Sustainable Research Assignment Green Building Renovation Rahsaan L. Browne Spring 2021 With the effects of climate change becoming even more profound New York plans to be carbon neutral by 2050. Residential and commercial buildings are some of the biggest polluters. Even with the initial cost for energy efficiency being approximately 1-12 % higher, varying by the building type going “Green” can be more cost-effective for the owner. Our project was to locate an existing building that our developer/re-development team would benefit from upgrading or renovating. I live in the town of Valley Stream a suburb in Nassau County in Long Island and very little of the town is undeveloped. On our commercial and industrial strip, I was able to find a site that I believed would benefit from “Green” building renovation/retrofitting.