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Envisioning Community Sustainability through the Arts

Keywords: 
citywide
land use
brownfields
sustainable community planning

This presentation describes Pratt Center’s practice of integrating environmental sustainability and the arts in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, and Arts East New York. Pratt Center worked with these community-based...

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Document: 
pratt_center_arts-culture-sustainability_presentation_oct_2012.pdf

Retrofit Standardization Initiative

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New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
citywide
energy efficiency
Pratt Center is working to dramatically expand the residential energy efficiency market through an innovative study to standardize retrofits.
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New York State invests millions of dollars annually in energy efficiency financing and marketing programs to encourage residential retrofits, reduce energy consumption, and foster a more sustainable economy. While these programs have enabled hundreds of local residents to green their homes,...

Project Status: 
Archived
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Jen Becker
Nepal Asatthawasi
Location: 
City-Wide
Status: 
Completed in 2016

Made In NYC

Intro Paragraph: 
New York City is home to almost 6,000 small manufacturers employing 72,000 people. They make everything from pianos (Steinway in Queens) and landing gear for spacecraft (Vahl in Brooklyn) to food, fashion, film and furnishings.
Keywords: 
local manufacturing
local retail
citywide
small businesses
urban manufacturing
job creation
Made In NYC enhances the capacity of small businesses to create jobs, foster entrepreneurial innovation, and grow sustainable local markets.
Body: 

Furthermore, the manufacturing sector is a proven source of good jobs for individuals with limited education and other barriers to employment in many of the city’s most distressed communities. For example, manufacturers in the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough, pay an average salary...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Joanna Reynolds
Mariah Chinchilla
Location: 
City-Wide

Still Subsidizing Luxury Development

Keywords: 
affordable housing
sustainable community planning
citywide

This report calls for a reform of New York City's "421-a" tax exemption program to stop giving tax breaks to building owners who do not include affordable housing units. The “421-a” tax exemption program was created in the 1970s, when the city was on hard times, to...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Document: 
rpt_-_421a-still_subsidizing_luxury_development.pdf

Green Job Creation Potential in New York City's Manufacturing Sector

Keywords: 
green jobs
local manufacturing
urban manufacturing
energy efficiency
citywide

This report analyzes New York City's manufacturing industry and the growth potential of greening operations. Making processes more eco-friendly has proven to be a successful business strategy for NYC manufacturers. The research presented in this report indicates that firms that have pursued...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Document: 
green_job_creation_potential.pdf

A Review of Selected Incubator Kitchens & Training Restaurants

Keywords: 
locally-made food
sustainable community planning
job creation
citywide

Following up on a 2010-2011 proposal to launch a sit-down restaurant and training kitchen on Farmers Boulevard, Pratt Center produced this national review of training and incubation kitchens. This presentation profiles a series of NYC incubation kitchens, which offer affordable rents and...

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Friday, October 1, 2010
Document: 
serving_up_innovation.pdf

RenewableNY: Bringing Manufacturing Businesses the Power to Retrofit

Keywords: 
local manufacturing
urban manufacturing
citywide
energy efficiency

This report documents the RenewableNY program managed by the New York Industrial Retential Network (NYIRN), a project of Pratt Center. RenewableNY provided grant funding and project management support for industrial facilities to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy measures,...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Document: 
renewableny_print.pdf

Energy Efficiency Opportunities and Hurdles in Non-Profit Community Facilities

Keywords: 
energy efficiency
citywide

This report, commissioned by the Low Income Investment Fund, provides evidence that energy efficiency retrofits of nonprofit facilities would increase and improve if financing, energy assessments, and assistance in implementation of retrofit measures were offered as a package. The report...

Research Type: 
Report
Date: 
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Document: 
liif_report-final-20120507_publication.pdf

One City One Future: A Blueprint for Growth that Works for All New Yorkers

Keywords: 
job creation
affordable housing
citywide
land use
zoning
sustainable community planning

This blueprint for economic development is the product of four years of collaboration by civic leaders, neighborhood advocates, community development organizations, labor unions, local development corporations, environmentalists, and others to make economic development work for all New Yorkers...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, April 6, 2009
Document: 
one_city_one_future_blueprint.pdf

The EDGE Program

Intro Paragraph: 
The ever-increasing cost of energy, coupled with the growing awareness of climate change, has made energy efficiency a central pillar of sustainable long-term economic growth in New York City. Now, more than ever, there are tremendous opportunities for reducing energy use while increasing the uptake of renewables.
Keywords: 
citywide
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
energy efficiency
The EDGE Program helps local business owners, homeowners, and land owners connect to state-funded energy efficiency incentive programs.
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The Economic Development Growth Extension (EDGE) Program looks to capitalize on these opportunities by working at the intersection of economic development and sustainability, incentivizing New Yorkers to take steps that will help them decrease their greenhouse gas emissions, while...

Project Status: 
Archived
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Rebekah Morris
Location: 
Brooklyn
Long Island
Manhattan
Queens
Status: 
Completed in 2016

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