A team of students from Harlem’s Columbia Secondary School received the Best Management of Water Resources award at the national Future City STEM competition, held in February in Washington, D.C. The contest encourages middle schoolers to design cities to solve societal issues. Aileen Colon, Amalia Dayle, Annette Salas, Amber Springer and Sophia Vinasco created their city, Cosmopolis, with help from teacher Philip Hubbard, and won Future City’s regional heat in January, according to a press release. Bentley Systems presented the national award. Students from Edlin School in Reston, Va., won the competition’s grand prize.

The New Sunshine State?

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in March that he would set aside $1.4 billion for renewable energy projects, mostly solar in nature, which his office called the largest such commitment by a state. “We believe the future is a clean energy economy,” he said, criticizing the Trump administration’s focus on fossil fuels. The 26 large-scale projects that will benefit include a hydroelectric facility in Lewis County, a wind farm spanning Allegany and Cattaraugus counties, and 22 utility-scale solar installations statewide. The Solar Energy Industries Association, in a release, called it a “historic commitment to solar energy.”

NYC’s Infrastructure Payday

纽约建筑大会分析说，纽约市预计将获得28亿美元的资本支出。该市希望在2018年将支出从2018年的90亿美元增加到118亿美元，并在2020年又筹集了17亿美元。分析还发现，从2018财年开始，资本承诺将是“前所未有的” 796亿美元，至2022年。”我们对市长（Bill）de Blasio提出的核心基础设施的投资水平感到兴奋。

NYBF Gives $65K in Grants

The New York Building Foundation (NYBF) has given $65,000 to nonprofits that help to advance the design, construction and real estate industries. Recipients of the grants are: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Program; Center for Architecture Learning by Design’s NY program; NY Helmets to Hardhats; Science of Smart Cities program at NYU Tandon Center for K12 STEM Education; Pathway to Apprenticeship; and the Puerto Rico Relief and Rebuilding Fund.