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Can New York Build a Smarter City?

NEW YORK CITY-The afternoon panel and luncheon speaker talked practical solutions for creating a sustainable city.

By Ryan Clark | Updated on February 23, 2011

NEW YORK CITY-The NYU Schack Institute’s day-long event, “Building the Smart City: Removing Barriers, Fostering Innovation” checked in for the afternoon with less theory and more application of green building practices. Themes for the afternoon focused on “livability” and public-private partnerships.

“Mark it smarter, make it greener, make it more livable,” implored John Gilbert, EVP and COO of Rudin Management. Joining a panel of development experts on the “Building the Smart City” panel, Gilbert offered a more theoretical shift in thinking about sustainability. “Vacant buildings do not consume a lot of energy,” he explained, saying that it was more important to give people tools to create efficiency in their buildings, as opposed to forcing regulations which label a building as efficient.

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