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January 2008: High Performance Affordable Housing: New Developments
With Mark Zimet, the Director of Development for Dunn Development Corp.; Les Bluestone, Blue Sea Development Company; Sam Marks Deutsche Bank’s Community Development Finance Group; and GreenHomeNYC board member Andy Padian.
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2006 Green Buildings Open House
Our annual Green Buildings Open House was held on October 7, 2006. This year, we offered four walking tours in addition to the main bus tour. View detailed profiles of this year’s tour buildings. Bus Tours ($35; includes lunch and transit) Manhattan-Queens-Brooklyn: 9 am Green Bakery, East Village Queens Botanical Garden Williamsburg Daycare The Verdesian…
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2007 Green Buildings Open House
Thanks to all who participated in our Green Buildings Open House on October 6, 2007! We offered bus, bike and walking tours in three boroughs, with an afterparty beginning at 2 pm at Habana Outpost in Brooklyn. Bronx Bus Tours ($35; includes lunch and transit) Bronx Bus Tour (AM), riding in the new Hunts Point…
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The Real Deal (2007/5): Townhouses go green
Includes statement from board member Gita Nandan. Townhouses go green By Lauren Elkies Green features at 156 Reade Street include geothermal heating and cooling systems with air filtration. It is double-insulated, has purified air and water and features nontoxic natural surfaces. New York City’s single-family townhouses are getting a green makeover. Developers and architects are…
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It’s Cool to be Green – November 15, 2006
CEO and founder of Vivavi, Josh Dorfman, demonstrates that your home can be chic, hip, and environmentally friendly.
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Case Studies in Green Building – September 20, 2006
Showcase of some of the soon-to-be completed and most fascinating green buildings in New York, with Craig Graber, Andy Padian, and Jeff Hearst, all with Steven Winter Associates.
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Plenty Magazing (2006/08): A TV Star Returns to His Roots
Green Home: A TV Star Returns to his Roots By Bari Nan Cohen ADRIAN GRENIER, the star of HBO’s hit comedy Entourage and this summer’s film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, is relaxing in Brooklyn, tossing around phrases like “off the grid” and “r-value,” the term that identifies insulation’s resistance to heat flow. His…
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LEED CI for Commercial Interiors – August 16, 2006
The scoop on the new green building guidelines for Commercial Interiors (LEED CI) with Murray Levi of LiRo Architects Planners, P.C. and Joe Lauro of Gensler.
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Green Interiors: Fun with Furniture – July 19, 2006
First of two presentations on green interiors. Speakers: David Bergman and Jesse Johnson.
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New Technologies in Water Efficiency – June 21, 2006
Zero-ing in on water conservation with Warren C. Liebold, NYC DEP and Andy Padian.