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• Thursday, 01 March 2012 15:58 Greening the Queens Libraries Posted by Guest Blogger Running libraries cost-effectively and in an environmentally responsible way are important goals, so it comes as excellent news that Community Environmental Center and the Queens Library Foundation are partnering to bring energy retrofits and green education...

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• Friday, 23 December 2011 12:46 Weatherization Funding: Surviving by the Skin of Our Teeth, by Alexis Greene Posted by Alexis Greene 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....

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• Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:12 Luck of the Irish – A Winner of the CEC Raffle Posted by Guest Blogger 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,...

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• Friday, 09 December 2011 10:35 Want to create jobs? Consider an Energy Corps, by Richard Cherry Posted by Alexis Greene 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...

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• Thursday, 10 November 2011 15:22 The partnership between Green City Force and Community Environmental Center, by Lisbeth Shepherd Posted by Alexis Greene 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...

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• Thursday, 22 September 2011 16:06 Global Lessons in Green Building: How NYC Stacks Up, By Alexis Greene Posted by Alexis Greene 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...

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• Thursday, 08 September 2011 15:58 Ten Years Later, by Alexis Greene Posted by Alexis Greene 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....

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• Wednesday, 17 August 2011 11:55 Energy Efficiency Across the Country: Chicago’s Multifamily Building Conference, by Jay Ackley Posted by Alexis Greene 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...

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• Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:05 CEC Paints the Town White Posted by Alexis Greene   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...

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• Friday, 05 August 2011 12:26 Community Environmental Center Hosts a Symposium about Solar Hot Water Systems in NYC, by Richard Cherry Posted by Alexis Greene 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...

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