The Government Law Center at Albany Law School will host the virtual program, “State-Level Approaches to Environmentally Sustainable Housing,” on Wednesday, March 22, from noon to 1 p.m.

The panel will explore legal and policy incentives and regulations that impact the development of environmentally sustainable affordable housing. The discussion will describe existing projects and the potential for future projects.

The series is free of charge and open to the public, but registration is required. Continuing legal education (CLE) professional practice credit is available for attorneys who attend.

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne— currently the Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law and Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and the incoming 19th President and Dean of Albany Law School — will moderate the panel discussion that will include:

• Rory M. Christian, Chair and CEO of the New York State Public Service Commission and Board Member of NYSERDA
• Casius Pealer, Associate Dean and Director of Advancement, Director of Sustainable Real Estate Development, and Shane Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Architecture
• Amar Shah, Manager on the Carbon-Free Buildings team at Rocky Mountain Institute