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Eco Brooklyn is a member of SBNYC
Eco Brooklyn is a member of Sustainable Business Network New York City. SBNYC is a local network of BALLE. Both networks encourage ethical sustainable business. One of their big concepts is the triple bottom line – People, Planet, Profit.
The other businesses in SBNYC tend to be green oriented, lots of building related businesses. But it [...]
Gennaro Brooks-Church is a Certified EcoBroker®
As a licensed real estate broker I wanted to get as much ecological training as possible in the real estate field. The typical broker training, although extensive, only touches on the green aspect of real estate and I wanted more.
After looking around it seemed that the EcoBroker® accreditation program seemed like the best choice. They [...]
Eco Brooklyn is a member of Pattern Language
Eco Brooklyn Inc is a Member of The Pattern Language Association, founded by Christopher Alexander.
Christopher Alexander is an architect with wonderful views on how structures and communities are built. He is most famous for his book “A Patter Language” where he shows how everything has a pattern and when builders use these patters they create [...]
Eco Brooklyn is a licensed and insured contractor
Eco Brooklyn Inc. is “Licensed – Bonded – Certified – Insured” as a home improvement contractor in the State of New York.
To become a contractor in NY you need to pay fees (aprox $800), buy insurance (aprox $9,000 plus), fill out a lot of forms and take a test.
Making sure your contractor has a license [...]
Eco Brooklyn is a Licensed Real Estate Broker
Getting a Broker’s License in NY is not something you do overnight. It actually can take years. First you need to become a real estate agent, which is about 40 hours of training. You work under a broker until you get enough points.
You can get points by doing real estate related transactions such as rentals, [...]
Eco Brooklyn is a member of the US Green Building Council
I think it is important to be part of organizations like the US Green Building Council. They are the guys behind LEED certification. All I had to do was pay $300….and anybody can become a member.
The money goes towards the good work they are doing. There are chapter organizations and other benefits which increases my [...]
EcoBrooklyn is Listed on the most popular RE blog in the world.
I am happy that my 22 2nd street building is the 1st highlighted green project on Brownstoner.com!
As far as I know Brownstoner.com is the most popular real estate blog in the world, but my non-NY friend quickly pointed out, “You New Yorkers always think you are the center of the universe.”
Either way it is the [...]
Eco Brooklyn Inc. is not your normal Real Estate company
Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.
We work in the following mediums:
Recycled Flooring and Timber
Radiant Heat
Fiberglass Windows
Foam Insulation
Solar Water Heating
Solar Electricity
Green Roofs
Energy Audits
High Efficiency Boilers
Heat On Demand Boilers
Ecological Counters
Soapstone Fireplaces
Architectural Plans
Job Expediting
Job Management
Real Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)
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