Sustainable Home Design Seminars coming to Brooklyn!
Greening Your Home: Living Sustainably in Brooklyn
Four free seminars conducted by Ellen Honigstock, a Registered Architect and LEED Accredited Professional.
A green home uses less energy, water and natural resources; creates less waste; and is healthier and more comfortable for the occupants.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7pm
Lonelyville Cafe
154 Prospect Park Southwest, Windsor Terrace
Friday, July 27, 2007 [...]
Top Ten Most Energy-Efficient States
According to a new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, New York State comes in at number 5. No surprise to see Cali and Vermont on top, ditto Massachusetts, Washington and Oregon. But Connecticut… who knew? Anyway, NY will not take a back seat so easily; check back with us in mid-2008 [...]
Energy Efficiency in Multi-Family Buildings… becoming reality?
Yesterday I attended an orientation seminar for building professionals seeking to become partners in NYSERDA’s Multi-Family Building Program. I felt somewhat like a spy since my actual goal is to enroll my co-op building in this program, making me a customer rather than a vendor; but it was very illuminating to learn of NYSERDA’s new [...]
NYC Energy Report
Dan Miner is the Coordinator of Beyond Oil NYC and Energy Committee Chair of the New York City Sierra Club. He is also very involved with promoting urban Permaculture, presumably from the viewpoint that in the era Beyond Oil (which may be sooner than many people think) we will need to produce much more of [...]
Building Science for non-architects.
Last week I attended a two-day course on Building Science Fundamentals. Why, you may ask, would a non-architect opt to use their spare time (and money) in such a way? Well… aside from having been interested in architecture since childhood, I was encouraged to attend by several (also non-architect) friends in the name of learning [...]
16 Cities “Green” Their Buildings, Courtesy of the Clinton Foundation
A story in today’s AMNY describes a Clinton Foundation program to finance energy efficiency retrofits of existing buildings in 16 cities: New York, Chicago, Houston, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Mumbai, Karachi, Seoul, Bangkok, Melbourne, São Paulo, Johannesburg and Rome.
“If all buildings were as efficient as they could be, we’d be saving an enormous [...]
Campaign for New York’s Future digs in
via StreetsBlog… a press release from Mayor Bloomberg’s office outlines some very exciting plans to be presented in Albany, including the creation of a New York City Energy Efficiency Authority, cameras for enforcement of future Bus Rapid Transit lanes, and property tax abatements for green roofs!
Treehugger: Make Buildings Behave Better
Especially here in New York City, buildings are one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions; but that also means that retrofitting them to use less fuel is potentially a great way to clean up the air and lower energy use.
According to the Economist, “The IPCC report looked at the potential for cutting emissions [...]
GreenHome NYC monthly forum returns!
GreenHome NYC is a fantastic resource for anyone – amateurs and experts – interested in green/sustainable building practices. Their monthly forums are free, and feature expert speakers with lots of great knowledge to share. This month’s speakers, Chris Benedict and Henry Gifford, are reknowned for their expertise in designing buildings and systems for energy-efficient heating [...]
Brooklyn Sustainable Buildings Bike Tour
I went on this tour (sponsored by Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment) in 2004, and the experience was somewhat life-changing. It was the first time I learned about rainwater harvesting (at the Hollenback Community Garden on Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill), and the first time I saw a green roof (at Bushwick [...]
