Author: admin
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“The Greening of Southie”: The hardhat crowd on Boston’s first residential LEED Gold building
A screening of ‘The Greening of Southie’ followed by Q/A with director Ian Cheney.
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GreenHomeNYC House Calls
GreenHomeNYC’s HouseCalls Program is an introductory presentation targeted at coop and condo boards to familiarize them with green building concepts by providing instructive case studies, conducting energy benchmarking, describing a green building philosophy and connecting them to local NYC resources. Click here to find out more about the HouseCalls Program and sign up to have…
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Adam Szlachetka
Adam worked for the New York State Assembly in Manhattan for a number of years before returning to school to focus on urban planning at Rutgers. That experience in government led to a recognition of the built environment’s impact on peoples’ livelihoods and resource usage. His current research focuses on standard land use practice principles,…
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Adam’s 2008 Green Policy Round-up: NY State
Today I’m looking at this past year’s notable green home related bills from the state legislature – all of which are financial incentive programs that New Yorkers should be aware of. The legislature reconvenes in ’09, and the possibility of a November transfer of power in the State Senate to Democratic control should be noted…
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Adam’s Green Policy Round-up
Hello Everyone! My name is Adam Szlachetka. I’ll be blogging on regulatory and legislative issues that impact green building in New York City, interesting issues related to green home design in the City, and other related topics. Just to get started, there were a few notable items from this summer
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NYC Green Buildings Open House
The 2008 NY Green Buildings Open House and Tour was held on Saturday, October 4, 2008! This, our 6th tour, featured 3 bus and 2 bicycle tours as well as 2 free walking tours (in collaboration with OHNY). Read about the participating buildings and see photos from the tour! Upload your photos to the Green…
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2008 Green Buildings Open House: Sat. October 4
The 2008 NYC Green Buildings Open House was held on Saturday, October 4. Guests visited more than 25 participating buildings in 3 bus tours, 2 bike tours, and 2 walking tours. Bus & Bike Tours [[TOC]] Walking Tours Brought to you in collaboration with Open House New York. The walking tours are full! Please join…
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Job Posting: Steven Winter Assoc.
Steven Winter Associates, Inc., a building energy firm with a huge presence in NYC (and a long-time supporter of GreenHomeNYC), is looking for an Administrative Assistant in their New York office to support 20+ building geeks and green consultants working on commercial/residential sustainable design consulting, LEED certification and residential/multifamily energy analysis. The position requires a…
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What’s going on with the site?
We’re transitioning GreenHomeNYC’s Web site from the circa-2002 technology we were using to the Web 2.0 whiz-bang-ery of WordPress. During this process, you may notice that things will move around and change. We’re confident that you’ll be able to find information more easily in the new format — for example, the ‘Ask an Expert’ archives…