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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 |
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: 04/26/2017 + Show |
Green roofs promote a number of New York City’s environmental policy goals. They can cut a building’s electricity demand, filter harmful urban air pollutants including asthma-inducing particulate matter, provide disadvantaged communities with access to green space, and significantly reduce storm water runoff. Yet, despite their great...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/20/2017 + Show |
Join The Architect's Newspaper for Facades+ New York City. Facades+ is the leading conference on performance and design of the building envelope. The unique cross-over of attending professionals brings together a unique brain-trust from the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, fabrication, development and education. Be inspired...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/06/2017 + Show |
NECEC 2017 Navigate Connector & Partner Summit (4/3 @ 8:30-5:30pm @ 5 Times Sq., NYC)
Connectors and Partners of the Northeast Clean Energy Council's (NECEC) Cleantech Navigate Northeast program will convene in New York City on April 3 for the Navigate Connector & Partner Summit, their annual convening of clean technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization leaders in the Northeast. Attendees will participate in...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 04/03/2017 + Show |
Join BE-Ex and the NYC Retrofit Accelerator for a presentation on steam system upgrades that resolve under- and over-heating problems, quiet clanging pipes, and reduce operating and maintenance costs. Findings will be presented from a new case study on a 400-unit co-op’s successful steam system upgrade, followed by a moderated discussion with...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 03/29/2017 + Show |
ABB Automation & Power World Conference (3/13-16/17 @ Houston, TX)
Register now for the ABB Automation & Power World Conference happening in Houston, TX from March 13th to March 16th! George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas ABB Automation & Power World (APW) brings together professionals from utilities, industries and infrastructure for an exciting educational and collaboration event in North...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 03/13/2017 + Show |
PowerBridgeNY Cycle 4 Pitch Day (3/8 @ 9:30-6pm @ 64 Morningside Dr., NYC)
Come join PowerBridgeNY at their Cycle 4 Pitch Day next week! Applicants compete to join the proof-of-concept cleantech accelerator, where they can receive up to $150,000 in funding to build their prototype and conduct in-field testing. PowerBridgeNY is a "proof-of-concept-center" organization funded in a joint venture by the New York State...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 03/08/2017 + Show |
SolarEdge Webinar: StorEdge: Optimized Inverter Solutions for Home Energy Storage February 28 (10-11 am PST/1 PM EST) Registration: http://bit.ly/2jSnR6i About SolarEdge: SolarEdge’s mission is to become the leading provider of inverter solutions across all solar PV market segments and broaden the availability of clean, renewable solar...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 02/28/2017 + Show |
SolarEdge Webinar: SolarEdge's HD-Wave: A New Era for PV Inverters, February 16 (10-11 am PST)
SolarEdge Webinar: SolarEdge's HD-Wave: A New Era for PV Inverters, February 16 (10-11 am PST/1-2 pm EST) Registration: http://bit.ly/2jVR9kO About SolarEdge: SolarEdge’s mission is to become the leading provider of inverter solutions across all solar PV market segments and broaden the availability of clean, renewable solar energy.
By aahassonjee Event Date: 02/16/2017 |
Join the Building Energy Exchange 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 need to...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 02/14/2017 + Show |