Things are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gaining momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn – prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and […]
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One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn’t smart. We aren’t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct half inch pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. This is called home run
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As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature of the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology. But here is the kicker: I get people asking
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Berkeley,California, is one of the few places in the world where the ideals of the 60’s went beyond drugs and loose sex and actually blossomed into some very powerful things. Green building is one of these. Berkeley has examples of green building that carry a direct lineage back to 1960 hippie ideals. The houses are
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One thing a sales person wrote to me the other day caught my eye since it is a very common theory in almost everything, especially in the western world. And that is the concept of spending more to save time. Time is money concept etc. Like many companies he used the theory to sell his
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Normal building terminology for taking out an old building structure is called “demolition.” When you want to redo your brownstone’s bathroom you have to first do a demolition of the existing bathroom. But as a green contractor in Brooklyn we don’t demolish anything. The term demolish does not exist in green building. We deconstruct Deconstruction
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I stumbled across this site today while looking for the definition of “deck-to-deck partitions.” I never did found out the definition because I got lost inside the Harvard site. It has all sorts of cool stuff. Especially useful for me right now is their LEED Roadmap which offers great study guides and resources. Check site
Web Site of the day: Harvard Green Building Read More »
Our job sites are cleaner than most. We barely have any of the normal toxins. Formaldehyde, nasty glues, paints, thinners and all the other chemical toxins are pretty much absent from our job site. We buy stuff that is free of those toxins when possible. And if not then we find a way not to
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What makes a Brownstone green? Eco Brooklyn focuses on building green brownstones in Brooklyn so this is a question I ask on an ongoing basis. Below is a changing and non-hierarchical list of what I think makes a Brownstone green. The list contains things that fulfill the following things: Less monthly costs to the owners
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Renovating a home is expensive. It involves a lot of people, a good amount of time, and there are lots of unknown. A person can’t possibly know everything regarding DOB fees, codes, electric, plumbing, framing, underpinning, reinforcements etc. And because of this you need to depend on the expertise of others. And you can’t spend
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