Tag: forum
March 1, 2018
January Forum Recap: The Green Catwalk
by Jenny Nicolas At the annual GreenHomeNYC Green Catwalk, seven speakers presented the latest information on everything from ventilation to greening the moving industry to O&M to-do lists within the sustainability space. Part 1: Eat, Breathe, Move, & Check Sustainably Changing Our Relationship with Food Ricky Stephens, co-founder of AgTech X, set. Read more…
December 4, 2017
GreenHomeNYC Year in Review: Taking on the Environmental Challenge
by Pamela Berns It’s been a year marked by extreme weather events, with hurricanes, fires, droughts, and flooding all across the globe. In the United States we saw Houston drown and Santa Rosa burn just a few months after Trump’s pullout from the Paris agreement in June. Climate advocacy groups, local policy makers, corporations,. Read more…
October 2, 2017
October Forum: Women of Green: Pecha Kucha Night
Join GreenHomeNYC and the Center on Global Energy Policy’s Women in Energy program for the “Women in Green” October Forum! Several established experts in the “green” universe 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. Read more…
April 17, 2017
March Forum Recap: Patty Noonan Memorial Policy Forum – Beware The Ides of March: Outlook for Our Sustainable Future
by Thomas Storck This year’s Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy addressed concerns over proposed policy changes made by the current White House administration to undermine ongoing sustainability initiatives. Drawing inspiration from the legacy of founding GreenHomeNYC member Patty Noonan, Andy Padian, President, PadianNYC Consulting, joined Marcia Bystryn, President, NY League of Conservation Voters, and. Read more…
December 1, 2016
It Pays to Volunteer! Meet the Winners of the 2016 GreenHomeNYC Scholarship
By Pamela Berns As an educational non-profit, GreenHomeNYC is committed to the advancement of people in the energy efficiency and renewable energy fields, especially those GreenHomeNYC volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to the organization. Says Board President Jim Henderson, “Our partnership with the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) creates a great opportunity for. Read more…
January 28, 2016
February Forum: Water Management in the City
Water is a central aspect of all of our lives, and yet the complexities we face with managing it in a city of nearly 8.5 million people, often fly under the radar. Constantly supplying it, managing demand, keeping it clean, protecting ourselves from it (i.e. sewage, storms, sea level rise, etc), using it more efficiently. Read more…
October 1, 2013
The Green Spotlight: Jordan Bonomo
Jordan Bonomo is a Multifamily Energy Auditor at Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), a long time GreenHomenNYC volunteer, head of the Green Building Tours, and a Student in Columbia University’s Sustainability Management graduate program GreenHomeNYC’s blog mentions that your interest in the environment was sparked while working on a climate change campaign for MASSPIRG. Please. Read more…
March 10, 2013
March Forum: Green Lifestyles
At GreenHomeNYC buildings are our passion, but we also recognize that the ways to incorporate sustainably aren’t limited to the buildings you occupy. Our March forum, Green Lifestyles, will focus on simple ways you can incorporate sustainability into other aspects of your life. Our panel of speakers will be focusing on everything from transportation to. Read more…
March 7, 2011
March Green Building Forum: Sustainable Stormwater Management
With Jack Coogan, OCV Architects
Adam Yarinsky, ARO and Susannah Drake, dlandstudio
Tatiana Morin, NYC Soil and Water Conservation District
Thomas O’Connor, US EPA Office of Research and Development
January 3, 2011
2011 Green Building Monthly Forum Schedule
What’s coming up in 2011 from the GreenHomeNYC monthly forum.