USGBC New York’s mission is to transform the way buildings are designed, built and operated and to create environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work in the greater New York area.

Highlights

UTC Sustainable Cities Dialogue: Financing Green
May 21, 2008, 5:30-8:00pm, The New School, 66 W. 12th Street, NYC
Leading developers and financing experts will discuss current and future trends in financing green buildings. Roger Platt (Real Estate Roundtable) moderates a panel that includes John J. Gilbert III (Rudin Management Company, Inc.), Nathan Taft (Jonathan Rose Companies), Dan Winters (Evolution Partners), and Leanne Tobias (Malachite LLC). Register.

Nurturing Sustainable Development: Green Roofs
May 19, 2008, 8:00am-10:30am, New York City Bar, 42 West 44th St., NYC
New York City is faced with the threat of rising sea levels, escalating energy prices, increased air pollution, heat waves, combined sewer overflow, and intense flooding events. Green buildings are have become a mainstream solution to mitigating these threats. Green roofs in particular have been hailed as a solution to many problems, yet they are not perceived as the most economical approach to any one challenge. The panelists will address the science behind green roofs, the process of designing and constructing green roofs, regulatory and financial issues related to such construction, and governmental initiatives that could foster widespread green roof implementation, if proven economically viable on the whole. More info. RSVP to Christine Fazio.

Building Science Fundamentals 2008
May 29 + May 30, 2008, Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC
An Advanced 2-day seminar about optimizing building performance. Learn fundamental building science principles, such as control of heat, air and moisture, and IAQ, as well as applications in disaster management, buildings investigations, sustainability, and more. More info. Register.

GreenBuildingsNY 2008
June 17-18, 2008, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC
Reed Exhibitions has launched GreenBuildingsNY 2008 in partnership with USGBC New York. This event will provide education, product sourcing and networking opportunities for the New York City sustainability marketplace. We encourage all our members to attend what is sure to be a great event! For more info, read the press release. Register.

ASHRAE Green Building Standard
In conjunction with the Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning & Sustainability, USGBC NY recently convened a committee of more than 30 leading figures in green building to comment on the 2nd public draft of ASHRAE Standard 189.1P: Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings. Following the full committee meeting, USGBC NY moderated smaller breakout groups focused on each chapter within the standard, then collated all comments into a single package submitted to ASHRAE on April 7.

The draft standard included many provisions that did not adequately address issues encountered in NYC, and the committee’s work, much of it highly technical in content, will no doubt have a dramatic and positive impact on ASHRAE’s final product. More info, including a list of committee members and full text of comments.

Event Watch

5.09: LEED-NC Workshop

5.19: Nurturing Sustainable Development: Green Roofs

5.21: UTC Sustainable Cities Dialogue: Financing Green

5.21: Construction Tech

5.30: Deadline: USGBC NY 2008 Tote Bag Competition & 2008 Photo Competition

5.30: Deadline: Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Design Competition

6.17-18: GreenBuildingsNY

6.17: LEED-NC Workshop at GreenBuildingsNY

6.18: LEED-NC Workshop at GreenBuildingsNY

View our event calendar.

Brochure

USGBC-NY's "Buildings Matter" brochure discusses the impact buildings have on our environment.

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