Sustainability Spotlight: Net Zero Buildings
First Net Zero School in NYC According to the Department of Energy, “generally speaking, a zero energy building produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements,…
Sustainability Spotlight: Phoencia Library Blazing a Trail for Passive House
The Phoenicia Library rose from the ashes of a devastating fire last year when it reopened its doors in an expanded space that utilizes Passive House retrofit energy standards. This…
This Week’s Sustainability Spotlight: Get Your Hands Dirty @ Your Library
We’ve previously featured Mt. Kisco Elementary’s Garden on the Sustainability Spotlight, but we thought with Earth Day coming up it was a great time to highlight libraries that are really…
FFL Participates in Governor’s Technology Education Roundtable
Great exposure for central New York libraries… Fayetteville Free Library Executive Director, Sue Considine, was proud to participate in the Governor’s Technology Education Roundtable meeting at the Tech Garden in…
The LibraryFarm is a Finalist!
The LibraryFarm, a program of the Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL), is a finalist in the Retale Community Garden Video contest. If NOPL wins, the cash prize will help them…
New York Archives Conference Grants Available
The Deadline to apply for a New York Archives Conference Professional Development Grant to attend the 2015 meeting at SUNY Fredonia, June 3-5, has been extended to May 13th, at…