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  • The Definitive Guide To The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010

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    Curious about what’s in Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, commonly know as “Cash for Caulkers”? Construction Software Advice has a excellent and thorough run down of everything in the proposed legislation, including details of each of the thirteen retrofit types eligible for funding.

  • July forum: Biofuels

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    With Catherine Barton, Principal, The Pinwheel Group Inc; Paul Miller, President, 308 E 79th Street Cooperative Board; Gene Pullo, CEO, METRO Biofuels.

  • Max Brenner

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    Max is an undergraduate architecture student at the University of Virginia. He is interested in sustainable home design and energy politics, and looks forward to the learning opportunities GreenHomeNYC will provide.

  • Brian Rahm

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    Brian is an environmental engineer who has engaged in research on groundwater contaminant remediation, water and wastewater treatment, and greenhouse gas emissions from municipal facilities. He currently teaches in the after-school program at the American Museum of Natural History (and no, he still hasn’t seen Night at the Museum). He recently earned his LEED Green…

  • Coming this fall from GreenHomeNYC: a DIY street festival!

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    Coming this fall… The New New York, GreenHomeNYC’s revolutionary interpretation of the typical New York street fair. Get it in your schedules now: Saturday, October 2, 2010, all day. Third St between Bond and Hoyt in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. We’re bringing to the street the latest education, products, and visions for a greener New York…

  • A brighter future: three solar zones created in NYC

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    On June 8, Mayor Bloomberg and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri, in conjunction with Sustainable CUNY, announced the creation of three Solar Empowerment Zones in the City. The zones have excellent potential for solar power. Being inside one of the zones gives technical assistance, and streamlined paperwork for getting solar installations authorized.

  • Christina Ficicchia

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    Christina became interested in sustainable development while obtaining her undergraduate degree in Biology at Boston University, where her plans to study medicine began to shift to environmental quality issues. She went on to obtain a Masters Degree from Pratt Institute in City and Regional Planning focusing on sustainable development and environmental best practices. She has…

  • Buildings, climate change and behavior

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    GreenHomeNYC board member Alison Novak reflects on behavior and green buildings. Recently I’ve been hearing too much of the same depressing argument: we can’t solve climate change through technology alone but the masses of consumers won’t alter their behavior until there is a direct economic cost to them, such as vastly higher fuel costs. Then I…

  • June forum: Bright Lights Big City

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    With filmmaker Ian Cheney and Dark Sky advocate Susan Harder

  • New York Times: Showing the Benefits of ‘Green’ Retrofits

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    Tuesday’s New York Times discussed the economics of green retrofits, and the Deutsche Bank/Living Cities Building Energy Efficiency Data Report — The practice of retrofitting buildings with simple, environmentally friendly technology like more-efficient boilers and better-quality windows has been around for years, but there is little research on how much energy these changes actually save…