Category: Educational & Informational
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Past Publications by GreenHomeNYC Staff
“Solar in the City” by Josh Radoff Solar Today, September/October 2004 “Greening New York One Building At a Time” by Bomee Jung Progressive Planning, Spring 2004 “GreenHomeNYC: Getting the Word Out on Green Building” by Josh Radoff LOOT, March 9, 2004 “The Rebuilding and Greening of the World Trade Center Site: Why Green Building Could…
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Renewable Energy
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. Renewable Energy Now Available for Delivery in New York City By Joshua Radoff In New York City, electricity is a lot like Chinese food. It’s ubiquitous, available for…
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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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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…
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The Cooperator (2003/12): Painting the Town Green: A Look at GreenHomeNYC
Painting the Town Green A Look at GreenHomeNYC By Mary K. Fons Did you know that every time you flush the toilet, you use around six gallons of water? Or that compact fluorescent light bulbs use nearly 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and cost far less, too? After the blackout of 2003, most…