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How a dyed-in-the-wool cooperator led his building through change

Hal Fuchsman is a life­long believer in the co-op model of home­own­er­ship, but leading his building through an energy effi­ciency upgrade chal­lenged even him.

Ayana Smith

Ask an Expert

“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

Hannah Berman

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Small heat pump, big difference

Residents Maria Lopez and Tammy Reyes on the 2023 NYCHA heat pump pilot that brought more comfort and control into their homes

Miranda Lipton

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The birth of an organizer

Anna Nemetz’s journey from freezing renter to tenant leader

Benjamin Schneider

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Getting under the hood with Derek K. Jones

What drove this South Bronx coop­er­ator to lead his building toward solar and more

Demi Guo

Tips and Tricks

Tips from Tom Sahagian

An energy aficionado offers advice on how to make the switch to more renew­able technology

Mary Cunningham

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“We had to tell a good story.”

How Lucas Parra lobbied his neigh­bors for rooftop solar

Miranda Lipton

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From nightclubs to boiler rooms

Get to know Eric Einstein, the co-op member behind the International Tailoring Building’s HVAC revamp

Mary Cunningham

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Eric Bluestone talks solar strategy

Bluestone, pres­i­dent at the Bluestone Organization, is putting solar anywhere he can

Sunny Nagpaul

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How Stefan Unger got “married to the project”

This co-op member became an expert in rain­screen cladding by leading his build­ing’s reno­va­tion project

Angely Mercado