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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Five commonly neglected areas in a building that need regular maintenance.

  Avoidable Disasters - Habitat Weekly campaign.r20.constantcontact.com

  By taking the time and money to perform regular inspections and maintenance on building systems, co-op and condo boards can avoid some of the major expenses and headaches that neglect may bring.

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC For the most reliable data, projected audit savings should be adjusted based on the property's base energy consumption.

  

  Green Financing for Capital Improvements: Difficult But Not Impossible habitatmag.com

  Despite rising interest in green technology and the savings it can provide, lenders will probably be reluctant to make loans when the money to repay the loan is expected to come from energy cost savings. Why? Lack of reliable...

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Fortunately no one was injured from a step that gave way.

  

  Watch Your Step! Staying Safe on a Fire Escape randpc.com

  Recently one morning I was at an Upper East Side building taking measurements for a Local Law 11/98 repair program. As I was walking down the fire escape from the fourth floor, one of the metal steps broke off and fell to the...

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Who you gonna call when your building has water issues? Rand's LeakBusters!

  

  Introducing Rand’s “Special Ops” Infrared Team randpc.com

  Rand's staff recently completed a professional training course to become Certified Level I Thermographers in building diagnostics.

  11 days ago
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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Our 25th anniversary ad campaign celebrates the Rand veterans who have been with us since Day One.

  

  Rand Looks Back 25 Years randpc.com

  In October of 1987, a handful of RAND Engineering, PC employees (we hadn't added the "& Architecture" part yet) set up shop on the 12th floor in a drab building in what was then a sketchy part of Chelsea , , ,

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC For buildings 50,000 square feet or more, than answer is yes. The filing deadline for benchmarking reports is May 1.

  Ask the Attorney: Does My Co-op Need to Do Benchmarking? habitatmag.com

  A reader asks: I live in a small co-op in Brooklyn, and I am president of the co-op board. Our building is self-managed. I recently spoke to a friend who is on his board and he mentioned the New York City benchmarking...

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC The general principle behind passive design is to make the building airtight, with a ventilation system constantly filtering the home’s air.

  

  Eco-Conscious Passive Houses Aggressively Hit Brooklyn observer.com

  The most exceptional thing about the house at 96 St. Marks Avenue is that it doesn’t look exceptional at all. It’s just another redbrick townhouse on a street chock-a-block with redbrick townhouses in a borough crammed with...

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Urban gardening is sprouting as developers provide land and roof space for herb and vegetable gardens.

  

  Healthier Eating Starts on the Roof nytimes.com

  WHEN Yarittzi Estevez and her 8-year-old daughter, Aaliyah Rivers, planted collard greens, zucchini, lettuce and strawberries in their Brooklyn garden last year, they did not quite know what to expect. But one thing they never...

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  RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC Confused about what your building should be recycling? This free monthly seminar by the NYC Department of Sanitation explains the ins and outs.

  

  Proper Recycling Is Complicated. Good Thing There's This Free Monthly... habitatmag.com

  The Apartment Building Recycling Initiative of New York City's Department of Sanitation offers free monthly programs to teach co-op and condo board members and others about quick and easy ways to increase recycling and cut costs.

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