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Professional Profile: Casey Birmingham

Name: Casey Birmingham Title: Project Manager Company: The Falcon Group Location: New York, NY Birthplace: Clinton, NJ Education: BS Mechani...

Professional Profile: Rebecca O'Sullivan

Name: Rebecca O'Sullivan Title: Program Manager Company: AGRION LLC Location: 303 Fifth Ave, New York, N.Y. 10016 Birthplace: Hicksville, ...

Professional Profile: Lee Wasserman

Name: Lee Wasserman Title: President/CEO Company: LEW Corporation Location: Mountainside, NJ Birthplace: Passaic, NJ Education: Living...

NYSERDA starts NY-Sun PV Trainers Network

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) launched the NY-Sun PV Trainers Network to provide training to help l...

USGBC and American Chemistry Council to work together to advance LEED

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today announced a new initiative designed to ensure the use...

Innovative Empire State Building program cuts $7.5m in energy costs

The Empire State Building has surpassed the energy savings guaranteed through its innovative energy-efficiency program for the third consecu...

Tax tools - Help justify cost of energy projects

Energy independence is a key strategy for our nation and an aligned goal between the business community and government. As such, the governm...

How sustainability shapes competitive strategy

Value may be being left on the table by lacking an understanding of accounting for or anticipating how sustainability factors effect busines...

The what, the why and the how to comply with EPA's RRP (part 3)

The what. Beginning this fall and in full speed by first quarter of 2015, all contractors in the U.S. who disturb painted surfaces in pre-19...

On the compliance horizon - Local Law 88

Local Law 84 (Benchmarking) and Local Law 87 (Energy Auditing and Retro-Commissioning) along with Local Law 88 (Sub-Metering and Energy Effi...