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Michelle Attles Huseyin Yuce

Program Director, Professional Development Associate Professor, Mathematics
and Workplace Learning NYC College of Technology
CUNY School of Professional Studies

Global warming is an important issue for New Stem cell transplants for individuals with leukemia are
Yorkers. In 2014, the NYC Mayor’s Office released very specialized, high-risk procedures. These factors
One City: Built to Last, a plan to reduce greenhouse also make it one of the most expensive treatments
gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050. Central for hospitals and in turn their patients and insurance
to the plan is improving the energy efficiency of companies. Professor Yuce analyzes the cost and
non-residential city buildings over 10,000 square utilization of the procedure with his three-year, $60K
feet through green training programs for building STATinMED Research award, Economic Burden of
operators. Ms. Attles, with a three-year $3.9M award Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, to provide
from the Department of Citywide Administrative policy makers with guidance on optimizing the pro-
Services Energy Management Division (DEM) titled, cess. By comparing longitudinal data from Medicare
Energy Management Training program, partners and Medicaid, Yuce is preparing a descriptive analysis
with the Building Performance Lab at City College that clarifies the many variables involved in the pro-
to design and administer these energy management cess, from disease sub-types and stem cell source to
classes. Attles focuses on a learner-centric approach comorbidities and age. This data assessment enables
to education that ensures students are successful Yuce and his colleagues to identify key factors that
in applying their knowledge to their assigned impact the overall cost of the procedure. “This study
building. “The personal benefit [for students] is, will be an eye opener for policy makers,” Yuce says,
‘I learn something,’ but the impact goes beyond “We’re hoping they will use this analysis to better
the individual. With everyone working together to distribute their resources.”
learn and apply energy saving solutions, the city
can achieve its larger goal of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.”

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