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 for office to residential conversions? On December 6, join us for a new episode of Urban…
Climate Ambition Summit
The latest scientific assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has once again highlighted the urgency to act. The damage from the climate crisis is already extensive, and global greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels. The world needs immediate and deep reductions in emissions now, and over the course of the next three decades, to limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels and prevent the worst impacts. Meanwhile,…
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 big changes. And as buildings are responsible for more than two-thirds of the city’s emissions,…
Future Meets Present “Presents” The Future of Building Emissions
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 and the solutions to suit. Learn More... [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHU5vhdwiwo&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tickettailor.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDI&feature=emb_logo[/embed] Run of show: 6:30pm - Doors open, drinks,…
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, and explore potential future changes in legislation. Additionally, we will get to see examples world-class…
Earth Day 2023 is here!
We’re coming together to call for climate action and environmental justice. Join the climate conversation at a pivotal time. The Earth Day 2023 Festival + Virtual Stage provides a space for the climate and environmental communities to connect with the public, meet and learn from one another, and bring new people into the movement. EARTH DAY 2023 FESTIVAL The annual in-person festival will be held in New York City’s Union…
The future of building: Supporting Passive House training uptake at higher education institutions
This session will provide a solution to an often cited concern in the design and construction industry: a lack of capacity. The speakers will discuss their experiences integrating modules on fabric-first design and construction into coursework at higher education institutions and how Passive House can benefit higher education facilities by providing high-quality campus buildings and preparing students for the future of design and construction. Speakers Wolfgang Feist, Founder, International Passive…
Carbon Sequestering: at a glimpse
Carbon Sequestering: Synthesizing Passive House and Healthy Materials Friday, November 4th, from 2-7pm (EDT) Carbon Sequestering: Synthesizing Passive House and Healthy Materials Speakers: Dr. Kimberley R. Miner Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Scientist and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California, where she researches and forecasts climate risks. Her work has taken her to the most extreme environments in the world- from Antarctica to Mt. Everest-…
TOWARDS A BUILDINGS BREAKTHROUGH: RAISING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Date: Friday, 23 September 2022 Time: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT (GMT-4) Location: Room 412, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh USA Format: in-person event (no livestream) Event Description In 2020, the buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of global final energy consumption and 37% of energy-related CO2 emissions (UNEP/GlobalABC, 2021). The challenges to reaching high performance buildings are considerable as 82% of the people who will be added…
NESEA NIGHT 2022
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 people, and reconnect with old friends. NESEA Night will be held at the Building Energy Exchange,…
BuildingEnergy NYC
NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference is designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and building/energy policy. Conference sessions and showcase demos offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical "how-to"s, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. If you are a professional in the built environment in any stage of your training and career, plan to immerse…
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 the successful realisation. This iPHA member webinar will last approximately 90 minutes and is worth…