Tag: green building

Greening the Grid: Energy Efficiency and Real Estate Retrofits with Cullen Kasunic

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Recently, Cornell’s real estate graduate students got a front-row seat to learn about increasing building energy efficiency, sustainability, and creating and growing a company from the ground up.  BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based energy technology startup rapidly greening American cities.  Since its founding in 2014, the company has completed energy retrofits in nearly 1,000 buildings.  Their… Continue Reading Greening the Grid: Energy Efficiency and Real Estate Retrofits with Cullen Kasunic

Moving Towards a Healthier Office

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The average office worker typically spends more than one third of his or her day indoors. The conditions that a worker is exposed to indoors may potentially have an effect on their overall health. In 2013 Delos Company founded The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) with the goal of improving individual health and wellbeing through… Continue Reading Moving Towards a Healthier Office