Neighborhood Energy Initiative
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Mark your calendars! Sustainable Flatbush and its partners will host a Neighborhood Energy Forum on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the Brooklyn College Student Center, 9:30 am to 2 pm. If you’ve been thinking its time to do something about being always cold at your house, or frying in your apartment, this is it. You absolutely have to attend this event!
Sustainable Flatbush has put together what promises to be a one-stop-shop for homeowners, tenant organizations, landlords, and building managers to learn what they need to get started with major energy efficiency projects — from energy audits to weatherization to solar-electric, for large multi-family buildings and 1-4 family homes.
The Neighborhood Energy Forum will give you the information you need to navigate the maze of programs and take the first steps toward making your project a reality. Energy Fair will feature contractors who specialize in this kind of work.
Why are we talking about this? In 2008, Municipal Arts Society and Flatbush Development Corporation published their Imagine Flatbush 2030 report, which identified the lack of energy efficient buildings as one of the neighborhood’s greatest challenges:
“Inefficiency drives up energy costs, contributes to air pollution (almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions are produced by buildings), and hurts everybody, especially low-income people. That is why Sustainable Flatbush is organizing this event, to help residential building stakeholders raise the money they need for major energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects, and for neighbors to share resources and best practices,” says Anne Pope, Executive Director of Sustainable Flatbush.
For more information about attending the Neighborhood Energy Forum, visit: http://sustainableflatbush.org/.
One Response to “Neighborhood Energy Initiative”
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Westminstress says:
I hope that the energy forum will include some information about how to restore and improve the energy efficiency of old wood windows. So many beautiful windows in this neighborhood are unnecessarily ripped out and replaced in the name of energy efficiency. Properly restored wood windows, coupled with good quality storm windows, are just as efficient as replacement windows, and much more appropriate for our historic homes. Lots of good information about wood window restoration is available at http://www.historichomeworks.com
