Klara’s Urban Habitat Initiatives Reflections
Green in Action Producer and Marketing and Communications Specialist Klara Kaufman says goodbye and reflects on nearly three years working at Urban Habitat Initiatives.
Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing
2021 Year in Review
Somehow, another year has flown by! With a hopeful start offered by vaccines and a change in the presidential administration, we looked forward to some relief from the COVID challenges of 2020 and chances to reconnect and move forward. And while the COVID story is not yet finished, 2021 did have many good moments.
Greenbuild 2021
The lack of affordable housing and the climate crisis are two of the most pressing challenges facing cities today. Green affordable housing addresses both by providing housing stability, safety, and financial predictability while reducing environmental impacts. At the Greenbuild Conference and Expo next week, Urban Habitat Initiatives President Kimberly Vermeer will be discussing key findings from her book, Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, Revised Edition with co-author Walker Wells.
Greenbuild 2021: Taking Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing to the Resilience Summit
2020 and 2021 brought issues of health, equity, and resilience into sharp focus for green building and sustainability practitioners. At the Greenbuild Conference and Expo virtual Resilience Summit next week, Urban Habitat Initiatives President Kimberly Vermeer will be discussing key findings from her book, Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, Revised Edition.
The Green in Action Podcast has an Integrated Design Moment
Welcome to the era of Integrated Design! The next two episodes of the Green in Action podcast are ready for your ears. In this new episode and “minisode,” host Kimberly Vermeer (and Urban Habitat Initiatives President) gets into the nitty-gritty of one of the most important sustainable design tools: the integrated design process.
Happy First Birthday, Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing!
July brings the one-year anniversary of the publication of Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, Revised Edition. One the one hand, it’s hard to believe it’s been a year. On the other hand, what a year it has been!
National Home Performance Conference
Leading with sustainability as a core value opens an organization up to growth.
2020 in Review
Urban Habitat Initiatives President Kimberly Vermeer reflects on her work in 2020.
Revisiting Plaza Roosevelt
Kim revists an affordable housing development featured in Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing: Plaza Roosevelt, in Michigan
Virtual Book Tour Tackles Hot Button Issues
Book tours are looking a little different this year! One silver lining of limitations on in-person events is that communities with diverse perspectives can gather virtually to consider commonly shared issues.