Author: Phillip Eddy

Fall is just around the corner, and with it, you’ll be spending more time indoors. Join GreenHomeNYC at the August forum and discover great ways to green the inside of our homes and buildings (where Americans spend 90% of our time!). We’ll start big and learn about sustainable building materials, and then hear from designers…

June is here and with it the cooling season begins!  GreenHomeNYC is here to help you make the transition in an informed and sustainable way. Our June forum will focus on many aspects of Cooling.  We’ll start with a Cooling 101 session to get everyone up to speed, and move on to topics such as…

  GreenHomeNYC will host a forum on Daylighting the Saw Mill River on Wednesday, April 16, from 6:30–8 p.m. at the Hansgrohe – AXOR Design Studio, 29 9th Ave. Manhattan, NY.  Speakers Ned Sullivan, (Scenic Hudson), Joe Fleming, P.E., (PS&S Engineering), Rick Magder and Ann-Marie Mitroff (Groundwork Hudson Valley) will talk about working with private…

As New York City invests in a greener economy, small businesses are at the forefront of experimentation and innovation. Engineers and scientists are developing technology to address climate change. Entrepreneurs are designing business models and strategies that bring those solutions to market. And individuals from every sector, from food service to construction, are finding opportunities…

Many of us breaking into, or even currently working in the sustainability business, are inundated with information about new and exciting technologies with claims of great energy savings (and even energy generation) from devices that cost next to nothing to devices that are very expensive. The question remains, are we focusing too much on the…

The Monthly Forums Program is kicking off 2014 with our annual Green Catwalk. This is an event focused on innovation in sustainability. We’ll be bringing in several speakers and giving them just a few minutes to tell us about a particular sustainable innovation. The result will be fast, fun, and very informative. We’ve got a…

Our November forum is the last one for 2013 so we’re going to go Big! Our topic is Big Green Projects. For this forum we’ll be looking at large-scale sustainable projects and the unique challenges and opportunities that they create. Large-scale projects can not only offset a lot of energy use, but they can serve…

The field of green building and energy efficiency is fast-growing; however, women and people of color have traditionally been under-represented in leadership positions in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.  Our October forum will focus on how we make sure that the green building and energy efficiency industry evolves to embrace the diversity necessary for a vibrant…

It will take no small amount of time and effort to achieve the goal of a sustainable NYC.  To truly accomplish this, it’s critical that we emphasize the importance of sustainability to future generations.  One way to do this is through our schools and that’s the focus of September Forum, Green Schools!  We’ll look at…

New York is a city made up of islands, so Roosevelt Island, the 2-mile long island in the East River might seem unremarkable, but it features a wealth of unique systems and a rich history that are worth taking a moment to examine!  That’s why in August we’ll be doing one of our Spotlight features…