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Mongolian-American entrepreneur aims to transform US mid-rise urban development.

Aluminum for Reflection's architectural products made in India will be produced using cleaner power. 

The program follows a smaller pilot effort initiated by GSA in May.

In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water—the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example—the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.

The 1.4-million-sq-ft project still needs environmental approvals.

Long-duration grid-scale installations led US growth, with one soon to be added in Alaska—set to be
the country's largest planned single installation, said its developer Westinghouse.

Rules are designed to reduce the sizable carbon footprint of the ubiquitous construction material.

The funds are the second major tranche of funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.

The funding is part of DOE's efforts to reduce buildings-sector energy use and costs, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy and resilience megaprojects starting and planned in New York and New Jersey pose big logistical challenges but will generate economic and quality of life benefits, said public and private industry experts at Sept. 15 ENR forum in New York City.