Steven Winter Associates Inc., a sustainable energy consulting company based in Norwalk, Conn. will hold two workshops Nov. 13 at Murphy Brothers Contracting Inc. in Mamaroneck. The sessions will focus on the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s grant programs.
Murphy Brothers Contracting, a full-service general contracting company at 416 Waverly Ave., will open its conference room for presentations geared toward helping commercial contractors, engineers and building professionals install energy efficient systems that qualify for state grants.
“We’ve been doing this for three years where we host educational workshops on our site,” said Michael Murphy, director of new project development at Murphy Brothers. “We do them for design professionals in the area on a monthly basis.”
Lauren Brust, director of commercial energy services at Steven Winter Associates, will give presentations at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The idea is “with more understanding comes greater adoption,” Brust said. She added that Westchester is a prime real estate market with “large numbers of buildings and  a lot of developments going on,” so the workshops could benefit a lot of people in the county.
Steven Winter Associates, a subcontractor of Luthin Associates Inc. in N.J., the primary contractors with NYSERDA, is responsible for organizing outreach presentations to get real estate developers, engineers and owners up to speed on the funding available through NYSERDA.
“We want people to understand the incentives that are available to offset the costs of their projects,” Heather Breslin, marketing director at Steven Winter Associates, said.
