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Electrifying Buildings, Featuring Urban Green

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How NYC’s Public Housing Authority Plans to Transform the Market for Clean Heat

January 24, 2022 | Grist

In the late 1990s, the New York City public housing authority, NYCHA, challenged manufacturers to design a new energy-efficient refrigerator. While suburban homeowners had their pick of energy-saving fridges, no one was selling an efficient model that was small enough for a typical urban apartment.
Climate Change, Featuring Urban Green

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Tall Buildings: Good for the Housing Crisis, Bad for the Climate Crisis

August 11, 2021 | Grist

In tightly-packed places like New York City, home to more than 6,000 high-rises, many of the effects of urban canyons and urban heat are unavoidable, said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council in New York City.
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New York is spending $1B to help residents conserve energy—and save on bills

August 4, 2020 | Grist

As summer heat waves converge with a surging pandemic and an impending economic collapse, energy-efficient homes are becoming particularly critical to Americans’ well-being. New York’s state government, for its part, is eyeing a long-term solution to this conundrum.
Featuring Urban Green

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New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from the deadliest disaster: heat

August 14, 2019 | Grist

On average, heat kills more people in the United States each year than any other natural disaster. In New York City, around 120 people die from heat exposure annually. Eighty percent of them perish in their homes.

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How NYC’s Public Housing Authority Plans to Transform the Market for Clean Heat

Tall Buildings: Good for the Housing Crisis, Bad for the Climate Crisis

New York is spending $1B to help residents conserve energy—and save on bills

New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from the deadliest disaster: heat