Save Our Buildings, Save Ourselves
If you ask Carl Elefante ‘80 which of New York’s most iconic skyscrapers—the 94-year-old Empire State Building or the 11-year-old Freedom Tower—is more climate-friendly, the answer might surprise you.Both have LEED-Gold certification, the energy-efficient exemplar bestowed on a building. But because of the Empire State Building’s stone façade, it has staying power, said Elefante—when the Freedom Tower’s glass façade reaches the end of its useful life, it will be torn off and thrown into a landfill.
Willow S. Lung-Amam
Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Ansley Jacobs
Program Assistant, Climate and Sustainability, Environmental Finance Center
Tara Burke
Faculty Specialist, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Seth Hanley
Business Coordinator, National Center for Smart Growth
Deok-Oh Woo
Assistant Professor, Architecture
Julie Gabrielli
Clinical Associate Professor
Kristel Sheesley
Program Manager, Environmental Finance Center
Andrew Pressman, FAIA, NCARB
Adjunct Professor
In U.S., the Journey to School Can Be Uphill—Both Ways
Around the U.S., an estimated 40 children are hit by cars every day walking to school—a statistic Karen Kali’s son became part of earlier this year. The Silver Spring, Md., middle schooler was hit and injured by a car in a crosswalk not far from his home on a bright afternoon in February.