Eco Brooklyn is on Twitter (Again)
At the suggestion of a good friend I am putting Eco Brooklyn back on Twitter. Go here to sign up: http://twitter.com/EcoBrooklyn
January 2010
For sale: PolyISO and XEPS
We salvaged a huge shipment of PolyISO and XEPS insulation if anyone needs some. PolyISO is the best insulation per inch and is good for walls and ceilings. XEPS is waterproof and good for ground insulation or wet roof insulation. Call me if interested. 347 244 3016.
GardenFork.TV Visits Brooklyn Green Show House
My friend Eric Gunnar Rochow from the great show GardenFork.TV came by the Brooklyn Green Show House to see our green renovation progress. If you are interested in a five minute tour of the show house with me and Eric check this out. GarenFork.TV is a cool show where Eric combines wholesome living with intelligent …
Center for Sustainable Energy
A really cool source of education on sustainable energy in New York is the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE), located at the City University of New York’s Bronx Community College. Their goal is to “promote and implement the use of sustainable and efficient energy technologies in urban communities.” Their roster of classes makes a Brooklyn …
Recovering America
Please read to the end: there is an invitation for designers and architects to submit work to Eco Brooklyn. After hearing that Malcolm Wells, pioneer of underground architecture, had died I bought a couple of his books and read up on him. I regret not meeting him when he was alive. He had a great …
New York net metering fix
While most of us are looking forward to a relaxing weekend, others are working hard on our behalf. Right now they are pushing hard to pass an improved version of the net metering bill through the Senate. This allows your average Brooklyn brownstone owner to put solar panels on their home and actually sell the …
Brooklyn Green Roof Detail
Here is a great picture of a green roof installation for a Brooklyn brownstone. I like it because it is simple. There are a lot of ways to install a green roof on a Brownstone. They simply have to meet the low weight requirements but apart from that you can do it many ways. This …
How To Grow Fresh Air
Did you know that in addition to carbon dioxide, humans release as much as 150 volatile substances from our bodies, including carbon monoxide, methane, ammonia, phenol, and hydrogen sulphide?! I got this from the book “How To Grow Fresh Air – 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office” by Dr. Wolverton. Since we …
Lives of the Trees
Diana Wells’ book “Lives of the Trees” is a veritable folkloric historical encyclopedia for the common folk about trees. If you ever wondered what the Apple tree had in common with Shakespeare, where the tree originated, what political impact it has had on Europe, and why the Golden Delicious is just a marketing name after …
Green Building Directories
There are a number of ‘green’ product listings and databases on the web; Greenspec at BuildingGreen.com and Pharos, for example, but most (if not all) of them require a paid annual membership. One good source of free information on green products is Oikos.com. More than 2,500 companies are listed in a searchable database. Others are …