Cool Green Roof
Now here is a great green roof.
April 2009
Cost Calculator for Green Roof
If you have ever wondered how much it would cost to install a green roof on a Brooklyn brownstone, how long it would last, how much you would save in heating and cooling, the payback and all sorts of other information then you can go to this green roof cost/benefit calculator. It is called the …
Solar Panels on the Brownstone Roof
The Brooklyn green show house has a green roof, solar panels, and solar water heater panels. Needless to say that is a lot to fit on a 600 square foot space. So we’re looking at ways to fit it all in. Considerations are: Make it look nice from the street and back yard. Make it …
Industrial Nanotech and Eco Brooklyn Partnership
Here is a press release that Industrial Nanotech sent out. It was picked up by a lot of news wires and generated calls to see the Show House. Abstract: Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK) announced today that the Company’s patented Nansulate® nanotechnology-based coatings will be showcased in a green technology show house currently being …
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Triple vs. Double Glazing in Windows
In NY and Brooklyn it is normal to get double glazed windows. It is not normal to get triple glazing. But if you look at the attached file you will see that there is a large savings if you go with triple glazing. The attached doc also gives great explanations of how windows are rated …
Transition Towns
The NY times ran an article on the Transition Town. The concept of a Transition Town is simple: The world is going to crap. Lets get together in a small community and get ready for it. This means becoming a self sustainable town. It is basically survivalist meets commune meets small town. I wonder how …
Calling All Contractors: Grow Your Business Through Green Contracting!
If they get 12 businesses that would like to take the below class, they can offer it in Brooklyn so that businesses wont have to travel to the bronx, so feel free to spread the word! Green Contracting NYC Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corp (SBIDC) would like to introduce you to training and professional opportunities …
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Front Garden is a ‘Sponge Garden’
For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. Building an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan’s …
Media Contacts
If you are a green builder in Brooklyn you are so much more than a contractor. You are a PR person, educator, nature custodian, community outreach person and social networker. Doing normal contracting is “easy” in comparison. You post in the yellow pages and get a call. You go in, look at the existing boiler …