Fri, Nov 17
|New Haven
NESSBE 2023 : Justice of Place
NESSBE (Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment) is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a larger community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, advocates, and students in a conversation about sustainability in the built environment.
DATE & LOCATION
Nov 17, 2023, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
New Haven, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
ABOUT THE EVENT
Frontline communities are now experiencing the greatest effects of Climate Change. These communities face both an increased energy cost burden and an associated increased health burden due to environmental pollution and housing conditions. The intention of this summit is to explore the means and solutions for meeting this challenge in the built environment, lifting up our most vulnerable communities, while improving the quality of life for all CT residents.
The summit goals are to:
- Educate the building industry, legislators, advocates, and communities
- Understand the landscape of energy and environmental injustice
- Learn from case studies and precedents
- Define barriers and brainstorm solutions
- Capture federal funding to reverse structural inequality
- Convene partner organizations
- Highlight and promote GC3 Equity and Justice 40 recommendations
- Accelerate the sustainable transformation of the built environment