Green Roof
Green Roof Construction and Maintenance
The Book “Green Roof Construction and Maintenance” by Kelly Luckett is a thorough overview of green roof installation, maintenance and return on investment.
The book is published by McGraw Hill, a publisher of many good green building books.
The book is on the dry academic side. There aren’t any cutesy pictures or graphics. In fact the book [...]
Recovering America
Please read to the end: there is an invitation for designers and architects to submit work to Eco Brooklyn.
After hearing that Malcolm Wells, pioneer of underground architecture, had died I bought a couple of his books and read up on him.
I regret not meeting him when he was alive. He had a great sense of [...]
Brooklyn Green Roof Detail
Here is a great picture of a green roof installation for a Brooklyn brownstone.
I like it because it is simple. There are a lot of ways to install a green roof on a Brownstone. They simply have to meet the low weight requirements but apart from that you can do it many ways.
This is one [...]
Building Green Book
This book has a long title: Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs. But then again it is a big book.
Written by Tim Callahan and Clarke Snell this book overflows with 600 pages and 1500 images. The book aims to [...]
Brooklyn Green Brownstone Renovation Template
The way Brooklyn brownstones are currently renovated does not work. It does not work for the environment nor for the inhabitants’ comfort and utility bills.
Eco Brooklyn is focused on redefining how a brownstone gets renovated. We use the Brooklyn Green Show House as an example of a renovation template that works for the triple [...]
Green Roof and Solar Installation Tax Abatement
Navigating the maze of paperwork to get the New York Green Roof and Solar Tax abatement can be confusing, and we’re green roof and solar installers! Below is a list of all you need. The process is pretty simple once you figure it out. Any New York green roof installer and solar panel installer needs [...]
Brooklyn Green Roof Installation
We just went to check on one of our green roof installations in Brooklyn. It had just rained and the air was crisp and clean. Mists floated over the still sleepy brownstones and tree lined streets. And the little pockets of sedum on the green roof dimpled with sparkly rain drops. It was a really [...]
350.org and Turn Brooklyn Green
350.org is a site worth knowing about. It is at the helm of a very sensible movement to get the CO2 levels of the world back down to 350 part per million, which is a safe level. Right now they are at 387 and it isn’t very clear whether they will keep going up or [...]
Green Roof Installation
Here is a useful booklet on green roof installation. It lays out the different options depending on the growing medium thickness and drainage requirements. Although it is a booklet created by ConservationTechnology.com to sell their product it is an excellent booklet on how to install green roofs.
We are green roof installers in Brooklyn, which means [...]
Green Window Cover
Here is a cool window shade made out of a box and semi wild plants. It shows how we can put plants in a lot more places that the hyper manicured garden. Window sills, ledges, above doors, on walls, as fences….plants can be part of our building structure just as we use other materials to [...]