October 12, 2010 
admin The Municipal Art Society has launched a campaign to promote the positive environmental benefits of preserving and improving the efficiency of New York’s older and historic buildings. The campaign is supported by funding from the New York Community Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Earlier this year, MAS hosted eight roundtable discussions with an interdisciplinary group of experts. The goal of the roundtables was to have discussions on the following topics; Green Building and Historic Preservation Standards, Demolition and Waste Stream, Green Jobs, Green Preservation Policy, Sustainable Growth, Financial Incentives, Greening Historic Buildings and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change. MAS will write and publicize a research agenda and white paper based on the ideas generated in the discussions and the Conference on Preservation and Climate Change in New York City. The report will be released in winter 2010.
MAS has been fortunate to have the guidance of the following experts:
| Lisa Ackerman | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | World Monuments Fund |
| Erica Avrami | Research and Education Director | World Monuments Fund |
| Donna De Costanzo | Senior Attorney | National Resource Defense Council |
| Amy Facca | Preservation Planner | New York State Historic Preservation Office |
| Mike Gerrard | Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice | Columbia University Law School |
| Andrea Goldwyn | Director of Public Policy | New York Landmarks Conservancy |
| Cullen Howe | Environmental Specialist | Arnold & Porter, LLP |
| Keenan Hughes | Associate | Phillips Preiss Grygiel, LLC |
| Tara Kelly | Executive Director | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts |
| Dan Kolodner | Associate | Nixon Peabody, LLP |
| Ken Levinson | Principal | Levenson McDavid Architects P.C. |
| Ken Lustbader | Program Consultant | J.M. Kaplan Fund |
| Jonathan Marvel | Principal | Rogers Marvel Architects |
| Randall Mason | Chair, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation | University of Pennsylvania |
| Benjamin Miller | Senior Research Associate, Freight Programs | Environmental Protection Agency, University Transportation Center, Region 2 |
| Jean Parker Phifer | Associate | Thomas Phifer & Partners |
| Richard Plunz | Director | Columbia University, Earth Institute, Urban Design Lab |
| Suzanne Russon | Director of Sustainability Initiatives | NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development |
| Judith Saltzman | Principal | Li/Saltzman Architects |
| Brendan Sexton | President & Director of Policy and Programs | The Sexton Company |
| Jeremy Shannon | Principal Architect | Prospect Architecture |
| Stephen Tilly | Principal | Stephen Tilly Architect |
