NYSERDA Multifamily and Photovoltaic Incentives
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009| April 15, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Looking to reduce your building’s energy use, and need resources to help? Join Energy $mart Communities Coordinator, Diana Pangestu, for a seminar on two of NYSERDA’s more popular incentive programs – the Multifamily Performance Program, and Photovoltaics Incentives. Find out the in’s and outs of each program, how much incentives are available, and how you can start saving money today. Get energy efficiency tips for your building and find out what government tax credits and incentives you may be eligible for. For more information, contact diana@solar1.org or 212-785-0734. Location: Solar One Building – 2420 FDR Drive, Service Road East.
Solar One is the contract implementer of the NYSERDA Downstate South Energy $mart Communities Program. For more information on NYSERDA programs, contact your local E$C Cordinator, or visit the websites:
www.getenergysmart.org www.nyserda.org www.powernaturally.org
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Photovoltaics, Photovoltaics, Renewables, Solar One Events, Solar Power, Sustainability | Permalink
I Heart PV: Party for a Solar Powered New York (at Sycamore Flower Shop and Bar, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn)
Monday, March 30th, 2009| April 14, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 11:30 pm |
GETTING TO Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar.
1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn. MAP
TRAIN – Q to Cortelyou. The bar is 4 blocks to the west of the subway station exit, on the same street (Cortelyou)
TAKE A LOOK at a slide show of pictures from last month’s party at Southpaw on Flickr.
CONTACT: Chris Neidl, Neidl@solar1.org, 212 505 6050
Posted in I Heart PV, Legislation, Photovoltaics, Photovoltaics, Solar One, Solar One Events, Solar Power | Permalink
Green Renter Mind in the Gutter: How Street Trees Can Manage Stormwater from the Street and Improve Local Water Quality.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009On rainy days, New York City’s sewer system combines everything that is flushed from your apartment with the rainwater that drains from the street. Often the total volume of this combination exceeds the capacity of the city’s waste treatment facilities to process it in its entirety. As a result, the system shoots significant quantities of untreated sewage into the local waterways through hundreds of points called combined sewer overflows, or CSOs. The phenomenon, which occurs regularly throughout the year, negatively impacts the water quality of our harbor, compromises ecosystems, and limits healthy human use of the estuary.
Decreasing the quantity of stormwater that reaches street drains would reduce the incidence of sewage outflows on rainy days. One way to do that is by Increasing the number of street trees in the five boroughs. Unlike impervious surfaces like asphalt and concrete that shuttle water into the sewer system, trees create an absorptive buffer that retains water.
In this talk urban planner, CSO expert and founding member of the S.W.I.M. coalition will explain how street trees can help mitigate our most chronic water quality problems, and discuss planning strategies that the city is or should be pursuing to maximize this potential.
Posted in CSO, stormwater, street trees | Permalink
I Heart PV: For a Solar-Powered New York presentation at the Park Slope Food Coop
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009| March 31, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
SPECIAL LOCATION: The Park Slope Food Coop, 782 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (DIRECTIONS)
Photovoltaic technology (“PV”) converts sunlight into electricity. Believe it or not, the Big Apple is one of the most viable and promising locations for solar power in the entire country. Join I Heart PV campagin advocae and coop member Margo Bettencourt, and campaign coordinator Chris Neidl to hear the arguments in support of this claim and discuss current attempts to establish New York as a leader in solar adoption.
Launched by Solar One in 2008, I Heart PV is a people-powered campaign that mobilizes citizen support for pro-solar policies and educates New Yorkers about the potential and benefits of solar power here in the Five Boroughs.
FREE and OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS.
Posted in I Heart PV, Legislation, Solar One Events | Permalink
Green Renter: Mind in the Gutter: How Street Trees Can Manage Stormwater from the Street and Improve Local Water Quality, with Dawn Henning, S.W.I.M.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009| April 20, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
On rainy days, New York City’s sewer system combines everything that is flushed from your apartment with the rainwater that drains from the street. Often the total volume of this combination exceeds the capacity of the city’s waste treatment facilities to process it in its entirety. As a result, the system shoots significant quantities of untreated sewage into the local waterways through hundreds of points called combined sewer overflows, or CSOs. The phenomenon, which occurs regularly throughout the year, negatively impacts the water quality of our harbor, compromises ecosystems, and limits healthy human use of the estuary.
Decreasing the quantity of stormwater that reaches street drains would reduce the incidence of sewage outflows on rainy days. One way to do that is by Increasing the number of street trees in the five boroughs. Unlike impervious surfaces like asphalt and concrete that shuttle water into the sewer system, trees create an absorptive buffer that retains water.
In this talk S.W.I.M. coalition member Dawn Henning will explain how street trees can help mitigate our most chronic water quality problems, and discuss planning strategies that the city is or should be pursuing to maximize this potential.
Posted in Solar One, Solar One Events | Permalink
