Ken Soble Tower – Hamilton Ontario A path-breaking retrofit in EnerPHit

The presentation will focus on one of the first retrofit projects in North America, the 18-story Ken Soble Tower was recently awarded with the EnerPHit standard. The architect, the passive house designer and the passive house certifier will present the details of the project and give an insight into their collaboration, which was fundamental for...

NESEA NIGHT 2022

NESEA Night Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex), New York City, NY, United States

About NESEA Night Join us in kicking off BuildingEnergy NYC 2022 and honoring the contributions of three outstanding individuals in the community at our annual NESEA Night awards reception!  We are delighted to host this event in New York City for the first time. and to bring our community together to celebrate the awards recipients, meet new...

Building Performance Interactive

The second episode will explore “Structural Fire Safety Testing in Offsite Manufactured Energy-Efficient Buildings”. Co-hosts will welcome Declan Wallace, CEO of Evolusion Innovation, to discuss the large-scale structural fire safety tests that demonstrate fire resistance in offsite manufactured buildings, provide an insight into the design of a typical fire rated wall in various construction types,...

Future Meets Present “Presents” The Future of Building Emissions

House Of Yes, 8 Wyckoff AveBrooklyn, NY 11237 8 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, New York, United States

70% of NYC's carbon footprint comes from the energy used to heat and cool our buildings - how do these systems work? How do they contribute to climate change? And what are the solutions needed to bring that number to zero? The Future of Building systems will be a space to understand the variety of contexts around building emissions...

NYC Next: Trends for a Changing City

Date: June 8, 2023 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Location: In-Person • NYU Kimmel Center for University Life Register: https://www.urbangreencouncil.org/2023-conference/  Use Code NYPH10 for $10 off tickets to the conference. Event description Getting to net zero, housing conversions, and resilient all-electric buildings. To reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, New York City will continue to undergo some pretty...

Urban Green Live | Office to Residential Conversions: The Carbon Story

How much carbon could be saved by 2050 if NYC expanded the range of buildings eligible for office to residential conversions? Arup is a global firm dedicated to sustainable development, and they recently answered a simple question: how much carbon could be saved by 2050 if New York City expanded the range of buildings eligible...