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Building a Better Tomorrow: Adapting Operations to COVID

November 18, 2020 | Anabelle Johnston

As the COVID-19 pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of daily life, how can building owners adapt their operations to facilitate safe workplace re-openings? On October 14, the Cross-Learning Alliance hosted the second of a three-part virtual speaker series that answered this and other COVID-related building questions.
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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.
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Black Lives Matter

June 4, 2020 | Urban Green Council

We are devastated by the murder of George Floyd and his death serves as a wake-up call for all of us to do more to dismantle systemic racism.
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Building Towards a Low-Carbon Grid

May 20, 2020 | Morgan Dempsey

Statewide climate targets are driving New York to a low-carbon electrical grid, which will encourage widespread electrification of building systems.
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Outsized Emissions in Medium-Sized Buildings

January 22, 2020 | Adam Schiabor

The city’s latest benchmarking data set provides the first-ever look at medium buildings’ energy use and emissions, and reveals that medium multifamily properties are more energy and carbon intensive than larger ones.