In my ongoing awakening, this week it was all about fiberglass. It made me realize that I. who considers myself an advanced Brooklyn green builder, have a lot to learn (May I never forget). So here I am thinking that fiberglass is relatively harmless as long as you get out the Formaldehyde. Sure fiberglass is […]
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Here is an example of a person who took their house off the grid while living in the middle of a big city. In Brooklyn we can do everything he did. We need to get around the false belief that our brownstones need to be connected to the mains sewer lines. If we do it
All costs based on R30 for one square foot. Johns Manville Formaldehyde free fiberglass $0.60 Ultra Touch Cotton $1.57 Cocoon Cellulose $0.42 Spay Foam – $6.98 The spay foam is based on one inch thick costing $1.62 and having R7. Thus R30 is the crazy price of almost 7 bucks. Clearly Cellulose is the winner.
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People get confused by the many ways of installing radiant floors. Some are better than others but it depends on the situation. In a NY brownstone radiant floor installation you may not have the head room and thus need to install under the floor. Or your floor may not be able to support a concrete
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I am having a hard time finding studies for or against the health impact of fiberglass, specifically the little glass fibers in peoples’ lungs. Here is a little conspiracy theory I am thinking up as I write: The big companies that made asbestos told everyone it was safe. Then they all claimed bankruptcy when the
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Green Building is a moral prerogative. It is amoral not to build green because to do so is to destroy the earth and ourselves. We must build green because it is the most ethical thing to do. Why Green Building Closely Connected to Disobedience This is why building green and civil disobedience are so closely
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We’ve sent off our design to our kitchen cabinet builder, David Lucassen from Nexis 3, for the two kitchens in the Brooklyn Green Show House. In the design we took into consideration how to maximize natural sunlight. This meant positioning cabinets and the fridge on the North side of the kitchen so the sun could
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Looks like USA Today picked up one of the events we are doing at the Eco Brooklyn Green Show House. It is of a green roof course we are doing.
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Bees are technically classified as a venomous insect and thus illegal by New York law. Stupid but true. Help legalize beekeeping by signing this petition. Here is some info on Bees, taken from JustFood.org: Question: What do cities like Atlanta, Chicago, Portland, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver have that NYC does not? Answer:
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You are allowed to keep chickens and any sort of hoofed animal in Brooklyn or New York City. Hoofed, as in donkey, goat, sheep….and chickens. Not roosters, but if you want fresh eggs from your back yard or roof top chickens that is totally legal. BUT you are not allowed to legally keep bees. Sure
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