Pratt Center for Community Development

Planning, Building, & Educating for Change.

Pratt Center Events

The Pratt Center and its partners are pleased to present public programs to examine how community organizations, planners, preservationists and architects work together to positively shape our city's future.

Information for each event is listed below. Please return to this page, as details for events will be updated periodically.

For information by phone, call the Pratt Center Events Hotline at (718) 636-3486 ext. 6462.

Energy Efficient Building Operators

Thursday September 18, 2008
11: 30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Free
www.greenbrooklyn.org external link icon

Join green leaders from across the city at Brooklyn's largest green event - discuss the latest trends, products and initiatives with over 100 exhibitors, ten hands-on workshops, and thousands of participants.

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Energy Efficient Building Operators

Tuesdays, July 8th, 15th, and 29th 2008
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., breakfast & lunch included
Pratt Manhattan
144 West 14th Street
Room 613
The course fee is $399, with a 75% reimbursement upon completion of all three sessions.

This three-day training course for building managers and maintenance staff teaches how the latest energy saving technology can offer significant financial savings. The course demonstrates how to reduce energy and water use via classroom instruction as well as hands-on time with building equipment, and covers such key topics as energy efficient lighting and appliances, water saving technologies, and heating & cooling controls. Class to be taught by Asit Patel, Association for Energy Affordability.

Co-sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA), and the Pratt Center.

After attending the three sessions, participants also are encouraged to pursue certification under the Building Performance Institute. Certification is $499, and after reimbursement, the out-of-pocket cost is $200.

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Multifamily Buildings 2008: Achieving Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Buildings--New Opportunities

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 21, 22, and 23, 2008
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Price: Full 3 Day Conference Registration (including evening reception) $595
Single Day $275

Attention Property Managers, Developers, Architects, Engineers, Policy Makers, Program Implementers, Contractors:

Learn how to use energy efficiency, renewables, and advanced technologies to address challenges of housing affordability, climate change and sustainability in multifamily buildings.

The premier conference on energy efficiency in multifamily buildings in North America offers a resource-rich, interdisciplinary setting for professionals to exchange research results, analytic tools, technologies, and their experiences with energy saving program designs and strategies in multifamily housing.

For more information, visit www.aeanyc.org/mfb2008.

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Managing Lean and Green: A monthly workshop series for affordable housing managers.

First Wednesdays of the month through February 2009
10am -- 12pm (light breakfast provided)
Pratt Manhattan
14 W. 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Room 602
$200 for 12 sessions, or $20 per session.

The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Pratt Center for Community Development and the Supportive Housing Network invite you to a monthly forum to learn and share information about how to make your existing housing portfolio more energy efficient, healthier, and more financially viable. Each session will feature a presentation on a selected topic and time for participants to discuss their experiences, share information, ask questions and suggest policy and/or programmatic initiatives. We encourage affordable housing managers, developers and fiscal staff to participate.

Proposed topics:

  • What does it mean to manage green? Where are the typical energy hogs and remedies? When to consider a retrofit?
  • Funds for retrofits: Overview of NYSERDA Incentives, Weatherization Assistance Program; Enterprise Green Communities; KeySpan; Con Ed
  • NYS Weatherization Assistance Program: How and when to use it; How to maximize program benefits
  • NYSERDA Multi-Family Performance Program (MFPP): How and when to use it; How to maximize program benefits; How to combine MFPP with WAP
  • Building Energy Assessments: How to choose a contractor; What to expect from your contractor; How to effectively participate in the assessment
  • Training your building managers, superintendents and other building staff
  • Training tenants: How to win the hearts, minds and support of building residents
  • Buying lean and green: Alternative ways to purchase fuel and electricity; Green products and supplies; A look at bulk purchasing
  • Other topics to be determined based on the interests of participants from the prior sessions

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