Author: Theresa Heller
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Monthly Forum: Sustainable Policy 201
For many years, GreenHomeNYC has dedicated an annual Policy Forum in the name of Patty Noonan, a GreenHomeNYC Founder and a trailblazer in sustainability who helped change the industry before we lost her way too soon. Her work with the Housing Partnership started the first replicable efficient affordable housing demonstration in the region, and paved the…
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September Forum – Spotlight on Hudson Yards
GreenHomeNYC, AEE-NY and ASHRAE New York are co-hosting a special September Forum focusing on one of the largest and potentially greenest construction projects in New York City in recent years — Hudson Yards. Developed by Related Management, this multi-building complex on Manhattan’s far West Side is not yet complete but is already providing valuable feedback about its many green…
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Monthly Forum: April Forum – Sustainable Food Systems
Food waste. Food surplus. Whatever term you use, we throw away a lot of food! In total, New York City’s waste stream is roughly one-third organic material. According to the food hierarchy from the EPA, the highest and best use for food is human consumption and the least preferable option is landfill or incineration.…
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March Forum – Patty Noonan Memorial Policy Forum – Beware The Ides of March: Outlook for Our Sustainable Future
With the recent changes in Washington, many have decried how the future of a good sustainable agenda is threatened. Many have faced these threats in the past, and hope to give a positive message, and a series of solutions, to continue the fight. This annual policy forum is dedicated to the late Patty Noonan, a…
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January Forum: Green Catwalk
Join us for our annual kick-start to the New Year! Happy New Year from the Monthly Forums Group! Once again, we’ll be bringing you a whole new lineup of interesting topics, and January brings you the annual Green Catwalk, featuring a multitude of hot topics for 2017. Join us to hear current updates and…
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May Forum: Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy – Taking on the OneNYC Challenge
Upcoming Event! With Earth Day still fresh on everyone’s minds and the beginning of Summer around the corner, there is the inevitability that soon the energy use in NYC buildings will be going up. But wait- isn’t the city encouraging a decrease our carbon output? And aren’t buildings a top producer of carbon? Yes and Yes! That is why…
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January Forum: 2016 Green Catwalk
Join us for our annual kick-start to the New Year! Happy New Year from the Monthly Forums Group! We’re bringing you a whole new lineup of interesting topics this year, and January brings you the annual Green Catwalk, featuring a multitude of hot topics for 2016. Join us to hear about trends and regulations affecting solar…
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Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy: Leap-frogging toward the low carbon city of 2050
April’s Forum will be the annual Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy. Click Here to Register! In September of 2014, Mayor DiBlasio released the “One City, Built to Last” Plan, which unveiled a historic goal for NYC- to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and to chart a long-term…
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November Monthly Forum Recap: Environmental Policy: NYC’s Next steps
By: Brigitta Berze The topic of the evening for the GreenHomeNYC’s November forum, hosted by Trespa Design Centre in downtown Manhattan, were the NYC policies and actions created under the new political figures in regards to Environmental Policies in NY. The night included three speakers: Clare Donohue, founder of the grassroots group Sane Energy…
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November Forum: Environmental Policy: NYC’s Next Steps
With just about one year finished with a new Mayor and new City Council, this forum will focus on some of the new policies and actions New York City has seen under this administration, as well as see some of thing things that are on the horizon for Environmental Policy in the City with new…