Category: Educational & Informational
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Kookmin Ilbo – Korea (8/25/2008)
In Manhattan’s new “green competition”, buildings vei to out do each other on CO2 reduction rather than height Article on New York City green building quotes GreenHomeNYC board member Andy Padian. GreenHomeNYC arranged and accompanied the reporters on various site visits for this article.
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Green Building Insurance Practices
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 Building Insurance Practices The Climate is A-Changing By Erik D. Nevala-Lee One impact of climate change is being felt as natural disasters of increasing frequency and strength…
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Tracking Building Energy Usage
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. Tracking Building Energy Usage Energy by the Foot By Aaron Yowell Recent studies of energy usage in multifamily buildings have revealed that the least efficient buildings use up…
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Emerging Faces in Sustainable Development
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. Emerging Faces in Sustainable Development Designer and Developer By Erik D. Nevala-Lee New Yorkers are obsessed with real estate development. We all pause to stare at the listings…
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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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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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New York Post (July 6, 2006)
SMELLS LIKE GREEN SPIRIT: THE CITY’S SMALL BUILDINGS – AND APARTMENTS – TURN ECO-FRIENDLY By Max Gross – July 6, 2006 July 6, 2006 — GITA NANDAN, a Brooklyn-based architect and designer, is a model of harmony. She teaches a class at CUNY and is president of GreenHomeNYC, a nonprofi t that promotes eco-friendly homes.…
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The Power of Green: Bringing Your Building Up to Speed
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. The Power of Green Bringing Your Building Up to Speed By Norma Dunkelberger For the past couple of decades, interest in the environment and “greening” of…
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New York Post (April 9, 2005): GREEN SCENE
GREEN SCENE – ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING EMERGES AS A HOT NEW YORK-AREA TREND New York Post – New York, N.Y. Author: CHRIS ERIKSON Date: Apr 9, 2005 Start Page: 08.R Section: NYP Home And Green Home NYC, a nonprofit collective that promotes green building in the city, reports a jump in interest in their monthly forums…
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Green Building Saves the Green
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 Building Saves the Green Cost Benefits of Green Buildings By Erik D. Nevala-Lee The environmental benefits of “green” buildings have never been questioned. The reduced intake of…