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How Doable are Renewables in NYC?
July 1, 2020 | Rebecca Elzinga
Can a city of over eight million really switch to renewable power? Urban Green Council’s 2020 conference, Unlocking the Grid: Getting Renewables to NYC, explored just that. Aiming to bridge the divide between skepticism and aspiration, experts across four panels discussed the advancements and impediments to NYC’s renewable future.
LL97
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Are you a Quitter or a Retrofitter?
June 26, 2019 | Rebecca Elzinga
New York City’s newly passed Local Law 97, the most ambitious climate legislation for buildings enacted by any city in the world, is poised to redefine the retrofit market.
Resiliency
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Making Money Moves: Finance & Resilience
October 31, 2018 | Rebecca Elzinga
Rebecca Elzinga recaps our 2018 Conference, Weathering the Storm: The Intersection of Reslience & Finance.
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Air Source Heat Pumps: Not Just a Pipe Dream
February 21, 2018 | Rebecca Elzinga
NYC buildings rely most heavily on fossil fuels for space heating and domestic hot water production. That means that by 2050 these two processes need to be radically reformed; our recent panel discussion focused on the possibilities for the latter.
90 by 50, Electrifying Buildings
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Transforming Building Systems
October 25, 2017 | Rebecca Elzinga
If we can green the grid and make electrification a real possibility, how would this transformation play out at the individual building level?

How Doable are Renewables in NYC?