The Fourth Annual Patty Noonan Memorial Policy Forum
LEAVING #6 OIL BEHIND: POLICIES, COSTS, AND SAVINGS Sponsored by GreenHomeNYC & the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities NYC is one of the last bastions of #6 residual oil use in the country, and...
View ArticleJuly Forum: Water Efficiency
Water is one of our most important, but often overlooked, natural resources. Our July forum will be focused on several different facets of water efficiency. Our moderator-led line-up of speakers will...
View ArticleAugust Forum: Sustainable Healthcare Design
Healthcare facilities may be considered behemoths when it comes to energy consumption. They are reportedly second only to manufacturing buildings in energy intensity and are very costly to operate....
View ArticleSeptember Forum: Spotlight on Jersey City, NJ
Join GreenHomeNYC, and our co-sponsors, the Urban Land Institute, the Jersey City Environmental Commission, and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency for our September forum as we turn our sights to the...
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July Forum Recap – Water, Water Everywhere
Public School 118 in Queens, NY (Photo courtesy of Recover Green Roofs) On July 18th GreenHomeNYC held its Green Building Monthly Forum on Water Efficiency at the TOTO Showroom. The forum was moderated...
View ArticleOctober Forum: Sustainable Cultural Institutions
Join us in October for our last forum of 2012! We’ll be taking an in-depth look at Sustainable Cultural Institutions. These buildings often have high energy demands and to build and operate them...
View ArticleMonthly Forums Committee: Recruiting for 2013!
As we edge closer to 2013, the GreenHomeNYC Monthly Forums Committee is looking for volunteers interested in working with us next year. In case you’re not familiar with what we do, our committee puts...
View ArticleJanuary Forum: Green Catwalk
Join us for our first forum of 2013! As is traditional for January, we’ll be having a Green Catwalk Forum. These forums focus on the new or little-known aspects of Green Building and we try to book...
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February Forum: Building in Flood Zones
Photograph: Rex Features It’s been three months since Sandy hit NYC and the surrounding area, and it’s still very much a topic of conversation. Relief efforts continue and many are examining how we...
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March Forum: Green Lifestyles
At GreenHomeNYC buildings are our passion, but we also recognize that the ways to incorporate sustainably aren’t limited to the buildings you occupy. Our March forum, Green Lifestyles, will focus on...
View ArticleApril Forum: Transportation
Transportation is such an integral part of our lives that it’s easy not to think about it. That’s why we’re taking a magnifying glass to it for our April forum! We’ll be examing many different...
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February Forum Recap: Springing From Sandy Towards Resilience
by Claire Brown On February 20th, GreenHomeNYC held its Green Building Monthly forum on “Building in Flood Zones” at The Trespa Design Center. Presentations were given by: Albert Wei of Kohn Pedersen...
View ArticleJune Forum: Women in Green, Pecha Kucha
Join us for our June Forum where several established “women in green” will take the stage to talk about the myriad paths that lead them to where they are now in the sustainable field. The only catch...
View ArticleJuly Forum: Alternatives to LEED
Though the trend is beginning to shift, when most people think of standards and sustainability, they think of LEED. It’s inarguably the best established standard, but certainly not the only game in...
View ArticleJuly Forum = learning about sustainable building standards.
When someone says, “green building standard,” what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Odds are you said “LEED,” but did you know that there are other building standards out there? For...
View ArticleAugust Forum – Spotlight on Roosevelt Island
New York is a city made up of islands, so Roosevelt Island, the 2-mile long island in the East River might seem unremarkable, but it features a wealth of unique systems and a rich history that are...
View ArticleSeptember Forum: Green Schools
It will take no small amount of time and effort to achieve the goal of a sustainable NYC. To truly accomplish this, it’s critical that we emphasize the importance of sustainability to future...
View ArticleRewind: GreenHomeNYC’s Women of Green Forum
20 images, 20 seconds each, six minutes and forty seconds per speaker – Pecha Kucha style. Last June, 10 women took to the stage at our Women of Green Forum to talk about the myriad paths that lead...
View ArticleOctober Forum: Tomorrow’s Green Building Workforce: Fostering Diversity,...
The field of green building and energy efficiency is fast-growing; however, women and people of color have traditionally been under-represented in leadership positions in Architecture, Engineering, and...
View ArticleNovember Forum: Big Green Projects
Our November forum is the last one for 2013 so we’re going to go Big! Our topic is Big Green Projects. For this forum we’ll be looking at large-scale sustainable projects and the unique challenges and...
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