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Recovery Through Retrofits

May 19, 2021 | Urban Green Council

The Empire Building Challenge has two chief economic benefits: New York could become a global leader in scalable low-carbon retrofits for big buildings, and generate thousands of green jobs in the process. Opportunities to get retrained and transition into green collar jobs are coming. But how many jobs could these retrofits create and what skills will new recruits need?
Featuring Urban Green, LL97

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A New Digital Tool to Help Co-ops and Condos Cut Carbon Emissions

May 14, 2021 | Habitat Magazine

The Department of Buildings (DOB) has unveiled new digital resources designed to help co-op and condo boards and their property managers comply with the looming Climate Mobilization Act.
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Tomorrow’s Sustainable Buildings Need Today’s Staff To Get Schooled

May 11, 2021 | Bisnow

Mandyck’s experience speaks to how the ongoing revolution in sustainable building technologies — better energy efficiency, measuring energy usage and even carbon emissions, and electrifying heat and air conditioning systems — requires increased investment in both technology and education.
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The Empire State Building's Green Retrofit Was a Success. Will Other Buildings Follow Suit?

May 10, 2021 | Time

“We understand that this is costly,” says John Mandyck, CEO of the Urban Green Council, which advocated for Local Law 97. “But we’re doing this for a reason. We’re doing it to protect our city from the impacts of climate change.”
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John Mandyck on Carbon Trading and Real Estate Sustainability

April 22, 2021 | The Real Deal

The Real Deal caught up with Urban Green CEO John Mandyck to discuss New York’s milestone climate policy, climate tech’s potential to create healthier and more equitable neighborhoods and Urban Green’s vision for a market to trade carbon credits.