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Deconstruction – May 19, 2004
With Eileen Banaticla, NY Wa$teMatch; Omar Freilla, Green Workers Cooperative; Timothy Logan, NYC Waste Prevention Coalition; Ann Marie Aguilar, Environmentally Sustainable Design Solutions; and Nicole Tai.
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Back to the Future: Greening Historic Buildings – April 21, 2004
John Krieble and Laurie Kerr, of the Office of Sustainable Design (OSD) at NYC’s Department of Design and Construction, discussed the close relationship between sustainability and preservation.
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Green Corner: Understanding Lighting
Since 2004, GreenHomeNYC has presented monthly articles on green building construction, renovations, and management in The Cooperator, a Yale Robbins newspaper serving 3,300 New York City cooperatives and condominiums. Green Corner: Understanding Lighting The Good, the Bad and the Environmental By Joshua Radoff There’s nothing worse than bad lighting. Take an otherwise beautiful room and…
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City Limits (2004/4): Betting on a Green Building Boom
Includes statement by GreenHomeNYC founder Bomee Jung “Betting on a Green Building Boom” by Elizabeth Cady Brown New York can become a leader in environmentally sound development–if big business buys in. Here’s how well-paid professionals are building a marketplace movement. On a frigid morning in early February, about 30 building-industry executives gathered in the conference…
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Fumes and Formaldehyde
Since 2004, GreenHomeNYC has presented monthly articles on green building construction, renovations, and management in The Cooperator, a Yale Robbins newspaper serving 3,300 New York City cooperatives and condominiums. Fumes and Formaldehyde Taking Steps to Detox Your Building By Joshua Radoff Everyone knows the air in New York isn’t the best stuff in the world…
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Non-toxic Building Materials – February 19, 2004
With Cameron Lory, a green building specialist at Inform.
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Sustainable Wood & Wood Alternatives – January 21, 2004
With Tim Keating of Rainforest Relief and Stubby Warmbold of CitiLog.
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Renewable Energy, Now Available for Delivery in NYC
By Josh Radoff, GreenHomeNYC *****Please note: Some information has changed since this article was written. 1st Rochdale stopped offering Green Power in July 2004. The only source for New Yorkers (other than buying green credits directly) is now Con Ed Solutions.***** In New York City, electricity is a lot like Chinese food. It’s ubiquitous, available…
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The Cooperator (2003/12): Going Green to Save Green
Going Green to Save Green A New Wave of Residential Development By Debra A. Estock Solar powered panels dotting rooftops. Recycled waste water replenishing toilets. Geothermal heat pumps for heating and cooling. Filtered fresh air into apartments. What’s next? Sheep grazing in the Sheep Meadow? Not necessarily, but thanks to some government tax incentives and…