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Steven Winter Associates, Inc. announces new leadership following the retirement of former President, Dianne Griffiths. Appointed by the firm’s Board of Directors, Marc Zuluaga will step in as Chief Executive Officer, and Srikanth Puttagunta will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer. This transition solidifies an expanded leadership team with a long track record of empowering innovative employees.

CAMBA Gardens Phase II, located in Wingate, Brooklyn, has been selected as a 2018 LEED Homes Award winner in the Outstanding Affordable Project category. SWA is proud to have served as the sustainability and energy consultants for this project, which will continue to provide affordable housing for tenants and establish positive and beneficial relationships with the hospital and community.

Now in its seventh year, BuildingEnergy NYC is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. This year’s theme of “Electrification” means that content will focus on how electrification will affect design, construction, related policies, technology, operations, user engagement, and community equity, as well as on solutions for when electrification is not possible.

The Getting to Zero Forum is a solutions-focused event dedicated to zero energy and zero carbon buildings. The 2019 Forum will bring together 550+ leading policymakers, design professionals, building owners, systems manufacturers, commercial real estate representatives and others working to define a new energy future for the built environment. This year, Karla Butterfield and Lois Arena from SWA will be presenting on strategies for lowering the footprint of higher education facilities.

The WFUV radio station's Strike a Chord campaign is focusing on energy conservation and the individuals/companies working in sustainability. Katie Schwamb, Senior Sustainability Consultant at SWA, discusses her involvement with GreenHomeNYC - an organization working to raise awareness about energy consumption in buildings.

On this episode, we interviewed Laurie Kerr, a climate policy veteran who helped shape the sustainability plan of one of the most notable cities in the world with regards to climate change and climate action – New York City. Laurie discusses which programs were successful (and which were not) during her time with the Bloomberg administration, and compares these initiatives to those of different cities around the US.