There is consensus in the policy and energy sectors that improving the energy efficiency of our existing buildings is the lowest-hanging fruit to achieve local and national climate, air quality, and energy related goals. And the emergence of initiatives at the City, State and Federal level to support energy retrofits has many thinking that the time to make our buildings more efficient is now.

If making buildings more energy efficient is environmentally and economically attractive, especially with these programs, what challenges are keeping more New Yorkers from making their spaces efficient? How can we overcome those challenges?

Join GreenHomeNYC to listen to some of our area's building and business experts, and learn more about the programs and policies in place that, with determination, can help most buildings
substantially reduce their carbon footprint:

Location: 715 Broadway, 1st Floor, The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts (enter on Washington Place @ 1 Washington Place)

Seating is Limited to 100!

RSVP@ www.GreenHomeNYC.org

Welcome from New York University:
Stacy Pies, Clinical Associate Professor, The Gallatin School

Jerry Salama, Adjunct Professor of Law, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Introduction by Kathryn Wylde - President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City

Speakers:
Les Bluestone - Principal, Blue Sea Construction
Ashok Gupta - Air and Energy Program Director, NRDC
F.L. Andrew Padian, VP for Energy Initiatives, The Community Preservation Corporation

Moderator: Ariella Rosenberg-Maron Deputy Commissioner of Energy Management, NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services

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This discussion is organized by GreenHomeNYC (http://greenhomenyc.org) as an annual event honoring the memory of Patty Noonan, who was an early advocate of sustainable affordable housing, a friend to many in the green building field, and a supporter of GreenHomeNYC. Patty participated actively both in financing sustainable affordable housing and in shaping the policy environment in New York. At the time of her passing, Patty served as Senior Vice President of Policy & Economic Development at the New York City Investment Fund, the director of the research & policy department at the Partnership for New York City, and represented the partnership on the Mayor's Energy Policy Task Force. Previously, she directed the Partnership's High Performance "Green" Building program, which produced the first affordable ENERGY STAR homes in New York State. Patty earned a Masters degree in Public Administration from NYU's Wagner School of Public Service and was a member of the 2000-2001 Coro Foundation's "Leadership New York" class, a year long program designed to develop the next generation of city leaders from among the public, private and non-profit sectors.