The Emerging Professionals of Urban Green Council represent a coalition of young professionals in the New York City area intent on developing opportunities in the green building movement for future leaders.

EP is a programmatic committee supported by a core Leadership group and several sub-committees.  These young professionals work to create programming for New York City's community of emerging leaders in green building, and also participate on the national level through U.S. Green Building Council's EP iniatives such as the Natural Talent Design Competition and the EP Academy.  They host a monthly educational forum on green building, develop community-building social events, and arrange green building tours in New York City.

2013 LEADERSHIP

EP CO-CHAIRS:
Lee Beckman, MechoSystems
Justin Chan, Skanska

COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR:
Omer Kalafatoglu

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE:

EVENTS

EDUCATIONAL FORUMS
When: 1st Tuesday of every month
Where: Held in Skanska's LEED-CI Platinum space on the 32nd floor of the Empire State Building
What: After EP updates and a round of introductions, we launch into the topical education session.  We aim for educational speakers who can provide CE credits,and topics based on expressed interests of the group. It's always followed by happy hour at Heartland Brewery, in the basement of the ESB!

SPECIAL EVENTS
Project Haiti Fundraiser, Design Charrette Competition, EP Career Fair, LEED GA Crash Course, film screenings, green building tours, bike tour & pub crawl, EP retreat/field trip, and volunteer days.

2013 EVENTS
January Forum: NYC's First Net-Zero School | January 8
February Forum: Biomimicry + Architecture | February 5
Film Screening: Carbon Nation | February 20
March Forum: The Solar Sandy Project | March 5
Fundraiser: Help Rebuild Staten Island with Habitat-NYC! | March 21
Green Building Tour: 200 Park Avenue, Gibson Dunn Law Office | April 16
Earth Day Volunteering: Pitch In, Pick Up | April 20
May Forum: PlaNYC Programs to Reduce Emissions | May 7
Special Event: Networking for the Next Generation of Sustainable Building Professionals | May 16

Archive of 2012 EP Events

LEARN MORE

Want to stay up-to-date? Join our Google Group for all announcements, and check out our Facebook for more updates.

Have questions? Contact us at emergingprofessionals[at]urbangreencouncil.org

GET INVOLVED

EP Committees | The Emerging Professionals of Urban Green Council are entirely comprised of young professionals volunteering their time and expertise to develop educational programming and networking opportunities in New York City.  If you'd like to get involved, apply for a committee position during our annual elections every November.

EP Membership | Become a member of Urban Green Council, and support our advocacy, education and research efforts.  Urban Green recently introduced an EP membership level that has all the benefits of our regular membership for recent college grads under age 30.  Sign up today!

SPONSORSHIP

The Emerging Professionals are able to organize events in part due to generous contributions from event sponsors, as well as the support of Urban Green Council. If you would like to sponsor or host an event, please contact the Emerging Professionals Liaison at Urban Green Council.