Category: Monthly Forum

Though the trend is beginning to shift, when most people think of standards and sustainability, they think of LEED.  It’s inarguably the best established standard, but certainly not the only game in town!  With our July forum our goal is to give an overview of four of the other options that are out there:  Passive…

Join us for our June Forum where several established “women in green” will take the stage to talk about the myriad paths that lead them to where they are now in the sustainable field.  The only catch is, the presentation will be Pecha Kucha format, where each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds – that’s six minutes and forty…

by Claire Brown On February 20th, GreenHomeNYC held its Green Building Monthly forum on “Building in Flood Zones” at The Trespa Design Center.  Presentations were given by: Albert Wei of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Professor Lance Jay Brown, and Julia Ragragio Ruiz of Columbia University’s Sustainability Management Program. .  Mr. Wei’s presentation, “Design for Coastal…

Transportation is such an integral part of our lives that it’s easy not to think about it.  That’s why we’re taking a magnifying glass to it for our April forum!  We’ll be examining many different aspects of transportation and looking at ways they can each improve as we move forward.  We hope you’ll join us!…

It’s been three months since Sandy hit NYC and the surrounding area, and it’s still very much a topic of conversation.  Relief efforts continue and many are examining how we can improve our ability to withstand another similar weather event.  In our February forum we’ll take a look at this issue by examining what work is being…

Join us for our first forum of 2013!  As is traditional for January, we’ll be having a Green Catwalk Forum.  These forums focus on the new or little-known aspects of Green Building and we try to book as many speakers as we can to get a broad spectrum of ideas.  This year is no exceptions, we’ll…

As we edge closer to 2013, the GreenHomeNYC Monthly Forums Committee is looking for volunteers interested in working with us next year.  In case you’re not familiar with what we do, our committee puts together building forums each month based on topics we choose at the beginning of the year.  We reach out to and…

Join us in October for our last forum of 2012!  We’ll be taking an in-depth look at Sustainable Cultural Institutions.  These buildings often have high energy demands and to build and operate them sustainably can be a tough task. We’ll be taking in a breadth of cultural institutions.   We’ll have speakers presenting on the…

On July 18th GreenHomeNYC held its Green Building Monthly Forum on Water Efficiency at the TOTO Showroom. The forum was moderated by Gunnar Baldwin, a Water Efficiency Specialist at TOTO USA. Panelists included Joe Schaffer, a professional engineer of Green Environmental Associates, who presented on reducing storm water runoff, Brendan Shea of Recover Green Roofs, who presented…