It’s Not Easy Turning Co-op Boards Green - NYTimes.com: "The politics at residential buildings, which are notoriously contentious, have become even more so as environmental issues have entered the fray. At many co-ops and condominiums, the members of energy and green committees lobby and cajole their neighbors to embrace projects that sometimes require upfront money, like solar panels, but more often just demand interest and effort on the part of residents, like recycling correctly.
It can be a thankless job that sometimes is met with indifference, skepticism and even outright hostility. But environmentally motivated residents say they operate on the theory of, “If I don’t do it, who will?” as it was put by Sharon Lee Ritchie, who started a green committee in her co-op in Harlem."
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This "Green Building Movement" is coming at a time when many people are more concerned about keeping their home than saving the planet. Municipal buildings are heavily into this way of doing things, and the stimulus legislation has megabucks in it for this, but I think the CID buildings are on their own. Considering that there is usually a huge fight over raising assessments to fix a leaky roof, I wonder how far this movement can get.
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