NEWS

Phius Design Certified: Congratulations to La Olazul

  We are proud to announce that La Olazul project is officially Phius Design Certified! This important milestone ensures the project is designed to hit all the energy targets outlined […]
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Future Housing Initiative: Project Progress & Next Phase Launch

Bright Power and Building Energy Exchange joined forces to launch The Future Housing Initiative—an endeavor to help drive the transition to low-carbon, multifamily housing with real world data and analysis […]
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Bright Power Announces new CEO and Chief Strategy Officer

March 30, 2023 – NEW YORK, New York – Bright Power, Inc. has announced a transition in leadership that is new, yet familiar. Jeff Perlman, who founded Bright Power 18 […]
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Problem Solved: Cutting Carbon Emissions to Avoid Fines

Watch the video here! As part of our Problem Solved series, Habitat spoke with Darren Johnson, a senior accounts manager at Bright Power. Figuring out an upgrade path to meet the requirements of the […]
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2022 Women in Construction: Emma Kurihara, Bright Power

Emma Kurihara, Senior Project Manager at Bright Power, was spotlighted in NYREJ’s 2022 Women in Construction this week. What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the […]
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A Delicate Balance: Weighing Embodied vs. Operational Carbon, Part Two

In this all-hands-on-deck moment for the climate, construction industry professionals have an incredible opportunity to significantly reduce their work’s immediate carbon impact at little to no cost, with tools and […]
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Adding solar to California apartments could get easier — if regulators go along

The vast majority of California’s rooftop solar has been installed on single-family, owner-occupied homes. But Dover Janis, CEO of San Diego, Calif.-based startup Ivy Energy, sees apartment buildings as the state’s rooftop-solar future […]
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How to Solve Sustainable Construction’s Affordability Problem

In an era of high costs and limited materials, construction firms aim to make greener building more cost-effective with inventive products and methods […] “A few factors drive the cost […]
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Lottery opens for 117 affordable units at health-focused complex in Brownsville, from $959/month

Applications are now being accepted for 117 newly constructed apartments in Brooklyn. Located at 535 East 98th Street in Brownsville, Vital Brookdale is a health-focused mixed-use residential development that is part of New […]
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