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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.

Brooklyn’s 1st LEED-NC Gold Goes to Condo/Arts Center in Williamsburg

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Brooklyn developer Propeller Group and the energy efficiency company Community Environmental Center are pleased to announce that the eco-friendly “Greenbelt” condominium and arts center in Williamsburg is Brooklyn’s first building to receive this high LEED®-NC Gold certification. The Center for Performance Research on the ground floor also makes “Greenbelt” Brooklyn’s first mixed-use structure to receive this prestigious rating.

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.
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Press Release: Community Environmental Center Wins Weatherization Award

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

CONTACT: Alexis Greene, 718-784-1444, ext. 156
646-382-7047, agreene@cecenter.org
Long Island City, NY (January 20, 2010) – Community Environmental Center (CEC), the New York-based non-profit dedicated to green building and energy efficiency, has received the State & Local Energy Report’s 2009 Weatherization Award.
The award recognizes CEC’s installation of solar thermal systems in two multifamily buildings belonging to Cypress [...]

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 City, [...]

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, energy saving fixtures, [...]

Richard M. Cherry, President of Community Environmental Center, Receives E-Chievement Award at ETown Radio Taping

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Contact: Alexis Greene, agreene@cecenter.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
Long Island City, NY (December 9, 2009) — Richard M. Cherry, president of Community Environmental Center (CEC), the New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to energy efficiency and green building solutions, received eTown’s E-Chievement Award on Monday, December 7, at a radio taping at the New Yorker Hotel in New [...]

Gateway School Achieves LEED Silver Certification

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

The new facility for the Gateway School, an Upper West Side school that uses different methods for different learners, achieved LEED Silver certification last week.
The project sailed through the construction credit review at the US Green Building Council, which was a rare achievement in of itself. Construction credits are the difficult-to-document assurances that the building [...]

STRIVE is recruiting for its Green Construction Training Program – Starting in January

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Strive is one of the great partners working with CEC in green jobs training. Their Green Construction Training Program is starting in January. Call or visit STRIVE for more info. Their info is at the bottom.
STRIVE is recruiting for its Green Construction Training Program – Starts Friday, January 8th, 2010!
STRIVE has been a recognized leader [...]

Simplifying Weatherization, by Richard M. Cherry, President of Community Environmental Center

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

David Leonhardt’s recent weatherization article in The New York Times (“A Stimulus That Could Save Money,” November 18, 2009) touched on a number of salient points that Commmunity Environmental Center encounters on a regular basis as a weatherization implementer.
CEC enthusiastically supports the proposals submitted by the Clinton Foundation and John Doerr that would provide incentives [...]

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