city and the Water as the Sixth Borough competition received submissions from 256 people from 18 countries and 5 continents.

Entrants drew inspiring proposals for the NYC BLUE NETWORK by expanding waterborne transportation and linking the five boroughs with a series of green transit hubs incorporating electric passenger ferries, water taxis, bike shares, electric car-share and electric shuttle buses as well as providing in-water recreation, water-oriented educational and cultural activities and climate resilience. The winning teams further submitted proposals for New York City to host the world's largest cleantech event, E3NYC and establish the city as the ultimate green capital on the world.

The competition was organized by Terreform ONE.

One Prize Winner
Parallel Networks, Ali Fard and Ghazal Jafari, Canada

Honorable Mentions
Walk on Water (W.O.W.) NYC, RUX Design, USA
Enhancement of Estuary and Ecological Systems, Cooper Union Institute of Sustainable Design, USA
Network Urbanism, RDKP, USA

Sponsors:
Perkins + Will, NYC ACRE

Institutional Sponsors
Buckminster Fuller Institute, New York University, NYU Poly

Media Sponsors
Architizer, eVolo, e-architect

Partners
E3NYC

Date: January 18 - February 11. Exhibition Opening - Wednesday, January 18, 6-8pm

Location: The Center For Architecture AIA-NY, 536 LaGuardia Place (near Bleecker Street)


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Designing The Healthcare Facility Of The Future
22 February

Our February session of The Green Healthcare Forum, Designing the Healthcare Facility of the Future, will focus on innovative hospital design features, both for new construction and retrofit projects.

Sponsor: Pratt Center for Community Development

Moderator: Neil Chambers - Chambers Design

Speakers: James Firevoid - SAIC Energy; Michael Murphy - MASS Design Group,; Robin Guenther - Perkins+Will: and Neil Rosen - North Shore LIJ Health System.

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 10:00 am - 12:20 pm

Location: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center,
173 Fort Washington Avenue, Room 1 & 2,

RSVP: Pratt Center For Community Development Seating is limited. Light breakfast will be provided.


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Searching For Common Metrics
23 February

The 2nd Annual Conference on Sustainable Real Estate for the Sustainable Built Environment will explore the growing significance of energy performance and carbon emissions in real estate investment decisions. The lack of data and common performance metrics has hindered the expansion of commercial building retrofit markets in the face of uncertainty around energy savings and investment returns. A number of cities now require the disclosure and benchmarking of building energy consumption, together with a number of voluntary, industry-led initiatives. These efforts will dramatically expand the availability of data and the potential for performance indicators to inform investment and risk analysis. The Conference brings together leaders from the private, public, and academic sectors to discuss the emerging debt and equity markets for commercial building energy efficiency, the role of data and information technology in decision making, and the need for common performance metrics that cross disciplinary and professional boundaries.

Sponsors: NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate Center; Global Lead, Connected Real Estate-IBSG, Cisco Systems, Inc.; New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation; Greenprint Foundation;


Confirmed Speakers: Laurie Kerr, AIA, LEED AP - Senior Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability; Dr. Chris Pyke - V.P. for Research, U.S. Green Building Council; > Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE, MAI, FRICS, AAPI, LEED AP - Sr. Managing Director, National Practice Leader, Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Date: Thursday, February 23, 8 am-4 pm

Location: NYU, Kimmel Center, 60 Washinton Square South
To view full agenda and to register, visit:

RSVP: NYU SCPS



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Wall Street Green Summint
19 March

The Wall Street Green Summit is the longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. Launched in 2002, it covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow. Hear it here first. Summit XI is a "one-stop-shop" to come up to speed on the latest developments in green trading and finance.

Sponsors/Organizers: Toyota, Ontario Canada, bard MBA in Sustainability, Agrion, CB Insights, Global Change Associates

Date: Monday, March 19 & Tuesday, March 20

Location: Center for Architecture, New York 536 La Guardia Place

RSVP: The Wall Street Green Summit



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