Meet experts and learn ways to lower carbon footprint and energy bills

October 16, 2021 – The Old Stone House outdoors in Washington Park, 363 3rd St. Brooklyn, and Heat/Cool Smart Brooklyn will be the hosts to the Sustainable Home Fair on October 16th from 11 am-5 pm. The event will focus on how homeowners, renters, and building owners can lower their carbon footprint and energy bills while learning how to finance these efforts. There will be free presentations every hour by experts knowledgeable in: solar panels, heat pumps, passive homes, rain barrels, composting, green roofs, home insulation, electric ranges, urban farming, and more.

New York, and other cities around the globe, are on a path to cut Green House Gas emissions by targets set by the Paris Accord. This commitment is enshrined in the New York State’s law the CLCPA (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act) and New York City’s CMA (Climate Mobilization Act). New York State’s Climate Act is among the most ambitious climate laws in the world and requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and no less than 85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels.

Sponsored by Brooklyn SolarWorks, the borough’s leading residential solar system design and installation provider and NYSERDA, a public benefit, has been advancing energy solutions and working to protect the environment since 1975.

Expert presenters include: Alive Structures; Brooklyn Solar Works; Green Team Long Island; Heat/Cool Smart Brooklyn; New York Passive House; Big Reuse/DSNY; and Power Market.

View participating organizations here:
https://linktr.ee/sustainablehomefair

About the organizers:
Kathy Malone
Kathy Malone is a 350 Brooklyn member which works locally to address the climate crisis through education, legislation and direct action. We are one of more than 200 international affiliates of 350.org.

The Old Stone House
The Old Stone House & Washington Park is dedicated to preserving and teaching local and national history as it has impacted our historically significant Brooklyn neighborhood.

Heat/Cool Smart Brooklyn
NYC 2030 District is implementing Heat/Cool Smart Brooklyn (HCSB), a Clean Heating and Cooling Communities campaign in Brooklyn Community Boards 2 & 6 sponsored by the Brooklyn Borough President and NYSERDA. Buildings with energy-efficient envelopes and clean heating and cooling systems will keep you comfortable all year round, lower your energy costs, and reduce your carbon footprint.