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April Electronic Waste Recycling Events. Many dates and locations through the month of April.    

 

Monday, April 4, Wall Street Meets Green Street: How can NY's financial sector promote Smart Building projects in NY? McCarter & English, LLP., 245 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, NYC, 5:30pm pre-registration, 6:15pm panel roundtable, 7:30pm post-program networking and light dinner. Cleantech Cooridor presents: How can two of New York's major industries - Finance and Real Estate - prosper by collaborating on energy savings projects? While there have been some high profile "green" projects, the vast majority of New York's buildings remain old and energy inefficient.  Turning New York's buildings into Smart Buildings will become one of New York's biggest businesses and our experts will become global leaders. $25 for non-members.

 

Monday, April 4, GreenHomeNYC Green Careers Meetup. Email info@greenhomenyc.org for location, 6-8pm. The Green Careers MeetUp is a social event for those who are both looking to break in and have recently broken into the green career field. The idea behind this is to have a short and informal one hour meeting about everyone's current pursuits and successes and maybe to exchange some job postings that have not yet gone viral. The MeetUp happens (approximately) on the first Monday of the month. You'll be under the warm wing of GreenHomeNYC board member Andy Padian, who has made it his personal mission throughout his 25-year career to help great people get great green jobs.

 

Monday, April 4, David Owen: Green Metropolis (lecture). Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC, 6:30-8:30pm. David Owen will lecture on "Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability". 

 

Tuesday, April 5, Emerging Professionals: April Monthly: Wind Analytics.  Empire State Building - Skanska Office, 350 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor, NYC, 6:30-8pm. Join the Urban Green Council for April's Educational Forum, welcoming Frank Provenzano (VP Bus Dev) and Cullen Kasunic (VP Product Manager) of Wind Products, Inc who will give a presentation on assessing wind resources with Wind Analytics software. $5 fee for non-members, pre-registration is required.

 

Tuesday, April 5, Towards an Age-Friendly NYC: An Overview. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 6-8pm. This evening's program highlights the NYC Council, the Mayor's Office, NY Academy of Medicine's and the Age-Friendly NYC Commission's efforts to bring together policy makers, nonprofit partners, and the private sector to identify resources and create programs and policy change throughout NYC that help seniors live vibrant, fulfilling lives. Free for members, $10 for non-members.   

 

Tuesday, April 5, Filing 101 with the Landmarks Preservation. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 6-8pm. Do you want to breeze through the Landmarks filing process? Ever have questions about preparing for a Public Hearing? Want an update about the recent changes to the LPC Rules? Come to our presentation led by Bill Neely, LPC Deputy Director of Preservation; Mark Silberman, General Counsel to the LPC and Sherida Paulsen, former Chair of the LPC, former President AIANY and partner of PKSB Architects. The presentation will provide an in-depth look at filing process, analyze common applicant pitfalls, and introduce recent updates to the LPC rules. Q&A to follow. Free for members, $10 for non-members.  

 

Wednesday, April 6, Intro To Green for Co-ops & Condos. The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West, NYC, 7-9pm. How can smart coops and condos turn pressure to "go green" into an opportunity to reduce costs and comply with new codes? This two-hour workshop, sponsored by CNYC, NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities, and Solar One, will present easy ways to reduce energy costs and have a healthier, greener building; details on the new NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program for comprehensive energy efficiency retrofits; an overview of new green laws and code changes; and strategies for engaging owners in the greening process. Free for CNYC members, $30 for non-members. Pre-registration required. 

 

Wednesday, April 6, GreenHomeNYC's Fundraising Party (PDF). Greenhouse Lounge, 150 Varick Street, between Spring and Vandam, NYC, time TBD. Join GreenHomeNYC as they celebrate this past year's accomplishments, welcome their new Executive Director, and begin preparing for future endeavors. The event will include an award ceremony honoring stand-out participants of GreenHomeNYC's Green Building Open House tours and a silent auction with fun green prizes. Tickets start at $20. Please visit GreenHomeNYC.org for updated information.  

 

Wednesday, April 6, NY League of Conservation Voters' Young Professionals Spring Party. Allegra LaViola Art Gallery, 179 East Broadway, NYC, 6-8pm. Join NYLCV and NYC DEP Commissioner Cas Holloway to kick-off Earth Month! Food and drinks provided. $25 per guest.  

 

Wednesday, April 6, Urban Green Council 1st Wednesday: The Passive House Approach. Bovis Lend Lease, 200 Park Avenue, 9th Floor (Met Life Building) NYC, 8-9am. Please join Urban Green Council and Ken Levenson and Floris Keverling Buisman of New York Passive House for a presentation and discussion of the Passive House building energy standard. Passive House is an approach to design and construction that dramatically reduces the energy used to operate a building while simultaneously enhancing the occupants' thermal comfort and raising the buildings' indoor air quality to very high levels. Urban Green members and students $15, $25 non-members. 

 

Thursday, April 7, Trash Talk: Should NYC Convert its Solid Waste to Energy? NY Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor, NYC, 6-8pm. This discussion on energy-from-waste will be the first in a series focusing on the topic of MSW management and science. The series will examine advances in and options for solid waste management for large cities. Topics will include: Science & technology: what are the latest advances in waste management options for cities like New York? Models: what innovative practices are other cities adopting? Business perspectives: what market opportunities are emerging? Policy: what options best serve NYC's sustainability goals? Financing: how can better waste management practices for NYC be financed within severe fiscal constraints? Non-members $20, non-member students $10.   

 

Thursday, April 7, NYC Residential Deconstruction: Top to Bottom, the Tools You Need to do it Right. Location TBD, 5:30-8pm. Please join Urban Green Council, The Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board, and Build it Green! NYC for a discussion on NYC Residential Deconstruction. How can a green builder or manager truly recycle and reuse in this environment? A panel of experts will present on the current state of construction and demolition waste in the city and strategies to maximize recycling and reuse through deconstruction. Free, please RSVP.

 

Thursday, April 7, Active Design 101: An Introduction to NYC's Active Design Guidelines. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 8:30-9:30am. Can transformations in the built environment inspire people to be more physically active, and make our communities healthier? According to a growing body of research, the answer is yes. New York City's Active Design Guidelines translates this knowledge into concrete strategies for a healthier, more sustainable future. $15 fee.   

 

Thursday, April 7, History of NYC Public Transportation. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, NYC, 5pm. Join urban historian John Tauranac, author of Essential New York: A Guide to the History and Architecture of Manhattan's Important Buildings, Parks, and Bridges, for an illustrated lecture on the history of public transportation in New York City and the demographic impact it has on where people live and work. Free. 

 

Sunday, April 10, Treasure Your Island - Community Awareness Day! Fort Wadsworth, 210 New York Avenue, Staten Island, 12-5pm. Discover what Staten Island REALLY has to offer: an art school, the only Chinese Scholar Garden in the U.S., a museum dedicated to Tibetan art & culture, and over 10 parks. Treasure Your Island III will show you all these, and more! Get insider access to Staten Island's most famous historical national park, Fort Wadsworth. Only today will places like Battery Weed and Fort Tompkins, normally closed to the general public, will be accessible to all. Guided tours will take people around the fort, and historical reenactments will entertain visitors throughout the day. Free event! 

 

Tuesday, April 12, Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY presents Making Green From Green: Sustainable Transportation. Citi ICG Conference Center, 388 Greenwich Street, NYC, 6pm doors, 6:30-8pm program, 8-9pm networking/reception. Tesla went public, Nissan LEAF and Chevy Volt launched, natural gas vehicles gained momentum in commercial transportation. Cities like New York continue to remake their pedestrian walkways and bike lanes. Join us for an evening of expert discussion on developments in alternative transportation with industry, investment, and government leaders. $25 for CBSAC/NY members, $40 for non-members, $60 at the door.   

 

Tuesday, April 12, Anthony Hamboussi Book Talk about Newtown Creek: A Photographic Survey of New York's Industrial Waterway. The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place, NYC, 6:30-8pm.  A tributary of New York's East River that forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, Newtown Creek has long been at the heart of the city's "industrial backyard," serving as home to numerous industries and as a dumping ground for unwanted byproducts and toxic waste. Photographer Anthony Hamboussi followed the creek through the neighborhoods of Hunter's Point, Greenpoint, and Bushwick, shooting over fences and gates where he could not gain access, to record the bare industrial landscape. Free, RSVP requires. 

 

Wednesday, April 13, Urban Green Council presents Tour: 7 World Trade Center. 200 Greenwich St, NYC, 4-6pm. Please join Urban Green Council and Ken Lewis, R.A. (Director of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP) on a tour of 7 World Trade Center.  Designed by SOM, this 1.7 million square-foot, 740' tall tower was completed in 2005, was the first to be rebuilt at the World Trade Center, and was the first LEED Gold certified tower in New York City. Participating in the LEED Core + Shell pilot program, the building helped define and refine the standards for this speculative development rating system. UGC members and students $10, non-members $15.  

 

Wednesday, April 13, Design Processes & Tools for High Performance Building Skills. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 6-8pm. This session will present processes and examples of environmental analysis tools that are being used to inform the design process. The presenters will discuss their processes both from a professional and academic/research perspective to show how they have been able to integrate environmental analysis and design tools, and the impact of these tools on both the design and performance outcome. Free for members, $10 for non-members.  

 

Wednesday, April 13, Farm City Green Edge NYC Sustainability Speakers Series: Transportation. 61 Bergen Street (at Smith Street), Brooklyn, 7-9pm. Revolution Rickshaws' Founder & Managing Director, Gregg Zukowski and Helen Newman, Business Development Manager, will join us to talk about their fossil fuel free business. Revolution Rickshaws provides eco-accountable transport and outdoor marketing solutions to NYC enterprises without sacrificing speed or performance. By deploying top-notch British-made pedicabs and freight trikes, employing articulate professionals with a passion for stellar customer service, and leveraging our intimate knowledge of the urban ecology, Revolution creates city-specific transport and promotional programs that any New York citizen can be proud to set in motion. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Ticket price includes two free drinks.  

 

Thursday, April 14, Clean Energy Connections: Can NYC have a Wind Industry? Panel Discussion and Networking Event. The WNYC Jerome L. Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, NYC, 7-9pm. New York State has the potential to install 8,000 MW of wind turbines. That capacity for new renewable energy in the state is some of the largest in the country, but the business opportunities are being taken up by people who are not New Yorkers. Though this discussion could be around any slice of the clean energy industry, we focus on wind because the industry has limited growth within New York. $25 fee, $10 for students/young professionals (under 30 years).  

 

Thursday, April 14, High-Performance Building Salon: Active Design and the LEED Physical Activity Innovation Credit. Location TBD, 6-8pm. Following the release of New York City's highly acclaimed Active Design Guidelines, several recent projects have applied active design principles through use of a LEED Innovation Credit.  Join us for a brief overview of the Active Design Guidelines, as well as a series of presentations on projects that have incorporated the LEED ID credit and are recognized by the USGBC for promoting health and physical activity. Urban Green members and students $10, non-members $15. 

 

Saturday, April 16, Put Down Roots: Get Your FREE Tree! at the Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island Tree Giveaway. Joe Holzka Community Garden, corner of Castleton Ave. and Barker St., Staten Island, 10am-12pm. In partnership with the Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, MillionTreesNYC and the New York Restoration Project, 100 trees will be given away to residents of NYC on a first come, first-served basis. Limit of one tree per household. Arrive early as quantities are limited, and trees may run out before 12pm. Limited quantities of redbud, magnolia, and linden trees will be available. Please note: trees are intended for planting on private property; they cannot be planted along streets, on rooftops or terraces, or in city parks. This event is free and will go on rain or shine.

 

Saturday, April 16, DEP Rain Barrel Giveaway! Marine Park Parking Lot, Avenue U, 9am-2pm. The DEP is giving away another thousand rain barrels across the city in 2011! Rain Barrels will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis, one per household. You must live in a single-family or attached two-family home to participate in this exciting and innovative program.Queens location on April 30, Bronx & Staten Island on May 7.    

 

Sunday, April 17, YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood Earth Day Festival. 54 Nagle Avenue, NYC, 10am-2pm. This community event will feature exhibitions on energy efficiency, gardening, recycling, climate change, cooking and more! Giveaways, prizes and fun for all ages.

 

Monday, April 18, Diet For A Hot Planet with Anna Lappe (talk). Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South, Shorin Perfomance Studio, Room 802, 6:30pm. Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author and sought-after public speaker, respected for her work on sustainability, food politics, globalization, and social change. Named one of Time's "eco" Who's-Who, Anna has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet, O: The Oprah Magazine, Domino, Food & Wine, Body + Soul, Natural Health, and Vibe, among many other publications.

 

Wednesday, April 20, GreenHomeNYC's April Monthly Forum: Greening Museums. The Gunlocke Showroom, 257 Park Avenue South, NYC, 6:30-8pm. Join GreenHomeNYC for a discussion on how to encourage sustainable practices in existing and newly designed museums.  Moderator:  Sharon Brind, LEED AP, BPI; invited speakers from the Museum of Natural History. This event is free, please register.

 

Wednesday, April 20, Understanding the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan and Complying with Benchmarking. NYC Department of Buildings, 280 Broadway, 6th Floor Training Room, NYC, 9:30am-12pm. Come to a free, information session hosted by the NYC Department of Buildings to learn about the following: the City's Greener, Greater Buildings plan; is my building 'covered' under these laws?, what is benchmarkting?, what will I need to do to comply? Urban Green Council will present its helpful and informative Benchmarking Compliance Checklist and User's Guide to assist with compliance with Local Law 84. Free. 

 

Thursday, April 21, Federal Earth Day Event. Jacob Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, NYC, 10am-3pm. Over 23 organizations from both the public and private sectors have been invited to be exhibitors by GSA (General Services Administration) and EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) to highlight their products and services that compliment GSA's energy, water and sustainability programs. Please feel free to bring children's books so that they may be donated to disadvantaged children in NYC. This event is free!

 

Thursday, April 21, Green Drinks NYC presents Earth Night. Environment Furniture Showroom, 876 Broadway at 18th Street, NYC, 7-10pm. Co-hosted by The Center of Environmental Health. DJ, open bar, organic appetizers, giveaways. Fee TBD. 

 

Thursday, April 21, Progressive Indian Cities: Moving Towards Near-Zero Energy Development. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 6-8pm. The session will feature planners, intellectuals and policy makers who are helping Indian cities leapfrog to advanced, less energy intensive, clean and renewable energy based innovative development planning and pathways design process and possible implementation. Panelists will include an official from the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, representatives of the cities of Thane, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai, and the India Green Building Council, who together are helping Indian cities leapfrog to advanced, less energy-intensive, clean and renewable energy. Free for AIA & CFA members, New School students/faculty, IAAC & SIAEA members, $10 for non-members.   

 

Thursday, April 21, Urban Green presents a Tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Join the landscape architects of Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. and Jennifer Klein, Dir. of Capital Operations at Brooklyn Bridge Park on a tour of the 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park. $10 for Urban Green members and students, $15 for non-members.  

 

Saturday, April 23, Gardening in East River Park with the Lower East Side Ecology Center. East River Park, East 10th Street and FDR, NYC, 10am-2pm. Meet at the 10th Street pedestrian bridge in East River Park and join the Ecology Center in kicking off the gardening season in East River Park. Please come prepared to cultivate planting beds, apply compost to trees and scrubs, admire the many bulbs we planted last fall and to get your hands dirty. No need to bring tools or gloves, feel free to bring a brown paper lunch. Everyone is welcome! Please register for this event.

 

Saturday, April 23, Moveable Feast - From Farm to Table. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, NYC, 2pm. Explore how fruits, vegetables, and herbs get to your grocery store or local green cart. Families will tour the exhibition Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program, which documents the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene program that provides underserved communities access to fresh fruits and vegetables via hundreds of independently owned, mobile produce stands known as Green Carts, and then learn about the complex supply chain that brings fresh produce to New York City. Free with museum admission.   

 

Saturday, April 23, St. George Day Festival. Tompkinsville Park, Staten Island. The Earth Day Zone at the St. George Festival is going to be a buzzing spot to celebrate our environment!  Eco-enthusiasts from all around Staten Island have prepared fun, educational games, workshops, demonstrations and activities to help to make our community stronger, healthier, and greener!

 

Tuesday, April 26 - Wednesday, April 27, Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC presents: Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners course. Cornell Extension-NYC's Bronx Office, 432 East 149th Street, Bronx, 8:30am-4:30pm. If you visit homes to provide health or inspection services of any type, you will benefit from the Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course.  The training will help you understand the connection between health and housing and how to take a holistic approach to identify and resolve problems, which threaten the health and well-being of residents. $220 for the course.  

 

Wednesday, April 27, Symposium on Green Building and Sustainable Forest Management. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, 12-4pm.  The Forest Products Association of Canada and WoodWorks cordially invite you to this symposium with panelists Scott Lockyear, Peter Moonen, and Joel Neuheimer. We will demonstrate the attributes of wood as a preferable, sustainable building material, showcase applications of wood and engineered wood products in non-residential building projects, and demonstrate how to knowledgeably specify sustainable wood products from properly managed forests using Chain of Custody/Traceability. Free, please register.    

 

Thursday, April 28, S.W.I.M. Coalition presents Minds in the Gutter. Gowanus CDC, 509 Court Street, Brooklyn, 6pm.Minds in the Gutter is back! Thanks to a partnership with the Gowanus CDC, Minds in the Gutter, our exhibit that explores the myriad opportunities for stormwater management in the public right-of-way, is back on display! Swing by their storefront at 509 Court Street, Brooklyn to windowshop a few bright ideas for a gutter near you...and SAVE THE DATE of April 28 , 6pm, for a special S.W.I.M. event at the Gowanus CDC storefront...

Thursday, April 28, Building Green Expo and Workshops. BNY Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, NYC, 9:30am-4pm. Building Green provides an opportunity for Architects, Construction Managers, Developers, Engineers, General Contractors, Government Agencies, Manufacturers, Suppliers and Trade Contractors to network, showcase their products/services and learn about new innovations that compliment the NYS Green Building Initiatives.  Along with the educational aspect, Building Green offers an environment conducive to networking where people can establish and maintain relationships throughout the construction industry to continue on the path of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Free for Building Green members, $50 for non-members.

 

Saturday, April 30, DEP Rain Barrel Giveaway! Cunningham Park, 196th Place & Union Turnpike, 9am-2pm. The DEP is giving away another thousand rain barrels across the city in 2011! Rain Barrels will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis, one per household. You must live in a single-family or attached two-family home to participate in this exciting and innovative program. Bronx & Staten Island on May 7.

 

Saturday, April 30, Staten Island Ecology Day.

Staten Island Mall, 2655 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, 12-3pm. The Staten Island Rotary will sponsor its 20th annual Ecology Day at the Staten Island Mall. This year's theme is:"20th Anniversary - A Story of Success." Each year schools from around the island showcase student project on the topic of The Environment. Table exhibits are augmented by performances and marching bands.

 

Monday, May 2, GreenHomeNYC Green Careers Meetup. Email info@greenhomenyc.org for location, 6-8pm. The Green Careers MeetUp is a social event for those who are both looking to break in and have recently broken into the green career field. The idea behind this is to have a short and informal one hour meeting about everyone's current pursuits and successes and maybe to exchange some job postings that have not yet gone viral. The MeetUp happens (approximately) on the first Monday of the month. You'll be under the warm wing of GreenHomeNYC board member Andy Padian, who has made it his personal mission throughout his 25-year career to help great people get great green jobs.

 

Saturday, May 7, We Can Green Brooklyn EcoFair. Holy Cross Auditorium & School Yard. 11am-5pm. Neighborhood Housing Services of East Flatbush is hosting the We Can Green Brooklyn EcoFair to help us build better, greener neighborhoods in New York City, specifically in Central Brooklyn. At NHS East Flatbush, we are committed to educating Central Brooklyn communities about the advantages of being eco-conscious and energy efficient. Through the Eco-Fair, community partners,  gov't agencies and green entreprenuers will be on hand to provide informed discussion on environment-friendly and energy efficient topics and easy to replicate tips.

 

Saturday, May 7, 2011 Spring Green Buildings Tour. Lower Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, all-day. The Green Buildings Open House is GreenhomeNYC's semi-annual guided tour of green buildings all over New York City, taking place in the Spring and Fall of every year. The event gives New Yorkers a chance to get inside Green buildings and hear about their inner workings from the owners, architects, and engineers who designed, built and operate them. Visitors will come away with new expectations of comfort, livability, energy and environmental benefits. Since 2003, GreenHomeNYC has organized the NYC Green Buildings Open House as a part of Northeast Sustainable Energy Associaion's (NESEA) Green Buildings Open House and the American Solar Energy Society's (ASES) National Solar Tour.The 2011 Spring edition will have tours in Lower Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn.

 

Saturday, May 7, Future Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Bike Tour. RSVP for meeting place, 10am-1pm. It's that time of year again! Each spring, the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative invite greenway supporters to take a guided tour along the northern 10 miles of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway route to get the latest updates on the greenway's progress. This year's Future Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Bike Tour will take place on Saturday, May 7th, 10:00AM-1:00PM. It's a family-paced ride with a stop midway for water and restrooms. Please RSVP to ride2011@brooklyngreenway.org and we'll send further details. Ride is free but you must pre-register.

 

Saturday, May 7, Staten Island OutLOUD Presents: Poems of Maya Angelou. Eltingville Transit Center, Staten Island, 12:30pm. Join us as Staten Island OutLOUD, a community dialogue and performance project, presents I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Poems of Maya Angelou at Freshkills Park. Participants will have a chance to read from Angelou's poems and discuss the author's incredible legacy. The readings will be held on top of North Mound, with expansive views of Staten Island and the Manhattan skyline. A tour of the Freshkills Park site will accompany the reading. Free (please RSVP).

 

Sunday, May 8, NYC The Future Metropolis Volume III: Water in New York. University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street, NYC, 5-7pm. The theme of the next installment in the series will be "Water in New York." This theme will cover the water bodies surrounding the city, the ways that water gets used in the city, and the cultural significance of water to New York. The speakers will cover a wide range of topics that relate to water, for example: harbor ecology, rain/grey water harvesting, green infrastructure, the impact of hydrofracking on NYC's water supply, creating an innovative waterfront, designing landscapes and buildings with water in mind, learning from and on the water, and art created with or in response to NYC's water. FMIII is part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for The New City, running May 4-8th. For more information about the festival, please visit www.festivalofideasnyc.com. 

Get certified by BPI to do energy efficiency work! NYSERDA offers reimbursements for most training.To see upcoming courses including Solar PV, Geothermal, and Energy Modeling Training, click here.

Building Analyst

CUNY's next course begins April 18
(evening course)

This low-cost training program can bring you new business for years to come. While you're using building science technology to help customers solve heating, cooling and air leakage problems that are driving high energy costs, you'll also provide them with a more comfortable, safe and durable home. You'll be a part of an exclusive group of contractors with access to benefits to help your business grow.

BPI Envelope Professional

CUNY's next course begins June 13
(5 day course)

This training, which includes both classroom sessions and field experience, will help you prepare for the BPI Envelope Professional written and field exams. Training will include review of some Building Analyst topics, but is not a BA preparatory course. BA Certification or BA training is a prerequisite for Envelope Professional Training. Qualifying candidates may make special arrangements with BPI to take both tests simultaneously.

BPI Basic Air Sealing and Insulation

AEA's next course begins April 22
(4 day course)

You will be introduced to the skills and principles necessary for working in the expanding field of home weatherization.  You will learn how to install air sealing and insulation treatments that increase a home's energy efficiency.  This course teaches the basic skills for weatherizing a building.  While this training will not turn you into an advanced practitioner, it will provide the background necessary to become a highly qualified entry level installer.

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For a full list of courses at AEA please visit aeanyc.org and for CUNY please visit csebcc.org.

Financing:

 Green Jobs Green NY Financing

Energy $mart Loan Fund 

Renewables:
PV Incentives Program

Wind Incentives Program

 Residential/Tenants:

EmPower NY

Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®

Green Jobs Green NY Audits

NY ENERGY STAR Homes Program

Multifamily Performance Program

Non-Residential Existing Buildings:

Energy Audit Program

Flexible Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance

Existing Facilities Pre-Qualified Incentives Program

Existing Facilities Performance Based Incentives

Non-Residential New Construction/Tenant Build-Outs:

Whole Building Design

Custom Measure

Energy Analysis

Green Building Assistance

Design Team Incentives

Building Commissioning

Geothermal

Bonus Incentives

R&D, Marketing, and other RFP's:

 NYSERDA Program Opportunity Notices (PON's)

Visit the NYSERDA websites or contact your local E$C Coordinator find the best incentives for you.

- Rebates from $200-$600 for installing eligible energy-efficient heating and A/C equipment

- Free programmable thermostats for central A/C systems

- Rebates for Energy Star window A/C*

- Rebates up to $3,000 for converting from oil to natural gas heating systems

- Rebates for new Energy Star refrigerators & A/C
- Free surveys to evaluate common areas and individual units for lighting, heating, & cooling efficiency improvements
- Rebates for Energy Star window A/C*
- Free recycling of old, inefficient refrigerators
& A/C units
- Rebates of up to $40,000 for converting from oil to natural gas heating systems