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2007 Purpose Prize Finalists: Meet Richard Cherry
Monday, September 24th, 2007Providing energy conservation and green building services for low-income New Yorkers
Richard Cherry sees opportunities where others see smokestacks and landfills. In 1994, after two decades with the New York Urban Coalition, Cherry founded the Community Environmental Center to help low-income New Yorkers save money on utility bills by adding insulation, weatherizing, and installing more efficient [...]
A Contractor Who Was Green Before Green Was Cool
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
NEW YORK TIMES, By ROBIN FINN; Photo credit: Marilynn K. Yee
Published: July 20, 2007
DECADES before Al Gore revved into documentary scold mode and transferred the green state of mind into fashionably green activism with his Academy-Award-winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” there was Richard M. Cherry. Never heard of him?
Mr. Cherry, 64, is one of 15 [...]
Old Becomes New: Green Retrofits
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007HABITAT MAGAZINE, July/August 2007
By Richard Cherry
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For the owners and management of older co-ops and condos, “going green” may be quite appealing. But is it practical in dollars-and-cents terms? Is the investment worth it for a building that wants to [...]
Energy-Saving Design, Upgrades Produce More Affordable Buildings
Thursday, April 5th, 2007Click here to link to the article on Multi-Housing News.
The Community Environmental Center brings building energy performance technologies and services to a wide-ranging market
April 1, 2007
When Richard (Rick) Cherry, founder and president of Community Environmental Center Inc. (CEC), was a young lawyer for a major New York firm and exploring various legal specialties, he thought real [...]
N.Y.C. Housing Agency Pursues Energy-Efficient Rehabs
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Cover Story — January 2007
NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION, By Diane Greer
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Affordable housing isn’t really affordable if tenants and landlords can’t pay their energy bills.
That simple notion is the driving force behind the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s High Performance [...]
Operational Savings Outmatch Costs of Building “Green”
Monday, October 30th, 2006REAL ESTATE WEEKLY, By Richard Cherry
Published on October 25, 2006
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Is it possible in this tough marketplace to design a residential building - new construction or conversion - that is energy efficient and environmentally “friendly” and yet not prohibitively expensive? Sure it is!
Community Environmental Center [...]