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Weatherization Funding: Surviving by the Skin of Our Teeth, by Alexis Greene

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

After a year of anxiety about 2012 funding for the federal weatherization program, the figures are finally in. Alexis Greene, Community Environmental Center’s Communications Director, writes about the outcome and its significance for the future.

Luck of the Irish – A Winner of the CEC Raffle

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Kenneth Natton just happened to run across the street fair in Williamsburg that Saturday morning. He was driving around – something he frequently does, to relax – and at Wythe and North 11th Street, in Brooklyn, he came upon the NEW New York Block Party, put on by Green Homes NYC. So he got out [...]

Want to create jobs? Consider an Energy Corps, by Richard Cherry

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Richard Cherry is President of Community Environmental Center, which he founded in 1994 to bring energy efficiency to New York City’s residents, workers and their buildings. Here, at the close of 2011 and as we look toward the New Year, he writes about how an Energy Corps could create jobs in the United States.

The partnership between Green City Force and Community Environmental Center, by Lisbeth Shepherd

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Lisbeth Shepherd, the founder and executive director of Green City Force, spoke to about 140 people at Community Environmental Center on Weatherization Day, November 1. The nonprofit Green City Force, which is located in Brooklyn, trains at-risk young men and women in the New York Metro Area for jobs in the green marketplace.

Global Lessons in Green Building: How NYC Stacks Up, By Alexis Greene

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Alexis Greene, Public Relations Manager at Community Environmental Center in New York City, writes about the conference Global Lessons in Green Building: How NYC Stacks Up. Organized by the Urban Green Council and the Urban Land Institute New York, and hosted by Bloomberg, the September 19 half-day conference proved a stimulating colloquium on where NYC still needs to go.

Ten Years Later, by Alexis Greene

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Alexis Greene, who manages public relations at Community Environmental Center, remembers 9/11 and has some thoughts about the movement to live and work green in New York City since the twin towers fell ten years ago. Feel welcome to add your own thoughts!

Energy Efficiency Across the Country: Chicago’s Multifamily Building Conference, by Jay Ackley

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Jay Ackley, Community Environmental Center’s Policy and Program Development Coordinator, writes about “Multifamily Buildings 2011: The Energy Efficiency Edge,” a national conference that took place in Chicago from August 8-10. Read his impressions of this stimulating gathering.

CEC Paints the Town White

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

  On a gloriously sunny and breezy August day, 6 CEC employees  — Jay Ackley, Marc Brodeur, Abagale Fisher, her friend Matt (honorary CEC employee), Steve Menzer, and Chamarr Nyman journeyed to  the South Bronx to paint the roof of 320 166th St. with a reflective coating. The building, a 5-story walk-up with a 3,000-square-foot [...]

Community Environmental Center Hosts a Symposium about Solar Hot Water Systems in NYC, by Richard Cherry

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Richard Cherry, the president of Community Environmental Center (CEC), a Queens-based nonprofit dedicated to bringing energy efficiency and green building solutions to the people of New York City, writes about a symposium that discussed the future of SHW systems in Gotham.

Speaking Green, by Alexis Greene

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Alexis Greene, who heads Public Relations at Community Environmental Center (CEC), writes about the challenges of “Speaking Green” and communicating with the media and other interested parties. It was all sparked by a conference at the Urban Green Council.

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