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NYU WSN: In an effort to be green, student volunteers paint rooftops white

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Read the full article at Washington Square News. by Emily Yang Published September 27, 2010 It looks like white is the new green. NYC CoolRoofs, an environmental initiative launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Vice President Al Gore in 2009, is recruiting volunteers to coat reflective white paint on New York City roofs to [...]

NY1: Brooklyn Volunteers Aid City’s Roof-Painting Initiative

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Read the article at NY1.com where they have a great accompanying video. By: NY1 News 09/24/2010 07:31 PM Volunteers in Brooklyn cooled off the city Friday by picking up a paint brush. It’s part of a city initiative to paint the roofs of buildings white to reflect sunlight, saving energy costs. Volunteers painted the roof of [...]

NYC Parks: Cool Roofs Top NYC Parks Facilities

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Read the full article at nycgovparks.org. By Anthony Park Parks is cooling down this fall with the NYC ⁰CoolRoofs program – an exciting collaboration including NYC Service, the NYC Department of Buildings and the Community Environmental Center to promote and facilitate the cooling of New York City’s rooftops. Applying a reflective surface to a roof [...]

ABNY.org: NYC °CoolRoofs Painting the Town White

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Read the full article on abny.org NYC °CoolRoofs Painting the Town White ABNY, September 7, 2010 The NYC °CoolRoofs program is an exciting collaboration between the NYC Department of Buildings, NYC Service and the Community Environment Center to encourage building owners to cool their rooftops and save on energy costs by applying a reflective white [...]

YourNabe.com: Con Ed, city launch Cool Roofs program developed in LIC

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

BY CHAUNCEY ALCORN Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:11 AM EDT Read the full article at YourNabe.com. As summer approaches and the weather heats up, New York City and Con Edison officials are planning to keep the city and parts of Queens cool while lowering energy costs using a new, green-technology program called Cool Roofs, which [...]

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 [...]

Clinton Climate Initiative: Goal Is To Cool 1 Million Square Feet of Rooftop in 2010

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Read the full article at c40cities.org 11 May 2010 Program Includes City Buildings Such As the Headquarters of the Department of Buildings and an NYPD Precinct Stationhouse Component of Mayor Bloomberg’s Pledge to Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Cool Roofs Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri and NYC Service today joined Con Edison Vice [...]

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.