Tag: Green Real Estate

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

Solar Development: Projections and Trends for the 2020’s

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The past decade proved to be an extremely volatile one for the solar industry in the United States. The outlook on the industry in 2010 anticipated high growth as it looked towards 2020, as advances in solar module efficiencies resulted in continuously declining costs. MIT research found that solar module costs fell by 97% from… Continue Reading Solar Development: Projections and Trends for the 2020’s

Songdo, Korea: Day 3

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On December 19-22, 2016, Second-Year Baker students visited Seoul, South Korea to participate in the program’s inaugural intercontinental real estate trek.  Having completed an exciting, revised curriculum that highlights the importance of the global economy in real estate, the trip enabled students’ knowledge to come full circle in their second year.  This article highlights the… Continue Reading Songdo, Korea: Day 3

Christopher Albanese: Strategy Behind the Albanese Organization and Green Development

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Christopher Albanese, President of the Albanese Organization, visited the Baker Program in Real Estate last week to offer insights to students and faculty by way of the Distinguished Speaker Series. During his time at the Albanese Organization, Albanese has been instrumental in pushing the company toward its current focus on green development. Since its establishment,… Continue Reading Christopher Albanese: Strategy Behind the Albanese Organization and Green Development

Perspectives On Timber’s Re-Emergence as a Building Material

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Public attention toward urban development naturally gravitates toward the tallest, biggest, and most prominent new fixtures in a city’s skyline.  However, equally as important, and certainly just as revered within real estate circles, are the new buildings that break new ground in their design, layout, and especially the materials with which they are constructed.   As… Continue Reading Perspectives On Timber’s Re-Emergence as a Building Material