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In The News
5/19/2010 - The Cooperator - Making a Good Impression
3/29/2010 - New York House - Green Homes Advocate
3/18/2010 - Eco-Intel - Unions Train a New Generation of Workers for Green Jobs
2/2/2010 - Environment and the Economy in NYC - New York City Labor Unions Train Workers For a Green Jobs Future
1/25/2010 - Tech News Daily - A Blueprint for Greening New York City's Buildings
1/15/2010 - MetroLatinoUSA - Federal Grant to Expand Union’s “Green Suppers” Program
1/15/2010 - Greener Buildings - Yogi Berra was Right
1/14/2010 - Greener Buildings - A Blueprint for Greening New York City's Buildings
1/12/2010 - SEIU - Recovery Act Grants Help SEIU Grow Green Training Programs
1/7/2010 - Greener Buildings - NYC's '1,000 Green Supers' Program Lands $2.8M Federal Grant
1/6/2010 - WNYC - Nearly $3million for Green Supers
11/29/2009 - El
Diario - Un Conserje Bien Ecológico (Spanish)
11/22/2009 - New York Times - Start Small and Think Long-Term: Saving Energy
11/19/2009 - Mayor Bloomberg Added to Green Team
11/6/2009 - CNN en Espanol
11/2/2009 - Habitat Magazine - Green Supers: A Property Mgr. Takes the Free Union Workshop and Reports
10/30/2009 - Green Planet - Greening NYC, 1,000 Supers At a Time
10/15/2009 - Green Building Elements - New York City Starts "One Year, One Thousand Green Supers" Green Building Program
10/11/2009 - SEIU Blog - Turning the Big Apple into the Big Green Apple
10/8/2009 - NY Green Fashion (Japanese Blog) - Green Building Policy of New York City: NYC Cool Roofs and Green Building Training Program | View Translation
10/4/2009 - Environmental Policy - One Year, One Thousand Green Supers
10/1/2009 - Greener Buildings - New York Aims to Train One Thousand Green Supers in a Year
9/30/2009 - Sustainable Business - NYC To Train Green Supers
9/29/2009 - Environmental News Service - New York City Cultivates Green Building Upgrades Two Ways
9/29/2009 - Green Buildings NYC - That's Super: Bloomberg, Realty Advisory Board, 32BJ Join Forces to Green City's Superintendents
9/29/2009 - Mother Nature Network - NYC green building program launches
9/28/2009 - AZO Building - Supers to be Trained in Energy Efficient Practices
9/28/2009 - Cleaning and Management Online - Mayor Bloomberg added to green team
9/28/2009 - Owner's Insight - Bloomberg’s Push For Energy Efficiency
9/28/2009 - The Real Deal - New program to train supers in going green
9/25/2009 - Crain's New York - Going green: Let a thousand supers bloom
9/25/2009 - NBCNY - NYC Green Buildings Program
9/25/2009 - New York 1 - City Launches Program For More Efficient Buildings
9/25/2009 - New York 1 Noticias - Lanzan programa de entrenamiento para ahorrar energía con tecnología eficiente
9/9/2009 - Multihousing News - 1,000 Green Supers in One Year
9/4/2009 - Apollo Alliance - Labor Unions’ Green Efforts Are Cause for Celebration
8/26/2009 - Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University - Columbia, Local 32BJ Forge New Green Working Relationship
8/24/2009 - Habitat Magazine - Free Greening Program: Save the Planet, One Super at a Time
8/10/2009 - Columbia University, Off the Cuff - Columbia Helps Green New York’s Buildings One Superintendent at a Time
8/10/2009 - SEIU Blog - The Vanguard of an American Clean Energy Revolution
7/31/2009 - Cleaning
and Management Online - 1 Year:1,000 Green Supers
Vice President Biden Commends 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund's Green Programs
Vice President Biden recognized the Thomas Shortman Training Fund as a model green jobs training program at a recent Middle Class Task Force town hall meeting in Denver, CO. During the town hall the Vice President announced $500 million green jobs training program designed to connect people to opportunities in the clean energy economy.32BJ member and green superintendent Bill Aristovulos was invited by the Vice President to participate and represent the Thomas Shortman Training Fund at the event. Besides being a Superintendent and 32BJ member, Bill is also a green instructor at Shortman. He teaches classes in efficient HVAC operation and building control systems.
As a Superintendent, Bill has retrofitted his building extensively to maximize its efficiency. Through a comprehensive water conservation program he lowered his building water consumption by 30% through the installation of low-flow toilets and showerheads. Additionally, Bill orchestrated the installation of a new air condition system in his building with reduced his energy costs by $20,000 per year and prevented 300 pounds of toxic refrigerant from entering our atmosphere.
Read the full Middle Class Task Force report
| Nick Prigo - May 26, 2009 | 6:02pm | 0 Comments |
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