Annual Meeting 2011

You’re invited to this year’s

Hosted by September 24, 2011
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College
(rm. W714, enter at SW corner)
68th & Lexington (6 train @ 68th/Lex)
NYC, NY
5pm to 9pm.

Our Annual Meetings are always great opportunities to meet up with other NESEA members and supporters for networking and engagement, and this year’s is no exception. We’re excited to be holding this gathering in Manhattan, with our great chapter GreenHomeNYC. We are also extremely grateful to CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities for the excellent meeting space.

The schedule of events is as follows:

• 5pm – registration, meet & greet (with hors d’oeuvres)
• 6pm – conversations with CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities & GreenHomeNYC about their organizations and upcoming projects/events. We will also be hearing about recent job experiences in a similar format to GreenHomeNYC’s green jobs forum.
• 7pm – address from NESEA’s Executive Director, Jennifer Marrapese and from NESEA’s Board Chair, James Petersen (of Petersen Engineering)
• 7:30pm – Our Keynote Speaker, Mr. Projjal Dutta will give his talk “Taking the Car out of Carbon” (detailed below)

There will also be time for Q&A and more networking from 8:30 – 9PM

Mr. Projjal Dutta, Director of Sustainability for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Through his extensive professional background and his present work with the MTA, Mr. Dutta has witnessed great improvements in the energy performance of buildings,  a figure which ignores the often enormous amount of energy required to transport people and goods to and from buildings.  His talk, “Taking the Car out of Carbon” will address the energy impacts of transportation and how they can be improved.

Also speaking at this year’s meeting will be Carina Molnar of  the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (ISC). She will be speaking about ISC’s City Atlas New York, which is an innovative, bottom-up sustainability plan that provides everyday citizens with a platform to design, discuss, and participate in new ideas for New York City.

If you already RSVP’d and if you’re down in the city on Saturday morning/afternoon and need something to do before the Annual Meeting,

• Chris Benedict, NESEA member and internationally renowned designer of extremely high performance affordable housing, will personally take you through her latest building under construction in the Bronx. Space is limited, so please let us know if you would like to join this tour.
• Andrew Padian, NESEA member & champion, will be giving a tour of the Clinton Community Garden on W48th St. between 9th & 10th Ave., a sanctuary mere blocks from Times Square, also starting at 1pm.  Please let us know you would like to attend, as space is limited.
• GreenHomeNYC has organized a self-guided tour of the Highline (W30th at 10th Ave) starting at 1pm.

Again, please note these tours are open to those who have RSVP’d to the Annual Meeting and you will receive the details once you have done so.

I hope you can join us for this exciting event. Here’s the event info, one more time:

NESEA 2011 Annual Meeting
September 24, 2011
5pm to 9pm
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College
Lexington Avenue and 68th Street
New York City, NY

Get Directions (Option A on map)

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AS OF 9/23/11

(Because of security at Hunter, you MUST RSVP to attend;
if your name is not on the list, you won’t be admitted.)