Eco Brooklyn named Green Hero of the Week
We got a nice plug in The L Magazine – we were named Green Hero of the Week.
July 2009
Making green roof substrate
Green roofs use an engineered substrate, rather than natural soil, to support plant growth. There are a number of commercial varieties available, but these are often shipped considerable distances from supplier to consumer and can be expensive. To reduce the cost of our roofs, it would be best if we could produce our own green …
A green builder is a reluctant builder
A green builder should be treated the same as a coroner or dentist. You don’t call them if you don’t have to. The greenest building is to not build at all. At the industry’s current evolutionary state in building it is best to avoid building if possible because building inevitably consumes resources and destroys things. …
Mini House Now Book
The book Mini House Now is a picture book of small houses, specifically houses with less than 1080 square feet. They are all free standing houses, most of them in the country side but one or two surrounded by other houses. The pictures are great. Do you have any idea how hard it is to …
Eco Brooklyn Needs a Green Space!
Eco Brooklyn is desperately in need of a green space where we can store and share with others all the materials we salvage. The city provides and we constantly find good materials in dumpsters and demolitions. But we have no place to put it! The Brooklyn Green Show House is bursting with material and we …
Insulate and Weatherize Book
The book Insulate and Weatherize is published by Taunton and is part of their Build Like a Pro Series – Expert Advice From Start to Finish. It is advanced weatherization and insulation techniques for a residential home in the North and Mid East United States. This book, like all Build Like a Pro series, is …
Material Delivery
When material gets delivered to the job site there is a crucial window of time from when the truck arrives to when it leaves. The driver is usually in a hurry to unload and take off. There is a flurry of excitement over the new arrival of materials and people are busy running around taking …
Brownstone Solar Tube
We just installed a solar tube for a client in a Brooklyn brownstone. Brownstones tend to be dark. So we are big fans of solar tubes. As a solar tube installer there is nothing more satisfying than installing one in a Brooklyn brownstone. The results are so drastic. We passed this particular solar tube through …
New Jersey Solar PV Paperwork
We are working on a solar PV job in New Jersey. Right now we are in the first stages of analyzing load, costs and paperwork needed. One of the people on our installation team is solar expert David Gibbs. He just sent me the paperwork required to apply for the New Jersey tax rebates and …
Park Slope Green Roof and Deck Design
Here is a green roof and deck we are designing for a job in Park Slope Brooklyn. The deck area ranges from 900-1100 square feet. It would be made out of salvaged fir or possibly Black Locust if budget permits. The pergolas are intentionally without many beams. The vegetation will be the main source of …