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Welcome to GreenHomeNYC where we're working with building owners, builders, and suppliers of building products to promote the use of environmentally friendly, energy-conserving building practices and products in small buildings. We are a registered 501c3 organization.

[Green Building Forum]

The Green Building Forum is held on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) @6:30 PM and features presentations by green building practitioners followed by discussion. The events are always free and open to the general public, but space is limited. Please RSVP by email to: rsvp@GreenHomeNYC.org.

Please join us for our next forum: Stormwater Infrastructure -- Policy, Research, and Practice

Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008
Reception: 6:00pm (refreshments courtesy of Hafele Americas)
Presentation 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Hafele Showroom at Madison Square Park (25 E. 26th St.)

The August 20th forum presented by GreenHomeNYC will focus on water issues in New York City, such as stormwater run-off and combined sewer overflows. NYC’s leading umbrella organization on stormwater infrastructure, S.W.I.M., will frame the discussion with an overview of water issues, followed by a more detailed review of Local Law 5 of 2008 and the green roof tax abatement. Local Law 5 requires the City to adopt a stormwater management plan by the end of the calendar year. The green roof tax abatement, also known as SO7553, passed the State Assembly and Senate in June 2008. It provides for an abatement of $4.50 per square foot, up to $100,000. Following the review of these legislative changes, EDAW’s Ecological Design division will present on their cutting edge research and design endeavors in the metro area. AIA Continuing Education Credits will be available for this session.

The forum presenters will be representatives of NRDC, Sustainable South Bronx, and EDAW.

Session Objectives:

1. To understand key stormwater infrastructure issues facing NYC, including policy preventing or supporting best management practices.
2. To understand Local Law 5 of 2008, which requires the City of New York to approve a stormwater management plan by the end of the year; particularly to review the technical requirements to be included in the plan.
3. To understand the Green Roof Tax Abatement passed by the NY State legislature in June 2008, in particular the definition of green roof, the amount of the abatement, the requirements to obtaining the abatement.
4. To engage in discussion and review of cutting-edge urban experimental ecology research.
5. To broaden understanding of stormwater infrastructure issues such as stormwater run-off coefficients, green intensive and green extensive roofs, blue roofs, tree pits, combined sewer overflows, etc.

• January Forum Notes: Affordable Housing
• February Forum Notes: Incentives for Rehab
• March Forum Notes: Buying a green home
• April Forum Notes: Green Materials Catwalk
• May Forum Notes: PlaNYC
• July Forum Notes: Green Jobs

[NYC Green Buildings Open House & Tour]

GreenHomeNYC hosts an annual tour of green buildings in New York City on the first Saturday of October. The event is a part of a regional and national day of open houses.

We've started to plan this year's Open House! We're expanding the number of tours and events (again!) -- check back with us for details! Read about the participating buildings in last year's event, or view photos from the event!

[Ask an Expert, Powered By BuildingGreen!]

GreenHomeNYC's Ask an Expert is a web feature that allows you to write in and get personalized answers to your sustainability-related questions. Thanks to our new partners at BuildingGreen, Ask an Expert is bigger and better than ever before. Whether you're looking for help on a particular project or just want to know more about an aspect of green building, GreenHomeNYC and BuildingGreen are here to help.

Ask a question or browse the archives, and be sure to visit BuildingGreen's site to see what they have to offer.

[Recent Press]

• See our very own Lauren Gropper talk in this May 2007 New York Times Magazine video.
  
  
• GreenHomeNYC gets a mention in this February 2007 City Limits article.
  
  
• The Aug/Sept 2006 issue of Plenty magazine profiles actor Adrian Grenier's green renovation project in Brooklyn. The article notes that GreenHomeNYC helped him locate materials and contractors.

[GreenHomeNYC / NESEA Partnership]

GreenHomeNYC is now the New York City Chapter for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). NESEA is a regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. To find out more, visit www.nesea.org.