Field Trippin'
This waterway is one of the most polluted industrial sites in the United States, containing an estimated 30,000,000 US gallons of spilled oil, it was proposed as a superfund site in September 2009.
What is Newtown Creek
Name one of the two offshore wind projects in New York State?
What is Empire Wind or Sunrise Wind
This represents the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with the life cycle of building materials including extraction, transportation, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and disposal
What is Embodied Carbon
This classification system was developed by Mindful Materials as a shared language for product sustainability and includes the categories Human Health, Climate Health, Ecosystem Health, Social Health & Equity, and Circular Economy
What is The Common Materials Framework
This is the inherent human inclination to affiliate with nature.
What is Biophilia
This is the carbon emitted through the day-to-day activities of a building, such as heating, cooling or electricity
What is operational carbon
Created by transforming one or more curbside parking spaces into pedestrian‑friendly micro‑public areas, this type of installation expands sidewalk space for seating, greenery, and community use.
What is a parklet
The High Line Moynihan connector is made primarily from these members, an engineered wood product made by combining multiple smaller pieces, which is capable of supporting large structures.
What is Glue-Laminated Timber
This 2019 New York State law requires an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050.
What is the CLCPA, the Climate Act, or Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
This independently verified, transparent document reports standardized, science-based data regarding a product's environmental impact across its entire lifecycle, often referred to as a "nutrition label" for products.
What is EPD (Environmental Product Declaration)
Often found in LVT flooring, this Red List material can off-gas phthalate plasticizers and VOCs into indoor air, contributing to poor indoor air quality long after installation.
What is PVC
These urban green spaces are cared for by city residents who are stewards of underutilized land
What are Community Gardens
This is an estimate, typically expressed in dollars, of the economic damages associated with emitting one additional ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and was recently valued at approximately USD 185 per ton of CO2
What is the social cost of carbon
This transportation planning strategy narrows or removes vehicle lanes to reallocate space toward safer, more sustainable options like bike lanes, wider sidewalks, or pedestrian refuge islands.
What is a road diet
The northern span of the High Line Moynihan Connector does this for 78 feet to avoid the need for an additional support column at the busy Lincoln Tunnel entrance below.
What is cantilever
The Regional Plan Association estimated that federal funding delays would add $720 million to $1.34 billion to the cost of this historic NY/NJ infrastructure project
What is the Gateway Tunnel Project
This standardized, open-format report discloses the material ingredients in building products and their associated human health hazards, providing the transparency that allows architects and builders to select healthier, more sustainable materials.
What is HPD (Health Product Declaration)
This LVT alternative is composed of linseed oil and organic fillers (such as wood dust and mineral fillers) on a burlap backing. It contains 97% natural raw materials, 61% renewable resources, and 43% recycled or reused content.
What is Linoleum
This variety of life at all levels, from genes to ecosystems, is essential to an environmentally healthy city.
What is Biodiversity
The 2009 EPA ruling that determined greenhouse gases were a threat to public health, and was recently repealed by the current administration
What is the Endangerment Finding
This is the largest above‑ground station in the New York City Subway system and features a vaulted roof of translucent Building‑Integrated Photovoltaic panels that generate on‑site power
What is Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station
This slang term is for the toxic sludge that is dredged at the bottom of Newtown creek that is a combination of oil, mud, and chemical runoff.
What is Black Mayonnaise
This New York State bill, which was signed into law in 2025, repeals the requirement that current utility payers subsidize gas hookups for new residential buildings if it is close to an existing gas pipeline.
What is The 100-foot rule.
Developed by BASF and now ubiquitous in Passive House detailing, this vapor-variable membrane changes permeability based on ambient humidity.
What is Intello (or smart vapor retarder)
This LVT alternative is made from the bark of a tree, harvested every 9 to 12 years without harming the tree. A majority of the raw material used in the flooring product is made from recycled consumer products.
What is Cork
This type of green roof system has a deeper growing medium and can support a wide variety of vegetation.
What is Intensive Green Roof
How many MW of energy NYC uses on a typical day? How many MW of battery storage NYS has committed to achieving by 2030 as per the NYS CLCPA?
What is 5000 MW; What is 3000 MW
This is a street safety improvement that restricts parking near intersections, making it easier for street and sidewalk users to see and respond to each other
What is intersection daylighting
DEP is proposing a 3.26 mile-long tunnel with a storage volume of 50 million gallons to intercept overflow at the four largest______outfalls which discharge to Newtown Creek
What is Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)
Name the Chair of the Housing Committee in City Council, State Assembly, or State Senate?
Who is Pierina Sanchez, Linda Rosenthal, or Brian Kavanaugh
Reducing the carbon footprint of poured-in-place concrete involves reducing the amount of Portland cement and replacing it with supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs). Which of the following is not currently a viable SCM? Fly Ash, Slag Cement (GGBFS), Silica Fume, Natural Pozzolans/Calcined Clay, Ground Nut Shells (GNS) or Ground Glass
What are Ground Nut Shells (GNS)
This LVT alternative is made of layers with 100% natural hardwood on top, wood on the bottom, and a highly stable core in the middle making it dimensionally stable, less likely to warp, and able to be sanded and refinished multiple times.
What is Engineered Wood Flooring
This natural process uses living organisms to remove or neutralize contaminants.
What is Bioremediation
This is the independent, nonpartisan entity under strict regulatory requirements to maintain reliability of the electric grid, which is critical to the health, safety, and welfare of all New Yorkers.
What is NYISO – New York Independent Systems Operator
These are the three original subway divisions that were unified into today’s system
What are the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit Company), BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit), and IND (Independent Subway System)