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Community Environmental Center Receives $3 Million DOE Grant for Innovative Weatherization Project
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Jay Ackley of CEC: A Minnesotan in Gotham
Monday, August 30th, 2010

Lack of Will on Cap & Trade Undermines Recovery and Hurts Climate, But Is There a Future for HomeStar?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Donna Parris: Woman of Many Lives
Monday, July 26th, 2010

Community Environmental Center and other agencies receive $12.9 million from DHCR for affordable housing weatherization
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Community Environmental Center leads a state-of-the-art solar thermal project for the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council
Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Community Environmental Center is installing solar thermal systems in New York City
Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Community Environmental Center Welcomes JetBlue Airways to the Cool Roofs Movement
Monday, June 21st, 2010

21-year-old Spring Creek Towers resident is learning to weatherize homes
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Spring Creek Towers: A City Within The City
Monday, June 7th, 2010

CEC In the News

CEC Featured on Cover of Home Energy

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Richard Cherry, President of CEC, and Jay Ackley, Policy Associate, were invited to write an article on WAP+ for Home Energy.  WAP+ goes beyond just weatherization, to include many more important factors related to energy efficiency, including: education, awareness, measurement, and more. Here is the beginning: In New York City, Weatherization Assistance program (WAP) subgrantees [...]

ED+C Magazine features Greenbelt, Brooklyn’s 1st LEED-NC Gold building

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Read the full Article HERE Excerpt: “Originally a heavily industrial section of Brooklyn, Williamsburg eventually became largely residential. A haven for immigrants, it’s now home to a variety of well-established ethnic communities. During the 1980s and 1990s, the area’s affordable rents and sizeable spaces also began to draw artists fleeing Manhattan’s high-priced real estate, and [...]

Richard M. Cherry, President of Community Environmental Center, on “The Importance of Weatherization”

Friday, March 26th, 2010

“Ultimately weatherization can lessen the damage that human beings have brought to this exquisite and unique planet.”
Richard M. Cherry

CEC Wins 2009 Weatherization Award for Multifamily Building

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

In March 2009, Community Environmental Center (CEC) installed solar hot water systems in two multifamily buildings in Brooklyn, NY. Now CEC is honored for that work by State and Local Energy Report.

The Energizers – Queens Courier

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The Queens Courier‘s February edition has a wonderful article about CEC’s work to help low-income residents save money on energy bills and reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by expanding to help other groups. Download the PDF spread here.  The LIC Courier Magazine is in stores around Long Island City now. ________________________________________________ PHOTOS AND ARTICLE [...]

Hear Richard M. Cherry’s Interview on eTown Radio Broadcast

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Listen: Long Island City, NY (December 28, 2009) – An eTown broadcast featuring Richard M. Cherry, president of Community Environmental Center (CEC) can be heard on a podcast from December 23-29.  Click on the headline and then click on the green arrow to play the 10-minute interview. Taped on December 7, 2009 before a live audience in New York [...]

NEW YORK HOUSE – Green Pride

Monday, December 14th, 2009

by Arthur Zaczkiewicz; photograph by Deborah Degraffenreid CEC’s 1347 Bristow project was featured in an article lauding the changes that the greenly renovated building has inspired in its tenants. Some excerpts: “Living here has changed my life,” Rivera says matter-of-factly as she gives a tour of the building, noting the Fiberglas-framed windows, Energy Star appliances, [...]

CEC in THE NATION – “Green Jobs for Recovery”

Friday, November 20th, 2009

“In New York City, Recovery Act investments are helping the Community Environmental Center (CEC) hire more workers and weatherize more buildings. The largest Weatherization Assistance Program provider in the state, CEC is a union shop providing good wages and benefits. And thanks to a partnership between the union (the Laborers Local 10) and Non-Traditional Employment [...]

Help for Home Heating Blues – Queens Tribune (February 12, 2009)

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

By Lisa Fogarty Until recently, cold gusts of air seeped through the dated windows in Ena Lorde’s single family residence, located on the border of Ridgewood and Bushwick, compelling her to keep her hand poised on the thermostat dial. Like many Americans, Lorde lacked the disposable income it would take to properly modernize her home. [...]

Greenhouse 26 Featured in the NYSERDA Energy$mart Newsletter

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

The January newsletter for Manhattan and Staten Island Energy$mart Communities featured the hotel Greenhouse 26, to be located in the trendy Chelsea neighborhood.  Greenhouse 26 will be a boutique “green” hotel featuring advanced systems, materials, and design for energy efficiency and sustainability. CEC is the expert consultant on the project for both energy efficiency and [...]

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