Finding an architect who can draw up plans to your liking is not easy. A good architect has a combination of the following things: Can draw to meet DOB code Can draw in a timely manner Understands spacial relations and how they effect people Understands passive solar gain and cooling Is creative Designs around your […]
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We have a floor with a high ceiling which means we can lay the pex tubing on top of the subfloor instead of hanging the tubing beneath. The pex tubing takes up valuable space and you can only lay it on top of the subfloor if you have the ceiling height. Having the tubing on
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I took a cool course where they discussed energy in buildings. Here is the pdf of the slides. It contains lots of cool info: How to calculate your house energy usage Types of heat transfer Stack Effect in your house Wind Effect Building Envelope R and U value Water usage Electric Mixing valves Lighting Motors
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I had an in depth talk with the lead technician who makes Cel Pac, one of the cellulose insulation manufacturers. I was discussing with him the topic of dense packing cellulose so that it does not settle and leave air pockets in the top of the walls. They suggest packing it to 3.5 pounds per
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Eco Brooklyn is listing itself in GreenPeople.org because this is the kind of customer we want to work with.
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Above: A tomato plant growing out of the sidewalk at the green show house. You can’t get more local than that! MNN.com, a pretty cool “Mother Nature Network” featured Brooklyn as a green destination of the week. Eco Brooklyn was mentioned in the article: “Brooklyn residents can now stretch out in new green-friendly living quarters
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Green building is not mainstream. The systems and habits are not in place. Doing a green job is part construction part education part experimentation because once you start thinking off the grid there are very few reference points to guide you. I had a plumber walk out of my job today before even giving a
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I’m experimenting with a transparent heat transfer wall. It would be a transparent wall attached to the outer south wall, leaving about one inch between them. The out wall would be painted a dark color. Ideally it would be black but that would be too much of an eye sore. So dark brown would be
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Above: Facade with planter and recycled joists. Originally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. But then as the
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“Building Forward” is a concept I coined to define Eco Brooklyn’s building philosophy. Eco Brooklyn is a green building company. That is a given. But as I renovate these hundred year old Brownstones in Brooklyn I communicate with the artisans who labored over them a hundred years ago and I realize how much they have
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