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Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition

March 22, 2022 | Threshold Podcast

A lot of the changes needed to keep global heating below 1.5 degrees have to occur at a huge, international level. But nearly a fifth of carbon emissions in the U.S. come from our homes. Are there things we can do at home to help the climate crisis? And how effective are individual actions?
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City Emissions Laws Fueling Cottage Industry Of Sustainability Consultants

March 2, 2022 | Bisnow

“If we snowplow this into 2028, there won’t be enough labor, and the building department will be under siege with permitting,” Urban Green Council CEO John Mandyck said. “It’s to people’s advantage to really plan this out.”
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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.
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How to Get New York City’s Biggest Buildings to Zero Carbon

January 22, 2022 | Canary Media

New York City got a lot of attention last month for its decision to ban natural gas in new buildings. But what can the city do about gas use in the buildings it already has?
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Mayor de Blasio Signs Landmark Bill to Ban Combustion of Fossil Fuels in New Buildings

December 22, 2021 | NYC Mayor's Office

“We’re here today due to a simple and powerful truth: furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in NYC than all uses of electricity combined,” said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council. “This law begins to change that reality — to tackle our largest source of carbon — so we get to the climate future we want with better air to breathe.”