Author: Urban Green Council
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Innovations in sustainable construction
This 2018 conversation between the late Michael Deane and Ellen Honigstock touches on eliminating construction waste and innovations at the intersection of sustainability and construction.
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Financing Energy Upgrades 101 (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our Financing Series with NYC Accelerator, we discussed equipment loans and ‘energy-as-a-service’ contracts.
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Financing Energy Upgrades 101 (Part 1)
Looking to reduce costs in your building? This panel with NYC Accelerator breaks down the barriers to financing your energy upgrade projects.
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Waste Heat Energy Recovery Technologies
Learn about waste heat recovery and the state-of-the-art technologies that are available to help you optimize energy use in your building!
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Embodied carbon 101
Embodied carbon will play a key role in our path to decarbonizing buildings. Aurora Jensen joins Shruti Narkar to discuss how.
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Achieving science-based net zero (w/ Karl Downey)
We sat down with Karl Downey to discuss the Science Based Targets Initiative and their Building Sector Guidance.
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There’s a better way to assess building energy
Current benchmarking of building performance provides data on a monthly basis. Taylor Duncan and Molly-Dee Ramasamy think we can do better.
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Exploring equitable electrification
Urban Green’s Chris Halfnight, Danielle Manley and Adam Schiabor sat down to discuss our latest analysis on equitable electrification in NYC.
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The new NYC Bureau of Sustainability (w/ Laura Popa)
We sat down with Laura Popa to discuss the new Bureau of Sustainability and its priorities for the coming months.
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Exploring equitable electrification
A look at where Grid Ready meets NYC’s Environmental Justice Areas.
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How a global pandemic shifted NYC’s energy use
NYC site energy use and carbon emissions both decreased in 2020.
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LL97 RECs: Balancing flexibility and decarbonization
Renewable energy credits have the potential to be a major LL97 compliance path for 2030.
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Five things to know about the 2022 LL97 proposed rules
The DOB has released the Proposed Rules for Local Law 97. Here’s what you need to know.
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Damned if we don’t: A push to decarbonize buildings
At our 2022 conference, we addressed the barriers to electrification and how we plan to break them.
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What’s next for healthy buildings (w/ Dr. Joe Allen)
Dr. Joe Allen is back on Urban Green Live to discuss highlights from his new book!