New sustainable development boss.The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side announced the appointment of Susan Kaplan as Director of Sustainable Development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union for the Authority. A senior project manager who joined the Authority in 1990, Kaplan was the Authority's owner's representative for the Solaire, the nation's first green residential high rise. Throughout her tenure, Kaplan acted as a liaison between the Authority and the development teams overseeing the sustainability aspects of all projects at Battery Park City. "She is simply tops in the field of sustainable development and we are extraordinarily lucky to have her at Battery Park City," said James Gill
James Gill is the lead guitarist for Amory and the former bass player for New Jersey post-hardcore band, Senses Fail. , Chairman of the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. "Susan has been invaluable to our mission at Battery Park City to build green and show the world that development does not have to come at the expense of the environment." Kaplan is a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Green Building Council New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Chapter and the leader of one of it's national technical committees. The Battery Park City Authority is a public benefit corporation created by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Legislature in 1968 to develop a 92-acre site at the southwestern tip of Lower Manhattan. Parcels are leased to developers who build in accordance with BPCA BPCA British Pest Control Association BPCA Battery Park City Authority (New York state) BPCA Business Products Credit Association BPCA Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2002 (US) guidelines, which now incorporate green provisions mandating state-of-the-art environmental specifications to maximize energy efficiency and minimize water usage. |
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