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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 [...]

Record numbers of New Yorkers retrofit homes for energy efficiency using Green Jobs/Green NY free or reduced-cost energy audit/low-cost financing program

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced today that the numbers of New York State homeowners who completed energy efficiency retrofits reached all-time monthly records in both January and February 2011, through Green Jobs/Green NY. Created by the New York State Legislature and launched Nov. 15, 2010, Green Jobs/Green NY is [...]

Community Environmental Center earns EPA’s ENERGY STAR for Superior Energy Efficiency

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

March 10, 2011 (Queens, NY) – Community Environmental Center (CEC), a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions for new and existing buildings, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) prestigious ENERGY STAR®, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. The designation signifies that the building performs in the top 25 [...]

Community Environmental Center urges congress to save LIHEAP

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Community Environmental Center, the Queens, NY nonprofit dedicated to energy efficiency for low income residents, sent a letter to the New York State congressional delegation about the urgent need to preserve funding for the Low Income Home Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is in danger of being cut during the upcoming federal budget negotiations.

Community Environmental Center One of Crain’s 2010 Best Places to Work

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Community Environmental Center, the Queens nonprofit dedicated to energy efficiency and green building solutions, has been named one of the 2010 Best Places to Work by Crain’s New York Business.

Larsen Plano, CEC’s solar thermal project director, writes about solar thermal for the December issue of ed+c magazine

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Excerpt: At Community Environmental Center (CEC) in Long Island City, Queens, we have long held that New York City’s multifamily buildings are a marvelous place for solar hot water (SHW) systems. Our latest and largest installation is a 42-panel system on Wadsworth Terrace in Northern Manhattan—NYC’s largest solar thermal system to date for a multifamily [...]

Richard Cherry, president of Community Environmental Center, writes about Solar Thermal: Renewable Energy for the Northeast

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Richard Cherry OP-ED Solar Thermal in the Northeast Cities: Click Here!

Community Environmental Center helps celebrate the graduation of Green City Force 2010 Clean Energy Corps

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Community Environmental Center’s president joins Margarita Lopez, NYC’s Housing Authority Commissioner, to celebrate as 19 young men and women from vulnerable NYC communities graduate from Green City Force

Richard Cherry, CEC President, to Speak at Green City Force Graduation Nov. 9

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Richard Cherry, President of Community Environmental Center, will join NYC Housing Authority Commissioner Margarita Lopez at the Green City Force graduation in Brooklyn, Nov. 9

NY Daily News: With cool hand, Mayor Bloomberg helps paint town white for energy efficiency

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Read it on NY Daily News.com BY Adam Lisberg and Bob Kappstatter DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, October 14th 2010, 4:00 AM Mayor Bloomberg found himself involved in a whitewash Wednesday. But he was covering a rooftop and not a scandal. Hizzoner wielded a paintbrush to slap a reflective white coating to the 1 millionth [...]

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