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The Complexity of Carbon

Posted on March 3, 2018 by greenerjsa

Zero Net Energy (ZNE) and Zero Net Carbon (ZNC) are in the news and in our current planning and policy discussion. This makes for an […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

We Need More Daylight on the Solar Panel Tariff

Posted on January 28, 2018 by greenerjsa

The solar industry is the fastest growing occupational sector, per the US Department of Labor. It is a $28 billion dollar a year industry and […]

Critical commentary, Energy

Guilty and Greening

Posted on November 12, 2017 by greenerjsa

A few years ago, at an inter-agency committee meeting to work on greening state agencies, one of the prominent leaders associated with the work introduced […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Energy, green business, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

Don’t Forget the People

Posted on October 9, 2017 by greenerjsa

What is an empty, abandoned building other than terribly sad? No matter the story behind it, no matter the current circumstances or future potential for […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Resiliency Riff

Posted on June 21, 2017 by greenerjsa

Resilience in our daily lives: Public transit, sidewalks, electric infrastructure, bike lanes all lead to resiliency, so everyone has more than one way to get […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, health, resilience

Solutions, Part 2: Challenges in Implementation

Posted on June 13, 2017 by greenerjsa

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein In my last blog post I used www.thesolutionsproject.org to illustrate […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Dear Governor Cuomo,

Posted on March 19, 2017 by greenerjsa

To: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NY State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Date: March 18, 2017 […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools, High Performance Tools, The Profession

Pipelines, Pipelines, Everywhere a Pipeline…

Posted on March 12, 2017 by greenerjsa

Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL, NED pipeline in New England…everywhere you look there are pipelines proposed, debated, implemented. And this is typically how it goes…no […]