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School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Posted on July 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week I outlined my school’s effort to measure its energy use during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I mentioned there, I got the data following my (approved) visit to the campus. While I was there, I realized that even without … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Brooklyn College, Calgary, conversion, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy distribution, energy transition, EU, Europe, Future, Microgrid, New York, NY, NYC, PG&E, Portland, Power, power source, School, smart grid, Solar, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology, Weather, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

Using COVID-19 to Measure Energy Consumption at Brooklyn College

Posted on July 7, 2020 by climatechangefork

I am on the faculty at both CUNY Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan. CUNY is a huge institution: The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban public university, a transformative engine of social … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy | Tagged a/c, base load, Brooklyn College, carbon neutral, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy transition, Global Warming, law, lockdown, New York, NYC, pandemic, peak load, Sustainability | Leave a comment

How to Use COVID-19 to Make your Workplace Greener

Posted on June 30, 2020 by climatechangefork

The “lonely” Brooklyn College in June This is the beautiful campus where I teach. There are almost no students; it looks lonely. Granted, I took the photograph on Sunday, June 21st, a day when the campus likely wouldn’t look much … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged blackout, Brooklyn College, brownout, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, college, coronavirus, covid, CUNY, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Gosaba, Hydroelectric, India, Infrastructure, legislation, lockdown, Microgrid, New Year, NYC, pandemic, Power, power grid, Renewable, social distance, Solar, Transition, virus, Wind | 1 Comment

Holidays During a Pandemic: Let the Young Lead the Way

Posted on March 31, 2020 by climatechangefork

My first entry for this blog was on April 22, 2012. April 22nd is Earth Day but we will celebrate many other things throughout this coming month, including my wife’s birthday, spring, and many religious holidays, including the following: April … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged access, Ashkenazi, Bhuddist, Brooklyn College, ceremony, Christian, coronavirus, COVID 19, CUNY, Easter, Eid, Electricity, equity, Hindu, holiday, isolation, Israel, Jew, Jewish, muslim, Online Education, pandemic, Passover, quarantine, rabbi, Ramadan, religion, remote learning, Sephardic, Shabbat, social distancing, tradition, zoom | Leave a comment

We Stand Together (Separately)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by climatechangefork

January 27th, the first day of classes at Brooklyn College, also happened to be International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was also near the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States—a few days after the first positive diagnosis outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust | Tagged 30th division, Brooklyn College, China, coronavirus, COVID 19, CUNY, epidemic, Farsleben, Gal Gadot, Germany, History, Holocaust, imagine, Jew, Jewish, John Lennon, liberation, Magdeburg, pandemic, Poland, Scranton, teen symposium, US, WHO, WWII | Leave a comment

Sustainable CUNY Solar + Storage Summit 2019

Posted on July 2, 2019 by climatechangefork

Over the last few years, the City University of New York has organized several Solar + Storage summits focused on local needs and opportunities to accelerate the local energy transition to a carbon neutral economy. This year, the conference was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conference, Education, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Carbon, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, CUNY, DG Hub, diesel, Economy, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Future, generator, Global Warming, Green Bank, greenhouse gas, Kathy Hochul, Microgrid, Mitigation, model, National Grid, Natural Gas, New York, NREL, NY, NYC, NYCEEC, Policy, policymakers, PV, Renewable, renewable energy, resilient, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, solar panel, Storage, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Wind, zero net carbon | 1 Comment

Multilevel Confrontations with Climate Change: State Legislation

Posted on June 25, 2019 by climatechangefork

Wherever you live or work there is a very good chance that you are subject to multiple jurisdictions , with laws that you have to abide by. In my case, those include New York City and State, and the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, California, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, CUNY, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Future, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, jurisdiction, law, legislation, Mitigation, New York, NY, NYC, Policy, Renewable, renewable energy, rule, Science, socio-economic, socioeconomic, Solar, State, Sustainability, US, Wind | 2 Comments

Campus Sustainability – NYC and CUNY

Posted on June 4, 2019 by climatechangefork

Sustainability in NYC In mid-April, the New York City Council passed an incredibly important piece of legislation regarding our city’s sustainability, calling for landlords to upgrade the built environment: New York City Passes Historic Climate Legislation The Climate Mobilization Act … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, AOC, Bloomberg, budget, building, built environment, C40, campus, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon neutral, city council, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Mobilization Act, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conversion, Cornell, Cost, CUNY, Ed Markey, Emissions, Energy, energy footprint, energy transition, Environment, environmental, experimentl science, funding, Future, Global Warming, goal, governance, Government, green new deal, greenhouse gas, initiative, insulation, lab, laboratory, landlord, law, legislation, Mitigation, natural science, New, New York, NYC, old, PlaNYC, PlaNYC2030, Population, projection, Renewable, renewable energy, renovation, retrofit, School, Science, Solar, study, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Wind, zero carbon | 5 Comments

Climate Skepticism and Schools?

Posted on November 20, 2018 by climatechangefork

A few days ago, my wife emailed me a piece from PBS about the state of climate change education in K-12 classes: Dueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change: The group that mailed books and DVDs arguing that … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, American Meteorological Society, AMS, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, clilmate change deniers, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CUNY, Data, database, Debate, denier, DeVos, Education, eligible voter, Emissions, Environment, false debate, Future, Global Warming, Heartland, human caused, ignorance, K-12, k12, Meteorology, misinformation, Mitigation, multidisciplinary, NASA, Policy, political, politician, politics, prevention, professor, School, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, teach, teacher, teacher training, Teaching, voter, Voting | Leave a comment

Referencing vs. Plagiarism

Posted on May 22, 2018 by climatechangefork

The semester is about over (only some finals and the graduation ceremony remain). In a few days I’ll be celebrating my birthday – time for a selfie reflecting the integrity of my writing. I addressed some aspects of the ethics … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: CUNY

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Using COVID-19 to Measure Energy Consumption at Brooklyn College

We Stand Together (Separately)

Sustainable CUNY Solar + Storage Summit 2019

Multilevel Confrontations with Climate Change: State Legislation

Campus Sustainability – NYC and CUNY

Climate Skepticism and Schools?

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