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  • Renovating with a Conscience

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    Are you about to renovate and want to donate your building materials but don’t know if that’s possible? Well it is and there are companies that will welcome your donation and provide financial incentive to do so. Donating your building materials is (generally) tax-deductible, saves you disposal fees, helps NYC reduce the amount of waste…

  • Once rejected, now refined..what is it?

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    Did you guess this chair was first an old bourbon barrel?? If you’re anything like me and want to combine your love affair of modern contemporary home furnishings with a desire to be green, you should definitely check out  Uhuru (Pronounced: oo-hoo-roo) in Red Hook, Brooklyn – yes in NY!! I came across this place…

  • Greening-up a brownstone

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    I own a brownstone in Brooklyn and want to have an energy audit and a review of ways to make the building greener in general. Can you offer any recommendations of programs, companies, consultants that do this? Does the city have any incentives or programs to help? -Kippy Kippy, The short answer is yes —…

  • Sustainable business resources

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    I work at a large, well-known internet company and would like to approach the powers that be with a proposal to implement sustainable business practices that will save them money. Where can I go to find information to back up and support such a proposal? Also, do you know of a place in New York…

  • Retrofitting Existing Affordable Housing

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    Here are three questions from a student at Rutgers who was working on a paper about the costs, benefits, and barriers of retrofitting affordable housing to improve energy efficiency: Are the tenants of green affordable homes seeing true savings? Are they increasing awareness about other environmental issues to communities that normally wouldn’t? How are policies…

  • NYC Green Buildings Open House

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    GreenHomeNYC and NESEA invite you to our ANNUAL FALL GREEN BUILDINGS OPEN HOUSE! The tours are an opportunity to visit a varied collection of buildings and learn about the energy efficient and sustainable building methods directly from building professionals such as the architect, engineer, developer or owner. You’ll experience firsthand the inner workings and design…

  • Frank Hebbert

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    Frank works on maps and GIS analysis for Regional Plan Association. He’s putting his overflowing enthusiasm for web-enabled planning tools to work as a member of the GreenHomeNYC web team.

  • Reuse corner: R-9 Insulation for sale!

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    We just got word from Brooklynite Gennaro Brooks-Church that he’s got a giant truckload of once-loved R-9 Polyiso rigid foam board insulation for sale. As Gennaro puts it, So I need about 3600 square feet. I bought 12,500 square feet of insulation!!!! I couldn’t help it! I got a good deal and I really feel…

  • Job posting: Economic & Environmental Planner at BOEDC

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    Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation is hiring an Economic & Environmental Planner with the Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment.  It’s a great opportunity to gain experience in planning and economic development in NYC, as well as good exposure to government.

  • Adam’s Green Policy Roundup: New York City Initiatives

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    Hello everyone! Today I’m making note of some activity in the City Council and the Mayor’s office from this past year (that have nothing to do with term limits!), as well as a few City-authored, green building related reports. Rumblings of green legislation supporting the implementation of PlaNYC are omnipresent at the city these days.…