Sustainable South Bronx G.R.E.A.T. Ideas: Designing a Building Retrofit Training Program

Advisor

Semester

Spring 2008

The team working with Sustainable South Bronx worked on the Green Collar Jobs project to develop a model for a retrofit training program. Professor Suchman, lecturer at SIPA and Columbia Law School, and Senior Legal Advisor to the Urban Design Lab for Sustainable Development at Columbia's Earth Institute, advised the team. The team designed a retrofit training program to promote energy conservation, provide employment, educate workers, and encourage outside investment.