Executive Director, Adjunct Professor of Law
Wilf Hall 312
(212) 998-6146
email: danielle.spiegel-feld@nyu.edu

Danielle is the Executive Director at the Guarini Center where her research focuses on urban environmental law and sustainable energy policy. She is also an adjunct professor and is currently teaching a seminar in Urban Environmental Law & Policy with Katrina Wyman. Previously, she served as a research fellow in Climate Change and the Law at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Law where she studied interactions between international trade law and domestic environmental policy. While in Copenhagen, Danielle lectured in courses on international energy law, international environmental law, and the law of the World Trade Organization. Danielle has published widely on topics in environmental and energy law and policy in scholarly publications as well as media outlets including The New York Times, US News, The Daily News, Crain’s and others. Danielle received her J.D. from NYU and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Recent Publications and Blog Posts:

• Towards Plant-Forward Diets: A Toolkit for Local Policy Makers
• Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City
• Valuing Density: An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental Review
• Impact of mandatory energy audits on building energy use
• Cities as Global Environmental Actors: The Case of Marine Plastics
• Emissions Trading for Buildings?
• Crain’s New York Business: Let Buildings Trade to Meet Carbon Mandate
• Daily News: Only Half the Bag Solution
• The Urban Environmental Renaissance
• Do Mandatory Energy Audits Reduce Building Energy Use?: A Bayesian Analysis of New York City’s Local Law 87
• Crain’s: Greening the City from the Top Down
• Expanding Green Roofs in New York City: Towards a Location-Specific Tax Incentive
• Clean and Resilient Power for Caribbean States
• NYT: New York City Should Grade Buildings on Energy Efficiency
• The Promise of Renewable Energy Microgrids for Rural Latin America