Hannah Berman Program Director
Recent articles by Hannah Berman
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In 2025, carbon emissions reporting went well. But 2030? “It’s going to be a real scramble”
A Q&A with Mariel Hoffman, EN-POWER GROUP’s Director of Energy Engineering, on trends she saw in the first year of Local Law 97 filings
March 17, 2026
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“If you have a pulse on what’s going on, you don’t lose a building”
A Q&A with property manager Desi Ndreu on the value of communication, and how property management is responding to the need to decarbonize
November 18, 2025
Policy
What the candidates for mayor have to say about New York’s landmark climate housing law
Local Law 97 has been up for discussion at the past few mayoral debates. Who we elect on November 4 will decide the policy’s fate.
October 29, 2025
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“It’s a very game-like problem: You’re trying to build things, and there are obstacles”
A Q&A with Richard Reiss, developer of decarbonization board game Energetic and founder of City Atlas
September 24, 2025
Explainer
The value of a building wellness check
An energy audit team talks through the benefits of knowing where your building stands
August 27, 2025
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“You have to break it down so that it can be understood by a third grader”
A Q&A with Martin Robertson, a Brooklyn-based facilities manager, on how to push for progress in a big building
June 24, 2025
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“If we could do it, anyone could”
A Q&A with two cooperators from one of New York City’s original self-managed Finnish co-ops, who coordinated efforts to tune up their ancient boiler and patch up leaks in the walls
April 17, 2025
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“Read the F*cking Manual!”
A Q&A with Chris McGinnis, a former IBM worker and longtime co-op resident who made it his mission to learn how buildings work so he could make his own more efficient
February 27, 2025
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“Everyone’s sick of hearing about heat pumps from me!”
A Q&A with Kathryn DeFehr, Brooklyn architect and co-op resident, on how to sway a co-op board
January 1, 2025