I wrote last week about root barrier options to protect the Eco Brooklyn show house roof from root intrusion and/or bacterial degradation, which could potentially lead to leaks. Since Eco Brooklyn focuses on green building, I laid out some of the characteristics associated with the most commonly used root barrier materials, including manufacturing byproducts, potentially […]
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Keeping chickens in the back yard of a Brooklyn brownstone makes sense. You might not want to let them roam the whole yard since they do eat everything and leave the ground barren. A little pen where they have space and are protected from predators is good. Here are some web sites where you can
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Here is the Green Roof Tax Abatement. The green roof tax abatement makes a green roof a very sound financial investment. With the rebate it barely costs more to get a green roof than it does to install a crappy tar roof. And if you include that a green roof lasts at least twice as
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Here is a great run down of wood types by a master carpenter, Stan Pike. Check out that page. It is cool. I found the site while researching Black Locust, an underused wood in the US. It is considered a weed pretty much so grows in abundance. It is one of the hardest woods around
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We salvaged this floor that had dark purple paint on it and it turned out to give this amazing rainbow of colors! Read on. We put it in the bathroom. Then we put Smart Strip paint remover (from Peelaway) over it to get the paint off. We could have sanding the paint off. But our
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As a Brooklyn green contractor we are always looking for ways to save resources. The key ones are water, electricity, and raw materials. We don’t mind using up human energy. It’s good exercise and pretty much limitless. But when you hear facts like the ones in the video below you realize how important it is
As brooklyn green roofers the first thing we suggest is a green roof. It has so many benefits and is at an affordable price where it would be silly not to. If that is not possible a cheaper alternative is to simply paint the roof white. The reduction in air quality both inside the house
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I just met with landscape designer Rachel Poritz who is designing a green roof design for some gas stations. Hey, even gas stations can benefit from a green roof. The gas stations are not just any pit stop though. They are Gaia Certified gas stations. They will sell gasoline derived from socially and environmentally responsible
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I went to the VERTICAL GARDENS show at a gallery called Exit Art. It is there until May 23, 2009. The show is actually under the main exhibit area. The FEATURED art was on the main level. You had the video of a guy having a plastic ear surgically inserted into his arm – Mr
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This image shows the time it takes to attain old growth for a forest. It is a humbling time frame. It is a classic example of build it forward thinking. If we plan on an old growth forest now it will need to be tended and protected for at least 200 years into the future
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