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| Posted by: 23rd Street Association |
4/20/2010 |
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Newsletter &
Neighborhood Update
April
2010
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2010 Board
of
Directors
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Pamela Araujo
Thomas S. Arbuckle
Nicholas Athanail
Clinton W. Blume, Jr.
Miriam Cohen
Jude Gorgopa
Timothy A. Hall
Julienne K. Jack
Christopher Kay
Eric Lugo
Perry Mallas
Larry S. Oskowsky
James
Ratigan
Robert S.
Schwartz
Barrett Stokes
Susan Singer |
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
MEMBERS
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(Partial List)
26+
Helen Mills Theater
915 Broadway
A B S Partners .
Ann Service Corp
Baruch College
Benvenuto Cafe
Crain's New York
bWell Informed, LLC
Cable/Computer Doctor
Chelsea Hotel Oper.
Chelsea London Co.
Chelsea Piers
Community Media, LLC. -- The
Villager
Con
Edison
Douglas Elliman/London
Terrace Towers
Duggal Visual
Solutions
Eneslow
Shoes
Epstein, Becker and Green
Epiphany School
Ernst &
Blume
Federation Protestant
Welfare Agencies
First Pioneer
Properties
Gramercy Dental
Arts
Grimaldi &
Associates
Hall Partnership
LLP
Ink On Pixels,
LLC
Inn on 23rd
Street
Jude Gorgopa, Atlantis
Health Ins.
McBurney
YMCA
The Institute of Culinary
Education
Meringoff
Properties
New York Enterprise
Report
Toy Industry
Association
Newmark &
Co.
NJ L&C
Park Avenue Laser Vision
Prime Strategies
Provident Loan Society
Richard Bryan Attorney, PLLC
Select Office Suites
Stein Senior Center
Synergy Realty,Inc
TD Bank
The McCarton Foundation/ School
Tri State Building Corp.
Wells Fargo Insurance
Whitey's Hardware Corp.
Zipcar
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2010 membership
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23RD ASSOCIATION EARTH DAY
EVENT
THIS THURSDAY!
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SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER ADDED!
Max Joel from NYSERDA will join us to explain the various ways you can
receive tax
incentives for making energy saving
improvements 
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MORE GREEN EVENTS THIS
WEEK
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Today!
A Necessary Future for New York - A Conversation with
Jonathan Rose
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, April 20, 2010
Oak Room,137 E. 22nd St., Room 203
Jonathan Rose Cos.,
LLC is, in the words of its president, "a leading green urban solutions
provider. We understand buildings, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and the
nation as complex, adaptive and interdependent systems. Our goal is to help
metropolitan regions become more resilient, competitive and equitable."
No RSVP needed.
Thursday Evening
ILLUMINATING THE SCIENCE: Art and Climate
Change
Join The Earth Institute, Columbia University; the Segal
Center; and artists, scientists, and communication experts working across
multiple disciplines in an inspirational, informative program to explore present
and future connections between the arts and climate change science. In honor of
Earth
Day.
April 22 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CUNY Graduate Center
RSVP
Phone: 212-817-1863
Website: http://www.theSegalCenter.org
Have you voted for Baruch today?
http://www.refresheverything.com/baruchrecycles
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SMALL BUSINESS COLUMN
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Five Easy Ways To Shave Business Energy
Bills
 Think "energy
efficiency" and high-priced upgrades like replacing the office lights or
installing a fancy energy-efficient heating system often spring to mind. In
reality, though, many of the most effective energy-saving strategies for small
businesses require little or no upfront cost, meaning you can reap real savings
almost immediately.
Here
are five low-cost energy-saving opportunities to consider:
1. Unplug equipment (or use power strips).
Office equipment, battery chargers and electronics continue to draw energy from
the electrical outlets even when they're turned off. This "phantom energy" or
"vampire power," as it's called, can account for up to 30% of your electricity
bills. To prevent that, unplug equipment when it's not in use. Or if there are
too many gadgets to unplug individually, plug everything into a power strip and
flip the switch off.
2. Set the sleep mode on computers, printers and
copiers. Most office electronics these days offer a "power-saving" or
"sleep" mode. What it does: When the equipment isn't used for an extended
period, it will automatically go into a low-energy-consuming mode. You can
simply shake the mouse or hit a button and the equipment springs back to full
life. For each computer in your business, setting the power-saving mode on the
monitor and system drive can save up to $50 a year on electricity bills.
Enabling power-saving modes on copiers or printers can save even more.
3. Install occupancy sensors.Businesses often
have rooms that get used rarely or sporadically, such as storage closets, break
rooms or restrooms. But the lights may stay on constantly. Installing occupancy
sensors in these types of rooms, which typically cost less than $100 each, will
help ensure lights in those rooms only come on when somebody is actually in
them. Using an occupancy sensor can create light electricity savings in that
room of more than 50%.
4. Use a programmable thermostat.Just like in a
home, setting back the temperatures at night or when you're away will generate
nice savings on your heating bills. Programmable thermostats generally cost less
than $100 and allow you to pre-set room temperatures over the course of a day.
Every one degree you set back temperatures for an eight-hour period will produce
up to a 1% savings on your heating bills, according to the Department of Energy.
So in the summer, you might program room temperature at 72 degrees during the
day and turn it up to 78 degrees at night.
5. Install low-flow faucet aerators.If you have
a restroom or a kitchen , you can reduce your water heating costs by installing
a so-called low-flow aerator on the faucets. Most standard aerators on faucets
generate 2.2 gallons of water per minute. A low-flow aerator will replace some
of that water with air pressure and flow 1.5 gallons per minute or less. Using
low-flow aerators is estimated to save 25% to 60% on water-heating costs for the
faucets they are installed on.
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Please support your fellow Association
member
A CELEBRATION OF
LEARNING
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The McCarton Foundation provides unique learning
opportunities and experiences for children with autism. The Association is proud
to have The McCarton School (an important initiative of the Foundation) as a
neighbor and member.
The McCarton Foundation
Ninth Annual Fundraiser
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