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SOM Technical Director Nicholas Holt has been chosen to serve as an expert on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Green Buildings Technical Working Group. Holt will join other leaders to help shape policies and programs that support the city’s dramatic greenhouse gas reduction goals. SOM is the only architecture firm represented on the task force.
According to a statement from the mayor’s office, the Technical Working Group comprises real estate leaders, architects, engineers, labor union members, affordable housing experts, and environmental advocates. The group will devise specific strategies to help reduce building-based emissions, aiming for a 30 percent reduction by 2025 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050.