I am very happy that gay marriage has been legalized because the more open our society the better nature will fare. Legalizing gay marriage is one step closer to an enlightened society where plants and animals have the same rights as humans. The fact that gay marriage has not been legally recognized up to now […]
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A recent study lists Styrene as a possible carcinogen. This is important news since one of Eco Brooklyn’s green roof medium providers, Gaia Soil, has polystyrene as one of its main ingredients. Our concern is that we are installing green roofs in New York with materials that may cause cancer. Years ago when Eco Brooklyn
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Construction is conventionally a carbon-intensive industry – especially in a place like Brooklyn where most homes, coffee shops, book stores and restaurants are built primarily with concrete, mortar, brick and stone. Some degree of greenhouse gas emission is inherent in the production of all construction materials, but none more so than the cement which makes
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Small changes on a large scale make a huge impact. This is a simple concept and if applied it will improve the countless number of buildings that make up our total global infrastructure. NYC claims around 975,000 buildings and they account for 79% of this cities green house gas emissions. When it comes to residential
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Summer in New York is hot and humid and unless the building is really well built it requires air conditioning. We install HVAC systems and always recommend the most energy efficient units, which is currently the Fujitsu 26 SEER Halcyon Inverter mini-split. We are using this unit in the Harlem Passive House job. There will
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The NY Times reported on a recent study claiming Formaldehyde causes cancer. As a New York green builder I read this stuff and roll my eyes. Like, duh! What’s next, a study claiming water makes you wet? Being a green contractor comes with a certain feeling of being a lone voice in the woods. We have been
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We have been working on the first slated Passive House in Harlem, Manhattan, for a couple months now. It was a complete burnt out shell when we started. Since then we have cleaned it out, put in floors, stairs and a roof. Check out the pics below. [salbumthumbs=92|199,2,n,y] In this Passive House project we are
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Below is an interesting post from The Emerald Triangle News that quotes a major phyto remediation company saying that out of all the plants they have tried hemp is the most effective at removing toxins from soil. Phyto remediation is the process of growing plants on toxic soil to remove the toxins. It is a
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