Sustainability at Home: A toolkit for co-op
Take a walk through your co op home to discover how you can make simple but powerful changes.
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Guide to choosing LED lighting
Use this guide to help identify the best choices for your co-op’s lighting needs. 2022
Guide to EV charging
Use this guide to explore your co-op’s options to install electrical vehicle (EV) charging stations. 2022
Energy-efficient lighting solutions for your co-op – webinar on March 31, 2020
Retrofitting your buildings’ lighting systems is one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing both your energy costs and the carbon footprint of our co-op communities. But how do we know which items to replace? And how do effective lighting systems work? This webinar asked the experts what lighting systems will work for your buildings and where you can find the best energy-saving opportunities. Download the webinar slides here.
Moderator: Ofelia Guanlao, Senior Program Manager, Asset Management Services
Presenters: Stefan Pacula, President, Inlight Solutions; Neil Denney, EVP, Inlight Solutions
Protecting the Environment
The Agency for Co-operative Housing has a section of its website devoted to providing tips and info for co-ops wishing to be environmentally friendly.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Pledge to make a change by reducing poverty or protecting the environment at your housing co-op. (2018)
Model Environmental Sustainability Policy
The model Environmental Sustainability Policy will help guide your co-op with its operations, retrofits, and procurement of goods and services in an environmentally sustainable way. The policy is in Word, so that you can add or delete items, as you see fit.
Top 10 sustainability action list for housing co-operatives
See how your co-op can improve sustainability.