"I am not suggesting to go hog wild."
I am. WW3..against carbon. We win, energy becomes cheap again. We loose, coastal property gets cheap. Time is no longer a luxury we can afford. It's not just spending money to make more; it's spending money to use less. We need to replace 50 YO fridges in rental units with Enery Star. We need retrofitting.
We also have failing bridges, potholes on interstates, leaking sewage plants, crumbling levees, an ancient grid, subways needing watertight doors...
Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour - Chris Martenson - Part 2
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In courting tenants over the last six years, 7 World Trade Center has trumpeted its gold LEED rating, an emblem of sound environmental citizenship.
But when it comes to energy efficiency, the young 52-story tower is far from a top performer, according to data released under a city law that tracks energy use in New York buildings. It had a score of 74 — just below the minimum of 75 set for high-efficiency buildings by the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program.
On the other hand, two venerated show horses from the 1930s, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, sailed to an 84 and an 80 as a result of extensive upgrades of their insulation and mechanical systems.
And the MetLife Building, a 1963 hulk looming over Grand Central Terminal? It scored 39. Still, solace is at hand for MetLife’s owners: the Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe’s bronze-toned 1958 masterpiece on Park Avenue, posted a 3.
“I was probably as shocked as you are,” said Gerard V. Schumm, executive vice president of RFR Realty, which owns both the Seagram Building and Lever House, another glassed-in Park Avenue landmark. (It earned a 20.)
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