Author: Urban Green Council
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The Green Economy Action Plan (w/ Nse Esema)
Nse Esema joined Urban Green Live to discuss NYC’s Green Economy Action Plan.
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Commissioning, you complete me!
Building systems are designed and installed separately, but they need to work together for a building to function as intended. Kelly Westby and Ellen Honigstock discuss how it happens.
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Unlocking Incentives: Multifamily Upgrades
In this special webinar with the NYC Accelerator and Con Edison, we unpack the utility incentives that are available to multifamily buildings.
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Historic buildings, modern policies
Dr. Erica Avrami, Nate Rogers and Kate Reggev discuss how new legislation could necessitate energy retrofits in historic buildings.
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What’s in the December 2023 rules for LL97?
The NYC Department of Buildings has released the new package of proposed rules for Local Law 97. Here’s what you need to know.
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Workforce solutions for decarbonizing buildings
Manny Pastreich, President of 32BJ SEIU, joins John Mandyck to discuss mobilizing the green workforce.
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Office to residential conversions: The carbon story (w/ David Farnsworth & Tess McNamara)
How much carbon could be saved by 2050 if NYC expanded the range of buildings eligible for office to residential conversions?
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Retrofits in occupied buildings
Hear from Trevor Smith, a construction manager with extensive experience in completing design-build energy projects in occupied buildings.
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Workforce Solutions for Decarbonizing Buildings
What will energy upgrades spurred by LL97 mean for the workforce?
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LL97 in Focus: Jumpstarting multifamily building upgrades
Local Law 97 is set to drive 25,000 retrofit projects in 5,500 prewar low-rise buildings by 2030.
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Decarbonizing finance
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander joins John Mandyck to discuss how finance can be used to advance decarbonization.
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The sustainability myth
What are the hidden costs and contradictions of NYC’s sustainability agenda? Dr. Melissa Checker joins Amy Marpman and Ellen Honigstock to unpack the “sustainability myth.”
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LL97: Unpacking the Proposed Rules (2023)
Hear from the NYC Department of Buildings on the new package of proposed rules for Local Law 97.
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Decarbonizing Finance to Combat Climate Change
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander joined John Mandyck for a conversation about his net zero plan and how finance can be a lever for decarbonization.
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Cutting down embodied carbon
Ellen Honigstock and Prateek Srivastava sit down with Stantec’s Robby Vogel to get a structural engineer’s take on strategies to reduce embodied carbon.