The book “New Green Homes” by Sergi Costa Duran, Liliana Bollini and Ethel Pohl is a focused book. It is an architects visual study of modern homes around the world. They claim the homes are green but I didn’t really see that. What I did see was a study of a very specific architectural style, …
Sixty Minutes ran a very interesting and sobering segment on the state of real estate now and to come. According to them there is a second wave of collapsing mortgages as some more exotic mortgages like the option arm readjust their interest rates, spiking the monthly payments on people. If for some reason the movies …
A reporter was over at the Brooklyn green show house last week and I was talking about the importance of Brooklyn green contractors being affordable to middle class people in order for our goal of turning Brooklyn green to be successful. She mentioned another green developer who had built a house in Phili for $100K …
The Magazine called The Real Deal just published a comprehensive analysis of Brooklyn real estate. Bottom line: prices have dropped to 2005 levels. The wost hit were speculative new construction levels like Williamsburg and Bushwick. Carroll Gardens and surrounding areas fared the best because of the lack of new construction. There is a solid houseing …
One of the most revolutionary things to happen to our company was the discovery of Demo Bags, a contractor garbage bag alternative. It is revolutionary because it is so simple yet so profound. We are a green construction company in Brooklyn. We salvage, reuse, and recycle like obsessed neurotic 1950’s house wives if they did …
This just out: Green Business is Booming. I agree. Eco Brooklyn is getting almost more jobs than we can handle. From the wire: The Pew Charitable Trusts has conducted the first-ever hard count across all 50 states of the actual jobs, companies and venture capital investments that supply the growing market demand for environmentally friendly …
Pew study: Green Jobs Growing More Than 2x as Fast as All Other Jobs Read More »
Here are two banks who supposedly offer financing for green homes in New York. I haven’t used them (yet). Bank of America 800-900-9000 2007 Special Financing Pulaski Bank Home Lending 913-338-4300 2008 Special Financing
As a green contractor in Brooklyn we need to be very aware of current tax rebates and incentives since it has an impact on the cost of any job. And the rebates are constantly changing. To stay on top of them we work closely with Steve Goldberg, a Tax Consultant who specializes in this area. …
‘We learned that a product doesn’t sell just because you’re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.” Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s, on their “Peace Pop” product that flopped. This is an important point for those of …
Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too Read More »
As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature of the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology. But here is the kicker: I get people asking …
