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aahassonjee
New York NY United States Member Since: 06/16/2016
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Following great celebration over the ratification of the Paris Climate Accords, 170 nations reached a new binding deal this October on the reduction of global hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) use. HFCs are common chemical coolants used in air-conditioners and refrigerators, and are a particularly powerful source of greenhouse heating for the planet, as their heat-trapping effect is a thousand times that of carbon dioxide. The deal, negotiated in ...
By aahassonjee Last updated: 04/04/2023 + Show |
Passive House & Prefabricated Homes: The Way Forward?
With evolving building standards, certifications and processes, there has never been a better time for architects, contractors, consultants, and supply companies to unite and create a truly green future. High performance prefab firm Ecocor and passive house architecture firm Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA) recently announced a significant partnership to build certified passive house prefabricated homes across the northeast. By using Ecocor&...
By aahassonjee Last updated: 04/04/2023 + Show |
Trump's Newest Executive Order- A Stab against the Climate and the American Economy
President Trump yesterday signed a new executive order that rolls back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan at a ceremony at the EPA hosting (with extreme audacity) a delegation of coal-miners. The executive order is intended to protect coal jobs by continuing to run power plants that had been marked for closure under the Clean Power Plan. It also ends...
By aahassonjee 1 reply Last updated: 03/29/2017 + Show |
Post Election '16: What Can You Do?
On Tuesday, November 11th, climate change and the environment seemed to become casualties of what had been the most bizarre and stressful U.S. Presidential election of recent times. Political and economic reverberations have continued to expand as President-elect Trump has been forming his administration, u-turning on several issues including...
By aahassonjee Last updated: 11/28/2016 + Show |
Blue vs. Red: Who Will Solve America's Climate Problems?
As November 2nd approaches, Democrats and Republicans face an election day that follows quite an eventful election season of emotions and surprises, with the least surprising being the extreme divide between both major parties’ climate change policy positions. Simply put, the Democratic party states that climate change is a real and pressing...
By aahassonjee Last updated: 09/22/2016 + Show |
Passive House & Prefabricated Homes: The Way Forward?
With evolving building standards, certifications and processes, there has never been a better time for architects, contractors, consultants, and supply companies to unite and create a truly green future. High performance prefab firm Ecocor and passive house architecture firm Richard Pedranti Architect (RPA) recently announced a significant...
By aahassonjee Last updated: 09/21/2016 + Show |
Created in 2013, New York Energy Week is the industry’s comprehensive cross-sector, annual event series uniting the diverse sectors of energy in New York City. The week-long event series is “by the industry, for the industry”, inviting all energy stakeholders to come together and help drive forward our global energy economy. The...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 06/19/2017 + Show |
Join the BE-Ex's Daylight Hour Social Media Campaign!
Check out Daylight Hour, a social media campaign run by the Building Energy Exchange to raise awareness about utilizing natural light in day-lit offices. This is an annual hour-long campaign happening on June 16th from noon to 1 pm in which offices around the world turn off all of their lights and use natural daylight, right before the summer...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 06/16/2017 + Show |
BEEx Forum: Future-Proof: Building Energy Modeling for the Future
Energy modeling is a critical tool in efforts to draw down the carbon footprint of our buildings. But the projections these tools make about energy use rely almost universally on historic climate data. Since climate change will significantly alter future heating and cooling seasons, today’s building designs may not perform as expected....
By aahassonjee Event Date: 05/31/2017 + Show |
BEEx Forum: Excellent Ventilation in Multifamily Buildings
Airtightness is emerging as a keystone of high performance buildings, mitigating important energy losses and limiting the intrusion of moisture and pests. But a quality interior requires that airtightness be coupled with proper ventilation. Fortunately, providing continuous, fresh, filtered air efficiently is possible in new and existing...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 05/24/2017 + Show |
NYSERDA Forum: Panelized Construction for Architects and Designers
NYSERDA hosts Panelized Construction for Architects and Design Professionals. NYSERDA is excited to announce an expanded session in conjunction with their Efficiency Revolution series focusing on panelized construction. This in-depth day-long session targets architects and design industry professionals, with the conversation centering on how...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 05/09/2017 + Show |
How Cleantech Enables Smarter Cities - Powered by: Urban Future Lab
How Cleantech Enables Smarter Cities is taking place at Smart Cities NYC´17. Once you register for the Smart Cities NYC´17 conference and expo, you´ll receive a code in your confirmation email with which you can register for any of our workshops. You cannot sign up for workshops without registering for the Smart Cities NYC '17. Cities are...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 05/03/2017 + Show |
The Generator’s Perspective: The Outlook for Coal, Gas, and Nuclear Power Under Trump
Join the Frank J. Guarini Center for Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law for a panel discussion with energy industry experts on the legal, regulatory and market factors affecting the outlook for coal and gas fired generation. Tuesday, May 2nd, 6:30 – 8:00pm 1.5 CLE credits offered in the areas of Professional Practice category. The...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 05/02/2017 + Show |
Join the Building Energy Exchange once again for their four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology, to the development of the right retrofit strategy - the Green Light series provides any building industry stakeholder the information they...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/28/2017 + Show |
Join the Building Energy Exchange once again for their four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology, to the development of the right retrofit strategy - the Green Light series provides any building industry stakeholder the information they...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/28/2017 + Show |
Join the Building Energy Exchange once again for their four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technology, to the development of the right retrofit strategy - the Green Light series provides any building industry stakeholder the information they...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/28/2017 + Show |
Use this space to post events, developments, and everything else for green building and sustainabili… Use this space to post events, developments, and everything else for green building and sustainability in Texas!
Come here to interact with others from New York State! Discuss local green building issues and event… Come here to interact with others from New York State! Discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from New York. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments below.
New Jersey Greenbuilding Group
New Jersey is an up and coming Green building state. Let us use this place to discuss local green bu… New Jersey is an up and coming Green building state. Let us use this place to discuss local green building issues, developments and events with our colleagues from New Jersey. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments.
New Hampshire is full of green building activity. Share your events, news and opinions here, and inv… New Hampshire is full of green building activity. Share your events, news and opinions here, and invite friends and colleagues to do the same.
Your one stop hub for Michigan Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and… Your one stop hub for Michigan Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's a lot of green going on in the MI green building community, and we want to make sure everyone knows about it :)
A place to discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from Massachusetts. … A place to discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from Massachusetts. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments.
Here's a community space to share the latest and greatest in all things green building for India! Fe… Here's a community space to share the latest and greatest in all things green building for India! Feel free to show images, events, and developments from all parts of one of the largest green building centers on Earth. Much of the information and events are supplied from the Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center (CIISGGBC), under which sits the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). This council was established in 2000 and has since introduced a green building rating system, and has trained thousands of professionals in green building concepts.
Connecticut Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's… Connecticut Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's a lot going on, so let's get the information out there!