Now we know. New York's become a center of high performance building. From the glittering Hearst Tower to the Brooklyn Ice House, we're making environmental goals and economic rationality work together. "High Performance Building in New York City", a four-part panel series, showcased this success.
NYC HPB Report (4)
December 31, 2005
Fourth in a series of four panels that took a look at New York City's high performance buildings.
The panel brought together key environmental, architectural, public and economic development policy makers, the "practical visionaries" who are transforming the City's built environment.
October 30, 2005
Third in a series of four panels that look at New York City's high performance buildings. The October 19 forum brought together architects and developers who are transforming the City's built environment.
NYC HPB Report (2)September 30, 2005
Second in a series of four panels that look at New York City's high performance buildings. The September 29 forum heard from client and development innovators who are transforming the City's built environmental by demanding green building design for their projects.
NYC HPB Report (1)June 22, 2005
First in a series of four panels that will address New York City High Performance Buildings the June 8th forum dealt with the policy implications of the New York City Energy Policy Task Force Report.
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November 15, 2005
New York Tackles Climate Change: Promoting Renewable Energy and Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6PM
Location: New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street
RSVP: NYAS website
Panelists: Katherine Kennedy, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Franz Litz, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Moderator: Stephen A. Hammer, Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy at Columbia University
On November 15, 2005, a panel sponsored by the Academy's Environmental Sciences Section and the Sallan Foundation reported on and explored a matter that in recent years has graduated from being interesting to being serious to being urgent: how New York State can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that contribute to climate change.
The lion's share of those emissions is the CO2 produced when fossil fuels are burned, and on this point mounting concerns about climate change converge with mounting concerns about global energy dependence on fossil fuels. Quite apart from environmental and health concerns — fossil fuel emissions other than CO2 cause harm, too — a shift from carbon-based fuels to more diversified sources of energy would ensure greater reliability of supply and dampen volatile price swings.
The Academy preBriefing for the 15 November panel with the full program, speakers' abstracts, bios and bibliographies, plus conference goals and background information is currently available on the New York Academy of Sciences web site at the following url: http://www.nyas.org/sallan.
Reception to follow.