Institute executive director Olympia Kazi testified in front of the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee about the package of four bills that mandate energy efficiency upgrades for a great part of the existing NYC building stock. Kazi’s testimony included comments from the third fellows’ Breakfast Club that focused on the Greener Greater Buildings Plan initiative of PlaNYC. The implementation of this plan depends upon the passage of those bills. You may download the [PDF] of the testimony.
New York City Council Testimony
Friday, June 26th, 20093rd Breakfast Club, New York
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Laurie Kerr leads the round-table discussion.
Institute fellows gathered at the New York Center for Architecture for the third fellows’ Breakfast Club, chaired by Institute fellow Laurie Kerr, Senior Policy Advisor at NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, who led the discussion on the “greening” of New York City’s building code.
Green Buildings New York
Monday, June 15th, 2009As part of the GreenBuildingsNY fair on June 16th, Institute fellow Bruce Fowle gave a tour of the Javits Center, where he discussed the greening and retrofitting of the center.
Los Angeles Film Festival
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Institute board member Thom Mayne was one of the Artists in Residence for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, where he hosted a discussion and screening with cinematographer Frederick Elmes about architecture and cinema.