This Bush bailout fiasco which in many ways is a total con actually has at least one good side: it earmarks $17 Billion is tax incentives for green building. A tax incentive is no use if you aren’t making enough money to actually pay taxes of course, so for many people a tax incentive is …
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Eco Brooklyn is a proud member of The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. From their site. What is The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)? The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation’s leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. For more than thirty …
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Eco Brooklyn is a member of Co-op America. They are a great ordanization full of resources. Their tag line is: Economic Action for a Just Planet. From their web site: Co-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to …
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 …
Jack Johnson shows off his solar studio. JACK JOHNSON – TRAILER SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC by Jack-Johnson
I came accross the concept of the “Triple Bottom Line” Business Model the other day. It is something I have done most of my life but never knew there was actually a concept out there that people train in and talk about. What is Triple Bottom Line Business Model The Triple Bottom Line is People, Planet, …
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 of the State of …
We’re entering a new era of solar energy. Accomplishment of Solar Energy Congress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar …
Value Engineering is a useful concept. In the article below it is applied to co-ops but can be applied to any building practice. Saving Green, and Greening, Too Value Engineering Analysis helps condo owners and environment It’s no secret that the current trend in home greening has been a boon for developers and homeowners, as …
Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes. Presented by O’Brien & Company. How does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in particular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic building.? This credit has been revised to a 10% cap on …
