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Community Environmental Center Receives $3 Million DOE Grant for Innovative Weatherization Project
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Jay Ackley of CEC: A Minnesotan in Gotham
Monday, August 30th, 2010

Lack of Will on Cap & Trade Undermines Recovery and Hurts Climate, But Is There a Future for HomeStar?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Donna Parris: Woman of Many Lives
Monday, July 26th, 2010

Community Environmental Center and other agencies receive $12.9 million from DHCR for affordable housing weatherization
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Community Environmental Center leads a state-of-the-art solar thermal project for the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council
Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Community Environmental Center is installing solar thermal systems in New York City
Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Community Environmental Center Welcomes JetBlue Airways to the Cool Roofs Movement
Monday, June 21st, 2010

21-year-old Spring Creek Towers resident is learning to weatherize homes
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Spring Creek Towers: A City Within The City
Monday, June 7th, 2010

Seminars

Mechanical Systems for Architects

1 hour Purpose: To introduce HVAC and mechanical systems to architects, and how they effect the energy usage in a building. Objectives: To learn about the basic ideas regarding heat gain and loss within a building. To learn the principles about what makes an efficient boiler. To learn how different heat exchangers work. Overview of [...]

The Merits of Cellulose Insulation as a Green Product

1 hour Purpose: To introduce architects to a relatively unknown but superior and very green form of building insulation. Objectives: Properties of cellulose insulation Special benefits, including fire, pest, and sound resistance Installation and application methods Using cellulose within regulatory framework 1)  Introduction to Cellulose The new demands of 21st century building construction and rehabilitation [...]