Eco Brooklyn was visited today by Klearwall Industries. Klearwall is a certified Passive House windows company. Originally based in Ireland, Klearwall is looking to make its mark in the US market. They offer triple-paned windows and doors for domestic and commercial needs, ranging from single-window installation to entire buildings. Their windows are billed as eco-clad, […]
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FEMA reveiled updated flood zone maps two weeks ago, which doubles the previous estimated number of at risk New Yorkers to 400,000 residents and 70,000 buildings. These numbers are still proposed, and will take up to two years of reviews to become official, after which building regulations will be affected. Proposed updated flood zone
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Our NY earthship project is nearing the final stages of plan design based on the client’s living needs. We are now starting to look at the layout and how it relates to the site. To do this first we render the plans into three dimensions. Here is the earthship in 3d. Pretty cool, no?
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Eco Brooklyn has been working on an interesting sustainable project in the Crown Heights area. The challenge is to build a fence using only salvaged material. How does this project work? Our green building team collects extraneous wood from the local company, U.S. Fencing Systems, Inc. The staff there are extremely gracious and are happy
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As a Green Builder we are always looking at the newest developments in green design. Today the folks from Siga were kind enough to come by and show us their energy efficient air sealing products. We recently finished a Passive House renovation of a Harlem brownstone and worked closely with the air sealing supplier 475.
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New York’s Largest Anti-Fracking Rally is just around the corner. Join us at the event to help limit the hold of fossil fuels and save New York from a dangerous practice. Details at the bottom of the post. Fracking is a corrosive practice of sequestering more carbon deposits from the earth’s surface in the form of
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An Eco Brooklyn blog reader recently brought up the June 1st deadline for comments on the Brownfield Cleanup Program application submitted by Lightstone Group for their proposed 12-story, 700-unit development at 363-365 Bond Street, right on the edge of the Gowanus Canal. This reader shared with us that they are very much against building such
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