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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 |
What does it take to install solar photovoltaics in NYC? What are some of the challenges that public and private institutions face in pursuing maximal system size and deployment? Join the Urban Green Council in an in-depth discussion with representatives from NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYC Department of Education, and NYC Department...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 12/13/2016 + Show |
GTM Webinar: 3 Ways Cellular PV System Monitoring Will Improve Your Bottom Line (12/8 @ 2PM EST)
Gaining insight and control over your PV installations is crucial to ensure profitability and customer satisfaction in an uncertain solar market. With many options to choose from, one proven way is migrating your operations to robust cellular connectivity and an easy to use management platform. While traditional homeowner controlled options can be...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 12/08/2016 + Show |
GTM Webinar: The Road to Seamless DER Integration and Stops Along the Way (12/6 @ 2pmEST)
The road to seamless distributed energy resources (DERs) integration will follow different courses, but the state of disruption is a stop ahead for all utilities. DERs challenge traditional approaches to reliability; bypass established standards and regulation; steer the industry toward new, intelligent grid-edge control paradigms; and put new...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 12/06/2016 + Show |
Building Energy Exchange Green Light Training 12/1-2, 9-3pm, Manhattan
Building Energy Exchange Green Light Training December 1 - 2, 9-3pm The Exchange Surrogate's Courthouse 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609 New York, NY 10007 Lighting retrofits are one of the most cost effective means of improving occupant experience and increasing asset value while reducing operating costs. The concise Green Light...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 12/01/2016 + Show |
GTM Webinar: Advancing Utility Scale Solar to 1500V and Beyond (12/1 @ 2pmEST)
The design, construction, and commissioning of large-scale PV projects present unique challenges that can only be overcome through effective partnerships up and down the solar value chain. In this Greentech Media webinar, NEXTracker CEO Dan Shugar and Blattner Energy Director of Solar Operations Stephen Jones will discuss the art and science of...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 12/01/2016 + Show |
GTM Webinar: Building Blocks to a Successful Non-Wires Alternatives Strategy (11/29 @ 2pmEST)
From FERC Order 1000 to New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative, electric utilities are increasingly being asked to consider non-wires alternatives (NWA) to traditional investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure. States are taking notice of the grid planning opportunity with notable proceedings already underway...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 11/29/2016 + Show |
IES/BEeX Light and Health Forum (Nov.22/6-9pm/31 Chambers St, NY)
Join the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) as Jane Slade, specification sales manager from RAB Lighting, discusses the components of the retina that impact both the visual and circadian systems. Topics will include the input, master clock and output systems of the circadian organization. The objective of this seminar is to understand how...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 11/22/2016 + Show |
Greentech Media Webinar: Making Energy Storage Work for Utilities, November 17, 2 pm EST
Making Energy Storage Work for Utilities Thursday, November 17, 2 pm EST Join Greentech Media, leaders from Puget Sound Energy and the Snohomish County Public Utilities District, along with Doosan GridTech, in an interactive session to learn about common principles in intelligent energy storage and how they can help energy storage deployments...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 11/17/2016 + Show |
Webinar: Releasing the Full Capacity of DERs (11/15 @ 2pmEST)
Today’s energy system is transitioning from the traditional electrical grid into a distributed, dynamic energy network. With the rapid integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) at the grid edge, supply and demand are becoming increasingly intermittent and in need of strategic control. In a transformed power system, the key to balance is...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 11/15/2016 + Show |
Passive House Days New York Passive House, Open House at 153rd St, Sunday November 13, 3 pm, #NYC
Passive House Days New York Passive House Open House November 13, 3 pm, #NYC 542W 153rd St New York, NY As part of the annual Passive House Days in New York series, an open house will be held at a project in Manhattan at 542 W 153rd St. The site contact is Chris Benedict and closed toed shoes and an ID are required for entry. Info:...
By aahassonjee Event Date: 11/13/2016 + Show |