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Here’s a cool event that we recently got wind of: A one-night sustainable landscaping forum, organized by the NY Urban Green Council. Eco Brooklyn builds green homes–literally. In addition to energy-efficient, eco-friendly building, Eco Brooklyn installs green roofs and sustainable landscaping. We adapt greenery to the urban landscape by incorporating native plants, vertical gardens, [...] At Eco Brooklyn, we do energy-efficiency retrofits that involve huge amounts of air sealing, air barriers, vapor barriers and insulation. We aim for the super stringent Passive House building envelope standard and net-zero energy consumption. This is as radical it gets in energy conservation. Sealing the home in an airtight shell requires a [...] Here is a good list of salvage and reuse stores in Brooklyn: Antique Plumbing Fixture Company- Tel: 718 434 70021054 Coney Island Avenue, BROOKLYN, NY Architectural Salvage Warehouse 337 Berry Street Brooklyn NY 11211 Phone: 718-388-4527 Arlyn Lumber and Home Center 715 E 98th Street Brooklyn NY 11236 Phone: 718-498-0600-Used Building Materials Samuel Feldman [...] Yesterday, right after finishing my last post about waterproofing membranes for green roofs, I got an interesting e-mail from a friend that I went to graduate school with. She is professionally involved in the green building industry and I contacted her for information on waterproofing membranes for green roofs when I first [...] In my last post, I identified factors that should be considered when installing a green roof (i.e. desired function, type of roof, whether structural modifications must be made to accommodate extra weight, composition of the roof system, proper substrate formula, appropriate mix of vegetative species, and desired time to maturity/planting method). In this post, I will [...] Insulation from Eco Brooklyn Inc with Gennaro Brooks-Church Green Building is like life: it is all about energy. How you control it, who has it, where it is flowing, and where it isn’t flowing. You control the energy and you have a great house (possibly a great life too). So obviously insulation plays [...] Sound is an important element in a house, usually how to diminish the sound between walls and floors. Soundproofing a house is an art and a science. There are many things that at first go against logic, but once you understand the mechanics of sound they make perfect sense. For example in one [...] Some really great links compliments of The Center For Sustainable Energy in the Bronx, NY. Selected Links
Local and State Government: Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) The Bronx Borough President’s Office Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Connecticut Department of Transportation Dormitory Authority [...] # Residential Energy Services Network’s (RESNET) http://www.resnet.us/directory/raters.aspx (For trained and certified home energy raters in your service are.) # Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard http://www.natresnet.org/programs/providers/directory.htm (For operating home energy rating systems, by state.) # U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Energy-Efficient Mortgages Program http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/eem/energy-r.cfm http://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llplcrit.html (For a searchable [...] It I hope these resources help you in your quest for a cleaner healthier life. Great Links for Solar More Solar Stuff 3 R Living Alive Structures American Clay angies list Asthma Free Zone School BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct Bettencourt Collection Bettencourt Green Building Supplies BlueHost.Com – FTP BodyBalance Solutions for Healthy [...] |
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