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NYC Landscape as Battery: Designing for Energy Storage in Soil, Biomass, and Water

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What if your garden could store and release energy like a battery? Think of soil as thermal mass, vegetation as latent heat reservoirs, and strategically placed wetlands or swales as flow regulators. In dense urban hubs like NYC, landscape professionals can unlock the landscapes’ hidden potential for cooling, thermal regulation, and low-carbon energy resilience. Thermal […]

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Building A Living Wall Garden

Study: Green Spaces and Living Walls Reduce Crime, Road Rage and Enhance Mood

City Planning, Living Wall /

As New York living wall installers we are very interested in the effects of living walls on the city environment. Unfortunately because green walls are so new there is little research on the topic and we need to rely on broader studies on green spaces in general like gardens and parks. One study that just

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Passive House Conference

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Passive House Architecture and Building Conference in New York Will Present Critical Blueprints for Mitigating Climate Change by Increasing Building Efficiency Passive House, an international building standard, is the only proven architectural and building method that can enable the dramatic carbon reductions called for by the international scientific community. New York City (PRWEB) May 19,

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Exterior Shades – The Anti-Heat Wave of the Future

Brooklyn, Build It Forward, City Planning, Design, Eco Brooklyn, Energy, Finance, Green, House, News, Passive House, Philosophy, Radiant Heating, Solar, Sustainability, Technology /

Temperature has assuredly become a hot topic in offices throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan during the recent heat wave. Eco Brooklyn’s office is no exception to the heat. However, we have a unique approach to the problem. Passive housing has been a cornerstone of environmental design since the ancient Greeks and Romans (check out this article

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Klearwall Windows and Doors

Brooklyn, Build It Forward, City Planning, Energy, Finance, Green, House, Insulation, Passive House, Recycled, Review - Products, Salvaged, Sustainability /

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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Apartment Complex in Flood-Prone Toxic Site

All Posts, Brooklyn, City Planning, Eco Brooklyn, Gowanus Canal, Real Estate /

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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