We just finished applying the EPDM roofing membrane to the Harlem Passive House renovation. The owners plan on growing vegetables on the roof. We like EPDM over all other roofing applications because it has a good combination of price and durability.
The book Green from the Ground Up – Sustainable, healthy, and energy-efficient home construction byDavid Johnston and Scott Gibson is one of my suggested books for Eco Brooklyn’s rookie workers and interns. The book is very similar to Your Green Home – A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly, New Home by Alex Wilson, another …
Eco Brooklyn is a Design/Build firm specializing NY brownstone renovations but our design aesthetic and process is very different from other firms. The reason for this is almost completely due to our sourcing. Your typical firm will design something and then build it, sourcing whatever materials are best suited to achieve the form and aesthetic …
Eco Brooklyn does soil remediation and does its best to keep on top of the lead based remediation topics. Here are some links I got from the “leadnet” listserve (hosted by the national center for healthy housing www.nchh.org) in a conversation about lead and growing vegetables in soil. http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1884/eb1884.pdf http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/lead1.htm “Sources, Sinks, And Exposure Pathways of Lead …
Here is a fantastic bit of information for removing lead from New York gardens. Eco Brooklyn offers soil remediation services to the many Brownstone owners who have high lead levels in their garden soil. This article from the NY Times discusses a solution that is truly ground breaking, pun intended. We can’t wait to use …
Here is a discussion between myself and other Passive House people regarding what ventilation system to use in the New York Passive house Eco Brooklyn is building. I originally got a bid for an ERV from Barry Stephens at Zehnder, which I thought was expensive. That prompted me to ask around for other options. The …
Here are three excellent Passive House resources prepared by the folks at the Passive House Institute. One is for retrofits: One for new construction: And the third for non-domestic: Eco Brooklyn is a passive house builder in New York City, where there are very few Passive House projects. The vast majority of Passive House projects are …
Here are two useful videos on Passive House principles, insulation and air tightness. Eco Brooklyn is a New York Passive House builder and we are committed to spreading Passive House information. It is good stuff, especially when combined with green building strategies of recycling and salvage. In the video you well see Tomas O’leary, our …
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I was speaking with a green building intern today about how green building has a different set of priorities than say a normal corporation. In fact from a green building perspective the priorities of a normal corporation are criminal, suicidal and simply bad business in the long run. I see it as a perspective thing. …
I checked out Film Biz Recycling‘s warehouse today in Brooklyn on President and 3rd Ave. Eva Radke, founder and visionary, gave me a tour of the place. Film Biz Recycling collects all the props and materials from film sets and offers it up for sale. You’ve got a great selection of cool stuff, from tables …
