Bloomberg policy advisor Nadibaidze presents to CoreNet

CoreNet Global New York City Chapter (CoreNet NYC) has hosted "Climate Change Mitigation in New York City: Sources of Carbon Emissions and Strategies for Emissions Reductions" on Thursday, September 12th at Steelcase. This exclusive presentation by Levan Nadibaidze was organized by the chapter's growing Sustainability Community, corporate real estate leaders committed to accelerating the adoption and diffusion of sustainable and socially responsible practices in their industry. Nadibaidze, policy advisor for mayor Michael Bloomberg's office of long-term planning and sustainability, discussed the city's current sources of carbon emissions and described progress in reducing them since PlaNYC, Bloomberg's landmark sustainability plan, committed the city to reducing its emission 30 percent by 2030. Nadibaidze also outlined the challenges that each emissions-producing sector - buildings, power, transportation, and solid waste - would have to address on the road to further emissions reductions. Attendees, consisting of industry leaders, were given major recommendations directly relating to the mayor's office's goals for sustainability. According to Nadibaidze, next steps include continuing to implement the city's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan to advance building energy efficiency efforts, scaling up energy efficiency financing, and encouraging greater adoption of solar PV installations.