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CEC Wins 2009 Weatherization Award for Multifamily Building
Thursday, February 25th, 2010


Brooklyn’s 1st LEED-NC Gold Goes to Condo/Arts Center in Williamsburg
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010


Alvin Pettway: A Unique Heritage
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010


The Energizers – Queens Courier
Monday, January 25th, 2010


Weatherization Story: Hyacintha C.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010


Press Release: Community Environmental Center Wins Weatherization Award
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010


Patrick Goodluck: Artist and Weatherization Expert
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009


Hear Richard M. Cherry’s Interview on eTown Radio Broadcast
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009


NEW YORK HOUSE – Green Pride
Monday, December 14th, 2009


Richard M. Cherry, President of Community Environmental Center, Receives E-Chievement Award at ETown Radio Taping
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009


Project Profiles


The Summit – Queens College, Queens, NY

Size: 175,000 sf
CO2 Prevented: 619,579 lbs/yr Money Saved: $77,996 (22.4%)

Queens College wanted its first on-campus residence hall to demonstrate the College’s commitment to having an environmentally friendly urban campus.  As part of Goshow Architects’ team, Community Environmental Center is helping them reach that goal by providing full energy efficiency and green building services.
CEC’s energy engineers performed building energy simulations and provided advice on energy [...]


HeartShare School, Brooklyn, NY

Size: 46,860 sf
CO2 Prevented: 359,400 lbs/yr Money Saved: $53,295/yr (39.3%)

Heartshare’s old and worn-down building was in dire need of an energy retrofit. The school for developmentally disabled children approached CEC to lower their energy losses and help put money back into the school.
CEC’s study came up with the following list of technical measures:

Replace the existing inefficient hot water boiler and domestic water heaters [...]


Geochemistry Lab – Columbia University, Palisades, NY

Size: 69,289 sf
CO2 Prevented: 3,256,799 lbs/yr Money Saved: $153,421/yr (30%)

Columbia Univeristy’s recently opened Geochemistry Building at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was designed specifically to reduce energy usage in the high intensity laboratory environment. The facility features over twenty lab rooms, sixty offices, and support rooms, such as meeting spaces. Recommendation made by Community Environmental Center focused on recovering lost latent energy and accommodating partial [...]


133 Pitt Street – The Lee, Manhattan, NY

Size: 99,000 sf
CO2 Prevented: 501,048 lbs/yr Money Saved: $83,311/yr (27.5%)

Common Ground wanted a healthy, sustainable building to house the recent homeless. Because they would be wholly responsible for the energy and operating costs, it was critical for Common Ground to have a well designed building that would use energy efficiently.
CEC’s team of energy engineers performed building energy simulations and recommended various measures to reduce [...]


1347 Bristow St, Bronx, NY

Size: 21,350 sf
CO2 Prevented: 106,283 lbs/yr Money Saved: $11,870 (30%)

HPD’s rehabilitation of 1347 Bristow St. is a complete renovation of an existing affordable housing apartment building in the Bronx, the culmination of a four-year and $3.5 million collaboration. HPD”s Division of Architects, Construction and Engineers (DACE), as the lead architect, developed the scope of work for the building in cooperation with the New York [...]