The task force’s recommendations include rules for insulating skyscrapers and a plan to install thermostats in individual apartments.

After opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

After opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

After opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

After opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design,” an exhibition at Yale University, includes a model of the Tucson Mountain House, bottomThe main idea of an exhibition at the Yale School of Architecture is to demonstrate that green buildings can look good.

For the last two months artists have been floating around New York City on the Waterpod, a 3,000-square-foot experiment in community living and artistry.

In the General Grant Houses in Manhattan, two women are spreading the word about recycling, door by door.

Two residents of the General Grant Houses in Upper Manhattan are spreading the word about recycling, building by building.

Brooklyn Bowl, which opens this week in Williamsburg, is an environmentally friendly rock club and bowling alley.