Since launching in 2005, Snapshot, Sallan's guest column, has been providing an on-line forum for diverse, climate-related op-ed style points of view, insights and observations. Think of Snapshot as a first draft of urban climate change history.
| Name |
Article |
Date |
| Anstead, Victoria |
Do Tourists Care?
Hiding In Plain Sight
|
2015, Aug.
2010, March
|
| Appelbaum, Alec |
The Switch: A Green Reporter's New Beat |
2010, April |
| Appleton, Albert F. |
Green Buildings & Perverse Incentives |
2010, June |
| Balkan, Elizabeth |
Taming the Concrete Dragon? |
2008, Dec. |
| Bashford, Kate |
Energy Efficiency in NYC: The Problem of Split Incentives |
2008, April |
| Bates, Mayor Tom |
Another Berkeley FIRST |
2009, March |
| Beaumont, J Russell |
Start To Prepare Today For Adopting Passive House Tomorrow |
2017, March |
| Becker, Jenifer |
Make Room for Green Work |
2006, Aug. |
| Benedict, Chris R.A. |
The Perfect Energy Code
Buildings Tell The Truth
|
2015, Jan.
2013, Oct.
|
| Bergman, David |
Transparent Green |
2006, Jan. |
| Bobker, Michael |
Finding the Proof of Energy Retrofits
Sustainability In Commercial Buildings — Bridging The Gap From Design To Operations
What is DG and Why Should We Care?
|
2010, Aug.
2008, May
2006, June
|
| Boese, Stephen |
The Healthy School and The Sustainable City |
2007, Oct. |
| Bourgeois, Thomas |
From Evolution to Revolution: Enabling Clean Energy at the Edge of the Electric Grid |
2013, Feb. |
| Brawer, Wendy E. |
Mapping The Way To A Brooklyn Passive House |
2015, March |
| Brodsky, Stuart |
WeWork's Opportunity to Stimulate Environmentally Sustainable Market Transformation in Office Property Markets |
2018, Nov. |
| Brohé, Arnaud |
How Passive Houses Took Over Brussels |
2017, May |
| Stein, Elizabeth Brooke |
Are Building Owners Leaving Money on the Energy Efficiency Table? |
2012, Aug. |
| Bystryn, Marcia |
How New York City Can Deliver On Its Zero Waste Goal
2011 Green Priorities for Albany |
2015, May
2010, Dec. |
| Campbell, Christine |
The Power of Community |
2020, April |
| Christian, Rory |
Amid Global Efforts, NY Plants Seed For Energy Reform in 2014 That Will Bloom In 2015 |
2014, Dec. |
| Christiansen, Kendall |
Organic Wastes Are Energy-Rich Resources: Towards A New Era of Productive Alchemy
Language Matters, Or What Should I Do With My Banana Peel? |
2014, June
2013, June
|
| Crauderueff, Rob |
The Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) Green Excellence Matrix (GEM) |
2016, July |
| Derry, Elizabeth |
How Mortgage Lenders Can Boost Sustainability |
2016, Nov. |
| Derwin, Joanne |
Growing Green Collar Jobs in NYC |
2008, July |
| DiCaprio, Lisa |
The Social Cost Of Carbon & Why It Matters |
2018, March |
| Fleischer, Wendy |
Contractors Wanted |
2008, Feb. |
| Frank, Andy |
How Efficiency Can Be Treated As An Energy Resource |
2018, April |
| Frank, Yetsuh |
Getting Serious About Daylighting |
2013, April |
| Fusaro, Peter |
Energy and Environmental Reality Check |
2007, May |
| Garretson, Sara |
The Green Manufacturing Scene |
2007, July |
| Gerrard, Michael B. |
Climate Change & Environmental Impact Statements |
2009, June |
| Gifford, Henry |
The Perfect Energy Code |
2015, Jan. |
| Ginsberg, Mark |
Start To Prepare Today For Adopting Passive House Tomorrow |
2017, March |
| Goldsmith, Mirele B. Ph.D. |
Realizing the Behavioral Wedge — Getting Tenants Involved in Saving Energy |
2012, June |
| Grace, Christina |
From MUSH To The City of Tomorrow: Taking District Energy To Urban Neighborhoods |
2012, Feb. |
| Gracer, Jeffrey |
Together, New Yorkers Are Leading On Climate Change |
2018, Sept. |
| Guenther, Genevieve |
#EndClimateSilence |
2019, March |
| Guerra, Eduardo |
Saving Energy In Existing Residential Buildings |
2007, Jan. |
| Hammer, Stephen A. Ph. D |
C40: Hammer In Hong Kong
Taming the Concrete Dragon? |
2010, Nov.
2008, Dec. |
| Harris, Caroline G. |
Green Zoning |
2008, Oct. |
| Hinge, Adam |
Disclosure: A Powerful Motivational Tool |
2010, Oct. |
| Howe, J. Cullen |
Commercial PACE Financing: An Innovative Way To Scale Up The Building Retrofit Market In NYC |
2012, April |
| Huberland, Thomas |
How Passive Houses Took Over Brussels |
2017, May |
| Izeman, Mark |
Advancing Energy Efficiency in Russia |
2009, Nov. |
| Jain, Shravya |
NYC 2030 District: A Living Lab Of Sustainability Efforts And Innovation |
2015, Nov. |
| Jospe, Christophe |
How A Blockchain Token Can Scale Renewable Energy |
2017, Sept. |
| Jung, Bomee |
Transparency & Innovation: Open Data For Green Building |
2009, July |
| Karlsson, Gail |
International Influences on City Sustainability Plans |
2008, Aug. |
| Kaskinen, Tuuli |
Gatekeepers: Unsung Heroes Of A Smart Economy? |
2014, March |
| Klein-Rosenthal, Joyce |
Urban Heat And Urban Design — An Opportunity To Transform In NYC |
2017, July |
| Kontokosta, Constantine E. Ph.D., PE |
Data and the City: The Promise and Perils of Urban Informatics |
2015, July |
| Komanoff, Charles |
The Big Shrug — Disappearing Bill de Blasio and the Fall of New York
Almost Unnoticed, Flat Electricity Demand Is Crushing U.S. Carbon Emissions
Deficit Could Be X-Factor for Carbon Tax
|
2020, July
2017, Jan.
2012, Oct.
|
| Krieble, John |
Beyond Pilot Projects |
2006, May |
| Lombardi, Nick |
We're Beginning To See The Light |
2014, Jan. |
| Mesa, Nilda |
Germany and U.S. Climate and Energy Policies at the Local Level: Common Puzzles |
2018, Jan. |
| McVay Hughes, Catherine |
A Greener FiDi — Make Way for Lower Manhattan: Shared Streets Project |
2019, July |
| Kurtz, Lauren |
Climate Scientists in the Crosshairs |
2015, Sept. |
| Leigh, Richard P.E. |
Saving Energy In Existing Residential Buildings |
2007, Jan. |
| Levenson, Ken, A.I.A. |
Passive House Emerges in New York: Effective and Affordable
Building Efficiency and Blower Doors: Essential Responses to Sandy
Historic Preservation & Passive House Working Together In NYC
|
2016, Mar.
2013, Aug.
2011, Feb.
|
| Lukomnik, Jon |
It's Taken 500 Years For Corporate Environmental Reporting To Be On The Edge of Maturity
The Color of Money
|
2016, May
2007, March
|
| Marlin, John Tepper |
Obama's First-Term Eco-Legacy and the Road Ahead
Inconvenient No Longer
New Space, New Faces
USGBC to Accredit Green-Building Certifiers
The Status of LEED in NYC, Positive Lessons
|
2012, Nov.
2012, Jan.
2009, Feb.
2008, June
2007, Dec.
|
| Miller, Joyce |
The Sad Story Of The National Infrastructure Bank |
2011, Dec. |
| Muldoon, Robert |
Building Operator Training In The Time Of Climate Change |
2019, Jan. |
| Nasser, Dania |
Faster, Stronger, Smarter: The Smart Grid's Informational Efficiency |
2011, Sept. |
| Nettleton, John S. |
Plant-Based Heat for Your Home |
2007, April |
| Neuvonen, Aleksi |
Gatekeepers: Unsung Heroes Of A Smart Economy? |
2014, March |
| Oberholtzer, Michele |
Re-Sus-Citate Resilience and Sustainability for the Health of our City |
2013, Dec. |
| Ott, Ed |
Blue/Green — Making It Work Takes Work |
2009, Aug. |
| Pentland, William |
From Evolution to Revolution: Enabling Clean Energy at the Edge of the Electric Grid |
2009, Aug. |
| Phillips, Lynn |
Over Our Heads: What Will Design Students Need To Know About The Revolution In Sustainable Roof Design? |
2011, Aug. |
| Rasmussen, Scott |
Building Grassroots Environmental Infrastructure (and bridging the digital divide) |
2020, February |
| Raven, Jeffrey |
Urban Heat And Urban Design — An Opportunity To Transform In NYC |
2017, July |
| Reiss, Jeremy |
A New Normal For NYC: Mainstreaming High Performance Buildings |
2005, Aug. |
| Sahagian, Tom |
NYC's 80 x 50 Goal: Is it Realistic? How Do We Get There? |
2017, Nov. |
| Samouhos, Stephen |
Smart Building Technolgy: Not Smart Enough |
2010, Jan. |
| Sapinsley, Pat |
Energy Efficiency: Markets or Mandates? |
2014, Sept. |
| Schnapf, Larry |
New York City's Benchmarking Law: Does It Go Far Enough and Is It Fair To Building Owners? |
2011, June |
| Schwarze, Reimund |
Coronavirus, the Future of Cities and an Inclusive Green Recovery |
2020, Sept. |
| Sherman, Nora |
An Industry Finds Its Voice |
2007, Oct. |
| St. John, Courtney |
The Role Of Media For Advancing Discourse On Climate Change |
2018, July |
| Taneja, Om |
Sustainability In Commercial Buildings — Bridging The Gap From Design To Operations |
2008, May |
| The Full Spectrum Team |
Birth of 21st Century Construction in Harlem |
2006, Nov. |
| Turner, Amy |
Together, New Yorkers Are Leading On Climate Change |
2018, Sept. |
| Waskow, Sharon |
The Power of Community |
2020, April |
| Wells, Llewellyn |
Resiliency. Sustainability. Equity.
Eco Districts: Making NYC More Sustainable & Resilient, One Neighborhood at a Time
|
2014, Nov.
2014, April
|
| Wynn, Simon |
Climate Change In The Supreme Court: Will Winners Be Losers? |
2011, April |
| Yancey, Richard C. |
Actively Passive |
2016, Jan. |