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As Costs Decline And Efficiencies Increase, Environmentally Friendly 2007-03-02 11:33:25 This story was given to us by Nelly Rabinowitz who is a great friend and source of invaluable information to Urban Core International.
The house is just plain amazing!! We’d give you the address, but she might not be ok with that
At a minimum, Nelly should be an inspiration and model for other individuals and families looking to sustainability.
We’ll get some pics soon, we promise!
As CostsDecline
And Efficiencies Increase, EnvironmentallyFriendly
Housing Goes Mainstream
By STEVE GRANT
Courant Staff Writer
When Peter and Nellie Rabinowitz of Bethany decided several years ago that
they wanted an environmentally sensitive home, they had a hard time
finding somebody to build one.
Builders said, “We’ve heard of that, but nobody does it around here.
Everybody wants a big house with as many square feet as possible, and they
don’t care about sustainable or energy efficient or anything like that,”
said Peter Rabinowitz.
Things have changed. Green build Read more:Environmentally Friendly
Seaside Revisited: A model town, 25 years later. 2007-03-01 14:10:25 Stefani from our Boca office came across this awesome SeaSide slideshow on Slate.com.
Seaside is one of the most amazing and first TND’s ever created and built. The community was designed by DPZ Duany Plater
-Zyberk one of the most respected and creative architectural firms and master planners in the world. Seaside is considered to be a “legend” of the TND’s and one of the most influential communities in the New Urbanistic world.
Thanks to the Slate for the awesome story and Stefani for finding it.
Seaside Revisited
A model
town, 25 years later.
By Witold Rybczynski
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at 7:17 AM ET
Disclosure: The Seaside Institute recently awarded Witold Rybczynski the Seaside Prize for “significant contributions to the quality and character of our communities.”
Slate.com Seaside Slide Show
Urban Core anuncia la próxima construcción del Primer Edificio Verde en Panamá 2007-02-21 17:36:31 Urban Core anuncia la próxima construcción del Primer
Edificio Verde en Panam
á
Publicación Imediata: 21/02/2007
Ciudad de Panamá, República de Panamá: Urban Core International, S.A. Anunció esta tarde que se encuentra en las primeras etapas del desarrollo del Primer Edificio Verde de la Ciudad de Panamá, en el corregimiento de Bella Vista, localizado a unas cuadras de la Avenida Balboa y el Parque Urraca. El proyecto será el primero en ofrecer la integración de los principios expuestos por el programa LEED del Consejo de Edificios Verdes de los Estados Unidos (United Status Green Building Council – USGBC), un estándar ampliamente reconocido para el diseño sostenible y las prácticas de construcción de edificios verdes.
“Creemos en el desarrollo y la edificación de edificios sostenibles e infraestructuras inteligentes, que llevarán a la Ciudad de Panamá hacia el Futuro”, dijo Aaron Newman, Socio Administrativo de Urban Core. El Sr. Newman asegura que este proye Read more:Urban
, Urban Core
Solicitamos arquitecto bilingüe [Ingles - Español] con mas de 5 anos… 2007-03-08 00:19:30 Solicitamos arquitectobiling
üe [Ingles
- Español] con mas
de 5 anos de experiencia en viviendas unifamiliares, multifamiliares y sector urbanístico. Con amplio conocimientos en Autocad, planos de construcción, Administración de obras y permisos municipales. Interesados por favor contactar Urban Core Intl a info@urbancoreintl.com
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As Costs Decline And Efficiencies Increase, Environmentally Friendly… 2007-03-02 11:33:25
Green Building,Sustainable Development,LEED
This story was given to us by Nelly Rabinowitz who is a great friend and source of invaluable information to Urban Core International.
The house is just plain amazing!! We’d give you the address, but she might not be ok with that At a minimum, Nelly should be an inspiration and model for other individuals and families looking to sustainability.
We’ll get some pics soon, we promise!
As CostsDecline
And Efficiencies Increase, EnvironmentallyFriendly
Housing Goes Mainstream
By STEVE GRANT
Courant Staff Writer
When Peter and Nellie Rabinowitz of Bethany decided several years ago that
they wanted an environmentally sensitive home, they had a hard time
finding somebody to build one.
Builders said, “We’ve heard of that, but nobody does it around here.
Everybody wants a big house with as many square feet as possible, and they
don’t care about sustainable or energy efficient or anything like that,”
said Peter Ra Read more:Environmentally Friendly
, hellip
Urban Core retains Sequil Systems, Inc. to certify Panamá’s first LEED certified building 2007-04-14 00:37:06 April 13, 2007, Panam
á City, Panamá: Urban
Core International, S.A. announced today that it has retained the services of Boca Raton, Florida based Sequil Systems
, Inc., to commission and certify the “Urban Vista” project in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Panamá City, Panamá. Urban Core
is striving to achieve the USGBC LEED Silver certification. Aaron Newman, Managing Partner of Urban Core International, S.A., as well as the project developer and owner, stated that Urban Vista is slated to be Panamá’s first LEED certified project and that “bringing Sequil on-board was like putting one of the most important pieces of the puzzle into place.” “We are very excited to work with Sequil,” Aaron Newman continued. “Sequil is a company with tremendous experience in LEED commissioning and certification. Their talent and integrity speaks for itself.”
About the USGBC LEED Program:
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is Read more:retains
El nuevo de la plaza 2007-04-17 11:42:42 El nuevo de la plaza
Está dispuesto a tomar riesgos y enfrentar cambios. A sus 29 años, Aaron Newman quiere adueñarse del concepto de “construcciones verdes” en Panamá
Yolanda Sandoval
ysandoval@prensa.com
Aaron Newman es un hombre que no le teme a los cambios radicales. A finales de la década de 1990 abandonó Nueva York para vivir en Miami, y dejó el negocio de la publicidad por el de bienes raíces.
Con estas referencias no era nada raro que en esa búsqueda de más retos le diera a su vida un giro de 180 grados y su brújula apuntara hacia un pequeño país latinoamericano.
Su empresa, Urban Core International, se había identificado en Estados Unidos como una promotora de proyectos residenciales tipo boutique, y Panamá, de acuerdo con su filosofía del negocio, era el “paraíso” de las oportunidades.
“El mercado de bienes raíces en Estados Unidos estaba debilitado, mientras que en Panamá el negocio se veía cada día más fortalecido”, afirma.
Llegó al país
Global Sustainable Investing - the Next Stage in the Evolution of Socially Responsible Investing 2007-05-16 06:09:30 This is a truly great article Urban Core International came across on sustainable investing. Mary Barrett, Managing Partner and Founder of Edgewood Partners has done an amazing job on truly showing the value of socially responsible investing.
GlobalSustainableInvesting
- the Next Stage
in the Evolution
of SociallyResponsible
Investing
Global Sustainable Investing, represents a higher standard of investing and is based on a carefully-researched universe of companies. These companies have chosen to integrate sustainable business practices into all aspects of their operations. Common sense, as well as recent studies, confirms that companies with strong corporate governance, pervasive environmental policies and collaborative management styles have less risk and perform better over time.
Edgewood Partners has developed a research methodology called ResponseAbility that helps us identify companies that are leaders in integrating sustainable business practices. Our process begins wit
Paises que dan paso al frente 2007-06-12 11:17:48 Al presente, en Panama existe el desarrollo del primer edificio verde en ofrecer la integracion de los principal expuestos por el programa LEED.
La estructura ubicara a unas cuadras de la Avenida Balboa y el Parque Urraca.
Josef Newman, socio de la firma constructura de dicho proyecto, al momento de inaugurarlo, dijo que “en
soluciones innovadoras a los complejos problemas de infraestructura y las complicaciones que se puedan
en el futuro, es una necesidad cuando se esta desarrollando un proyecto.
Las practicas de Construccion d Verdes ayudaran a la Ciudad de Panama a incrementar su crecimiento y a estar a la altura de paises del mundo”. Espana posee ya su Consejo de Construccion Verde, institucion sin fines de lucro que promueve el desarro edificios rentables y sostenibles en la industria de la construccion. El mismo se rige incluso por la certifica En partes de prensa, el presidente del Consejo, Aurelio Ramirez, senalo que la edificacion sostenible es absolutamente rentable, pues Read more:frente
Basis Retains Urban Core as Owner’s Rep 2007-06-12 10:11:32 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Urban
Core International, S.A. 011.507.399.9901, info@urbancoreintl.com
June 12, 2007, Panamá City, Panamá: Urban Core
International, S.A. announced today that it has been retained by BASIS International to provide owner’s representation and development services for two ocean-front developments in Panamá.
“BASIS has found amazing and unique properties, to which they have a vision to develop in an environmentally sensitive fashion by implementing sustainability and New Urban principles and practices in every aspect of their projects,” said Aaron Newman, Managing Partner for Urban Core International. “We are extremely excited to work with BASIS, a company that shares our vision and unwavering dedication to New Urbanism and green building,” Newman continued.
“We are looking to the future by investing and developing in socially responsible projects throughout Panamá,” said Brian Wagner, CEO of BASIS International. “Our belief is that th Read more:Basis
, Owner
Calif. sees sprawl as warming culprit 2007-06-18 15:39:26 We thought this was some very interesting news which was posted today by usatoday.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Calif
ornia is pioneering what could be the next battleground against global warming: filing suit to hold cities and counties accountable for greenhouse gas emissions caused by poorly planned suburban sprawl.
The unprecedented action is being closely watched by states that have taken aggressive steps to combat climate change — including New York, Massachusetts and Washington.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has sued San Bernardino County, the USA’s largest in land area and one of the fastest growing, for failing to account for greenhouse gases when updating its 25-year blueprint for growth.
IN ‘INLAND’ EMPIRE: 25-year growth plan needs revisions, critics say
“It’s ground-breaking. California is just leading the way for other states and jurisdictions that will ultimately follow,” says Richard Frank of the Center for Environmental Law
Coming Up - World’s First ‘Zero-Carbon’ City 2007-06-19 16:47:46 Coming Up - World
’s First
&lsquo
;Zero-Carbon
’ City
A city free of cars, pedestrian-friendly, powered by renewable energy and surrounded by wind and photovoltaic farms — all in the middle of a petroleum-rich desert. This five billion US dollar plan, which might do credit to a sci-fi film set, is envisaged for Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). When complete, in 2009, it will be the nearest thing yet to a zero-carbon, zero-waste city.
Using the traditional planning principles of a walled city, together with existing technologies to achieve sustainable development, this six sq km expanse will house an energy, science and technology community.
Called the Masdar (meaning ‘source’ in Arabic) Initiative, this ambitious plan for a ‘Green City’ is being driven by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a private, joint stock company established and wholly-owned by Mubadala Development Company.
‘‘As the first major hydrocarbon-produ
Urban Core International Launches Redesigned Website 2007-07-12 18:10:47 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 12, 2007; Panamá City, Panamá: Urban
Core International
, SA, announced today the launch of the redesigned Urban Core
International website, located at http://www.urbancoreintl.com. Based in Panamá City, Panamá, and with projects throughout Florida, Urban Core International’s site brings together all of the company’s accomplishments and information in a sleek, streamlined environment. The site contains a “Featured Projects” section, News and Press, interactive blog, and podcast as well as a thorough library and resource guide. A Spanish website is also in development as well.
Urban Core is a premier developer of boutique residential buildings and communities, and continues to be a leader in sustainable development. Among Urban Core’s current featured projects include Urban Vista , Panamá City’s first LEED-certified residential building. Located in the beautiful Bella Vista neighborhood, Urban Vista features smarthom
LEED Energy Performance Requirements to Increase 2007-07-11 10:58:59 JULY 11, 2007 —
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) membership has passed a vote to increase the standards that all projects must meet in order to become certified by the organization’s LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) program.
Now, the projects must achieve at least two “Optimize Energy Performance
” points, which the organization expects will improve energy performance of all LEED-certified buildings by 14 percent for new construction and seven percent for existing buildings. The change was sparked by USGBC’s desire to create solutions for climate change.
To help projects achieve the new energy reduction requirements, a prescriptive compliance path is currently under development as an alternative to energy modeling.
“Improving energy performance will immediately increase the LEED Green Building Rating System’s impact in reducing building energy related greenhouse gas emissions,” says Tom Hicks vice president Read more:Requirements
Healthcare Sector Lags in Green Building Practices 2007-07-11 08:29:32 $28 billion worth of healthcare facilities are under construction in the United States here in 2007, but only six percent of those buildings will go green. In a report that was recently released by McGraw-Hill in cooperation with Turner and USGBC, practitioners cited a variety of factors for this unacceptably low statistic in such an enormous sector of the construction industry. While a majority of the participants in McGraw-Hill’s report “perceive[d] an energy cost savings of more than 10% in green facilities over traditional buildings,” seventy-six percent agreed with the statement that “green building creates an unjustifiable cost premium,” eight-two percent agreed with the statement that “we are not convinced on the ROI from green building,” and fifty-seven percent of respondents stated that “lack of knowledge about green techniques [is] the biggest obstacle to green building.” The American population is aging in an unprecedented fashion, and it’s absolutely imp Read more:Building
, Green
, Healthcare
Recommeded Reading To Promote “Green” Education 2007-07-25 08:41:34 Panama City, Panama; July 25th, 2007: Urban Core International, SA, announced today it has added a &ldquo
;Recommended Reading
&rdquo
; section to the Urban Core International blog. The blog is located at urbancore.wordpress.com <http://urbancore.wordpress.com> . This new section highlights important books and texts Urban Core feels will enhance reader’s understanding and education of green practices today. Books include The Lazy Environmentalist by Josh Dorfman, Live Earth’s Global Warming Surviving Handbook, and The SmartCode V8.0, a guide to urban development and planning by Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company. New books and texts will be updated consistently. Urban Core hopes that by keeping readers informed of up-to-date information, they will be better consumers and live and work greener lives.
Urban Core International, S.A. is focused on the development of boutique residential and commercial property in and around Urban Cores. Our mission is two fold; to develop Read more:Education
, Green
, Promote
Real Estate Execs Land ‘Responsible Property Investing’ Strategy 2007-07-25 07:35:36 Real Estate
Execs Land &lsquo
;Responsible
Property Investing
’ Strategy
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2007 — More than 80 percent of real estate executives said their organizations are committed to going beyond the minimum legal requirements to address social or environmental issues according to a recent survey, and 90 percent of respondents said pursuing responsible property investing (RPI) strategies are an increasingly important business strategy.
The survey, conducted by the Urban Land Institute, shows that the real estate industry, including investing companies and developers, is increasingly adopting a “triple bottom line” business approach that measures success in terms of economic, social and environmental value.
RPI is an outgrowth of socially responsible investing that started several years ago and has grown into a broad movement encompassing far more than the financing and development of buildings that meet energy efficiency standards, according to Stephen Blan Read more:Real Estate
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