Design Flood Elevation News Today

Governors Island in New York Harbor will be home to a new climate-solutions center called The New York Climate Exchange. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), The Exchange will develop and deploy solutions to the global climate crisis while also acting as a regional hub for the green economy. New York’s Stony Brook University will serve as the center’s anchor institution.

Running entirely on electricity generated on-site, the 'new york climate exchange' is planned by SOM as a model for sustainable architecture.

The Monroe County Commission on Thursday agreed to move forward with a series of land-use changes to long-standing policies on floodplain and downstairs enclosure regulations after Realtors, contractors and title

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEP announced emergency rulemaking for the Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules. The emergency rules will, amongst other things, raise the requirement for design flood elevation in a fluvial flood hazard area.