Topics: Insights
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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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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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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.
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Zoning for Decarbonization
Proposed amendments to NYC’s zoning resolution would modernize the zoning code and make it easier for the city to meet its climate goals.
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Future-Proofing New Construction
Learn from industry experts about how you can make your building resilient to future codes and regulations.
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NYC Next: Trends for a Changing City
At our 2023 conference, we brought together experts to explain three key trends that will shape the future of NYC.
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Prioritizing environmental justice as we electrify
Sonal Jessel, Director of Policy at WE ACT, joins Zakiyah Sayyed and Anushka Maqbool to discuss how electrification must benefit historically disadvantaged communities.
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Pathways to electrification (w/ Ian Shapiro)
Ian Shapiro joined Urban Green Live to talk actionable steps for electrification in buildings.