Note: Survey is closed as of 9/18/08. Thanks for the feedback!
\n
WordPress 2.7 is currently in development and as some people already know, it features a revised layout with a left-hand navigation column that was designed in response to user feedback regarding the use of screen real estate. Because the navigation came straight from the Crazyhorse prototype that was developed quickly for usability testing, it is still a work in progress.
Navigation sections and labels are being decided now, and as usual there are lots of good ideas floating around. As part of the mission to increase user involvement in design decisions, we’ve created a survey intended to give WordPress users the ability to play a part in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. If you use WordPress and want to add your opinion, take the survey.
\nWordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey
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Navigation sections and labels are being decided now, and as usual there are lots of good ideas floating around. As part of the mission to increase user involvement in design decisions, we’ve created a survey intended to give WordPress users the ability to play a part in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. If you use WordPress and want to add your opinion, take the survey.
\nWordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey
\n";}i:1;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"WordPress 2.6.2";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/";s:8:"comments";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:30:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:8:"category";s:16:"ReleasesSecurity";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=299";s:11:"description";s:362:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1986:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. Stefan Esser will release details of the complete attack shortly. The attack is difficult to accomplish, but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.
\nOther PHP apps are susceptible to this class of attack. To protect all of your apps, grab the latest version of Suhosin. If you’ve already updated Suhosin, your existing WordPress install is already protected from the full exploit. You should still upgrade to 2.6.2 if you allow open user registration so as to prevent the possibility of passwords being randomized.
\n2.6.2 also contains a handful of bug fixes. Check out the full changeset and list of changed files.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:60:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:362:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1986:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. Stefan Esser will release details of the complete attack shortly. The attack is difficult to accomplish, but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.
\nOther PHP apps are susceptible to this class of attack. To protect all of your apps, grab the latest version of Suhosin. If you’ve already updated Suhosin, your existing WordPress install is already protected from the full exploit. You should still upgrade to 2.6.2 if you allow open user registration so as to prevent the possibility of passwords being randomized.
\n2.6.2 also contains a handful of bug fixes. Check out the full changeset and list of changed files.
\n";}i:2;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"WordPress 2.6.1";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/08/wordpress-261/";s:8:"comments";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/08/wordpress-261/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=297";s:11:"description";s:336:"With 2.6.1, we’re continuing our trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release in order to get fixes for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait. If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it. You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1495:"With 2.6.1, we’re continuing our trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release in order to get fixes for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait. If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it. You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the job done.
\n2.6.1 offers several improvements for international users. Styling of the admin for right-to-left languages is much improved thanks to the efforts of the Farsi and Hebrew translation teams, and a mysterious gettext bug caused by certain PHP configurations is now fixed. For IIS users, 2.6.1 fixes several permalink problems. Image insertion problems in the Press This feature experienced by IE users are also fixed. Of note to everyone is a fix for a performance bug in the admin where those with a lot of plugins would experience slowness on some pages.
\nCheck out the full list of over 60 fixes to see if 2.6.1 has something to offer you. A full diff and list of changed files is also available. Download 2.6.1 and enjoy.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:60:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/08/wordpress-261/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:336:"With 2.6.1, we’re continuing our trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release in order to get fixes for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait. If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it. You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1495:"With 2.6.1, we’re continuing our trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release in order to get fixes for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait. If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it. You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the job done.
\n2.6.1 offers several improvements for international users. Styling of the admin for right-to-left languages is much improved thanks to the efforts of the Farsi and Hebrew translation teams, and a mysterious gettext bug caused by certain PHP configurations is now fixed. For IIS users, 2.6.1 fixes several permalink problems. Image insertion problems in the Press This feature experienced by IE users are also fixed. Of note to everyone is a fix for a performance bug in the admin where those with a lot of plugins would experience slowness on some pages.
\nCheck out the full list of over 60 fixes to see if 2.6.1 has something to offer you. A full diff and list of changed files is also available. Download 2.6.1 and enjoy.
\n";}i:3;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"Theme Directory";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/theme-directory/";s:8:"comments";s:66:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/theme-directory/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:11:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Joseph Scott";}s:8:"category";s:10:"Metathemes";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=266";s:11:"description";s:353:"It’s been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped accepting new themes. Since then most theme authors have been distributing their themes from their own sites, without a good centralized place for people to browse, search, comment on, and rate themes. With the success of the plugins directory, we’ve wanted to have those same [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2453:"It’s been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped accepting new themes. Since then most theme authors have been distributing their themes from their own sites, without a good centralized place for people to browse, search, comment on, and rate themes. With the success of the plugins directory, we’ve wanted to have those same benefits in a theme directory. Today is the day we start making that happen, with the introduction of wordpress.org/extend/themes/.
\nBringing the new theme directory under the WordPress “extend” umbrella allowed us to take advantage of all the infrastructure that has already been built up to support WordPress.org. If you’ve browsed through the plugin directory, you’ll feel right at home in the new theme directory.
\nWe’ve gone through great lengths to make this as painless as possible for theme authors. You don’t need to know anything about Subversion (our back end magic takes care of all that for you), just login with your WordPress.org username and password and go to the upload page. From there you upload your regular theme zip file and we take care of the rest.
\nOnce you upload your new theme we do a few automated checks for some of the requirements for each theme. If we find one that you missed we’ll provide you an error and description of what needs to be fixed. When a theme upload has been accepted we’ll send you an email and put it in the queue to be reviewed, to make sure we didn’t miss anything. After the theme has been approved you’ll get another email letting you know that the theme is now live.
\nThat catches you up to where we’re at today. When you finish that theme you’ve been slaving over, upload it to the new directory and let us know what you think. Since so much has changed since the old theme directory we’re starting fresh from zero. If you’ve got specific questions or suggestions contact us and we’ll do our best to get them answered.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:62:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/theme-directory/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:353:"It’s been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped accepting new themes. Since then most theme authors have been distributing their themes from their own sites, without a good centralized place for people to browse, search, comment on, and rate themes. With the success of the plugins directory, we’ve wanted to have those same [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:2453:"It’s been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped accepting new themes. Since then most theme authors have been distributing their themes from their own sites, without a good centralized place for people to browse, search, comment on, and rate themes. With the success of the plugins directory, we’ve wanted to have those same benefits in a theme directory. Today is the day we start making that happen, with the introduction of wordpress.org/extend/themes/.
\nBringing the new theme directory under the WordPress “extend” umbrella allowed us to take advantage of all the infrastructure that has already been built up to support WordPress.org. If you’ve browsed through the plugin directory, you’ll feel right at home in the new theme directory.
\nWe’ve gone through great lengths to make this as painless as possible for theme authors. You don’t need to know anything about Subversion (our back end magic takes care of all that for you), just login with your WordPress.org username and password and go to the upload page. From there you upload your regular theme zip file and we take care of the rest.
\nOnce you upload your new theme we do a few automated checks for some of the requirements for each theme. If we find one that you missed we’ll provide you an error and description of what needs to be fixed. When a theme upload has been accepted we’ll send you an email and put it in the queue to be reviewed, to make sure we didn’t miss anything. After the theme has been approved you’ll get another email letting you know that the theme is now live.
\nThat catches you up to where we’re at today. When you finish that theme you’ve been slaving over, upload it to the new directory and let us know what you think. Since so much has changed since the old theme directory we’re starting fresh from zero. If you’ve got specific questions or suggestions contact us and we’ll do our best to get them answered.
\n";}i:4;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:13:"WordPress 2.6";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/";s:8:"comments";s:69:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:38:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=246";s:11:"description";s:340:" I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:10270:"I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the features introduced in version 2.5.
\nWe’ve prepared a brief video tour of 2.6, if you have 3 minutes and 29 seconds to spare, it’s worth a watch:
\n\nIf you’d like to embed the tour video in your blog, copy and paste this code for the high quality version:
\n\n<embed src="http://v.wordpress.com/mARhRBcT/fmt_dvd" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="385" flashvars="blog_domain=http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26/&width=640&height=385"> </embed>\n\n
And here’s a smaller version, 400 pixels wide:
\n\n<embed src="http://v.wordpress.com/mARhRBcT/fmt_std" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="250" flashvars="blog_domain=http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26/&width=400&height=250"> </embed>\n\n
Here’s a more textual overview of what’s hawt in 2.6:
\nWith the power of modern computers, it’s silly that we still use save and editing metaphors from the time when the most common method of storage was floppy disks. WordPress has always respected the importance of your writing with auto-save, and now we’re taking that to another level by allowing you to view who made what changes when to any post or page through a super-easy interface, much like Wikipedia or a version control system.
\n
This is handy on any blog in case you make a mistake and want to go back to an older version of a post, and it’s super handy for multi-author blogs where you can see every change tracked by person.
\nA few months ago on my blog we started a conversation about the posting bookmarklet in WordPress and which systems we should look to for inspiration, like Flock, FriendFeed, Facebook, Tumblr, and Delicious. From these suggestions and the Quick Post plugin by Josh Kenzer, we developed a Press This bookmark you can add to your toolbar that provides a fast and smart popup to do posts to your WordPress blog:
\n
For example, if you click “Press This” from a Youtube page it’ll magically extract the video embed code, and if you do it from a Flickr page it’ll make it easy for you to put the image in your post. On my blog I’ve been experimenting with using different categories and the in_category() function — such as video, quote, aside, et cetera — to create a more tumblelog-like format.
Gears is an open source browser extension project started by Google that developers like us can use to give you features we wouldn’t normally be able to. There are a lot of things we can do with Gears in the future, but in this release we’ve stuck to using what’s called a “Local Server” to cache or keep a copy of commonly-used Javascript and CSS files on your computer, which can speed up the loading of some pages by several seconds (they just pop right up!). You can install Gears for Firefox or Internet Explorer, with support for Safari and Opera pending. WordPress works just fine without it, you just get a little extra juice when you have it installed.
\nNow when you select a theme it pops up a window that shows the theme live with all your content, instead of immediately making it active on your site. This is great for just test driving themes before making a switch over publicly, and it is also helpful when you are developing a theme and need to test it but don’t want everybody to see your ongoing mistakes development.
Here are some of the smaller features and improvements in 2.6:
\nwp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.WordPress.org had over 75 people contributing code to WordPress 2.6. In addition to the core commit team we had contributions from Dion Hulse, Austin Matzko, Otto42, Benedict Eastaugh, and pishmishy. AaronCampbell and Marco Zehe provided more than a few patches. Back among the top code contributors is Jacob Santos. Alex Concha continues to have WordPress’ back. Joining bug reporting and gardening elite are hakre, Simon Wheatley, mtekk, and Matty Rob. Finally, congratulations to our Peter Westwood on your recent wedding! I’m also proud to announce we’re adding a new core committer to the team: Andrew Ozz (azaozz) has been a huge help to the core team this year, particularly around TinyMCE and making the WYSIWYG something that works for you, not against you.
\nBecause of the new capabilities to make WordPress a clean SVN checkout, plugin and theme authors should do their best to handle forms and posts through WP rather than trying to post to their files directly, here’s a quick Codex article about how to do it using our forward-compatible APIs.
\n2.6 is pretty much identical to 2.5 from a plugin and theme compatibility point of view, so upgrades from 2.5 should be pretty painless. The 2.5 branch will no longer be maintain so everyone is encouraged to upgrade. Our standard 3-step upgrade instructions apply to this release. There were at least 1,984,047 downloads of the 2.5 series, the fastest growing release we’ve ever had, and I think all of those people will find 2.6 adds a level of polish that really makes WP a pleasure to use every day. (At least I do. :))
\nThere have been rumors and allegations that there was a so-called “easter egg” added to 2.6 early in its development. These rumors and allegations are completely false!
\nP.S. If you’re a fan of WordPress, consider joining our fan page on Facebook.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:65:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:340:" I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:10270:"I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the features introduced in version 2.5.
\nWe’ve prepared a brief video tour of 2.6, if you have 3 minutes and 29 seconds to spare, it’s worth a watch:
\n\nIf you’d like to embed the tour video in your blog, copy and paste this code for the high quality version:
\n\n<embed src="http://v.wordpress.com/mARhRBcT/fmt_dvd" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="385" flashvars="blog_domain=http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26/&width=640&height=385"> </embed>\n\n
And here’s a smaller version, 400 pixels wide:
\n\n<embed src="http://v.wordpress.com/mARhRBcT/fmt_std" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="250" flashvars="blog_domain=http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26/&width=400&height=250"> </embed>\n\n
Here’s a more textual overview of what’s hawt in 2.6:
\nWith the power of modern computers, it’s silly that we still use save and editing metaphors from the time when the most common method of storage was floppy disks. WordPress has always respected the importance of your writing with auto-save, and now we’re taking that to another level by allowing you to view who made what changes when to any post or page through a super-easy interface, much like Wikipedia or a version control system.
\n
This is handy on any blog in case you make a mistake and want to go back to an older version of a post, and it’s super handy for multi-author blogs where you can see every change tracked by person.
\nA few months ago on my blog we started a conversation about the posting bookmarklet in WordPress and which systems we should look to for inspiration, like Flock, FriendFeed, Facebook, Tumblr, and Delicious. From these suggestions and the Quick Post plugin by Josh Kenzer, we developed a Press This bookmark you can add to your toolbar that provides a fast and smart popup to do posts to your WordPress blog:
\n
For example, if you click “Press This” from a Youtube page it’ll magically extract the video embed code, and if you do it from a Flickr page it’ll make it easy for you to put the image in your post. On my blog I’ve been experimenting with using different categories and the in_category() function — such as video, quote, aside, et cetera — to create a more tumblelog-like format.
Gears is an open source browser extension project started by Google that developers like us can use to give you features we wouldn’t normally be able to. There are a lot of things we can do with Gears in the future, but in this release we’ve stuck to using what’s called a “Local Server” to cache or keep a copy of commonly-used Javascript and CSS files on your computer, which can speed up the loading of some pages by several seconds (they just pop right up!). You can install Gears for Firefox or Internet Explorer, with support for Safari and Opera pending. WordPress works just fine without it, you just get a little extra juice when you have it installed.
\nNow when you select a theme it pops up a window that shows the theme live with all your content, instead of immediately making it active on your site. This is great for just test driving themes before making a switch over publicly, and it is also helpful when you are developing a theme and need to test it but don’t want everybody to see your ongoing mistakes development.
Here are some of the smaller features and improvements in 2.6:
\nwp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.WordPress.org had over 75 people contributing code to WordPress 2.6. In addition to the core commit team we had contributions from Dion Hulse, Austin Matzko, Otto42, Benedict Eastaugh, and pishmishy. AaronCampbell and Marco Zehe provided more than a few patches. Back among the top code contributors is Jacob Santos. Alex Concha continues to have WordPress’ back. Joining bug reporting and gardening elite are hakre, Simon Wheatley, mtekk, and Matty Rob. Finally, congratulations to our Peter Westwood on your recent wedding! I’m also proud to announce we’re adding a new core committer to the team: Andrew Ozz (azaozz) has been a huge help to the core team this year, particularly around TinyMCE and making the WYSIWYG something that works for you, not against you.
\nBecause of the new capabilities to make WordPress a clean SVN checkout, plugin and theme authors should do their best to handle forms and posts through WP rather than trying to post to their files directly, here’s a quick Codex article about how to do it using our forward-compatible APIs.
\n2.6 is pretty much identical to 2.5 from a plugin and theme compatibility point of view, so upgrades from 2.5 should be pretty painless. The 2.5 branch will no longer be maintain so everyone is encouraged to upgrade. Our standard 3-step upgrade instructions apply to this release. There were at least 1,984,047 downloads of the 2.5 series, the fastest growing release we’ve ever had, and I think all of those people will find 2.6 adds a level of polish that really makes WP a pleasure to use every day. (At least I do. :))
\nThere have been rumors and allegations that there was a so-called “easter egg” added to 2.6 early in its development. These rumors and allegations are completely false!
\nP.S. If you’re a fan of WordPress, consider joining our fan page on Facebook.
\n";}i:5;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:24:"WordPress Birthday Party";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/birthday-party/";s:8:"comments";s:65:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/birthday-party/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 25 May 2008 05:51:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:6:"Events";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=243";s:11:"description";s:321:"On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress will turn 5 years old. We’ve come a long way from that original 0.7 release.\nTo celebrate we’re throwing a party in San Francisco at 111 Minna, starting at 9PM. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.\nI hope you see some of you there, should [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:874:"On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress will turn 5 years old. We’ve come a long way from that original 0.7 release.
\nTo celebrate we’re throwing a party in San Francisco at 111 Minna, starting at 9PM. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.
\nI hope you see some of you there, should be a fun time.
\nIf you host a party in your area for WordPress’ 5th, let us know and we’ll post it here.
\nUpdate: Party in Sydney! Blog post, Facebook.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:61:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/birthday-party/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:321:"On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress will turn 5 years old. We’ve come a long way from that original 0.7 release.\nTo celebrate we’re throwing a party in San Francisco at 111 Minna, starting at 9PM. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.\nI hope you see some of you there, should [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:874:"On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress will turn 5 years old. We’ve come a long way from that original 0.7 release.
\nTo celebrate we’re throwing a party in San Francisco at 111 Minna, starting at 9PM. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.
\nI hope you see some of you there, should be a fun time.
\nIf you host a party in your area for WordPress’ 5th, let us know and we’ll post it here.
\nUpdate: Party in Sydney! Blog post, Facebook.
\n";}i:6;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Usability Testing in New York";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/usability-testing-in-new-york/";s:8:"comments";s:80:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/usability-testing-in-new-york/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 20 May 2008 22:13:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:8:"category";s:11:"Development";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=241";s:11:"description";s:98:"We’re doing some usability testing in New York City. Join in if you’re in the area.\n";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:187:"We’re doing some usability testing in New York City. Join in if you’re in the area.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:76:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/05/usability-testing-in-new-york/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:98:"We’re doing some usability testing in New York City. Join in if you’re in the area.\n";s:12:"atom_content";s:187:"We’re doing some usability testing in New York City. Join in if you’re in the area.
\n";}i:7;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Upcoming WordCamps";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/upcoming-wordcamps/";s:8:"comments";s:69:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/upcoming-wordcamps/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:54:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:6:"Events";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=240";s:11:"description";s:343:"WordCamps are my favorite events to go to because there’s something about the core WordPress community that attracts smart folks with good philosophies that are fun to hang out with. In this post I’ve collated the upcoming WordCamps we know about, including the one in San Francisco. Hopefully there will be one nearby so you [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1446:"WordCamps are my favorite events to go to because there’s something about the core WordPress community that attracts smart folks with good philosophies that are fun to hang out with. In this post I’ve collated the upcoming WordCamps we know about, including the one in San Francisco. Hopefully there will be one nearby so you can meet other WordPressers in your area.
\nWordCamp San Francisco will be August 16 at the Mission Bay Conference Center.
\nWordCamp Paris will be on May 3rd. Here’s their official site.
\nWordCamp Italy in Milan will be May 10th. (And I believe I’ll be there.)
\nWordCamp Birmingham UK will be July 19-20.
\nWordCamp Toronto will be October 4th.
\nThere are people in the planning stages in Australia, Philippines, Beijing, Utah, Hawaii, UK, NYC, and possibly others, so if you live in one of those areas and would like to help set up a WordCamp in your area Google around or connect with bloggers in your area.
\nYou can always find out more at WordCamp Central.
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\nWordCamp Italy in Milan will be May 10th. (And I believe I’ll be there.)
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\n";}i:8;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"WordPress 2.5.1";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/";s:8:"comments";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:54:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=231";s:11:"description";s:360:"Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.\nIn addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2251:"Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
\nIn addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.
\nIf you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:
\nSince 2.5 your wp-config.php file allows a new constant called SECRET_KEY which basically is meant to introduce a little permanent randomness into the cryptographic functions used for cookies in WordPress. You can visit this link we set up to get a unique secret key for your config file. (It’s unique and random on every page load.) Having this line in your config file helps secure your blog.
Many thanks to Steven Murdoch for responsibly reporting the security issue (CVE-2008-1930) and Alex Concha for reporting an XSS issue.
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\nIn addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.
\nIf you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:
\nSince 2.5 your wp-config.php file allows a new constant called SECRET_KEY which basically is meant to introduce a little permanent randomness into the cryptographic functions used for cookies in WordPress. You can visit this link we set up to get a unique secret key for your config file. (It’s unique and random on every page load.) Having this line in your config file helps secure your blog.
Many thanks to Steven Murdoch for responsibly reporting the security issue (CVE-2008-1930) and Alex Concha for reporting an XSS issue.
\n";}i:9;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:23:"An Event Apart Discount";s:4:"link";s:65:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/an-event-apart-discount/";s:8:"comments";s:74:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/an-event-apart-discount/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:33:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:36:"Eventsan event aparthappy cogzeldman";s:4:"guid";s:65:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/an-event-apart-discount/";s:11:"description";s:321:"An Event Apart is a web design and development conference which features some of the same fine folks who helped out with WordPress 2.5. (And many others.) I attended the one in Chicago a while back and was engaged the whole day in interesting talks on design, writing copy as interface, advanced CSS, and creativity [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1194:"An Event Apart is a web design and development conference which features some of the same fine folks who helped out with WordPress 2.5. (And many others.) I attended the one in Chicago a while back and was engaged the whole day in interesting talks on design, writing copy as interface, advanced CSS, and creativity — each topic presented by the leading folks in the field.
\nThe conference normally costs just under a thousand dollars to attend, which is well worth it, but because of our association with the folks they’ve set up a discount for WordPress users.
\nIf you enter AEAWP on checkout the price drops to $795, or $200 below the regular registration fee. The coupon is unlimited, and can be used for one ticket or five. They have events coming up in New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago. You can learn more and register on their site at aneventapart.com.
\nWe’ll also have some final dates for WordCamp San Francisco coming up, I’ll be posting those soonish so people can start making vacation and travel plans. (Nothing like a blogging vacation.)
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:70:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/an-event-apart-discount/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:321:"An Event Apart is a web design and development conference which features some of the same fine folks who helped out with WordPress 2.5. (And many others.) I attended the one in Chicago a while back and was engaged the whole day in interesting talks on design, writing copy as interface, advanced CSS, and creativity [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1194:"An Event Apart is a web design and development conference which features some of the same fine folks who helped out with WordPress 2.5. (And many others.) I attended the one in Chicago a while back and was engaged the whole day in interesting talks on design, writing copy as interface, advanced CSS, and creativity — each topic presented by the leading folks in the field.
\nThe conference normally costs just under a thousand dollars to attend, which is well worth it, but because of our association with the folks they’ve set up a discount for WordPress users.
\nIf you enter AEAWP on checkout the price drops to $795, or $200 below the regular registration fee. The coupon is unlimited, and can be used for one ticket or five. They have events coming up in New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago. You can learn more and register on their site at aneventapart.com.
\nWe’ll also have some final dates for WordCamp San Francisco coming up, I’ll be posting those soonish so people can start making vacation and travel plans. (Nothing like a blogging vacation.)
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\nIf you’re not interested in the changes, simply grab the latest version of the plugin and copy the files into your plugin folder. It’ll work, but if you’re upgrading, you should read on.
\nMajor changes in this release:\n
Related Posts
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\nIf you’re not interested in the changes, simply grab the latest version of the plugin and copy the files into your plugin folder. It’ll work, but if you’re upgrading, you should read on.
\nMajor changes in this release:\n
Related Posts
";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: 18 on 30 Under 30";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=7725";s:4:"link";s:39:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/18-on-30-under-30/";s:11:"description";s:212:"Inc. just announced their Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and I came in at #18. Cool! Some really young ones on the list though — I’m getting old.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:43:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:212:"Inc. just announced their Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and I came in at #18. Cool! Some really young ones on the list though — I’m getting old.
";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Lloyd: Official WordPress Logos and Fan Art";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1577";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://foolswisdom.com/official-wordpress-logos-and-fan-art/";s:11:"description";s:4102:"I know that Matt Mullenweg and Matt Thomas die a little each time they see WordPress fan art that uses a faux logo. I only notice the chubby W because I’ve been edumacated.
\nMT (the real) has updated WordPress.org/about/buttons with official WordPress logos in pngs and vector image formats.
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WordPress Logos and WordPress Buttons
There are also WordPress desktop wall paper in various official colors and sizes. The official WordPress colors are given in a variety of code systems. Pantone 7468 anyone?
\nFan Art
\nThe fan art page could use some fresh contributions.
\nThese naturalized WordPress logos would be nice additions:
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WordPress India Independence Logo by Allan Fernandes
One or more of the WordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul. My favorite are the one’s with the flower for the O:
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WordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul
I love the WordCamp Philippines logo:
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WordCamp Philippines Logo by Andrew Dela Serna
What is your favorite WordPress art?
\nLorelle’s category icons are brilliant. For example, she uses this image for WordPress News:
\n
Anyone know the creator of this popular images?
\n
Same day correction: previously the article suggested the font is Dante, but both Matts have come to my rescue. It used to be the WordPress logo font. When Jason Santa Maria designed the new logo a few years ago, he chose the lovely Mrs. Eaves.
\nAdam Freetly identified the creator of the “lens flare” logo as being Dan Philibin.
\nWordPress "Lens Flare" Logo by Dan Philibin
I know that Matt Mullenweg and Matt Thomas die a little each time they see WordPress fan art that uses a faux logo. I only notice the chubby W because I’ve been edumacated.
\nMT (the real) has updated WordPress.org/about/buttons with official WordPress logos in pngs and vector image formats.
\nWordPress Logos and WordPress Buttons
There are also WordPress desktop wall paper in various official colors and sizes. The official WordPress colors are given in a variety of code systems. Pantone 7468 anyone?
\nFan Art
\nThe fan art page could use some fresh contributions.
\nThese naturalized WordPress logos would be nice additions:
\nWordPress India Independence Logo by Allan Fernandes
One or more of the WordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul. My favorite are the one’s with the flower for the O:
\nWordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul
I love the WordCamp Philippines logo:
\nWordCamp Philippines Logo by Andrew Dela Serna
What is your favorite WordPress art?
\nLorelle’s category icons are brilliant. For example, she uses this image for WordPress News:
\n
Anyone know the creator of this popular images?
\n
Same day correction: previously the article suggested the font is Dante, but both Matts have come to my rescue. It used to be the WordPress logo font. When Jason Santa Maria designed the new logo a few years ago, he chose the lovely Mrs. Eaves.
\nAdam Freetly identified the creator of the “lens flare” logo as being Dan Philibin.
\nWordPress "Lens Flare" Logo by Dan Philibin
If you have been thinking about attending WordCamp Birmingham 2008, but haven’t committed yet, now is the time. There are only a couple of hours left to sign up. Registration is only $25, and that includes lunch and a tee shirt — talk about a bargain! Register now!
If you have been thinking about attending WordCamp Birmingham 2008, but haven’t committed yet, now is the time. There are only a couple of hours left to sign up. Registration is only $25, and that includes lunch and a tee shirt — talk about a bargain! Register now!
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Three column, gravatar ready theme with two right sidebars
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Two Column widget enabled minimalist wordpres theme
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Inspired on Wired Magazine look, Clean News is a theme with a large content area, but it also has a wide sidebar that allows to display even a 300px width ad. Home and single sidebars are independent, both widgetized, so you can easily choose what and where to display. A lot of white space to make your content stand out, low weight and no plugins required. It will load in the blink of an eye.
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Inspired on Wired Magazine look, Clean News is a theme with a large content area, but it also has a wide sidebar that allows to display even a 300px width ad. Home and single sidebars are independent, both widgetized, so you can easily choose what and where to display. A lot of white space to make your content stand out, low weight and no plugins required. It will load in the blink of an eye.
";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Weekly Is Back";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4197";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/21/wordpress-weekly-is-back/";s:11:"description";s:10824:"Many of you may or may not remember a WordPress podcast that was hosted and produced by yours truly called WordPress Weekly. The show made it through 22 episodes. Some of those included staple interviews with Matt Mullenweg, Lorelle Van Fossen, and Alex King. Because I took on more work, it became increasingly difficult to produce the show on a weekly basis for no pay. Don’t get me wrong, I had a blast doing it but I have to pay the bills. Therefor, I opted to concentrate on the work that would pay me versus doing the show for nothing. After I stopped producing the show, comments, emails and feedback through instant messaging started coming in, letting me know how much you enjoyed the show. Many people who had just discovered the show let me know that they were disappointed there would be no more episodes after 22.
\nI’ve taken all of your feedback to heart and have decided to bring the show back. Mark and I have decided to produce the show for WeblogToolsCollection as part of our content on this blog.
\nWordPress Weekly was a weekly podcast that discussed what happened within the past week within the world of WordPress. Generally every show was an open round table discussion. I had a number of people who would call in and chime in on stories I discussed during the show. Sometimes, this would be anywhere between 3-7 people on the phone at once, talking over each other but generally, having a good time. This time around, I plan on changing things up a bit. For starters, the show will now have a co-host. If there is anything I’ve learned while doing WordPress Weekly for 22 episodes, it is that having someone to talk to, to bounce stories off of is much better than facing the possibility of talking to myself, or a room of empty people. Two people engaging in a conversation is much better than what I can do single handedly. Also, I don’t have to worry if whether or not people will call in to the show to be part of the round table.
\nMy co host is more than qualified for the job. His name is Keith Murrary and resides in Canada. He has been working with WordPress for a little while now. He is the author of the Admin Links Sidebar Widget plugin. He works as a systems administrator at his place of employment and his role on the podcast will be to discuss the development side of WordPress. I take things from an end users perspective, so we should match up pretty well in discussions.
\nWordPress Weekly is a weekly oriented podcast that takes place every Friday evening at 8PM EST starting on October 3rd, 2008 on Talkshoe.com. The format of the show will remain close to what it has been in the past. The co-host and I will discuss the WordPress news of the week. This could be plugin updates, releases, themes, version releases, development updates, a tutorial written by someone in the community, could be anything as long as it relates to WordPress. At the end of each show, Keith and I will give out our plugin of the week. This plugin is picked individually by us and is tested prior to the show.
\nI am aiming for a relaxing atmosphere where WordPress Users can gather around for 1 hour every Friday evening and discuss the latest happenings with everything WordPress. You could almost consider the show a virtual WordCamp.
\nSo how can you be a part of the show? The easiest way is to create an account on Talkshoe.com. Then, download and install their client software (Talkshoe Pro). The Talkshoe software serves as a bridge of communication between the host, and his/her listeners. The software contains a chat room as well as phone number information to call into the show.
\nHowever, you do not need to install the software in order to listen to the show live. Friday October 3rd, at 8PM EST, look on the front page of Talkshoe.com or click on the LIVE NOW button and look for the Wordpress Weekly show. Instead of clicking on the JOIN IN button, click underneath where it says LISTEN ONLY. This will tune you into the live stream.
\nIf you want to call in to the show via telephone, Skype, payphone landline, etc, dial 724-444-7444 and follow the audio instructions. *Note* In one of the recent updates to Talkshoe, anonymous calling is now supported. This means you can call in and participate without the need to create a Talkshoe account. However, if you have a Talkshoe account, your registered name will show up within the Talkshoe client letting others know who is speaking. I also want to let you know that Talkshoe has had problems with people calling in anonymously, trying to crash peoples shows or prank call hosts. Having a registered user account will give you a better chance of being on the air. When you dial into the show and you want to speak on the air, press *8 on your dial pad. This is the request to talk feature and will let me know you want to chime in on the discussion.
\nYou can also use SIP clients such as ProjectGizmo or X-Lite. For example, when I use X-Lite to dial in, I type in 123@66.212.134.192 and then follow the audio directions. If you would like to use X-Lite but are unsure in how to configure the software, I highly advise you to check out my in depth tutorial (Installing And Configuring X-Lite)which explains everything you need to know.
\nRemember this information as it will be required when you want to dial into the show.
\nTalkcast Name: WordPress Weekly
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Talkcast ID: 34224
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Phone Number: 724-444-7444
\nThis would also be a good time to remind you that Talkshoe now has a web client that you can access without the need to download or install any software. The web client makes it as easy as pie to participate in the show.
\nThe first is by listening to the live stream. Every Friday at 8PM EST starting on October 3rd, a live stream of the show is enabled, allowing you to listen to the show LIVE as it is being recorded. You can listen to the live stream via the web application which allows you to chat, or you can listen to the stream only. It’s your choice.
\nThe second option is to wait until the final show notes are published on WeblogToolsCollection. When the show notes for WordPress Weekly are finalized, I always embed a talkshoe player at the end of the post which allows you to listen to the show on the website.
\nThe third option is to subscribe to the Talkcast RSS feed. Each Talkshoe player that is displayed on the website has a small RSS icon near the top right corner of the player. Clicking this icon will allow you to subscribe to the feed, and will download the latest episodes into your Feed Reader.
\nThe fourth option is to subscribe to the show via Itunes. Talkshoe provides a link you can use to subscribe to a Talkshoe show through Itunes. If you want to subscribe via Itunes or RSS, the best thing to do is to visit THIS PAGE and click on the Itunes button or the RSS button.
\nThe fifth option is to manually browse to the talkcast homepage and manually download each episode as an mp3 file. When you visit the homepage, click on the DOWNLOAD button and that will download the appropriate episode in an mp3 format that has no DRM attached to it.
\nLast but not least, if you would like to be reminded of the show via email, please create an account on Talkshoe.com and then visit my Talkcast page. After you create an account, you’ll be able to click on the FOLLOW THIS button, which will add your email automatically to the mailing list. Each time I send out a reminder of when the show will air, an email will be sent to the email address you configured when you created your Talkshoe account.
\nUnlike the other WordPress centric podcasts that are available, this one is not pre recorded and thus, the audio is not studio grade quality. With that said, my audio has always sounded great with my X-Lite/Talkshoe combination. But, I can only control the audio quality for myself and no one else. So while Keith and I may sound great, someone who calls into the show with a crappy cell phone may sound terrible and there will be nothing I can do about it. The show is produced as is. If you partake in the discussions, I prefer that you please refrain from using expletives during the show. I believe points can be made without using these types of words. I’d also like to keep the clean rating for the show on iTunes.
\nI have a renewed sense as to how I want the show to be from here on out but I am open to ideas and suggestions to improve the show. At this point, I’d like to know from you, what are you looking for out of a WordPress centric podcast? Do you want more interviews rather than commentary on news? Do you want to know about themes and plugins more than anything else? Would you like us to do a roundtable show once a month or more? Would you like us to cover WordPress only or should we sometimes branch out and discuss topics that are related to blogging and not just WordPress?
\nIf you can’t answer those, simply tell me in the comments what your expectations are for an excellent podcast centered on WordPress that you would listen to every week.
\nThank you for taking the time to read this mile long manual. Keith and I will see you on Friday, October 3rd at 8PM EST.
\nBy the way, if you would like a sample of WordPress Weekly before our relaunch, listen to some of my past episodes via the Talkshoe player. Pressing the play button will initiate episode 22 where I interviewed Alex King.
\n";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:32:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:10824:"Many of you may or may not remember a WordPress podcast that was hosted and produced by yours truly called WordPress Weekly. The show made it through 22 episodes. Some of those included staple interviews with Matt Mullenweg, Lorelle Van Fossen, and Alex King. Because I took on more work, it became increasingly difficult to produce the show on a weekly basis for no pay. Don’t get me wrong, I had a blast doing it but I have to pay the bills. Therefor, I opted to concentrate on the work that would pay me versus doing the show for nothing. After I stopped producing the show, comments, emails and feedback through instant messaging started coming in, letting me know how much you enjoyed the show. Many people who had just discovered the show let me know that they were disappointed there would be no more episodes after 22.
\nI’ve taken all of your feedback to heart and have decided to bring the show back. Mark and I have decided to produce the show for WeblogToolsCollection as part of our content on this blog.
\nWordPress Weekly was a weekly podcast that discussed what happened within the past week within the world of WordPress. Generally every show was an open round table discussion. I had a number of people who would call in and chime in on stories I discussed during the show. Sometimes, this would be anywhere between 3-7 people on the phone at once, talking over each other but generally, having a good time. This time around, I plan on changing things up a bit. For starters, the show will now have a co-host. If there is anything I’ve learned while doing WordPress Weekly for 22 episodes, it is that having someone to talk to, to bounce stories off of is much better than facing the possibility of talking to myself, or a room of empty people. Two people engaging in a conversation is much better than what I can do single handedly. Also, I don’t have to worry if whether or not people will call in to the show to be part of the round table.
\nMy co host is more than qualified for the job. His name is Keith Murrary and resides in Canada. He has been working with WordPress for a little while now. He is the author of the Admin Links Sidebar Widget plugin. He works as a systems administrator at his place of employment and his role on the podcast will be to discuss the development side of WordPress. I take things from an end users perspective, so we should match up pretty well in discussions.
\nWordPress Weekly is a weekly oriented podcast that takes place every Friday evening at 8PM EST starting on October 3rd, 2008 on Talkshoe.com. The format of the show will remain close to what it has been in the past. The co-host and I will discuss the WordPress news of the week. This could be plugin updates, releases, themes, version releases, development updates, a tutorial written by someone in the community, could be anything as long as it relates to WordPress. At the end of each show, Keith and I will give out our plugin of the week. This plugin is picked individually by us and is tested prior to the show.
\nI am aiming for a relaxing atmosphere where WordPress Users can gather around for 1 hour every Friday evening and discuss the latest happenings with everything WordPress. You could almost consider the show a virtual WordCamp.
\nSo how can you be a part of the show? The easiest way is to create an account on Talkshoe.com. Then, download and install their client software (Talkshoe Pro). The Talkshoe software serves as a bridge of communication between the host, and his/her listeners. The software contains a chat room as well as phone number information to call into the show.
\nHowever, you do not need to install the software in order to listen to the show live. Friday October 3rd, at 8PM EST, look on the front page of Talkshoe.com or click on the LIVE NOW button and look for the Wordpress Weekly show. Instead of clicking on the JOIN IN button, click underneath where it says LISTEN ONLY. This will tune you into the live stream.
\nIf you want to call in to the show via telephone, Skype, payphone landline, etc, dial 724-444-7444 and follow the audio instructions. *Note* In one of the recent updates to Talkshoe, anonymous calling is now supported. This means you can call in and participate without the need to create a Talkshoe account. However, if you have a Talkshoe account, your registered name will show up within the Talkshoe client letting others know who is speaking. I also want to let you know that Talkshoe has had problems with people calling in anonymously, trying to crash peoples shows or prank call hosts. Having a registered user account will give you a better chance of being on the air. When you dial into the show and you want to speak on the air, press *8 on your dial pad. This is the request to talk feature and will let me know you want to chime in on the discussion.
\nYou can also use SIP clients such as ProjectGizmo or X-Lite. For example, when I use X-Lite to dial in, I type in 123@66.212.134.192 and then follow the audio directions. If you would like to use X-Lite but are unsure in how to configure the software, I highly advise you to check out my in depth tutorial (Installing And Configuring X-Lite)which explains everything you need to know.
\nRemember this information as it will be required when you want to dial into the show.
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\nThis would also be a good time to remind you that Talkshoe now has a web client that you can access without the need to download or install any software. The web client makes it as easy as pie to participate in the show.
\nThe first is by listening to the live stream. Every Friday at 8PM EST starting on October 3rd, a live stream of the show is enabled, allowing you to listen to the show LIVE as it is being recorded. You can listen to the live stream via the web application which allows you to chat, or you can listen to the stream only. It’s your choice.
\nThe second option is to wait until the final show notes are published on WeblogToolsCollection. When the show notes for WordPress Weekly are finalized, I always embed a talkshoe player at the end of the post which allows you to listen to the show on the website.
\nThe third option is to subscribe to the Talkcast RSS feed. Each Talkshoe player that is displayed on the website has a small RSS icon near the top right corner of the player. Clicking this icon will allow you to subscribe to the feed, and will download the latest episodes into your Feed Reader.
\nThe fourth option is to subscribe to the show via Itunes. Talkshoe provides a link you can use to subscribe to a Talkshoe show through Itunes. If you want to subscribe via Itunes or RSS, the best thing to do is to visit THIS PAGE and click on the Itunes button or the RSS button.
\nThe fifth option is to manually browse to the talkcast homepage and manually download each episode as an mp3 file. When you visit the homepage, click on the DOWNLOAD button and that will download the appropriate episode in an mp3 format that has no DRM attached to it.
\nLast but not least, if you would like to be reminded of the show via email, please create an account on Talkshoe.com and then visit my Talkcast page. After you create an account, you’ll be able to click on the FOLLOW THIS button, which will add your email automatically to the mailing list. Each time I send out a reminder of when the show will air, an email will be sent to the email address you configured when you created your Talkshoe account.
\nUnlike the other WordPress centric podcasts that are available, this one is not pre recorded and thus, the audio is not studio grade quality. With that said, my audio has always sounded great with my X-Lite/Talkshoe combination. But, I can only control the audio quality for myself and no one else. So while Keith and I may sound great, someone who calls into the show with a crappy cell phone may sound terrible and there will be nothing I can do about it. The show is produced as is. If you partake in the discussions, I prefer that you please refrain from using expletives during the show. I believe points can be made without using these types of words. I’d also like to keep the clean rating for the show on iTunes.
\nI have a renewed sense as to how I want the show to be from here on out but I am open to ideas and suggestions to improve the show. At this point, I’d like to know from you, what are you looking for out of a WordPress centric podcast? Do you want more interviews rather than commentary on news? Do you want to know about themes and plugins more than anything else? Would you like us to do a roundtable show once a month or more? Would you like us to cover WordPress only or should we sometimes branch out and discuss topics that are related to blogging and not just WordPress?
\nIf you can’t answer those, simply tell me in the comments what your expectations are for an excellent podcast centered on WordPress that you would listen to every week.
\nThank you for taking the time to read this mile long manual. Keith and I will see you on Friday, October 3rd at 8PM EST.
\nBy the way, if you would like a sample of WordPress Weekly before our relaunch, listen to some of my past episodes via the Talkshoe player. Pressing the play button will initiate episode 22 where I interviewed Alex King.
\n";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 09/21";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4201";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/21/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0921/";s:11:"description";s:1747:"\nThis plugin renders inline sheet music fragments inside posts and comments into images. It supports ABC, GUIDO, Lilypond and Mup music notations
\n\nC4F Textarea Toolbar is a plugin for WordPress aimed at providing a simple yet very useful and precise tool to insert emoticons and markup in the comments’ textarea.
\nBlogWell’s Simple Image Link Widget
\nSimple Image Link lets you easily add images to your sidebar, be they advertisements, buttons of support or buttons of protest without the need for any HTML.
\n\nGenerate RSS feeds for category and tag archive pages.
\n\nDisable the ability for users to password protect certain posts.
\n\nIntranet / Extranet plugin for Wordpress that allows users to specify which users can access specific posts or pages.
\n\nMTR Podcast Recorder offers real-time recording that is saved on the same server where WordPress is installed. All recordings will be saved into the MP3 format using LAME encoder.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:08:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1747:"\nThis plugin renders inline sheet music fragments inside posts and comments into images. It supports ABC, GUIDO, Lilypond and Mup music notations
\n\nC4F Textarea Toolbar is a plugin for WordPress aimed at providing a simple yet very useful and precise tool to insert emoticons and markup in the comments’ textarea.
\nBlogWell’s Simple Image Link Widget
\nSimple Image Link lets you easily add images to your sidebar, be they advertisements, buttons of support or buttons of protest without the need for any HTML.
\n\nGenerate RSS feeds for category and tag archive pages.
\n\nDisable the ability for users to password protect certain posts.
\n\nIntranet / Extranet plugin for Wordpress that allows users to specify which users can access specific posts or pages.
\n\nMTR Podcast Recorder offers real-time recording that is saved on the same server where WordPress is installed. All recordings will be saved into the MP3 format using LAME encoder.
";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 09/19";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4195";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/19/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0919/";s:11:"description";s:2731:"\n
Two column fixed-width WordPress theme, with lefthand sidebar, enabled for widgets…
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WP Strict is a real Magazine/Blog/Webfolio hybrid with two different page templates, custom fields and four different widgetized areas.
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Orange, black, and gray combined to create a clean, great-looking theme. Supports rotating 125×125 sidebar ads, widgets, gravatars, and microformats.
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Two column, fixed width, widget ready green, black and white theme.
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Red Lite is a simple 2 column red and grey WordPress theme.
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Two column, black and grey theme with gravatar functionality with an exteremely small size.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:47:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2731:"\n
Two column fixed-width WordPress theme, with lefthand sidebar, enabled for widgets…
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WP Strict is a real Magazine/Blog/Webfolio hybrid with two different page templates, custom fields and four different widgetized areas.
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Orange, black, and gray combined to create a clean, great-looking theme. Supports rotating 125×125 sidebar ads, widgets, gravatars, and microformats.
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Two column, fixed width, widget ready green, black and white theme.
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Red Lite is a simple 2 column red and grey WordPress theme.
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Two column, black and grey theme with gravatar functionality with an exteremely small size.
";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:77:"Weblog Tools Collection: News: WordPress.com Ad-Free and WordPress for iPhone";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4187";s:4:"link";s:104:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/19/news-wordpresscom-ad-free-and-wordpress-for-iphone/";s:11:"description";s:1193:"For those that are on WordPress.com, Matt and the Automattic team introduced their new Ad-Free version of WordPress.com for a modest fee of 30 credits per year or $0.08 per day. Matt explains the reasoning behind the existence of the ads on WordPress.com and Lorelle writes up us a nice tutorial on how to activate this feature and some information on the ads themselves.
\nIn other cool WordPress news, the WordPress for iPhone app has been downloaded over 100,000 times! Ranaan, who I met for the first time in SF this year and is BBQ averse :), provides a breakdown of the downloads across countries and then runs down a list of new features that are being worked on for version 1.2 including landscape mode, comment moderation and enhanced image options.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:53:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1193:"For those that are on WordPress.com, Matt and the Automattic team introduced their new Ad-Free version of WordPress.com for a modest fee of 30 credits per year or $0.08 per day. Matt explains the reasoning behind the existence of the ads on WordPress.com and Lorelle writes up us a nice tutorial on how to activate this feature and some information on the ads themselves.
\nIn other cool WordPress news, the WordPress for iPhone app has been downloaded over 100,000 times! Ranaan, who I met for the first time in SF this year and is BBQ averse :), provides a breakdown of the downloads across countries and then runs down a list of new features that are being worked on for version 1.2 including landscape mode, comment moderation and enhanced image options.
";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Dougal Campbell: Yarrr! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1085";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/09/19/yarrr-its-talk-like-a-pirate-day";s:11:"description";s:1032:"
Once again, we have arrived on Talk Like a Pirate Day. I had been hoping that I would be able to find time to upgrade my Text Filter Suite plugin for WordPress (which includes my Pirate filter for posts and comments), but I’ve just been too busy. Maybe I can get it re-worked for next year. I already know what I want to do with it: Consolidate all of the filter code, maybe re-do things in an OOP style, add the concept of ‘registering’ a filter with the system, and add a back-end user interface to make it easier to use.
Anyways, enjoy all the piratey goodness today!
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:30:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:1032:"Once again, we have arrived on Talk Like a Pirate Day. I had been hoping that I would be able to find time to upgrade my Text Filter Suite plugin for WordPress (which includes my Pirate filter for posts and comments), but I’ve just been too busy. Maybe I can get it re-worked for next year. I already know what I want to do with it: Consolidate all of the filter code, maybe re-do things in an OOP style, add the concept of ‘registering’ a filter with the system, and add a back-end user interface to make it easier to use.
Anyways, enjoy all the piratey goodness today!
";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: First day in Beijing";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=7661";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/first-day-in-beijing/";s:11:"description";s:12849:"Flying to Beijing, dinner, walking around Tienanmen Square.
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:00:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:12849:"Flying to Beijing, dinner, walking around Tienanmen Square.
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Matt Mullenweg has just announced that you can go “ad-free” on your WordPress.com blog.
While you may have never noticed, those who are not logged into WordPress.com will see ads on blogs across the WordPress.com network. two years ago, WordPress.com started experimenting with Google ads to help support the cost of the experimental and state-of-the-art multiple user free blog service. The intent was not to cover your blogs with ads, like many free blogging services do, but to show an occasional ad discretely within your WordPress Theme.
\nSince few complained or noticed, the experiment continued, helping to keep WordPress.com free and add a lot of free features that might have been paid upgrades.
\nThese ads were so rare, I never saw them. So I forgot about them. I’ve written a lot about the WordPress.com Terms of Service policy that prohibits adding ads to your WordPress.com blogs, so I was dismayed a few months ago when I got a few emails accusing me of special favors from WordPress.com because I had ads on my blog. They were seeing the WordPress.com experimental ads. Unfortunately, one of the ads was - shall we say - inappropriate, a problem many have with Google’s ad program.
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\nStill, this bothered me. I talked to the WordPress team about this and they agreed that users should have the right to determine whether or not to have WordPress.com ads on their blogs. As Matt explains:
\nAt the same time it’s easy to imagine blogs that would never want ads on them: businesses, startups, non-profits, political activist sites, the list goes on. Google Adsense analyzes the content to show contextually relevant ads, but that might mean a link to a competitor. Because of this we’ve introduced a premium option that gives you control: the No-ads upgrade.
They’ve been working on this new feature for a while, trying to come up with a secure and affordable way for users to continue to support WordPress.com by permitting ads on their blogs, while allowing those with sensitive or special interests to not host ads. They’ve finally done it, and I applaud their foresight and integrity.
\nBefore you start jumping to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, remember that those ads, most of which you will rarely ever see, help bring in income to keep WordPress.com going. If they don’t bother you or your readers, leave them alone. Why not?
\nYou are using one of the most powerful, state-of-the-art blogging platforms, a service that will survive the Digg-effect and high traffic surges without charging you; a service that keeps bringing you options and features without charge; a service that gives you a platform upon which to express yourself proudly - and is incredibly SEO friendly. Why not help them continue to keep this service free for everyone?
\nIf you do feel a compelling need to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, go to Upgrades.
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Scroll down to No-ads and select the option.
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The cost to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog is 30 credits annually (USD $30 if you haven’t earned any credits) which comes to eight cents a day.
\nWhether you keep or remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, why not take a little time to give back to WordPress.com and other WordPress.com users by browsing the WordPress blog network and get to know your fellow WordPress.com members. You can use the Random Post feature in the gray dashboard bar at the top of your WordPress.com blog when you are logged in, or visit the WordPress.com Blogs of the Day which lists the most popular blogs by language, or the WordPress.com Tags list.
\nIf you are familiar with how WordPress.com works, then why not help out in the WordPress.com forums and get to know the volunteers and staff there as well as your other fellow WordPress.com members. It’s a simple way to say thank you for this powerful free blog service.
\nA lot of WordPress.com bloggers want to put ads on their blogs to make money for themselves. While some free blog hosts permit that, don’t forget that WordPress.com is also a testing site for many of the latest features of WordPress development.
\nWhile the world has to wait for the release of WordPress 2.7, WordPress.com users are already using the new sticky post feature and will soon be playing with other new features as part of the new WordPress Administration interface redesign, a continuation of user interface improvements from the previous version of WordPress - long before anyone else.
\nThis means that WordPress.com has to stay clean of code that will screw up not just one blog but all the blogs on the WordPress.com network powered by WordPressMU. While most ad code is harmless, opening up WordPress.com to Javascript and other code languages opens the door up to malicious code, too. It’s a security risk WordPress.com isn’t willing to take, and I support that policy.
\nIf you want to monetize your blog, get the free version of WordPress and pay for cheap hosting. Some hosts are offering web hosting for under USD $10 a month. With the full version of WordPress, you can not only add ads, but customize the whole look, add all kinds of cool WordPress Plugins, and really tweak your whole site to maximize its revenue potential.
\nWordPress.com has always been about blogging, about freedom of expression and creativity. It’s not about the code. It’s about the words. WordPress.com is working overtime to make sure we have a place to share our words with others around the world - no holds barred.
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Matt Mullenweg has just announced that you can go “ad-free” on your WordPress.com blog.
While you may have never noticed, those who are not logged into WordPress.com will see ads on blogs across the WordPress.com network. two years ago, WordPress.com started experimenting with Google ads to help support the cost of the experimental and state-of-the-art multiple user free blog service. The intent was not to cover your blogs with ads, like many free blogging services do, but to show an occasional ad discretely within your WordPress Theme.
\nSince few complained or noticed, the experiment continued, helping to keep WordPress.com free and add a lot of free features that might have been paid upgrades.
\nThese ads were so rare, I never saw them. So I forgot about them. I’ve written a lot about the WordPress.com Terms of Service policy that prohibits adding ads to your WordPress.com blogs, so I was dismayed a few months ago when I got a few emails accusing me of special favors from WordPress.com because I had ads on my blog. They were seeing the WordPress.com experimental ads. Unfortunately, one of the ads was - shall we say - inappropriate, a problem many have with Google’s ad program.
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\nStill, this bothered me. I talked to the WordPress team about this and they agreed that users should have the right to determine whether or not to have WordPress.com ads on their blogs. As Matt explains:
\nAt the same time it’s easy to imagine blogs that would never want ads on them: businesses, startups, non-profits, political activist sites, the list goes on. Google Adsense analyzes the content to show contextually relevant ads, but that might mean a link to a competitor. Because of this we’ve introduced a premium option that gives you control: the No-ads upgrade.
They’ve been working on this new feature for a while, trying to come up with a secure and affordable way for users to continue to support WordPress.com by permitting ads on their blogs, while allowing those with sensitive or special interests to not host ads. They’ve finally done it, and I applaud their foresight and integrity.
\nBefore you start jumping to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, remember that those ads, most of which you will rarely ever see, help bring in income to keep WordPress.com going. If they don’t bother you or your readers, leave them alone. Why not?
\nYou are using one of the most powerful, state-of-the-art blogging platforms, a service that will survive the Digg-effect and high traffic surges without charging you; a service that keeps bringing you options and features without charge; a service that gives you a platform upon which to express yourself proudly - and is incredibly SEO friendly. Why not help them continue to keep this service free for everyone?
\nIf you do feel a compelling need to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, go to Upgrades.
\n
Scroll down to No-ads and select the option.
\n
The cost to remove ads from your WordPress.com blog is 30 credits annually (USD $30 if you haven’t earned any credits) which comes to eight cents a day.
\nWhether you keep or remove ads from your WordPress.com blog, why not take a little time to give back to WordPress.com and other WordPress.com users by browsing the WordPress blog network and get to know your fellow WordPress.com members. You can use the Random Post feature in the gray dashboard bar at the top of your WordPress.com blog when you are logged in, or visit the WordPress.com Blogs of the Day which lists the most popular blogs by language, or the WordPress.com Tags list.
\nIf you are familiar with how WordPress.com works, then why not help out in the WordPress.com forums and get to know the volunteers and staff there as well as your other fellow WordPress.com members. It’s a simple way to say thank you for this powerful free blog service.
\nA lot of WordPress.com bloggers want to put ads on their blogs to make money for themselves. While some free blog hosts permit that, don’t forget that WordPress.com is also a testing site for many of the latest features of WordPress development.
\nWhile the world has to wait for the release of WordPress 2.7, WordPress.com users are already using the new sticky post feature and will soon be playing with other new features as part of the new WordPress Administration interface redesign, a continuation of user interface improvements from the previous version of WordPress - long before anyone else.
\nThis means that WordPress.com has to stay clean of code that will screw up not just one blog but all the blogs on the WordPress.com network powered by WordPressMU. While most ad code is harmless, opening up WordPress.com to Javascript and other code languages opens the door up to malicious code, too. It’s a security risk WordPress.com isn’t willing to take, and I support that policy.
\nIf you want to monetize your blog, get the free version of WordPress and pay for cheap hosting. Some hosts are offering web hosting for under USD $10 a month. With the full version of WordPress, you can not only add ads, but customize the whole look, add all kinds of cool WordPress Plugins, and really tweak your whole site to maximize its revenue potential.
\nWordPress.com has always been about blogging, about freedom of expression and creativity. It’s not about the code. It’s about the words. WordPress.com is working overtime to make sure we have a place to share our words with others around the world - no holds barred.
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My co-worker Noel Jackson, tired of hearing me whine about the Six Apart TypePad Trap, has created a WordPress importer mashing together the MT formatted export file (missing permalinks) and the broken TypePad AtomPub (missing comments and trackbacks). We are currently testing this on WordPress.com before polishing the code up and sharing it. We are looking for some TypePad customers to help us test it — it’s completely harmless, read-only.
\nIf you are interested, let me know and we can set up a private blog on WordPress.com for you to import into. Bonus is that you will have a backup of your blog ready to go live if anything ever befalls TypePad.
\nThis importer wouldn’t be possible without the heroic effort Ronald Heft Jr put into creating a TypePad AtomPub importer for WordPress — it’s not his fault TypePad still doesn’t have a way to export your full blog.
\nWhat’s an AtomPub? While working on this importer Noel contacted TypePad support only to have them tell him they don’t know what AtomPub is, and that they don’t support it.
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Anyway, as I said, if you are a TypePad customer, and want to participate in open source development by testing this exporter, or would just like a backup of your blog ready to launch on WordPress.com, leave a comment or send me an email.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:49:37 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Lloyd";}s:7:"summary";s:1760:"My co-worker Noel Jackson, tired of hearing me whine about the Six Apart TypePad Trap, has created a WordPress importer mashing together the MT formatted export file (missing permalinks) and the broken TypePad AtomPub (missing comments and trackbacks). We are currently testing this on WordPress.com before polishing the code up and sharing it. We are looking for some TypePad customers to help us test it — it’s completely harmless, read-only.
\nIf you are interested, let me know and we can set up a private blog on WordPress.com for you to import into. Bonus is that you will have a backup of your blog ready to go live if anything ever befalls TypePad.
\nThis importer wouldn’t be possible without the heroic effort Ronald Heft Jr put into creating a TypePad AtomPub importer for WordPress — it’s not his fault TypePad still doesn’t have a way to export your full blog.
\nWhat’s an AtomPub? While working on this importer Noel contacted TypePad support only to have them tell him they don’t know what AtomPub is, and that they don’t support it.
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Anyway, as I said, if you are a TypePad customer, and want to participate in open source development by testing this exporter, or would just like a backup of your blog ready to launch on WordPress.com, leave a comment or send me an email.
";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 09/18";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4185";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0918/";s:11:"description";s:2542:"\nFeed Pauser is a plugin I wrote to address a issue I have been facing for a long time, the option to delay publishing a post to a feed. Feed pauser, pauses a post from being made available through RSS.
\nAuto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
\nAutomatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your blog. This helps reduce the amount of spam aimed at old posts. Now you can keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks on certain posts open.
\n\nThe web host Servage allows it’s users through a link to their website/coupon code to refer it’s users to their services.
\n\nThis plugin allows you to notify your readers on their Instant Messaging (AIM, MSN, GTalk, ICQ…), Email or SMS when you publish new posts! It also adds a widget to your blog to allow your users to choose on which channel they want to be notified!
\n\nThis plugin allows you to manage WordPress users via Google Apps accounts. The Authentication use Google Apps Gmail.
\n\nThe world clock widget is a javascript clock. It can be easily set to display date and time of different timezone.
\n\nAdds a little javascript and css to the header, and then a “Send to Facebook” link at the bottom of the blog post.
\n\nAlter the output of the wp_list_pages() function’s HTML. Add in your own classes, insert text into link title, add additional tags surrounding title. Parents and Children are set seperately for greater flexibility.
\n\nObfuscates your email. You need to enter the shortcode in your post.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:20:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2542:"\nFeed Pauser is a plugin I wrote to address a issue I have been facing for a long time, the option to delay publishing a post to a feed. Feed pauser, pauses a post from being made available through RSS.
\nAuto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
\nAutomatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your blog. This helps reduce the amount of spam aimed at old posts. Now you can keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks on certain posts open.
\n\nThe web host Servage allows it’s users through a link to their website/coupon code to refer it’s users to their services.
\n\nThis plugin allows you to notify your readers on their Instant Messaging (AIM, MSN, GTalk, ICQ…), Email or SMS when you publish new posts! It also adds a widget to your blog to allow your users to choose on which channel they want to be notified!
\n\nThis plugin allows you to manage WordPress users via Google Apps accounts. The Authentication use Google Apps Gmail.
\n\nThe world clock widget is a javascript clock. It can be easily set to display date and time of different timezone.
\n\nAdds a little javascript and css to the header, and then a “Send to Facebook” link at the bottom of the blog post.
\n\nAlter the output of the wp_list_pages() function’s HTML. Add in your own classes, insert text into link title, add additional tags surrounding title. Parents and Children are set seperately for greater flexibility.
\n\nObfuscates your email. You need to enter the shortcode in your post.
";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Lorelle on WP: WordPress News and Announcements on WordPress 2.7 and More";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3027";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/wordpress-news-and-announcements-on-wordpress-27-and-more/";s:11:"description";s:14295:"I’ve just released the latest Blog Herald WordPress Wednesday News on WordPress Wednesday News: WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More, and there are some WordPress news tidbits I’d like to call your attention to.
Ryan Boren has announced the final WordPress 2.7 features to prepare us all for the upcoming release.
\nThey include the new “crazyhorse” WordPress Administration Panels interface, a new Write Post Panel that allows dragging and dropping of meta boxes so you can rearrange your writing surface, the ability to hide columns on the content index pages, inline editing of posts and Pages on the new content index pages, comments XMLRPC API, sticky posts, automatic WordPress Plugin installation and integrated Plugin browser, HTTPOnly auth cookies, and much more.
\nAfter all the kvetching I’ve done about the Comments Panel in the WordPress Administration Panels (okay, I’m not the only one), they have finally overhauled it and have added the ability to automatically upgrade WordPress and the total revamping of the Comments Panel to include replying to comments, keyboard shortcuts (hot keys) for managing comments, and threaded comments to help you keep track of the conversation.
\nI’m waiting to try it out as it may soon be added to WordPress.com as part of the testing. I do hope it will be as user-friendly as WordPress Comment Ninja Greasemonkey Script by Engtech of Internet Duct Tape. I’ll hate to part with my favorite non-WordPress Plugin toy.
\nIn announcements on the WordPress Development Blog and on WordPress.com, WordPress users are invited to participate in a survey to have your say on how the navigation options on the WordPress 2.7 Administration Panels interface (UI) should look and work.
\nAt WordCamp 2008, Liz Danzico and Jane Wells presented Riding The Crazyhorse: Future Generation WordPress, an inside look at how the new interface was developed and the amazing technology they use to test the results and make improvements.
\nIf you want your say in how it looks, you better speak up and take the survey.
\nWhile WordPress 2.7 is rewiring the whole Comments Panel, it is telling that the grand prize winner of the Weblog Tools Collection WordPress Plugin Competition was WP Comment Remix WordPress Plugin by Pressography. It will be interesting how this incredible WordPress Plugin survives the next release of WordPress. I’m sure the creative Plugin author will come up with something even more interesting.
\nSecond prize went to the author of the Manageable WordPress Plugin, followed by third prize, WP Easy Uploader. Consolation prize goes to Prelovac for his amazing work on WordPress Plugins recently.
\nAll the Plugins in the contest are amazing. Check them out and see how creative the WordPress Community continues to be.
\nSmashing Magazine published the WordPress Developers’ Toolbox, a huge collection of tips, tricks, resources, WordPress Themes, WordPress Theme design help, documentation, and tutorials for WordPress users. It’s overwhelming but there is a ton of great information in there.
\nPlease make sure that the article you are reading covers the version of WordPress you are using as some of the information is version-specific.
\nI continue to report on the many WordCamps and WordPress Meetups that are popping up everywhere. If you want your event covered, make sure to email me so I can cover it on the Blog Herald WordPress Wednesday News and The WordCamp Report.
\nIn case you didn’t hear, The WordCamp Report is looking for volunteers to live blog or report on WordCamp and WordPress events around the world. The site is covering WordCamp news, events, and WordPress events, and includes tips for those who want to bring a WordCamp to their area.
\nIf you have been a part of a WordCamp event and would like to submit an article on your experience and lessons learned, just let me know.
\nI also covered a lot of other WordPress news including these recent announcements on WordPress.com:
\nSSL Now Available for WordPress.com Bloggers: WordPress.com announced the ability for their bloggers to protect blogs with SSL. If you are blogging on a public access point, “blogjackers” can prey on security vulnerabilities and possibly collect sensitive information. By adding SSL protection, you will automatically be logged onto your blog with an HTTPS connection (secure). You’ve always had the option, but few WordPress.com bloggers understood how it worked.
\nTo activate this new feature, go to My Account > Edit Profile in the WordPress Administration Panels and check of “Always use HTTPS when visiting Administration pages” under Browser Connection.
\nWordPress.com FAQ Gets Screencasts: The WordPress.com FAQ now has screencasts on their guide posts helping WordPress.com users learn more about how to use specific WordPress.com features.
\nWordPress.com August 2008 Stats: The August Wrap-Up for statistics on WordPress.com included 286,860 blogs created, 298,655 new users, 3,442,638 file uploads, 439 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters, 6,750,960 comments, and 1,196,661 active blogs and 14,056,683 active posts. WordPress.com also crossed four million blogs this past week.
\nNew Themes for WordPress.com Members: WordPress.com announced two new WordPress Themes recently. The Albeo Theme for WordPress.com bloggers is designed by Elena at Design Disease. The DePo Masthead WordPress Theme by Derek Powazek features a minimalist magazine design with dynamic features such as header font size changes depending upon the length of the blog title, column heights for front page articles will always be equal, interesting navigation options, and hidden, unfolding comments.
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Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, the author of Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging.
I’ve just released the latest Blog Herald WordPress Wednesday News on WordPress Wednesday News: WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More, and there are some WordPress news tidbits I’d like to call your attention to.
Ryan Boren has announced the final WordPress 2.7 features to prepare us all for the upcoming release.
\nThey include the new “crazyhorse” WordPress Administration Panels interface, a new Write Post Panel that allows dragging and dropping of meta boxes so you can rearrange your writing surface, the ability to hide columns on the content index pages, inline editing of posts and Pages on the new content index pages, comments XMLRPC API, sticky posts, automatic WordPress Plugin installation and integrated Plugin browser, HTTPOnly auth cookies, and much more.
\nAfter all the kvetching I’ve done about the Comments Panel in the WordPress Administration Panels (okay, I’m not the only one), they have finally overhauled it and have added the ability to automatically upgrade WordPress and the total revamping of the Comments Panel to include replying to comments, keyboard shortcuts (hot keys) for managing comments, and threaded comments to help you keep track of the conversation.
\nI’m waiting to try it out as it may soon be added to WordPress.com as part of the testing. I do hope it will be as user-friendly as WordPress Comment Ninja Greasemonkey Script by Engtech of Internet Duct Tape. I’ll hate to part with my favorite non-WordPress Plugin toy.
\nIn announcements on the WordPress Development Blog and on WordPress.com, WordPress users are invited to participate in a survey to have your say on how the navigation options on the WordPress 2.7 Administration Panels interface (UI) should look and work.
\nAt WordCamp 2008, Liz Danzico and Jane Wells presented Riding The Crazyhorse: Future Generation WordPress, an inside look at how the new interface was developed and the amazing technology they use to test the results and make improvements.
\nIf you want your say in how it looks, you better speak up and take the survey.
\nWhile WordPress 2.7 is rewiring the whole Comments Panel, it is telling that the grand prize winner of the Weblog Tools Collection WordPress Plugin Competition was WP Comment Remix WordPress Plugin by Pressography. It will be interesting how this incredible WordPress Plugin survives the next release of WordPress. I’m sure the creative Plugin author will come up with something even more interesting.
\nSecond prize went to the author of the Manageable WordPress Plugin, followed by third prize, WP Easy Uploader. Consolation prize goes to Prelovac for his amazing work on WordPress Plugins recently.
\nAll the Plugins in the contest are amazing. Check them out and see how creative the WordPress Community continues to be.
\nSmashing Magazine published the WordPress Developers’ Toolbox, a huge collection of tips, tricks, resources, WordPress Themes, WordPress Theme design help, documentation, and tutorials for WordPress users. It’s overwhelming but there is a ton of great information in there.
\nPlease make sure that the article you are reading covers the version of WordPress you are using as some of the information is version-specific.
\nI continue to report on the many WordCamps and WordPress Meetups that are popping up everywhere. If you want your event covered, make sure to email me so I can cover it on the Blog Herald WordPress Wednesday News and The WordCamp Report.
\nIn case you didn’t hear, The WordCamp Report is looking for volunteers to live blog or report on WordCamp and WordPress events around the world. The site is covering WordCamp news, events, and WordPress events, and includes tips for those who want to bring a WordCamp to their area.
\nIf you have been a part of a WordCamp event and would like to submit an article on your experience and lessons learned, just let me know.
\nI also covered a lot of other WordPress news including these recent announcements on WordPress.com:
\nSSL Now Available for WordPress.com Bloggers: WordPress.com announced the ability for their bloggers to protect blogs with SSL. If you are blogging on a public access point, “blogjackers” can prey on security vulnerabilities and possibly collect sensitive information. By adding SSL protection, you will automatically be logged onto your blog with an HTTPS connection (secure). You’ve always had the option, but few WordPress.com bloggers understood how it worked.
\nTo activate this new feature, go to My Account > Edit Profile in the WordPress Administration Panels and check of “Always use HTTPS when visiting Administration pages” under Browser Connection.
\nWordPress.com FAQ Gets Screencasts: The WordPress.com FAQ now has screencasts on their guide posts helping WordPress.com users learn more about how to use specific WordPress.com features.
\nWordPress.com August 2008 Stats: The August Wrap-Up for statistics on WordPress.com included 286,860 blogs created, 298,655 new users, 3,442,638 file uploads, 439 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters, 6,750,960 comments, and 1,196,661 active blogs and 14,056,683 active posts. WordPress.com also crossed four million blogs this past week.
\nNew Themes for WordPress.com Members: WordPress.com announced two new WordPress Themes recently. The Albeo Theme for WordPress.com bloggers is designed by Elena at Design Disease. The DePo Masthead WordPress Theme by Derek Powazek features a minimalist magazine design with dynamic features such as header font size changes depending upon the length of the blog title, column heights for front page articles will always be equal, interesting navigation options, and hidden, unfolding comments.
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I’m going to be joining everyone in the blogosphere at Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend, September 20-21, 2008. Not going to be there? You are missing out on what could be a record breaking event.
I will be there with Woopra, Layered Tech, and WordPress.
\nI’ve peeked at the Conference Schedule and there is so much going on, I don’t even know where to begin.
\nIn addition to the Blog World Expo Exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the incredible collection of speakers and workshops, and the crème de la crème of the blogosphers attending, there are also events within the main event, including:
\nThese specialty meetings and workshops cover niche areas and specific issues that confront bloggers within those specific areas. So much of it crosses borders, though, I’m having a tough time deciding which to attend.
\nI do know where I will be Sunday, September 21, from 3:00PM - 4:00PM. I will be on a panel with my buddies, John Pozadzides and Liz Strauss, covering The Stats of High Performance Content and Marketing.
\nI will also be occasionally found in the Exhibition Hall in booth 220 with Layered Tech, Woopra, and WordPress. If you want to talk about servers, web hosting, and the grid, I’ll let you talk to the other guys there, but if you want to talk WordPress or Woopra, I’m ready!
\nI hope to see you there!
\nNEXT: Next weekend, September 27, 2008, is WordCamp Portland, Oregon - September 27, 2008, where I will also be making noise. The event is sold out and there is a waiting list. It’s going to be great!
\nOther upcoming events where I will be speaking and attending include:
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Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, the author of Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging.
I’m going to be joining everyone in the blogosphere at Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend, September 20-21, 2008. Not going to be there? You are missing out on what could be a record breaking event.
I will be there with Woopra, Layered Tech, and WordPress.
\nI’ve peeked at the Conference Schedule and there is so much going on, I don’t even know where to begin.
\nIn addition to the Blog World Expo Exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the incredible collection of speakers and workshops, and the crème de la crème of the blogosphers attending, there are also events within the main event, including:
\nThese specialty meetings and workshops cover niche areas and specific issues that confront bloggers within those specific areas. So much of it crosses borders, though, I’m having a tough time deciding which to attend.
\nI do know where I will be Sunday, September 21, from 3:00PM - 4:00PM. I will be on a panel with my buddies, John Pozadzides and Liz Strauss, covering The Stats of High Performance Content and Marketing.
\nI will also be occasionally found in the Exhibition Hall in booth 220 with Layered Tech, Woopra, and WordPress. If you want to talk about servers, web hosting, and the grid, I’ll let you talk to the other guys there, but if you want to talk WordPress or Woopra, I’m ready!
\nI hope to see you there!
\nNEXT: Next weekend, September 27, 2008, is WordCamp Portland, Oregon - September 27, 2008, where I will also be making noise. The event is sold out and there is a waiting list. It’s going to be great!
\nOther upcoming events where I will be speaking and attending include:
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Otomot Garaj Theme is a simple video theme. You can watch own videos in your website.
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It’s a 3 column, fixed width, widget ready theme.
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Simple, three column, white, widget and gravatar ready theme
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Widget ready, 2 columns, fixed width, clean theme with right sidebar.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:19:53 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1382:"\n
Otomot Garaj Theme is a simple video theme. You can watch own videos in your website.
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It’s a 3 column, fixed width, widget ready theme.
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Simple, three column, white, widget and gravatar ready theme
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Widget ready, 2 columns, fixed width, clean theme with right sidebar.
";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:56:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Developers’ Toolbox";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4171";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/17/wordpress-developers-toolbox/";s:11:"description";s:652:"WordPress Developers’ Toolbox: Smashing Magazine has put together a quite large list of various tips, tricks, tutorials, documentation, resources, themes, design help and everything else in between for WordPress. As a matter of fact, I am surprised that it was not released as an “eBook”. I do wish that the data was organized better, with better linking within the article, better headings, smaller and fewer pictures and a better way to navigate. But the collection is quite large and there is lots of information there to browse through.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:53:31 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:652:"WordPress Developers’ Toolbox: Smashing Magazine has put together a quite large list of various tips, tricks, tutorials, documentation, resources, themes, design help and everything else in between for WordPress. As a matter of fact, I am surprised that it was not released as an “eBook”. I do wish that the data was organized better, with better linking within the article, better headings, smaller and fewer pictures and a better way to navigate. But the collection is quite large and there is lots of information there to browse through.
";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 09/16";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4173";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/16/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0916/";s:11:"description";s:1335:"\nThe wpSEO plugin helps you optimize your blog for SEO purposes by eliminating issues with duplicate content and specifying meta tags and page titles for the different pages of your blog. Page in German
\n\nWineX is a lightweight script that will import the listing contents of your CellarTracker wine cellar into your WordPress website.
\n\nCalendar is an events calendar for WordPress that allows you to publish a monthly breakdown of your appointments and important dates for your blog readers to view.
\n\nFilter Email Notifications is a simple plugin that stops WordPress from sending email notifications for comments that have been manually approved.
\n\nThis plugin is built to manage the excellent flShow Photo Carousel within the comfort of the WordPress dashboard
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:54:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1335:"\nThe wpSEO plugin helps you optimize your blog for SEO purposes by eliminating issues with duplicate content and specifying meta tags and page titles for the different pages of your blog. Page in German
\n\nWineX is a lightweight script that will import the listing contents of your CellarTracker wine cellar into your WordPress website.
\n\nCalendar is an events calendar for WordPress that allows you to publish a monthly breakdown of your appointments and important dates for your blog readers to view.
\n\nFilter Email Notifications is a simple plugin that stops WordPress from sending email notifications for comments that have been manually approved.
\n\nThis plugin is built to manage the excellent flShow Photo Carousel within the comfort of the WordPress dashboard
";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"bbPress: bbPress 1.0 alpha series update";s:4:"guid";s:24:"http://bbpress.org/?p=97";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://bbpress.org/blog/2008/09/bbpress-10-alpha-series-update/";s:11:"description";s:1889:"It’s about time everyone was let in on the progress we have made towards version 1.0 of bbPress.
\nI expect the next alpha release to be made sometime in the next two weeks. This release will include our first implementation of Pingbacks both to and from your bbPress installation. The first draft implementation of this is now in trunk.
\nAlso to be included in the next release is an implementation of the pseudo cron feature from WordPress. This will allow plugin developers to schedule jobs in the future or on a regular basis. It is 100% compatible with the WordPress implementation, so the existing documentation is all you need to get started with using it.
\nTo enable cron I’ve included the very new WP_Http class in BackPress. This new class is a robust HTTP fetcher which is meant to replace the Snoopy class in WordPress. This will allow all sorts of RESTFUL services to be utilised within bbPress plugins, like fetching data from other pages, embedding search APIs and even pulling data from WordPress via RSS or XML-RPC.
\nOn the drawing board is the beginnings of an XML-RPC publishing interface. This will make it easier to use bbPress as a data store for more exotic clients like custom flash applications and XML-RPC desktop clients. It also opens the door to creating an iPhone app for bbPress much like the existing WordPress iPhone app.
\nAn alpha version of bbPress’ new export/import format and tools has also landed in trunk thanks to our Google Summer of Code student Dan Larkin. You can read a little more about that at the BBXF website.
\nThere will also be several fixes for bugs found by our courageous alpha testers.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:56:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sam Bauers";}s:7:"summary";s:1889:"It’s about time everyone was let in on the progress we have made towards version 1.0 of bbPress.
\nI expect the next alpha release to be made sometime in the next two weeks. This release will include our first implementation of Pingbacks both to and from your bbPress installation. The first draft implementation of this is now in trunk.
\nAlso to be included in the next release is an implementation of the pseudo cron feature from WordPress. This will allow plugin developers to schedule jobs in the future or on a regular basis. It is 100% compatible with the WordPress implementation, so the existing documentation is all you need to get started with using it.
\nTo enable cron I’ve included the very new WP_Http class in BackPress. This new class is a robust HTTP fetcher which is meant to replace the Snoopy class in WordPress. This will allow all sorts of RESTFUL services to be utilised within bbPress plugins, like fetching data from other pages, embedding search APIs and even pulling data from WordPress via RSS or XML-RPC.
\nOn the drawing board is the beginnings of an XML-RPC publishing interface. This will make it easier to use bbPress as a data store for more exotic clients like custom flash applications and XML-RPC desktop clients. It also opens the door to creating an iPhone app for bbPress much like the existing WordPress iPhone app.
\nAn alpha version of bbPress’ new export/import format and tools has also landed in trunk thanks to our Google Summer of Code student Dan Larkin. You can read a little more about that at the BBXF website.
\nThere will also be several fixes for bugs found by our courageous alpha testers.
";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey";s:4:"guid";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/15/wordpress-27-navigation-options-survey/";s:4:"link";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/15/wordpress-27-navigation-options-survey/";s:11:"description";s:413:"WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey: As design decisions are being made for the new WordPress 2.7 admin interface, the WordPress team would like your input in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. Please take the survey.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:15:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:413:"WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey: As design decisions are being made for the new WordPress 2.7 admin interface, the WordPress team would like your input in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. Please take the survey.
";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Akismet: Akismet for Django";s:4:"guid";s:34:"http://akismet.wordpress.com/?p=98";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://blog.akismet.com/2008/09/15/akismet-for-django/";s:11:"description";s:1760:"Aydin Mirzaee, an undergraduate student at McGill University, has whipped up some handy code to incorporate Akismet with Django’s new comments framework. Python geeks, enjoy 
Aydin Mirzaee, an undergraduate student at McGill University, has whipped up some handy code to incorporate Akismet with Django’s new comments framework. Python geeks, enjoy
You know that “Turbo” button in the upper-right corner of WordPress 2.6 (and WordPress.com)? That button uses Google Gears to store static WordPress admin files locally, speeding up your WordPress admin experience. Until now, Gears was only available to people running Firefox or Internet Explorer. As of today, people using Safari on OS X can also play. I just activated it for this blog, and it worked without a hitch!
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You know that “Turbo” button in the upper-right corner of WordPress 2.6 (and WordPress.com)? That button uses Google Gears to store static WordPress admin files locally, speeding up your WordPress admin experience. Until now, Gears was only available to people running Firefox or Internet Explorer. As of today, people using Safari on OS X can also play. I just activated it for this blog, and it worked without a hitch!
\n I’m going to be in China later this week for WordCamp Shanghai and Beijing. Really looking forward to meeting all the WordPress users there.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:42:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:194:"I’m going to be in China later this week for WordCamp Shanghai and Beijing. Really looking forward to meeting all the WordPress users there.
";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Dev Blog: WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=317";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-27-navigation-options-survey/";s:11:"description";s:1173:"Note: Survey is closed as of 9/18/08. Thanks for the feedback!
\nWordPress 2.7 is currently in development and as some people already know, it features a revised layout with a left-hand navigation column that was designed in response to user feedback regarding the use of screen real estate. Because the navigation came straight from the Crazyhorse prototype that was developed quickly for usability testing, it is still a work in progress.
Navigation sections and labels are being decided now, and as usual there are lots of good ideas floating around. As part of the mission to increase user involvement in design decisions, we’ve created a survey intended to give WordPress users the ability to play a part in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. If you use WordPress and want to add your opinion, take the survey.
\nWordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:53:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"jane";}s:7:"summary";s:1173:"Note: Survey is closed as of 9/18/08. Thanks for the feedback!
\nWordPress 2.7 is currently in development and as some people already know, it features a revised layout with a left-hand navigation column that was designed in response to user feedback regarding the use of screen real estate. Because the navigation came straight from the Crazyhorse prototype that was developed quickly for usability testing, it is still a work in progress.
Navigation sections and labels are being decided now, and as usual there are lots of good ideas floating around. As part of the mission to increase user involvement in design decisions, we’ve created a survey intended to give WordPress users the ability to play a part in deciding how the navigation options should be grouped and labeled. If you use WordPress and want to add your opinion, take the survey.
\nWordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey
";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 09/15";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4165";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0915/";s:11:"description";s:2679:"\n
Two column theme optimized for for SEO with a flexible top banner image, with options for Google Analytics integration.
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Two column, widget-ready, gravatar-ready and SEO-friendly themes
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A fixed-width 2-column, free WordPress theme, with a right hand-sidebar, enabled for widgets and gravatars
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Midnight-Blue-Plus is a dark blue, right sidebar, widget ready theme designed for WordPress.
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Two column theme with flower bordered big header
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Brown, grey and green, three column theme
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:16:34 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2679:"\n
Two column theme optimized for for SEO with a flexible top banner image, with options for Google Analytics integration.
\n\n
Two column, widget-ready, gravatar-ready and SEO-friendly themes
\n\n
A fixed-width 2-column, free WordPress theme, with a right hand-sidebar, enabled for widgets and gravatars
\n\n
Midnight-Blue-Plus is a dark blue, right sidebar, widget ready theme designed for WordPress.
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Two column theme with flower bordered big header
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Brown, grey and green, three column theme
";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:66:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Competition 2.5 Winners!";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4144";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/13/wordpress-plugin-competition-25-winners/";s:11:"description";s:2427:"Thank you for your patience. The judges have been corralled for their results, the results have been tallied, public votes have been added in and tallied and we are finally ready to announce the winners of the WordPress Plugin Competition 2.5
\nMay we have a drum roll please?
\nThank you prizes:
\n$250 prize from WPMU
\nThank you for your patience. The judges have been corralled for their results, the results have been tallied, public votes have been added in and tallied and we are finally ready to announce the winners of the WordPress Plugin Competition 2.5
\nMay we have a drum roll please?
\nThank you prizes:
\n$250 prize from WPMU
\nMy wife Sarah and I were in Wal-Mart last night, when we saw someone walking around with a shirt that said “Girl’s go’in wild.” We had a good chuckle over the atrocious and arbitrary punctuation. Then I thought “hey, this might make for a good blog.”
\n4 hours later, Wordsplosion was online. It’s pretty amazing that you can go from idea to execution in a matter of hours using WordPress. Wordsplosion showcases “the best of the worst of the wide world of words.” It contains (and will continue to contain) all manner of grammatical errors, punctuation gaffes, misspellings, horrible typography, etc. It’s LOL cats for smart people.
\nI used the amazing Journalist theme as a base. Go check it out!
\n
My wife Sarah and I were in Wal-Mart last night, when we saw someone walking around with a shirt that said “Girl’s go’in wild.” We had a good chuckle over the atrocious and arbitrary punctuation. Then I thought “hey, this might make for a good blog.”
\n4 hours later, Wordsplosion was online. It’s pretty amazing that you can go from idea to execution in a matter of hours using WordPress. Wordsplosion showcases “the best of the worst of the wide world of words.” It contains (and will continue to contain) all manner of grammatical errors, punctuation gaffes, misspellings, horrible typography, etc. It’s LOL cats for smart people.
\nI used the amazing Journalist theme as a base. Go check it out!
\n Gives you the ability to add multiple widgets which will display one or more random item(s) from your Amazon wishlist, baby registry and/or wedding registry.
\n\nThe WP125 plugin can help you manage your ads more efficiently, leaving you with more time to write new posts.
\n\nThis little plugin will output a bookmarks.html file with your entire WordPress Dashboard in folders, just as they appear on your panel.
\n\nThis plugin allows the user to embed Google Document/Spreadsheet content in posts and pages using shortcode.
\n\nThis plugin creates a dynamic gallery of images for latest and/or featured posts. Using JonDesign’s excellent SmoothGallery script, this plugin makes the gallery truly dynamic so that it automatically creates the gallery from your latest and/or featured posts.
\n\nWP-Universe creates a blog universe based on categories of a WordPress blog.
\n\nWith this plugin you can choose a smiley pack from the settings / options in admin or simply choose your own smiley pack directory.
\n\nAlways deliver the latest version of your CSS stylesheet to browsers. All caching problems solved.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:40:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2057:"\nGives you the ability to add multiple widgets which will display one or more random item(s) from your Amazon wishlist, baby registry and/or wedding registry.
\n\nThe WP125 plugin can help you manage your ads more efficiently, leaving you with more time to write new posts.
\n\nThis little plugin will output a bookmarks.html file with your entire WordPress Dashboard in folders, just as they appear on your panel.
\n\nThis plugin allows the user to embed Google Document/Spreadsheet content in posts and pages using shortcode.
\n\nThis plugin creates a dynamic gallery of images for latest and/or featured posts. Using JonDesign’s excellent SmoothGallery script, this plugin makes the gallery truly dynamic so that it automatically creates the gallery from your latest and/or featured posts.
\n\nWP-Universe creates a blog universe based on categories of a WordPress blog.
\n\nWith this plugin you can choose a smiley pack from the settings / options in admin or simply choose your own smiley pack directory.
\n\nAlways deliver the latest version of your CSS stylesheet to browsers. All caching problems solved.
";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:13:"Matt: Dropbox";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/dropbox/";s:4:"link";s:29:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/dropbox/";s:11:"description";s:160:"Dropbox is open to the public now. I’d love something like this I could use with my own Subversion server.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:44:29 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:160:"Dropbox is open to the public now. I’d love something like this I could use with my own Subversion server.
";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 09/12";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4140";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/12/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0912/";s:11:"description";s:3628:"\n
Jalan Lurus is my first single columns and black edition. You will found a lot of usable area on this themes, such as top commenters, latest comments, tag cloud, caption image, popularity post, nicely random post, nice looking archives page and 404 error page and many more.
\nThis themes also support widget, custom image header and Flickr RSS.
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2 columns, light, blue, green, transparent, rounded borders, valid xhtml, widgets
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A simple dark black and blue WordPress theme.
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BT Ex consists of a fluid five (!) column outfit with a js clock/calendar built in: widgetized sidebar and footer columns, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled. Flickr is enabled in the themes options panel. The frontpage shows the eleven latest posts, followed by footer action.
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Fleur de lys consists of a fluid three column outfit with a header rotator built in: widgetized sidebars and footer columns, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled. Flickr is enabled in the themes options panel. The frontpage shows the latest posts followed by footer action.
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Clean and simple three column theme with a boxed CSS layout and an AJAX sidebar.
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CryBook is a 3 Column simple theme base with the popular Facebook. It contain 2 widget-ready sidebar, live theme swistcher and custom admin panel. It’s compatible with up to WordPress 2.6.2 and has been tested with in Firefox3, Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Opera, and Safari. This is a very simple theme, you may notice that it is only a few files included. The key is, it is not only tabless but also imageless! There is no a single image used in layout!
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:24:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3628:"\n
Jalan Lurus is my first single columns and black edition. You will found a lot of usable area on this themes, such as top commenters, latest comments, tag cloud, caption image, popularity post, nicely random post, nice looking archives page and 404 error page and many more.
\nThis themes also support widget, custom image header and Flickr RSS.
\n\n
2 columns, light, blue, green, transparent, rounded borders, valid xhtml, widgets
\n\n
A simple dark black and blue WordPress theme.
\n\n
BT Ex consists of a fluid five (!) column outfit with a js clock/calendar built in: widgetized sidebar and footer columns, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled. Flickr is enabled in the themes options panel. The frontpage shows the eleven latest posts, followed by footer action.
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Fleur de lys consists of a fluid three column outfit with a header rotator built in: widgetized sidebars and footer columns, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled. Flickr is enabled in the themes options panel. The frontpage shows the latest posts followed by footer action.
\n\n
Clean and simple three column theme with a boxed CSS layout and an AJAX sidebar.
\n\n
CryBook is a 3 Column simple theme base with the popular Facebook. It contain 2 widget-ready sidebar, live theme swistcher and custom admin panel. It’s compatible with up to WordPress 2.6.2 and has been tested with in Firefox3, Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Opera, and Safari. This is a very simple theme, you may notice that it is only a few files included. The key is, it is not only tabless but also imageless! There is no a single image used in layout!
";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Weblog Tools Collection: Smart cache-busting for your Wordpress stylesheet";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4130";s:4:"link";s:103:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/12/smart-cache-busting-for-your-wordpress-stylesheet/";s:11:"description";s:744:"Smart cache-busting for your Wordpress stylesheet.: If you frequently change your WordPress stylesheet or are working on it and would like your readers to pull the new stylesheet every time instead of using a cached version (which might display a borked page), this tutorial and the subsequent plugin might be for you. Alister explains the issue in detail, provides a tutorial on how to acheive the results and then with some prodding from Matt, comes up with a plugin the get the same result which does not require any modification of code.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:52:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:744:"Smart cache-busting for your Wordpress stylesheet.: If you frequently change your WordPress stylesheet or are working on it and would like your readers to pull the new stylesheet every time instead of using a cached version (which might display a borked page), this tutorial and the subsequent plugin might be for you. Alister explains the issue in detail, provides a tutorial on how to acheive the results and then with some prodding from Matt, comes up with a plugin the get the same result which does not require any modification of code.
";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Ryan Boren: Stalking the Wild 2.7";s:4:"guid";s:23:"http://boren.nu/?p=1613";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://boren.nu/archives/2008/09/04/stalking-the-wild-27/";s:11:"description";s:1456:"To track the day-to-day happenings of WordPress 2.7 development, head over to the Development Updates blog. We’ll be discussing the ongoing admin UI changes and the new features slated for 2.7. Add your comments and join in.
\nHere’s a quick rundown of some of the features that have already gone into 2.7.
\nNot all of those features are complete yet, but they are getting close. We’re hoping to get a few more features like Theme update, install, and browsing done in time for 2.7.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:00:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:7:"summary";s:1456:"To track the day-to-day happenings of WordPress 2.7 development, head over to the Development Updates blog. We’ll be discussing the ongoing admin UI changes and the new features slated for 2.7. Add your comments and join in.
\nHere’s a quick rundown of some of the features that have already gone into 2.7.
\nNot all of those features are complete yet, but they are getting close. We’re hoping to get a few more features like Theme update, install, and browsing done in time for 2.7.
";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 09/11";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4128";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/11/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0911/";s:11:"description";s:2286:"\nThumbnail For Excerpts search the post for the first image. If exists, than it will search for the thumbnail created by default by WordPress for the image, if it was uploaded from WP administration area.
\n\nEnhance your blog with both basic and advanced video capabilities. Upload/ record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix video content, enable video responses, manage and track your video content and much more…
\n\nProgressive license is a plugin that gives authors an opportunity to put Creative Commons or Custom Licenses on their content.
\n\nTxtVox connects mobile subscribers with blogs, newsletters, podcasts and other information sources through an innovative combination of advertising-supported text messaging and personalized mobile pages.
\n\nEmbed 3D Flick Photo Galleries in the WordPress sidebar. Enjoy the same 3D immersive FotoViewr experience in your WordPress blog.
\n\nIntegrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your blog to display the number of followers you have on Twitter
\n\nAdd a “Digg This” button to your post.
\n\nRedirect WordPress users to different locations after they log in.
\nPlugin authors might like to take a look at Hit a Moving Target in your WordPress Plugin
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:32:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2286:"\nThumbnail For Excerpts search the post for the first image. If exists, than it will search for the thumbnail created by default by WordPress for the image, if it was uploaded from WP administration area.
\n\nEnhance your blog with both basic and advanced video capabilities. Upload/ record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix video content, enable video responses, manage and track your video content and much more…
\n\nProgressive license is a plugin that gives authors an opportunity to put Creative Commons or Custom Licenses on their content.
\n\nTxtVox connects mobile subscribers with blogs, newsletters, podcasts and other information sources through an innovative combination of advertising-supported text messaging and personalized mobile pages.
\n\nEmbed 3D Flick Photo Galleries in the WordPress sidebar. Enjoy the same 3D immersive FotoViewr experience in your WordPress blog.
\n\nIntegrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your blog to display the number of followers you have on Twitter
\n\nAdd a “Digg This” button to your post.
\n\nRedirect WordPress users to different locations after they log in.
\nPlugin authors might like to take a look at Hit a Moving Target in your WordPress Plugin
";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Alex King: Progressive License 1.0";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://alexking.org/blog/2008/09/10/progressive-license-10";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://alexking.org/blog/2008/09/10/progressive-license-10";s:11:"description";s:3812:"Steve O’Grady of RedMonk announced the Progressive License WordPress plugin at WordCamp San Francisco.
\nProgressive License is similar to other plugins that allow you to easily put a license on your content, but it brings a little twist: the ability to change the license applied to the content as the content ages.
\nSteve explains:
\n\nIn my case, as an example, it applies a Creative Commons noncommercial license for the first 60 days - this one - and then retires the noncommercial provision after that time period, applying this license on everything older than 60 days.
This is the sort of thing that would have been really simple to build as a one-off custom plugin, but RedMonk instead chose to have my company, Crowd Favorite, build a solution that could be distributed back to the community.
\nThis was an interesting user interaction challenge. We did our best to make this definition of the license time windows as user friendly as possible.
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You can see we created a JavaScript based configuration page that does some date calculation to show when licenses would be applied to a post published today. Hopefully this does a good job communicating how the various licenses will be applied.
\nProgressive License ships with seven Creative Commons licenses included out of the box, but also gives you an interface to add additional licenses you would like to use.
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Many thanks to RedMonk for bringing us in to build this plugin, and kudos to them for choosing to sponsor the creation of a robust solution for the rest of the WordPress community.
\n\n ";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:46:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Alex";}s:7:"summary";s:3812:"Steve O’Grady of RedMonk announced the Progressive License WordPress plugin at WordCamp San Francisco.
\nProgressive License is similar to other plugins that allow you to easily put a license on your content, but it brings a little twist: the ability to change the license applied to the content as the content ages.
\nSteve explains:
\n\nIn my case, as an example, it applies a Creative Commons noncommercial license for the first 60 days - this one - and then retires the noncommercial provision after that time period, applying this license on everything older than 60 days.
This is the sort of thing that would have been really simple to build as a one-off custom plugin, but RedMonk instead chose to have my company, Crowd Favorite, build a solution that could be distributed back to the community.
\nThis was an interesting user interaction challenge. We did our best to make this definition of the license time windows as user friendly as possible.
\n
You can see we created a JavaScript based configuration page that does some date calculation to show when licenses would be applied to a post published today. Hopefully this does a good job communicating how the various licenses will be applied.
\nProgressive License ships with seven Creative Commons licenses included out of the box, but also gives you an interface to add additional licenses you would like to use.
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Many thanks to RedMonk for bringing us in to build this plugin, and kudos to them for choosing to sponsor the creation of a robust solution for the rest of the WordPress community.
\n\n ";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: CMS Critic Interview";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/cms-critic-interview/";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/cms-critic-interview/";s:11:"description";s:133:"There’s a new interview up at CMS Critic.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:51:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:133:"There’s a new interview up at CMS Critic.
";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 09/10";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4126";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0910/";s:11:"description";s:1959:"\n
Two column theme with custom archives page, animated JavaScript dropdown menu, widgetized sidebar and bottom bar and several other features
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Converts WordPress into a photo gallery
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A light weight two column, fixed width, widget and gravatar ready theme
\nBusiness Class and Beautiful Blue
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Two column, widget ready themes
\nOn the topic of themes, take a look at The Normal Person’s Guide to WordPress Themes
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:04:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1959:"\n
Two column theme with custom archives page, animated JavaScript dropdown menu, widgetized sidebar and bottom bar and several other features
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Converts WordPress into a photo gallery
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A light weight two column, fixed width, widget and gravatar ready theme
\nBusiness Class and Beautiful Blue
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Two column, widget ready themes
\nOn the topic of themes, take a look at The Normal Person’s Guide to WordPress Themes
";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"Lorelle on WP: Attend a WordCamp and Meet Your WordPress Family";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=2969";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/attend-a-wordcamp-and-meet-your-wordpress-family/";s:11:"description";s:23491:"Last year at WordCamp 2007 in San Francisco, I got a chance to meet up with my long time online buddy and WordPress guru, Andy Skelton. Living on the road myself, I was thrilled when Andy announced he was riding his motorcycle to WordCamp - but not from Texas to San Francisco. He road from Texas to the East Coast of the United States and then across it to San Francisco then back to Texas.
\nI traced much of his travels in the WordPress Wednesday news reports on the Blog Herald as he made his way through all kinds of terrain and weather that very hot summer.
\nI drove from Oregon to San Francisco in my father’s old Class C motor home to get to WordCamp 2007. So both of us crossed a few miles to get to our first in-person meeting, sleeping when and wherever we could along the way.
\nWhen he arrived in San Francisco, we had a joyous meeting and he even escorted me back to where I was staying in San Francisco. Donncha O’Caoimh caught the momentous occasion on Andy’s new bright red Gold Wing motorcycle and uploaded the image to flickr - and I couldn’t find it. Andy finally found it for me and here it is.
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Just as Andy and I traveled across the country, one of us the long way, it’s your turn. I challenge you all to attend a WordCamp event and meet an old, or new, friend.
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I bring it to your attention because I want to share with you the special magic that is a WordCamp adventure. I will be speaking and attending some WordCamps over the next few months, including WordCamp Portland, Oregon, on September 27, 2008, Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii on Oct 24, 2008, WordCamp Israel (hopefully), and WordCamp Las Vegas 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 10-11, 2009.
I urge you all to be a part of a WordCamp experience. It doesn’t matter if you just attend or you are part of the team that brings a WordCamp to your area.
\nWordCamp is a chance to meet other WordPress and blog enthusiasts, but also a chance to learn more about WordPress and how others are using WordPress for their blogs and CMS sites. It’s a chance to meet WordPress developers, experts, and Plugin and Theme authors. It’s a chance to learn how to push WordPress to the limit and find out what’s hot on the WordPress horizon.
\nMost importantly, it is great fun. It’s a chance to leave the virtual world behind and get real, honest hugs and face-to-face meetings with creative and innovative folks who understand the power behind a blog is not just WordPress but the blogger and their hard work.
\nI’ve been to many WordCamps over the past year and a half. I attend and speak at a lot of conferences on blogging, social media, web technology, and education every year, and I look forward most to WordCamp events. No one is selling me anything, there is no pressure, no force, no stress. It’s like a reunion without the old politics and back biting history. It’s relaxing, education, but most of all friendly. The WordPress Community is the best.
\nI’ve started contributing to the The WordCamp Report on WordCamp news and events, and we’re looking for WordCamp attendees to live blog or report on the WordCamp events they are attending. If you are interested, email me or use the WordCamp Report Contact Page.
\nYou can learn more about WordCamps near you at WordCamp Central, The WordCamp Report, and my weekly WordPress Wednesday News on the Blog Herald.
\nHere are a listing of upcoming WordCamps and blog events:
\nUpcoming WordCamps not scheduled or confirmed:
\nAttend, volunteer, sponsor, speak, or allow someone to sleep over who is attending - be a part of a WordCamp near you or fly to one anywhere in the world. You will be welcome. As a WordPress fan, you are part of something bigger than WordPress. You are part of the WordPress Community family.
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Last year at WordCamp 2007 in San Francisco, I got a chance to meet up with my long time online buddy and WordPress guru, Andy Skelton. Living on the road myself, I was thrilled when Andy announced he was riding his motorcycle to WordCamp - but not from Texas to San Francisco. He road from Texas to the East Coast of the United States and then across it to San Francisco then back to Texas.
\nI traced much of his travels in the WordPress Wednesday news reports on the Blog Herald as he made his way through all kinds of terrain and weather that very hot summer.
\nI drove from Oregon to San Francisco in my father’s old Class C motor home to get to WordCamp 2007. So both of us crossed a few miles to get to our first in-person meeting, sleeping when and wherever we could along the way.
\nWhen he arrived in San Francisco, we had a joyous meeting and he even escorted me back to where I was staying in San Francisco. Donncha O’Caoimh caught the momentous occasion on Andy’s new bright red Gold Wing motorcycle and uploaded the image to flickr - and I couldn’t find it. Andy finally found it for me and here it is.
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Just as Andy and I traveled across the country, one of us the long way, it’s your turn. I challenge you all to attend a WordCamp event and meet an old, or new, friend.
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I bring it to your attention because I want to share with you the special magic that is a WordCamp adventure. I will be speaking and attending some WordCamps over the next few months, including WordCamp Portland, Oregon, on September 27, 2008, Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii on Oct 24, 2008, WordCamp Israel (hopefully), and WordCamp Las Vegas 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 10-11, 2009.
I urge you all to be a part of a WordCamp experience. It doesn’t matter if you just attend or you are part of the team that brings a WordCamp to your area.
\nWordCamp is a chance to meet other WordPress and blog enthusiasts, but also a chance to learn more about WordPress and how others are using WordPress for their blogs and CMS sites. It’s a chance to meet WordPress developers, experts, and Plugin and Theme authors. It’s a chance to learn how to push WordPress to the limit and find out what’s hot on the WordPress horizon.
\nMost importantly, it is great fun. It’s a chance to leave the virtual world behind and get real, honest hugs and face-to-face meetings with creative and innovative folks who understand the power behind a blog is not just WordPress but the blogger and their hard work.
\nI’ve been to many WordCamps over the past year and a half. I attend and speak at a lot of conferences on blogging, social media, web technology, and education every year, and I look forward most to WordCamp events. No one is selling me anything, there is no pressure, no force, no stress. It’s like a reunion without the old politics and back biting history. It’s relaxing, education, but most of all friendly. The WordPress Community is the best.
\nI’ve started contributing to the The WordCamp Report on WordCamp news and events, and we’re looking for WordCamp attendees to live blog or report on the WordCamp events they are attending. If you are interested, email me or use the WordCamp Report Contact Page.
\nYou can learn more about WordCamps near you at WordCamp Central, The WordCamp Report, and my weekly WordPress Wednesday News on the Blog Herald.
\nHere are a listing of upcoming WordCamps and blog events:
\nUpcoming WordCamps not scheduled or confirmed:
\nAttend, volunteer, sponsor, speak, or allow someone to sleep over who is attending - be a part of a WordCamp near you or fly to one anywhere in the world. You will be welcome. As a WordPress fan, you are part of something bigger than WordPress. You are part of the WordPress Community family.
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Yahoo’s Hack Day is coming up this Friday and Saturday. I’m going to be a judge at the event. The other judges are David Filo, Ash Patel, Cheryl Ainoa, Jeff Clavier, Rashmi Sinha, and Om Malik. Fun group!
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:05:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:257:"Yahoo’s Hack Day is coming up this Friday and Saturday. I’m going to be a judge at the event. The other judges are David Filo, Ash Patel, Cheryl Ainoa, Jeff Clavier, Rashmi Sinha, and Om Malik. Fun group!
";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Dougal Campbell: WordPress 2.6.2 Release";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1079";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/09/09/wordpress-262-release";s:11:"description";s:2331:"As most of you have probably already seen in your Dashboard, yesterday afternoon saw the official WordPress 2.6.2 Release. And as mentioned in the comments on my intitial news break on the 2.6.2 Beta, the focus is on two security patches to cover weaknesses in PHP’s random number generation (which affects password encryption strength), and in MySQL’s field length checking. These weren’t (technically) security bugs in WordPress, per se, but in the underlying PHP/MySQL stack. Fortunately, we’re able to route around them. This is mainly a problem if your site allows users to register for a user login, however, I would still recommend this upgrade for all users, just to be on the safe side.
\nFor those of you who are PHP/MySQL developers yourselves, I highly recommend reading Stefan Esser’s explanation of the PHP mt_srand() bug and the MySQL SQL Column Truncation issue. He provides some really good detail of the problems. Stefan is also the developer of the PHP Suhosin module, which provides extra security-related features and protections to PHP.
\nIt’s also important to note that these problems don’t just affect WordPress — many other PHP/MySQL applications could be vulnerable to future problems if they don’t examine and patch their code.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:35:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:2331:"As most of you have probably already seen in your Dashboard, yesterday afternoon saw the official WordPress 2.6.2 Release. And as mentioned in the comments on my intitial news break on the 2.6.2 Beta, the focus is on two security patches to cover weaknesses in PHP’s random number generation (which affects password encryption strength), and in MySQL’s field length checking. These weren’t (technically) security bugs in WordPress, per se, but in the underlying PHP/MySQL stack. Fortunately, we’re able to route around them. This is mainly a problem if your site allows users to register for a user login, however, I would still recommend this upgrade for all users, just to be on the safe side.
\nFor those of you who are PHP/MySQL developers yourselves, I highly recommend reading Stefan Esser’s explanation of the PHP mt_srand() bug and the MySQL SQL Column Truncation issue. He provides some really good detail of the problems. Stefan is also the developer of the PHP Suhosin module, which provides extra security-related features and protections to PHP.
\nIt’s also important to note that these problems don’t just affect WordPress — many other PHP/MySQL applications could be vulnerable to future problems if they don’t examine and patch their code.
";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt: SEO Book Interview";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/seo-book-interview/";s:4:"link";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/seo-book-interview/";s:11:"description";s:261:"A new interview with Aaron Wall of SEO Book up. Also did a short one with Blueverse.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:15:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:261:"A new interview with Aaron Wall of SEO Book up. Also did a short one with Blueverse.
";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: 10 PHP Principles";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/10-php-principles/";s:4:"link";s:39:"http://ma.tt/2008/09/10-php-principles/";s:11:"description";s:116:"10 Principles of the PHP Masters.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:14:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:116:"10 Principles of the PHP Masters.
";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Lorelle on WP: WordPress 2.6.2 Mandatory Upgrade";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3005";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/wordpress-262-mandatory-upgrade/";s:11:"description";s:6656:"Ryan Boren has announced the mandatory WordPress 2.6.2 upgrade has been released and WordPress users are required to download WordPress 2.6.2 and upgrade immediately.
This mandatory security upgrade adds protection for a SQL Column Truncation and other security and bug fixes. There is a full changeset and list of changed files to help you find the differences, and a specific changeset for downloading will be available soon.
\nThe vulnerability impacts all PHP applications, not just WordPress, specifically open registration on WordPress blogs. Boren says the attack is difficult to accomplish, but WordPress would rather be safer than sorrier if this is manipulated in the future. If you allow open registration on your WordPress blog, upgrade immediately and follow the instructions in the announcement.
\nWordPress 2.7 is due later this fall. If you are interested in following the development of WordPress and WordPress related applications, here is a list:
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Ryan Boren has announced the mandatory WordPress 2.6.2 upgrade has been released and WordPress users are required to download WordPress 2.6.2 and upgrade immediately.
This mandatory security upgrade adds protection for a SQL Column Truncation and other security and bug fixes. There is a full changeset and list of changed files to help you find the differences, and a specific changeset for downloading will be available soon.
\nThe vulnerability impacts all PHP applications, not just WordPress, specifically open registration on WordPress blogs. Boren says the attack is difficult to accomplish, but WordPress would rather be safer than sorrier if this is manipulated in the future. If you allow open registration on your WordPress blog, upgrade immediately and follow the instructions in the announcement.
\nWordPress 2.7 is due later this fall. If you are interested in following the development of WordPress and WordPress related applications, here is a list:
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Add a Sudoku game to your blog with this WordPress widget. (Page in French)
\n\nWordbook is Wordpress plugin designed to integrate Facebook in your blog and your blog into Facebook.
\n\nWP Figlet allows you to draw ASCII art in your posts and page source.
\nAuto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
\nAutomatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your blog. This helps reduce the amount of spam aimed at old posts.
\n\nInsights brings a powerful new way to write your blog posts. It increases productivity and at the same time the appeal of your posts.
\n\nMake your gallery more glamorous with a flipping engine
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:50:08 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1278:"\nAdd a Sudoku game to your blog with this WordPress widget. (Page in French)
\n\nWordbook is Wordpress plugin designed to integrate Facebook in your blog and your blog into Facebook.
\n\nWP Figlet allows you to draw ASCII art in your posts and page source.
\nAuto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
\nAutomatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your blog. This helps reduce the amount of spam aimed at old posts.
\n\nInsights brings a powerful new way to write your blog posts. It increases productivity and at the same time the appeal of your posts.
\n\nMake your gallery more glamorous with a flipping engine
";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Mark Jaquith: Preview: Advanced WordPress @ BlogOrlando 2008";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=181";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/preview-advanced-wordpress-blogorlando-2008/";s:11:"description";s:2798:"I’ll be at BlogOrlando on September 27th leading a session on Advanced WordPress. Here’s a quick preview of the topics I’d like to cover:
\nScaling
\nAn overview of the best ways to scale WordPress to withstand any Digg onslaught. We’ll talk about WP-Super-Cache, Batcache and PHP opcode caches. We’ll identify common performance bottlenecks. For more detailed and generally applicable information, you’ll want to stick around for Alex Rudloff’s session on scaling!
\nUpgrades
\nStill using FTP to upgrade your WordPress blog? FTP is for your grandmother. We’ll talk about using Subversion to make upgrades happen in a flash.
\nAdvanced URLs
\nWant a feed of all posts by guest authors on your blog that are in the “Florida” category and also mention “Disney” ? Pfft, that’s nothing. Learn how to use WordPress URL tricks to offer extremely customized feeds to your readers.
\nMultiple loops
\nLet’s use the tricks you learned above to create a secondary loop in your theme, without disrupting the main posts loop.
\nBring Your Questions!
\nThe format will be conversational, so please bring your Advanced WordPress questions!
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I’ll be at BlogOrlando on September 27th leading a session on Advanced WordPress. Here’s a quick preview of the topics I’d like to cover:
\nScaling
\nAn overview of the best ways to scale WordPress to withstand any Digg onslaught. We’ll talk about WP-Super-Cache, Batcache and PHP opcode caches. We’ll identify common performance bottlenecks. For more detailed and generally applicable information, you’ll want to stick around for Alex Rudloff’s session on scaling!
\nUpgrades
\nStill using FTP to upgrade your WordPress blog? FTP is for your grandmother. We’ll talk about using Subversion to make upgrades happen in a flash.
\nAdvanced URLs
\nWant a feed of all posts by guest authors on your blog that are in the “Florida” category and also mention “Disney” ? Pfft, that’s nothing. Learn how to use WordPress URL tricks to offer extremely customized feeds to your readers.
\nMultiple loops
\nLet’s use the tricks you learned above to create a secondary loop in your theme, without disrupting the main posts loop.
\nBring Your Questions!
\nThe format will be conversational, so please bring your Advanced WordPress questions!
\n WordPress 2.6.2.: This release is in response to a recent warning to developers from Stefan Esser about the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and weaknesses of mt_rand(). The issue at hand that forced the release is discussed in detail on the WordPress.org blog post linked above. Basically the attack is complex, is dependent on open registration being turned on in your blog, but can be executed in theory and turns out to be more of an annoyance than an actual exploit.
\nIf you have open registration on your blog, the WordPress.org team recommends that you upgrade your install to WordPress 2.6.2 A handful of other fixes are also included in this upgrade. Here is a list of changed files.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:03:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1337:"WordPress 2.6.2.: This release is in response to a recent warning to developers from Stefan Esser about the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and weaknesses of mt_rand(). The issue at hand that forced the release is discussed in detail on the WordPress.org blog post linked above. Basically the attack is complex, is dependent on open registration being turned on in your blog, but can be executed in theory and turns out to be more of an annoyance than an actual exploit.
\nIf you have open registration on your blog, the WordPress.org team recommends that you upgrade your install to WordPress 2.6.2 A handful of other fixes are also included in this upgrade. Here is a list of changed files.
";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Dev Blog: WordPress 2.6.2";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=299";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/";s:11:"description";s:1985:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. Stefan Esser will release details of the complete attack shortly. The attack is difficult to accomplish, but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.
\nOther PHP apps are susceptible to this class of attack. To protect all of your apps, grab the latest version of Suhosin. If you’ve already updated Suhosin, your existing WordPress install is already protected from the full exploit. You should still upgrade to 2.6.2 if you allow open user registration so as to prevent the possibility of passwords being randomized.
\n2.6.2 also contains a handful of bug fixes. Check out the full changeset and list of changed files.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:30:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:7:"summary";s:1985:"Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. Stefan Esser will release details of the complete attack shortly. The attack is difficult to accomplish, but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.
\nOther PHP apps are susceptible to this class of attack. To protect all of your apps, grab the latest version of Suhosin. If you’ve already updated Suhosin, your existing WordPress install is already protected from the full exploit. You should still upgrade to 2.6.2 if you allow open user registration so as to prevent the possibility of passwords being randomized.
\n2.6.2 also contains a handful of bug fixes. Check out the full changeset and list of changed files.
";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:85:"Lorelle on WP: What WordPress Plugins and Features Do You Want on the Comments Panel?";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=2960";s:4:"link";s:110:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/what-wordpress-plugins-and-features-do-you-want-on-the-comments-panel/";s:11:"description";s:7284:"
WordPress is working on seriously improving the WordPress Comments Panel in the Administration Panels interface. They are including the ability for the Administrator to reply directly from the Comments Panel, adding keyboard shortcuts for improved accessibility and efficiency, restoring the Edit Comment link, and more features to make handling comments easier.
The WordPress email comments feature also needs a serious rework. Right now, you are given the options to delete, respond, moderate, and mark as spam, but these open links that require switching to your browser or browser tab to deal with later. I’d love to see the emails have the ability to interact directly with the database to speed things up for the blogger. So I keep a browser tab open for just monitoring blog comments and have email turned off, so I can increase my reaction times.
\nMark Jaquith brought up a lot of issues about the WordPress Comment “inbox” which might also make its way into WordPress 2.7 or a future version, and there are a lot of great WordPress Plugins which help improve how WordPress handles comments such as those found in:
\nI’m a huge fan of the indespensible WordPress Comment Ninja Greasemonkey Script works for any WordPress blog including WordPress.com blogs, and I’d love to see those features added to the WordPress Comment Panel.
\nI’ve long said that the number one flaw in WordPress is the poor comments handling features, so I’m looking forward to what the development team is working on.
\nBut what about you? There are a ton of WordPress Plugins out there that handle comments, comment spam, moderation, and response. If you were designing the perfect WordPress Comment Panel, which Plugins and features would you love to see included? What can’t you live without?
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WordPress is working on seriously improving the WordPress Comments Panel in the Administration Panels interface. They are including the ability for the Administrator to reply directly from the Comments Panel, adding keyboard shortcuts for improved accessibility and efficiency, restoring the Edit Comment link, and more features to make handling comments easier.
The WordPress email comments feature also needs a serious rework. Right now, you are given the options to delete, respond, moderate, and mark as spam, but these open links that require switching to your browser or browser tab to deal with later. I’d love to see the emails have the ability to interact directly with the database to speed things up for the blogger. So I keep a browser tab open for just monitoring blog comments and have email turned off, so I can increase my reaction times.
\nMark Jaquith brought up a lot of issues about the WordPress Comment “inbox” which might also make its way into WordPress 2.7 or a future version, and there are a lot of great WordPress Plugins which help improve how WordPress handles comments such as those found in:
\nI’m a huge fan of the indespensible WordPress Comment Ninja Greasemonkey Script works for any WordPress blog including WordPress.com blogs, and I’d love to see those features added to the WordPress Comment Panel.
\nI’ve long said that the number one flaw in WordPress is the poor comments handling features, so I’m looking forward to what the development team is working on.
\nBut what about you? There are a ton of WordPress Plugins out there that handle comments, comment spam, moderation, and response. If you were designing the perfect WordPress Comment Panel, which Plugins and features would you love to see included? What can’t you live without?
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It’s a fixed-width, 3 column theme with a content management system look
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Retromania is 2 columns green-yellow-red, widget ready wordpress theme.
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3 columns theme, using only grey series of colors, widget ready, tested in Wordpress 2.6.1.
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Three column, widget and gravatar ready blue theme that uses SIFR for headlines.
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2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets.
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It’s a fixed-width, 3 column theme with a content management system look
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Retromania is 2 columns green-yellow-red, widget ready wordpress theme.
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3 columns theme, using only grey series of colors, widget ready, tested in Wordpress 2.6.1.
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Three column, widget and gravatar ready blue theme that uses SIFR for headlines.
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2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets.
";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Weblog Tools Collection: The Road To Automation";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4100";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/07/the-road-to-automation/";s:11:"description";s:4563:"
When WordPress 2.3 was released into the wild, one of the new features was an update notification which told you when there was a new version of WordPress or a plugin available for download. This was possible thanks to the API service called api.wordpress.org. Earlier this year, I had the privilege of attending WordCamp Dallas where WordPress 2.5 was unveiled to the world. I’ll personally never forget that day, but when Matt showcased the automatic plugin upgrader, it confirmed my suspicions back when 2.3 was released as to where at least some aspects of WordPress were headed.
\nDuring some downtime at the event, I pulled Matt aside and asked if him if the team was going to end up heavily using the API to not only upgrade plugins, but upgrade the core and also install themes. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but never the less, that is indeed where WordPress is heading. Thanks to this API, the future of WordPress from an end users point of view looks great.
\nWordPress 2.5 introduced automatic plugin upgrades. A time saving feature that the masses have loved. WordPress 2.7 is poised to really take advantage of the plugin API that the WordPress team has built thus far, allowing for the browsing and installation of plugins right from your administration panel. Another feature which may or may not be finalized in time for 2.7 is the core upgrade functionality. Again, thanks to the API for WordPress.org, upgrading WordPress could be as simple as a click of a button. The next item to incorporate into WordPress is the theme repository.
\nAlthough no definitive proof showcases the theme repository being integrated into the WordPress back end, I feel that it is only natural to incorporate it much like the plugin repository. What I say here is speculative, but based on the discussions that I have read, the plan is to allow users to browse around the theme repository and if they come across a theme they like, you’ll be able to click an install button which will unpack the theme automatically leaving only the step of activating the theme. I’ve mentioned this idea to others and they bring up the subject of theme upgrades. Because themes can be edited with the addition or subtraction of functions, I don’t believe upgrading themes will be as user friendly as upgrading plugins. However, unless a theme author completely revamps a theme, I don’t see the need to have an upgrade theme feature added to WordPress. Instead, the theme author should update the theme, change the version number and then, the theme repository API should notify the end user within the WordPress administration panel that a new version of their theme is available. A link within the message would direct the user to that themes entry within the repository from which they could read the change log. It would then be up to the end user on whether they want to apply the updates or not.
\nBased on my experience in dealing with WordPress end users, the three most difficult tasks when operating a WordPress powered site is upgrading WordPress, browsing and then installing themes, and last but not least, installing or upgrading plugins. Thanks to the hard work of the WordPress developers and associated volunteers, the API has provided us with the opportunity to use a piece of software where the three most difficult tasks to perform when using WordPress are practically automated. At the click of a button, you’ll be able to install a plugin, upgrade a plugin, upgrade to a new version of WordPress or install a theme. I may be wrong, but WordPress may be the first publishing system to provide this type of functionality to its user base.
\nI’ve had this feeling for quite a long time that WordPress was eventually going to provide these features as a means of making it as easy as possible to keep everything up to date. I suppose I may have a WordPress instinct built into me? At any rate, this is the road that the development team has decided to travel and I am happy to be part of the ride.
\nAre you looking forward to these three mundane tasks (possibly) being turned into simple mouse clicks?
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:31:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:4563:"
When WordPress 2.3 was released into the wild, one of the new features was an update notification which told you when there was a new version of WordPress or a plugin available for download. This was possible thanks to the API service called api.wordpress.org. Earlier this year, I had the privilege of attending WordCamp Dallas where WordPress 2.5 was unveiled to the world. I’ll personally never forget that day, but when Matt showcased the automatic plugin upgrader, it confirmed my suspicions back when 2.3 was released as to where at least some aspects of WordPress were headed.
\nDuring some downtime at the event, I pulled Matt aside and asked if him if the team was going to end up heavily using the API to not only upgrade plugins, but upgrade the core and also install themes. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but never the less, that is indeed where WordPress is heading. Thanks to this API, the future of WordPress from an end users point of view looks great.
\nWordPress 2.5 introduced automatic plugin upgrades. A time saving feature that the masses have loved. WordPress 2.7 is poised to really take advantage of the plugin API that the WordPress team has built thus far, allowing for the browsing and installation of plugins right from your administration panel. Another feature which may or may not be finalized in time for 2.7 is the core upgrade functionality. Again, thanks to the API for WordPress.org, upgrading WordPress could be as simple as a click of a button. The next item to incorporate into WordPress is the theme repository.
\nAlthough no definitive proof showcases the theme repository being integrated into the WordPress back end, I feel that it is only natural to incorporate it much like the plugin repository. What I say here is speculative, but based on the discussions that I have read, the plan is to allow users to browse around the theme repository and if they come across a theme they like, you’ll be able to click an install button which will unpack the theme automatically leaving only the step of activating the theme. I’ve mentioned this idea to others and they bring up the subject of theme upgrades. Because themes can be edited with the addition or subtraction of functions, I don’t believe upgrading themes will be as user friendly as upgrading plugins. However, unless a theme author completely revamps a theme, I don’t see the need to have an upgrade theme feature added to WordPress. Instead, the theme author should update the theme, change the version number and then, the theme repository API should notify the end user within the WordPress administration panel that a new version of their theme is available. A link within the message would direct the user to that themes entry within the repository from which they could read the change log. It would then be up to the end user on whether they want to apply the updates or not.
\nBased on my experience in dealing with WordPress end users, the three most difficult tasks when operating a WordPress powered site is upgrading WordPress, browsing and then installing themes, and last but not least, installing or upgrading plugins. Thanks to the hard work of the WordPress developers and associated volunteers, the API has provided us with the opportunity to use a piece of software where the three most difficult tasks to perform when using WordPress are practically automated. At the click of a button, you’ll be able to install a plugin, upgrade a plugin, upgrade to a new version of WordPress or install a theme. I may be wrong, but WordPress may be the first publishing system to provide this type of functionality to its user base.
\nI’ve had this feeling for quite a long time that WordPress was eventually going to provide these features as a means of making it as easy as possible to keep everything up to date. I suppose I may have a WordPress instinct built into me? At any rate, this is the road that the development team has decided to travel and I am happy to be part of the ride.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (12, 1, '2008-08-17 21:37:17', '2008-08-18 03:37:17', 'I just put the site up. Will fill it out shortly.', 'Eco Brooklyn Just up', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3-revision-2', '', '', '2008-08-17 21:37:17', '2008-08-18 03:37:17', '', 3, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/17/3-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (13, 1, '2008-08-24 19:27:29', '2008-08-25 01:27:29', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\n\nWe work in the following mediums:\n\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\n\nRadiant Heat\n\nFiberglass Windows\n\nFoam Insulation\n\nSolar Water Heating\n\nSolar Electricity\n\nGreen Roofs\n\nEnergy Audits\n\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\n\nHeat On Demand Boilers\n\nEcological Counters\n\nSoapstone Fireplaces\n\nArchitectural Plans\n\nJob Expediting\n\nJob Management\n\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Eco Brooklyn Just up', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3-revision-3', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:27:29', '2008-08-25 01:27:29', '', 3, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/3-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (14, 1, '2008-08-24 18:22:28', '2008-08-25 00:22:28', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is a green construction company in, uh, Brooklyn. It is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church and other team members are brought on depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything green relating to building is our passion.', 'About', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-2', '', '', '2008-08-24 18:22:28', '2008-08-25 00:22:28', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/2-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (77, 1, '2008-08-31 12:05:25', '2008-08-31 18:05:25', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. - Green Developer', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-10', '', '', '2008-08-31 12:05:25', '2008-08-31 18:05:25', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/31/8-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (137, 1, '2008-09-25 09:42:25', '2008-09-25 15:42:25', '
\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-15', '', '', '2008-09-25 09:42:25', '2008-09-25 15:42:25', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (18, 1, '2008-08-24 19:43:41', '2008-08-25 01:43:41', 'I am currently working on 22 2nd street. It is a gut job. It is also being featured on Brownstoner.com as a Green Project of note, although I have not had a chance to check it out. \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nFeel free to come by and see what we are doing, which is pretty much everything green.', '22 2nd Street', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '22-2nd-street', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:55:56', '2008-08-25 01:55:56', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=18', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (20, 1, '2008-08-24 19:42:49', '2008-08-25 01:42:49', 'I am currently working on 22 2nd street. It is a gut job. I is also being featured on Brownstoner.com, although I have not had a chance to check it out. \n\n\n\nFeel free to come by and see what we are doing, which is pretty much everything green.', '22 2nd Street', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '18-revision', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:42:49', '2008-08-25 01:42:49', '', 18, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/18-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (21, 1, '2008-08-24 19:43:41', '2008-08-25 01:43:41', 'I am currently working on 22 2nd street. It is a gut job. I is also being featured on Brownstoner.com, although I have not had a chance to check it out. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeel free to come by and see what we are doing, which is pretty much everything green.', '22 2nd Street', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '18-revision-2', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:43:41', '2008-08-25 01:43:41', '', 18, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/18-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (22, 1, '2008-08-24 19:32:40', '2008-08-25 01:32:40', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed by Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe offer these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Eco Brooklyn Inc.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-3', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:32:40', '2008-08-25 01:32:40', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/2-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (23, 1, '2008-08-24 19:44:27', '2008-08-25 01:44:27', 'I am currently working on 22 2nd street. It is a gut job. I is also being featured on Brownstoner.com, although I have not had a chance to check it out. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeel free to come by and see what we are doing, which is pretty much everything green.', '22 2nd Street', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '18-revision-3', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:44:27', '2008-08-25 01:44:27', '', 18, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/18-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (24, 1, '2008-08-24 19:47:21', '2008-08-25 01:47:21', 'To contact us call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed by Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe offer these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Eco Brooklyn Inc.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-4', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:47:21', '2008-08-25 01:47:21', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/24/2-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (25, 1, '2008-08-26 14:42:01', '2008-08-26 20:42:01', 'Fiberglass as a building product has been around for years but there were some hindrances to using it in window frames. I don\'t know the specifics of why but the hurdle has been overcome and more companies are making fiberglass windows.\r\n\r\nI\'ve called around and it is still very new. A lot of the sales reps haven\'t even gotten company training or even seen samples. \r\n\r\nBut there is no doubt in my mind that fiberglass windows will become the norm.\r\n\r\nFiberglass is made from sand basically. It is glass after all. Fiber glass. So it has all the great qualities of glass:\r\nDoes not expand/contract\r\nLasts for years\r\nGreat insulator\r\nRelatively ecological to produce (as opposed to vinyl windows for example which is plastic)\r\n\r\nHere is the laydown:\r\nAluminium:\r\ngood: ecological, not expand/contract, no maintenance, lasts\r\nbad: doesn\'t insulate\r\n\r\nWood:\r\ngood: looks nice, insulates, ecological\r\nbad: high maintenance\r\n\r\nVinyl:\r\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, affordable\r\nbad: not ecological\r\n\r\nFiberglass:\r\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, ecological, not expand/contract\r\nbad: ?\r\nSo fiberglass carries all the good qualities of aluminum, wood and vinyl without the drawbacks.\r\n\r\nThe only thing it lacks is the nice feeling of wood. But in my opinion that nice feeling fades over the years when your wood windows start warping, cracking and peeling. Unless of course you maintain them every year, which costs money, time and energy. Nothing comes without a price, except for happiness which is priceless and comes from within in abundance if you let it.....\r\n\r\nBut I loose focus....\r\n\r\nRight now fiberglass windows are more expensive than the standard vinyl window but this is more a volume issue and not a material issue. To make fiberglass is very cheap. Once the demand increase I suspect the price will also drop.\r\n\r\nIn terms of pricing they hover around the price of a good wood window. For example I am pricing out windows for 22 2nd street and got the following prices:\r\n\r\nHome Depot has Jeld Wen which I would take over the better known Anderson or Pella. Jeld Wen is a VERY old company with solid quality. And priced much better. But NOT fiberglass. They priced me at around $9,000 for high quality aluminum clad windows with wood interior. Good stuff and good price. But not fiberglass....\r\n\r\nHome depot could probably get me the chepest vinyl for about $7000 so it pays to go a little higher for aluminium/wood. Vinyl is bad for many reasons unless of course it is what you can afford and then it is very, very good. Everything and everyone has a purpose.\r\n\r\nFibertec priced me $12,000 for fiberglass white inside and standard color outside. Sam at Fibertec is really good with quick response. The windows however will take 7-8 weeks since they custom make every one.\r\n\r\nModern Way Lumber in Brooklyn priced me $18,000 for Bonneville windows which are great quality. But pricey and not fiberglass.\r\n\r\nMarvin and Comfortline do Fiberglass. I am waiting, and waiting, for Allied Building Products to get back to me with a price on that. Still waiting....as luck would have it they just called as I write this and promise pricing tomorrow.\r\n\r\nSo the range so far is $9,000 to $18,000 for good quality Low E argon etc windows with Fibertec being in the middle at $12,000. Not the cheapest but they are fiberglass. I do think that fiberglass pays off in the long term. The windows will last longer, not cost anything for upkeep and save money on heating. In the long run they are the cheapest. Really the greenest choice.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (27, 1, '2008-08-26 14:41:01', '2008-08-26 20:41:01', 'Fiberglass as a building product has been around for years but there were some hindrances to using it in window frames. I don\'t know the specifics of why but the hurdle has been overcome and more companies are making fiberglass windows.\n\nI\'ve called around and it is still very new. A lot of the sales reps haven\'t even gotten company training or even seen samples. \n\nBut there is no doubt in my mind that fiberglass windows will become the norm.\n\nFiberglass is made from sand basically. It is glass after all. Fiber glass. So it has all the great qualities of glass:\nDoes not expand/contract\nLasts for years\nGreat insulator\nRelatively ecological to produce (as opposed to vinyl windows for example which is plastic)\n\nHere is the laydown:\nAluminium:\ngood: ecological, not expand/contract, no maintenance, lasts\nbad: doesn\'t insulate\n\nWood:\ngood: looks nice, insulates, ecological\nbad: high maintenance\n\nVinyl:\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts\nbad: not ecological\n\nFiberglass:\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, ecological, not expand/contract\nbad: ?\nSo fiberglass carries all the good qualities of aluminum, wood and vinyl without the drawbacks.\n\nThe only thing it lacks is the nice feeling of wood. But in my opinion that nice feeling fades over the years when your wood windows start warping, cracking and peeling. Unless of course you maintain them every year, which costs money, time and energy. Nothing comes without a price, except for happiness which is priceless and comes from within in abundance if you let it.....\n\nBut I loose focus....\n\nRight now fiberglass windows are more expensive than the standard vinyl window but this is more a volume issue and not a material issue. To make fiberglass is very cheap. Once the demand increase I suspect the price will also drop.\n\nIn terms of pricing they hover around the price of a good wood window. For example I am pricing out windows for 22 2nd street and got the following prices:\n\nHome Depot has Jeld Wen which I would take over the better known Anderson or Pella. Jeld Wen is a VERY old company with solid quality. And priced much better. But NOT fiberglass. They priced me at around $9,000 for high quality aluminum clad windows with wood interior. Good stuff and good price. But not fiberglass....\n\nHome depot could probably get me the chepest vinyl for about $7000 so it pays to go a little higher for aluminium/wood. Vinyl is bad for many reasons unless of course it is what you can afford and then it is very, very good. Everything and everyone has a purpose.\n\nFibertec priced me $12,000 for fiberglass white inside and standard color outside. Sam at Fibertec is really good with quick response. The windows however will take 7-8 weeks since they custom make every one.\n\nModern Way Lumber in Brooklyn priced me $18,000 for Bonneville windows which are great quality. But pricey and not fiberglass.\n\nMarvin and Comfortline do Fiberglass. I am waiting, and waiting, for Allied Building Products to get back to me with a price on that. Still waiting....not a good indication.\n\nSo the range so far is $9,000 to $18,000 for good quality Low E argon etc windows with Fibertec being at $12,000. Not the cheapest but they are fiberglass.\n\n\nFibertec Fiberglass Win', 'Fiberglass Windows', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '25-revision', '', '', '2008-08-26 14:41:01', '2008-08-26 20:41:01', '', 25, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/26/25-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (28, 1, '2008-08-26 14:46:49', '2008-08-26 20:46:49', 'Fiberglass as a building product has been around for years but there were some hindrances to using it in window frames. I don\'t know the specifics of why but the hurdle has been overcome and more companies are making fiberglass windows.\n\nI\'ve called around and it is still very new. A lot of the sales reps haven\'t even gotten company training or even seen samples. \n\nBut there is no doubt in my mind that fiberglass windows will become the norm.\n\nFiberglass is made from sand basically. It is glass after all. Fiber glass. So it has all the great qualities of glass:\nDoes not expand/contract\nLasts for years\nGreat insulator\nRelatively ecological to produce (as opposed to vinyl windows for example which is plastic)\n\nHere is the laydown:\nAluminium:\ngood: ecological, not expand/contract, no maintenance, lasts\nbad: doesn\'t insulate\n\nWood:\ngood: looks nice, insulates, ecological\nbad: high maintenance\n\nVinyl:\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, affordable\nbad: not ecological\n\nFiberglass:\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, ecological, not expand/contract\nbad: ?\nSo fiberglass carries all the good qualities of aluminum, wood and vinyl without the drawbacks.\n\nThe only thing it lacks is the nice feeling of wood. But in my opinion that nice feeling fades over the years when your wood windows start warping, cracking and peeling. Unless of course you maintain them every year, which costs money, time and energy. Nothing comes without a price, except for happiness which is priceless and comes from within in abundance if you let it.....\n\nBut I loose focus....\n\nRight now fiberglass windows are more expensive than the standard vinyl window but this is more a volume issue and not a material issue. To make fiberglass is very cheap. Once the demand increase I suspect the price will also drop.\n\nIn terms of pricing they hover around the price of a good wood window. For example I am pricing out windows for 22 2nd street and got the following prices:\n\nHome Depot has Jeld Wen which I would take over the better known Anderson or Pella. Jeld Wen is a VERY old company with solid quality. And priced much better. But NOT fiberglass. They priced me at around $9,000 for high quality aluminum clad windows with wood interior. Good stuff and good price. But not fiberglass....\n\nHome depot could probably get me the chepest vinyl for about $7000 so it pays to go a little higher for aluminium/wood. Vinyl is bad for many reasons unless of course it is what you can afford and then it is very, very good. Everything and everyone has a purpose.\n\nFibertec priced me $12,000 for fiberglass white inside and standard color outside. Sam at Fibertec is really good with quick response. The windows however will take 7-8 weeks since they custom make every one.\n\nModern Way Lumber in Brooklyn priced me $18,000 for Bonneville windows which are great quality. But pricey and not fiberglass.\n\nMarvin and Comfortline do Fiberglass. I am waiting, and waiting, for Allied Building Products to get back to me with a price on that. Still waiting....as luck would have it they just called as I write this and promise pricing tomorrow.\n\nSo the range so far is $9,000 to $18,000 for good quality Low E argon etc windows with Fibertec being in the middle at $12,000. Not the cheapest but they are fiberglass. I do think that fiberglass pays off in the long term. The windows will last longer, not cost anything for upkeep and save money on heating. In the long run they are the cheapest. Really the greenest choice.\n\n\nFibertec Fiberglass Windows in a living room', 'Fiberglass Windows', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '25-autosave', '', '', '2008-08-26 14:46:49', '2008-08-26 20:46:49', '', 25, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/26/25-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (29, 1, '2008-08-26 14:42:01', '2008-08-26 20:42:01', 'Fiberglass as a building product has been around for years but there were some hindrances to using it in window frames. I don\'t know the specifics of why but the hurdle has been overcome and more companies are making fiberglass windows.\r\n\r\nI\'ve called around and it is still very new. A lot of the sales reps haven\'t even gotten company training or even seen samples. \r\n\r\nBut there is no doubt in my mind that fiberglass windows will become the norm.\r\n\r\nFiberglass is made from sand basically. It is glass after all. Fiber glass. So it has all the great qualities of glass:\r\nDoes not expand/contract\r\nLasts for years\r\nGreat insulator\r\nRelatively ecological to produce (as opposed to vinyl windows for example which is plastic)\r\n\r\nHere is the laydown:\r\nAluminium:\r\ngood: ecological, not expand/contract, no maintenance, lasts\r\nbad: doesn\'t insulate\r\n\r\nWood:\r\ngood: looks nice, insulates, ecological\r\nbad: high maintenance\r\n\r\nVinyl:\r\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts\r\nbad: not ecological\r\n\r\nFiberglass:\r\ngood: insulates, low maintenance, lasts, ecological, not expand/contract\r\nbad: ?\r\nSo fiberglass carries all the good qualities of aluminum, wood and vinyl without the drawbacks.\r\n\r\nThe only thing it lacks is the nice feeling of wood. But in my opinion that nice feeling fades over the years when your wood windows start warping, cracking and peeling. Unless of course you maintain them every year, which costs money, time and energy. Nothing comes without a price, except for happiness which is priceless and comes from within in abundance if you let it.....\r\n\r\nBut I loose focus....\r\n\r\nRight now fiberglass windows are more expensive than the standard vinyl window but this is more a volume issue and not a material issue. To make fiberglass is very cheap. Once the demand increase I suspect the price will also drop.\r\n\r\nIn terms of pricing they hover around the price of a good wood window. For example I am pricing out windows for 22 2nd street and got the following prices:\r\n\r\nHome Depot has Jeld Wen which I would take over the better known Anderson or Pella. Jeld Wen is a VERY old company with solid quality. And priced much better. But NOT fiberglass. They priced me at around $9,000 for high quality aluminum clad windows with wood interior. Good stuff and good price. But not fiberglass....\r\n\r\nHome depot could probably get me the chepest vinyl for about $7000 so it pays to go a little higher for aluminium/wood. Vinyl is bad for many reasons unless of course it is what you can afford and then it is very, very good. Everything and everyone has a purpose.\r\n\r\nFibertec priced me $12,000 for fiberglass white inside and standard color outside. Sam at Fibertec is really good with quick response. The windows however will take 7-8 weeks since they custom make every one.\r\n\r\nModern Way Lumber in Brooklyn priced me $18,000 for Bonneville windows which are great quality. But pricey and not fiberglass.\r\n\r\nMarvin and Comfortline do Fiberglass. I am waiting, and waiting, for Allied Building Products to get back to me with a price on that. Still waiting....as luck would have it they just called as I write this and promise pricing tomorrow.\r\n\r\nSo the range so far is $9,000 to $18,000 for good quality Low E argon etc windows with Fibertec being at $12,000. Not the cheapest but they are fiberglass.\r\n\r\n\r\nFibertec Fiberglass Windows', 'Fiberglass Windows', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '25-revision-2', '', '', '2008-08-26 14:42:01', '2008-08-26 20:42:01', '', 25, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/26/25-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (69, 1, '2008-08-26 15:55:13', '2008-08-26 21:55:13', 'To contact Eco Brooklyn call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nThe company was formed organically when I became a contractor to renovate my house. I wanted to renovate green but because the territory is so, uh, green I found I had to do it all myself.\r\n\r\nBecause it is so new there is little support for building green. Eco Brooklyn is there to offer that support.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Eco Brooklyn Inc.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-7', '', '', '2008-08-26 15:55:13', '2008-08-26 21:55:13', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/26/2-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (30, 1, '2008-08-25 08:32:30', '2008-08-25 14:32:30', 'To contact Eco Brooklyn call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Eco Brooklyn Inc.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-5', '', '', '2008-08-25 08:32:30', '2008-08-25 14:32:30', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/08/25/2-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (78, 1, '2008-09-03 11:31:06', '2008-09-03 17:31:06', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (238, 1, '2008-09-28 11:16:10', '2008-09-28 17:16:10', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (84, 1, '2008-09-07 17:45:34', '2008-09-07 23:45:34', 'I have become friends with a contractor who is remodeling a house down the block. The owner is totally gutting the place. Unfortunately I didn\'t hook up with them until they were half way done so didn\'t get to salvage everything.\r\n\r\nBut we did salvage some good beams. They came out black but after some heavy rains they look nice and clean. They are a real 3"x8" by 20\' and in great condition. There is enough for a floor measuring 20\' by 20\'.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_85" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="recycled lumber"][/caption]', 'New Shipment of Salvaged wood', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-shipment-of-salvaged-wood', '', '', '2008-09-07 17:47:17', '2008-09-07 23:47:17', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=84', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (87, 1, '2008-09-07 17:45:34', '2008-09-07 23:45:34', 'I have become friends with a contractor who is remodeling a house down the block. The owner is totally gutting the place. Unfortunately I didn\'t hook up with them until they were half way done so didn\'t get to salvage everything.\r\n\r\nBut we did salvage some good beams. They came out black but after some heavy rains they look nice and clean. They are a real 3"x8" by 20\' and in great condition. \r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_85" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="recycled lumber"][/caption]', 'New Shipment of Salvaged wood', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '84-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-07 17:45:34', '2008-09-07 23:45:34', '', 84, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/84-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (88, 1, '2008-09-07 18:28:46', '2008-09-08 00:28:46', 'I found a building company that was throwing out some perfectly good steel studs. The studs were just sitting behind a building so I asked if I could take them. \r\n\r\nThey were like, "Why?"\r\nI was like, "Uh, to reuse them."\r\nThe were like, "But they are used."\r\n"So? Are they damaged?"\r\n"No but they are trash."\r\n\r\nAnd so on. Nice guys but they didn\'t get what I was doing. They humored me a let me take them. There are so many good reasons to re-use good material but if you aren\'t thinking in those terms it is a completely alien concept. If you don\'t think about it you can even come up with a lot of good reasons not to reuse material. But with a little thought all the reasons come up short.\r\n\r\nThe best reason I like to poke holes in is the concept that reusing materials takes away jobs. Think about it. If everyone recycled all the millions of tonnes of good material that gets trashed each year that would be millions of tonnes that wouldn\'t have to made next year. That would put people out of work. \r\n\r\nAnd in a society where work is the main goal of living, to do something that puts people out of work is akin to being unpatriotic. Its all about "job stimulus", increasing spending to revitalize the economy, keeping unemployment low, creating a brisk economy etc....\r\n\r\nBUT! What about creating an economy where you needed less to live on, where you needed to work less for the same amount of buying power. Less work would mean more time watching the clouds with your children...\r\n\r\nHere is how from my limited knowledge of macroeconomics:\r\n\r\nIf society reuses materials we spend less on new materials. This means more money in the consumers\' pockets. But, they say, if everyone does this then less will need to be produced which means less jobs (currently interpreted as bad). But, I say, the consumer does not need to work as much anymore anyway because now that they are reusing materials they aren\'t spending as much. \r\n\r\nReusing materials creates a slower economy. Not slow in today\'s definition, but slow in the pre-industrial definition where we produced and wasted less. The life cycle of a product lasted longer. In a slower economy the consumer gains because they still get stuff but just don\'t have to work as hard to get it. \r\n\r\nWho loses in a slower economy? The people who benefit from extreme consumption and waste: the Walmarts of the world, The McDonalds, inefficient car makers, weapons makers, legal drug makers, mass entertainment. All the companies whose business model is based on people consuming their product feverishly for the sake of consumption only.\r\n\r\nThese are people who buy a certain car for a million idiotic reasons, none the reasons being to fulfill the need to move from place A to place B efficiently.\r\n\r\nAnyway. Here are the studs I got. The reasons for getting them are many but here are some:\r\nI needed studs for my 22 2nd Street house.\r\nThey were free (saving me about $75).\r\nThey are spared from taking up landfill space.\r\nLess pollution due to less production.\r\nI can work $75 less in my life.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="salvaged steel studs"]
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (90, 1, '2008-09-07 18:28:26', '2008-09-08 00:28:26', 'I found a building company that was throwing out some perfectly good steel studs. The studs were just sitting behind a building so I asked if I could take them. \n\nThey were like, "Why?"\nI was like, "Uh, to reuse them."\nThe were like, "But they are used."\n"So? Are they damaged?"\n"No but they are trash."\n\nAnd so on. Nice guys but they didn\'t get what I was doing. They humored me a let me take them. There are so many good reasons to re-use good material but if you aren\'t thinking in those terms it is a completely alien concept. If you don\'t think about it you can even come up with a lot of good reasons not to reuse material. But with a little thought all the reasons come up short.\n\nThe best reason I like to poke holes in is the concept that reusing materials takes away jobs. Think about it. If everyone recycled all the millions of tonnes of good material that gets trashed each year that would be millions of tonnes that wouldn\'t have to made next year. That would put people out of work. \n\nAnd in a society where work is the main goal of living, to do something that puts people out of work is akin to being unpatriotic. Its all about "job stimulus", increasing spending to revitalize the economy, keeping unemployment low, creating a brisk economy etc....\n\nBUT! What about creating an economy where you needed less to live on, where you needed to work less for the same amount of buying power. Less work would mean more time watching the clouds with your children...\n\nHere is how from my limited knowledge of macroeconomics:\n\nIf society reuses materials we spend less on new materials. This means more money in the consumers\' pockets. But, they say, if everyone does this then less will need to be produced which means less jobs (currently interpreted as bad). But, I say, the consumer does not need to work as much anymore anyway because now that they are reusing materials they aren\'t spending as much. \n\nReusing materials creates a slower economy. Not slow in today\'s definition, but slow in the pre-industrial definition where we produced and wasted less. The life cycle of a product lasted longer. In a slower economy the consumer gains because they still get stuff but just don\'t have to work as hard to get it. \n\nWho loses in a slower economy? The people who benefit from extreme consumption and waste: the Walmarts of the world, The McDonalds, inefficient car makers, weapons makers, legal drug makers, mass entertainment. All the companies whose business model is based on people consuming their product feverishly for the sake of consumption only.\n\nThese are people who buy a certain car for a million idiotic reasons, none the reasons being to fulfill the need to move from place A to place B efficiently.\n\nAnyway. Here are the studs I got. The reasons for getting them are many but here are some:\nI needed studs for my 22 2nd Street house.\nThey were free (saving me about $75).\nThey are spared from taking up landfill space.\nLess pollution due to less production.\nI can work $75 less in my life.\n\n[caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="salvaged steel studs"][/caption]', 'Got some steel joists', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '88-revision', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:28:26', '2008-09-08 00:28:26', '', 88, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/88-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (91, 1, '2008-09-07 18:28:46', '2008-09-08 00:28:46', 'I found a building company that was throwing out some perfectly good steel studs. The studs were just sitting behind a building so I asked if I could take them. \r\n\r\nThey were like, "Why?"\r\nI was like, "Uh, to reuse them."\r\nThe were like, "But they are used."\r\n"So? Are they damaged?"\r\n"No but they are trash."\r\n\r\nAnd so on. Nice guys but they didn\'t get what I was doing. They humored me a let me take them. There are so many good reasons to re-use good material but if you aren\'t thinking in those terms it is a completely alien concept. If you don\'t think about it you can even come up with a lot of good reasons not to reuse material. But with a little thought all the reasons come up short.\r\n\r\nThe best reason I like to poke holes in is the concept that reusing materials takes away jobs. Think about it. If everyone recycled all the millions of tonnes of good material that gets trashed each year that would be millions of tonnes that wouldn\'t have to made next year. That would put people out of work. \r\n\r\nAnd in a society where work is the main goal of living, to do something that puts people out of work is akin to being unpatriotic. Its all about "job stimulus", increasing spending to revitalize the economy, keeping unemployment low, creating a brisk economy etc....\r\n\r\nBUT! What about creating an economy where you needed less to live on, where you needed to work less for the same amount of buying power. Less work would mean more time watching the clouds with your children...\r\n\r\nHere is how from my limited knowledge of macroeconomics:\r\n\r\nIf society reuses materials we spend less on new materials. This means more money in the consumers\' pockets. But, they say, if everyone does this then less will need to be produced which means less jobs (currently interpreted as bad). But, I say, the consumer does not need to work as much anymore anyway because now that they are reusing materials they aren\'t spending as much. \r\n\r\nReusing materials creates a slower economy. Not slow in today\'s definition, but slow in the pre-industrial definition where we produced and wasted less. The life cycle of a product lasted longer. In a slower economy the consumer gains because they still get stuff but just don\'t have to work as hard to get it. \r\n\r\nWho loses in a slower economy? The people who benefit from extreme consumption and waste: the Walmarts of the world, The McDonalds, inefficient car makers, weapons makers, legal drug makers, mass entertainment. All the companies whose business model is based on people consuming their product feverishly for the sake of consumption only.\r\n\r\nThese are people who buy a certain car for a million idiotic reasons, none the reasons being to fulfill the need to move from place A to place B efficiently.\r\n\r\nAnyway. Here are the studs I got. The reasons for getting them are many but here are some:\r\nI needed studs for my 22 2nd Street house.\r\nThey were free (saving me about $75).\r\nThey are spared from taking up landfill space.\r\nLess pollution due to less production.\r\nI can work $75 less in my life.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="salvaged steel studs"][/caption]', 'Got some steel joists', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '88-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:28:46', '2008-09-08 00:28:46', '', 88, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/88-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (92, 1, '2008-09-07 18:39:21', '2008-09-08 00:39:21', 'I got some wood floors from a contractor friend. He is working for a customer who wants to get rid of perfectly good oak floors and replace them with cherry. God what a total waste! Waste of money, resources, forest etc. Waste helps keep the economy going...in a bad way.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately I only got in touch with him after he had gutted two of the three floors. Two floors of perfectly good oak sits in a landfil somewhere.\r\n\r\nI got one floor. Why this is good:\r\n\r\nI help remove them - saves them money.\r\nThey don\'t have to pay to put them in a dumpster.\r\nI get $1200 of oak flooring for about $100.\r\nThe world is saved from cutting more trees.\r\nLess landfill waste. \r\n\r\nIt is a total no brainer! And yet when I proposed it to them they were skeptical. Once it was done they couldn\'t be happier. The only difference is a shift in the head. No other change is needed to make this happen.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_93" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="salvaged oak flooring"]
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (94, 1, '2008-09-07 18:37:29', '2008-09-08 00:37:29', 'I got some wood floors from a contractor friend. He is working for a customer who wants to get rid of perfectly good oak floors and replace them with cherry. God what a total waste! Waste of money, resources, forest etc. Waste helps keep the economy going...in a bad way.\n\nUnfortunately I only got in touch with him after he had gutted two of the three floors. Two floors of perfectly good oak sits in a landfil somewhere.\n\nI got one floor. Why this is good:\n\nI help remove them - saves them money.\nThey don\'t have to pay to put them in a dumpster.\nI get $1200 of oak flooring for about $100.\nThe world is saved from cutting more trees.\nLess landfill waste. \n\nIt is a total no brainer! And yet when I proposed it to them they were skeptical. Once it was done they couldn\'t be happier. The only difference is a shift in the head. No other change is needed to make this happen.\n\n', 'Salvaged Wood Floors', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '92-revision', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:37:29', '2008-09-08 00:37:29', '', 92, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/92-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (95, 1, '2008-09-07 18:55:42', '2008-09-08 00:55:42', 'I had a big argument with my architect because I wanted to use salvaged wood for part of the house and his mantra was:\r\n"If it is fixing something old you can use it but if you are building something new you need to use new wood."\r\n\r\nFixing some broken joists in a floor is ok to use old wood. Make a new floor and you have to use new wood.\r\n\r\nThis drives me crazy. Here is why.\r\n\r\nBelow are three types of wood. Two are salvaged and more than 100 years old. One is brand new fresh off the mountain. The department of buildings will let me use the new wood but not the old wood, presumably because the old wood is inferior.\r\n\r\nI hit the back of the hammer into all three types of wood. \r\n\r\nThe first one I hit is real 8"x8" old yellow pine beams. The hammer bounced off without leaving even a dent. It hurt my wrist and felt like I was hitting concrete. This beam costs less than the equivalent sized new wood. I bought it from the wood salvage place Fine Lumber. It is over 100 years old and has several hundred to go.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="old yellow pine"]
[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe second type of wood is salvaged real size 3" x 8" fir. It is also about 100 years old. The hammer made a dent but didn\'t stick in. This wood was free but you can buy it at Fine lumber for about the same as the equivalent size new wood.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="douglass fir"]
[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe third wood is a 2" x 10" new pine beam. This is what I ended up using because I didn\'t want any issues with the DOB. My project is strange enough with all the green stuff I\'m doing. I need to make sure it is all code. The hammer stuck in the wood completely. Compared to the other two woods it was like hitting sponge cake. Here it is. I pulled the hammer out to show the hole.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe moral of the story? When used ethically old wood is the way to go. It saves landfill, saves trees, is stronger, costs the same or less, obviously lasts a lot longer and doesn\'t feel like spongecake.', 'The Hammer Test', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-hammer-test', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:59:03', '2008-09-08 00:59:03', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=95', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (99, 1, '2008-09-07 18:54:24', '2008-09-08 00:54:24', 'I had a big argument with my architect because I wanted to use salvaged wood for part of the house and his mantra was:\n"If it is fixing something old you can use it but if you are building something new you need to use new wood."\n\nFixing some broken joists in a floor is ok to use old wood. Make a new floor and you have to use new wood.\n\nThis drives me crazy. Here is why.\n\nBelow are three types of wood. Two are salvaged and more than 100 years old. One is brand new fresh off the mountain. The department of buildings will let me use the new wood but not the old wood, presumably because the old wood is inferior.\n\nI hit the back of the hammer into all three types of wood. \n\nThe first one I hit is real 8"x8" old yellow pine beams. The hammer bounced off without leaving even a dent. It hurt my wrist and felt like I was hitting concrete. This beam costs less than the equivalent sized new wood. I bought it from the wood salvage place Fine Lumber. It is over 100 years old and has several hundred to go.\n\n[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="old yellow pine"][/caption]\n\nThe second type of wood is salvaged real size 3" x 8" fir. It is also about 100 years old. The hammer made a dent but didn\'t stick in. This wood was free but you can buy it at Fine lumber for about the same as the equivalent size new wood.\n\n[caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="douglass fir"][/caption]\n\nThe third wood is a 2" x 10" new pine beam. This is what I ended up using because I didn\'t want any issues with the DOB. My project is strange enough with all the green stuff I\'m doing. I need to make sure it is all code. The hammer stuck in the wood completely. Compar', 'The Hammer Test', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '95-revision', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:54:24', '2008-09-08 00:54:24', '', 95, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/95-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (100, 1, '2008-09-07 18:58:38', '2008-09-08 00:58:38', 'I had a big argument with my architect because I wanted to use salvaged wood for part of the house and his mantra was:\n"If it is fixing something old you can use it but if you are building something new you need to use new wood."\n\nFixing some broken joists in a floor is ok to use old wood. Make a new floor and you have to use new wood.\n\nThis drives me crazy. Here is why.\n\nBelow are three types of wood. Two are salvaged and more than 100 years old. One is brand new fresh off the mountain. The department of buildings will let me use the new wood but not the old wood, presumably because the old wood is inferior.\n\nI hit the back of the hammer into all three types of wood. \n\nThe first one I hit is real 8"x8" old yellow pine beams. The hammer bounced off without leaving even a dent. It hurt my wrist and felt like I was hitting concrete. This beam costs less than the equivalent sized new wood. I bought it from the wood salvage place Fine Lumber. It is over 100 years old and has several hundred to go.\n\n[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="old yellow pine"][/caption]\n\nThe second type of wood is salvaged real size 3" x 8" fir. It is also about 100 years old. The hammer made a dent but didn\'t stick in. This wood was free but you can buy it at Fine lumber for about the same as the equivalent size new wood.\n\n[caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="douglass fir"][/caption]\n\nThe third wood is a 2" x 10" new pine beam. This is what I ended up using because I didn\'t want any issues with the DOB. My project is strange enough with all the green stuff I\'m doing. I need to make sure it is all code. The hammer stuck in the wood completely. Compared to the other two woods it was like hitting sponge cake. Here it is. I pulled the hammer out to show the hole.\n\n\n\nThe moral of the story? When used ethically old wood is the way to go. It saves landfill, saves trees, is stronger, costs the same or less, ', 'The Hammer Test', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '95-autosave', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:58:38', '2008-09-08 00:58:38', '', 95, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/95-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (101, 1, '2008-09-07 18:55:42', '2008-09-08 00:55:42', 'I had a big argument with my architect because I wanted to use salvaged wood for part of the house and his mantra was:\r\n"If it is fixing something old you can use it but if you are building something new you need to use new wood."\r\n\r\nFixing some broken joists in a floor is ok to use old wood. Make a new floor and you have to use new wood.\r\n\r\nThis drives me crazy. Here is why.\r\n\r\nBelow are three types of wood. Two are salvaged and more than 100 years old. One is brand new fresh off the mountain. The department of buildings will let me use the new wood but not the old wood, presumably because the old wood is inferior.\r\n\r\nI hit the back of the hammer into all three types of wood. \r\n\r\nThe first one I hit is real 8"x8" old yellow pine beams. The hammer bounced off without leaving even a dent. It hurt my wrist and felt like I was hitting concrete. This beam costs less than the equivalent sized new wood. I bought it from the wood salvage place Fine Lumber. It is over 100 years old and has several hundred to go.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="old yellow pine"][/caption]\r\n\r\nThe second type of wood is salvaged real size 3" x 8" fir. It is also about 100 years old. The hammer made a dent but didn\'t stick in. This wood was free but you can buy it at Fine lumber for about the same as the equivalent size new wood.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="douglass fir"][/caption]\r\n\r\nThe third wood is a 2" x 10" new pine beam. This is what I ended up using because I didn\'t want any issues with the DOB. My project is strange enough with all the green stuff I\'m doing. I need to make sure it is all code. The hammer stuck in the wood completely. Compared to the other two woods it was like hitting sponge cake. Here it is. I pulled the hammer out to show the hole.\r\n\r\n', 'The Hammer Test', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '95-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:55:42', '2008-09-08 00:55:42', '', 95, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/95-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (102, 1, '2008-09-07 19:04:25', '2008-09-08 01:04:25', 'I love old bricks. They have great character. I got these from a job site. The contractor couldn\'t believe I wanted to take them. He was actually insulted and called the whole thing "stupid".\r\n\r\nIt took me ten minutes to do. The bricks will cover a 100 square foot patio at 22 2nd street. No landfil. No cost. No making new bricks. And the contractor didn\'t have to pay to ship them off to the dump (bricks cost almost as much to throw out as to buy since the main cost is hauling the heavy bastards). Think about it! People are actually paying to throw things out! And others are paying to buy the very same thing! It is out of a comedy of errors. Mother Earth isn\'t laughing.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (104, 1, '2008-09-07 19:04:10', '2008-09-08 01:04:10', 'I love old bricks. They have great character. I got these from a job site. The contractor couldn\'t believe I wanted to take them. He was actually insulted and called the whole thing "stupid".\n\nIt took me ten minutes to do. The bricks will cover a 100 square foot patio. No landfil. No cost. No making new bricks. And the contractor didn\'t have to pay to ship them off to the dump (bricks cost almost as much to throw out as to buy since the main cost is hauling the heavy bastards). Think about it! People are actually paying to throw things out! And others are paying to buy the very same thing! It is out of a comedy of errors. Mother Earth isn\'t laughing.\n\n', 'I got the stupid bricks', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '102-revision', '', '', '2008-09-07 19:04:10', '2008-09-08 01:04:10', '', 102, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2008/09/07/102-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (105, 1, '2008-09-22 08:52:13', '2008-09-22 14:52:13', '
\r\n\r\nThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association\r\n really tries to see the connection between energy and people. I think they do great work and am happy to support them as a business.\r\n\r\nLife is all about energy. In our daily lives we try to live a sustainable life, i.e. we try to stay alive on an ongoing basis. That is what sustainable means. To be able to do it on an ongoing basis.\r\n\r\nSo sustainable energy means that you can use the energy on an ongoing basis. Oil is running out. It is thus not sustainable. NESEA is doing good work in supporting sustainable energy.\r\n', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-member-northeast', '', '', '2008-09-22 08:57:29', '2008-09-22 14:57:29', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=105', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (106, 1, '2008-09-22 08:51:43', '2008-09-22 14:51:43', 'The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association\n really tries to see the connection between energy and people. I think they do great work and am happy to support them as a business.\n\nLife is all about energy. In our daily lives we try to live a sustainable life, i.e. we try to stay alive on an ongoing basis. That is what sustainable means. To be able to do it on an ongoing basis.\n\nSo sustainable energy means that you can use the energy on an ongoing basis. Oil is running out. It is thus not sustainable. NESEA is doing good work in supporting sustainable energy.\n', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '105-revision', '', '', '2008-09-22 08:51:43', '2008-09-22 14:51:43', '', 105, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/105-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (108, 1, '2008-09-22 08:54:42', '2008-09-22 14:54:42', '\n\nThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association\n really tries to see the connection between energy and people. I think they do great work and am happy to support them as a business.\n\nLife is all about energy. In our daily lives we try to live a sustainable life, i.e. we try to stay alive on an ongoing basis. That is what sustainable means. To be able to do it on an ongoing basis.\n\nSo sustainable energy means that you can use the energy on an ongoing basis. Oil is running out. It is thus not sustainable. NESEA is doing good work in supporting sustainable energy.\n', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '105-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-22 08:54:42', '2008-09-22 14:54:42', '', 105, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/105-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (110, 1, '2008-09-22 08:55:41', '2008-09-22 14:55:41', '\r\n\r\nThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association\r\n really tries to see the connection between energy and people. I think they do great work and am happy to support them as a business.\r\n\r\nLife is all about energy. In our daily lives we try to live a sustainable life, i.e. we try to stay alive on an ongoing basis. That is what sustainable means. To be able to do it on an ongoing basis.\r\n\r\nSo sustainable energy means that you can use the energy on an ongoing basis. Oil is running out. It is thus not sustainable. NESEA is doing good work in supporting sustainable energy.\r\n', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '105-revision-3', '', '', '2008-09-22 08:55:41', '2008-09-22 14:55:41', '', 105, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/105-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (111, 1, '2008-09-23 09:44:37', '2008-09-23 15:44:37', 'There is special financing available if a house fits certain green criteria. This could be an energy star boiler or the type of insulation. There is also financing available to make a house greener.\r\n\r\nThe following list are guidelines when discussing eco friendly financing with mortgage lenders. It is a Value-Based Analysis (VBA) for Green Financing. \r\n\r\nVBA is a decision table that relates the needs of the customer with the specific resources available in the market place. VBA asks a series of critical qualifying questions to determine what is needed and what resources are available to meet those needs.\r\n\r\nProperty-Specific Questions:\r\n\r\nIs this property a good candidate for energy upgrades?\r\nDoes this property have a history of green certification?\r\nDoes this property have a current energy rating?\r\nWhat is the probable amount of the loan? (Above or below $417K?)\r\nWhat is the list of upgrades or retrofits that your clients would like to accomplish? \r\n\r\n\r\nLender-Specific Questions:\r\n\r\nHave you done any green financing?\r\nHow many green financing loans have you closed this year?\r\nHow many green financing loans do you expect to close in the next one, two, three, and four Quarters?\r\nWhich specific green financing products have you closed?\r\nWhat is the range of loan sizes you have closed with green financing?\r\nWhat is the average length of time each of these has taken?\r\nHow did you work through any challenges that arose during any of these deals?\r\nDo you have specific energy rater relationships? \r\nIs there a specific green financing product in which you specialize? \r\n\r\nUse these questions first to characterize your current resources and to determine how well certain green financing products and/or certain lenders will be able to meet the needs of your buyers and sellers.', 'Value-Based Analysis For Green Financing', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'value-based-analysis-green-financing', '', '', '2008-09-23 09:44:37', '2008-09-23 15:44:37', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=111', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (112, 1, '2008-09-23 09:44:22', '2008-09-23 15:44:22', 'There is special financing available if a house fits certain green criteria. This could be an energy star boiler or the type of insulation. There is also financing available to make a house greener.\n\nThe following list are guidelines when discussing eco friendly financing with mortgage lenders. It is a Value-Based Analysis (VBA) for Green Financing. \n\nVBA is a decision table that relates the needs of the customer with the specific resources available in the market place. VBA asks a series of critical qualifying questions to determine what is needed and what resources are available to meet those needs.\n\nProperty-Specific Questions:\n\nIs this property a good candidate for energy upgrades?\nDoes this property have a history of green certification?\nDoes this property have a current energy rating?\nWhat is the probable amount of the loan? (Above or below $417K?)\nWhat is the list of upgrades or retrofits that your clients would like to accomplish? \n\n\nLender-Specific Questions:\n\nHave you done any green financing?\nHow many green financing loans have you closed this year?\nHow many green financing loans do you expect to close in the next one, two, three, and four Quarters?\nWhich specific green financing products have you closed?\nWhat is the range of loan sizes you have closed with green financing?\nWhat is the average length of time each of these has taken?\nHow did you work through any challenges that arose during any of these deals?\nDo you have specific energy rater relationships? \nIs there a specific green financing product in which you specialize? \n\nUse these questions first to characterize your current resources and to determine how well certain green financing products and/or certain lenders will be able to meet the needs of your buyers and sellers.', 'Value-Based Analysis For Green Financing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '111-revision', '', '', '2008-09-23 09:44:22', '2008-09-23 15:44:22', '', 111, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/111-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (113, 1, '2008-09-23 09:51:59', '2008-09-23 15:51:59', 'Here is a great case study showing how a couple used green financing to increase the green of their home. Their mortgage did go up but their monthly energy savings were greater. So they end up saving money.\r\n\r\nFirst-time home buyers purchased their home in New York. It was built in 1950, and sold for $260,000. They got an FHA loan for 90% of the value of the property. The lender arranged for them to improve on their investment and recommended an energy-efficient mortgage.\r\n\r\nA HERS Rating on the home recommended $3,500 in energy improvements including a new energy star boiler and furnace duct insulation, plus a better thermostat. The lender set aside an extra $3,500 for the improvements, bringing the total loan amount from $234,000 to $237,500. The loan closed, the home buyers moved in, and the improvements were installed. The monthly mortgage payment increased by $22, but they are saving $67 each month through lower utility bills.', 'Financial Importance of Greening a Home', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'financial-importance-greening', '', '', '2008-09-23 09:51:59', '2008-09-23 15:51:59', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=113', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (114, 1, '2008-09-23 09:51:16', '2008-09-23 15:51:16', 'Here is a great case study showing how a couple used green financing to increase the green of their home. Their mortgage did go up but their monthly energy savings were greater. So they end up saving money.\n\nFirst-time home buyers purchased their home in New York. It was built in 1950, and sold for $260,000. They got an FHA loan for 90% of the value of the property. The lender arranged for them to improve on their investment and recommended an energy-efficient mortgage.\n\nA HERS Rating on the home recommended $3,500 in energy improvements including a new energy star boiler and furnace duct insulation, plus a better thermostat. The lender set aside an extra $3,500 for the improvements, bringing the total loan amount from $234,000 to $237,500. The loan closed, the home buyers moved in, and the improvements were installed. The monthly mortgage payment increased by $17, but they are saving $45 each month through lower utility bills.', 'Financial Importance of Greening a Home', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '113-revision', '', '', '2008-09-23 09:51:16', '2008-09-23 15:51:16', '', 113, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/113-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (115, 1, '2008-09-23 16:28:35', '2008-09-23 22:28:35', 'A huge myth about green building is that it costs more. That was true in the past but not now. Building green today is the most cost effective thing to do.\r\n\r\nAccording to a study by Sheila Muto, author of the article "The Public Sector Spurs Green\' Building," Special to RealEstateJournal.com, July 16, 2003, she found that in the past, the cost of developing green buildings was 5% to 10% higher than traditional construction costs. But not now.\r\n\r\nMany suggest that the cost premium for producing green buildings has dropped to about 2% as planners, developers, contractors and others have become more familiar with green-building techniques and materials. Competition among the increasing number of green builders is also driving prices down. If there is no competition in your market, it is more likely that you may see a premium for green construction.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is able to build green BELOW normal building prices by using salvaged and recycled materials - this creates a double win without sacrifice for anyone.', 'Building Green isn\'t expensive and is cheaper in the long run', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'building-green-isnt-expensive', '', '', '2008-09-23 16:28:35', '2008-09-23 22:28:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=115', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (116, 1, '2008-09-23 16:28:24', '2008-09-23 22:28:24', 'A huge myth about green building is that it costs more. That was true in the past but not now. Building green today is the most cost effective thing to do.\n\nAccording to a study by Sheila Muto, author of the article "The Public Sector Spurs Green\' Building," Special to RealEstateJournal.com, July 16, 2003, she found that in the past, the cost of developing green buildings was 5% to 10% higher than traditional construction costs. But not now.\n\nMany suggest that the cost premium for producing green buildings has dropped to about 2% as planners, developers, contractors and others have become more familiar with green-building techniques and materials. Competition among the increasing number of green builders is also driving prices down. If there is no competition in your market, it is more likely that you may see a premium for green construction.\n\nEco Brooklyn is able to build green BELOW normal building prices by using salvaged and recycled materials - this creates a double win without sacrifice for anyone.', 'Building Green isn\'t expensive and is cheaper in the long run', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '115-revision', '', '', '2008-09-23 16:28:24', '2008-09-23 22:28:24', '', 115, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/115-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (117, 1, '2008-09-23 16:40:46', '2008-09-23 22:40:46', 'Getting a good contractor is not always easy. If you find one ask for references. If they make you feel uncomfortable about this that should be a warning sign.\r\n\r\nWhen you call the references ask these kinds of questions:\r\n\r\n * Can I visit your home to see the completed job?\r\n * Were you satisfied with the project? Was it completed on time?\r\n * Did the contractor keep you informed about the status of the project, and any problems along the way?\r\n * Were there unexpected costs? If so, what were they?\r\n * Did workers show up on time? Did they clean up after finishing the job?\r\n * Would you recommend the contractor?\r\n * Would you use the contractor again?\r\n', 'Found a Contractor? Get References and ask these questions', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'contractor-references-questions', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:38:06', '2008-10-05 01:38:06', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=117', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (118, 1, '2008-09-23 16:40:39', '2008-09-23 22:40:39', 'Getting a good contractor is not always easy. If you find one ask for references. If they make you feel uncomfortable about this that should be a warning sign.\n\nWhen you call the references ask these kinds of questions:\n\n * Can I visit your home to see the completed job?\n * Were you satisfied with the project? Was it completed on time?\n * Did the contractor keep you informed about the status of the project, and any problems along the way?\n * Were there unexpected costs? If so, what were they?\n * Did workers show up on time? Did they clean up after finishing the job?\n * Would you recommend the contractor?\n * Would you use the contractor again?\n', 'Found a Contractor? Get References and ask these questions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '117-revision', '', '', '2008-09-23 16:40:39', '2008-09-23 22:40:39', '', 117, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/117-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (119, 1, '2008-09-23 19:14:32', '2008-09-24 01:14:32', 'Solar Panels for creating home electricity have come a long way. They are cheaper and last longer than before.\r\n\r\nPhotovoltaic systems now have expected lifetimes of 20 years and more, with manufacturers offering system and individual component warranties. Contractors are also offering warranties on installation and extended service agreements.\r\n\r\nEven in the absence of additional financial incentives, photovoltaic systems are currently available in the market place for between $5,000 and $10,000 per kilowatt. For a 4 kW residential package system, it is not unusual to see bids in the range of between $28,000 and $40,000, completely installed and operational.\r\n\r\nAvailable systems include photovoltaic roofing shingles and stand-alone modules in a wide variety of configurations.\r\n\r\nFinancial incentives such as low interest loans, federal and state tax credits, grants, special utility incentives, and technical assistance are available to help offset the cost of purchasing and installing photovoltaic systems. \r\n\r\nThese incentives vary from state to state and from region to region. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy, available at http://www.dsireusa.org/, is an excellent resource for learning about incentives available in your area. \r\n\r\nIn NY the incentives are very good. NYCERTA governs those regulations. \r\n\r\nIt is becoming more and more attractive to install solar in NY homes.', 'Solar Panel Considerations', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'solar-panel-considerations', '', '', '2008-09-23 19:14:32', '2008-09-24 01:14:32', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=119', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (120, 1, '2008-09-23 19:13:42', '2008-09-24 01:13:42', 'Solar Panels for creating home electricity have come a long way. They are cheaper and last longer than before.\n\nPhotovoltaic systems now have expected lifetimes of 20 years and more, with manufacturers offering system and individual component warranties. Contractors are also offering warranties on installation and extended service agreements.\n\nEven in the absence of additional financial incentives, photovoltaic systems are currently available in the market place for between $5,000 and $10,000 per kilowatt. For a 4 kW residential package system, it is not unusual to see bids in the range of between $28,000 and $40,000, completely installed and operational.\n\nAvailable systems include photovoltaic roofing shingles and stand-alone modules in a wide variety of configurations.\n\nFinancial incentives such as low interest loans, federal and state tax credits, grants, special utility incentives, and technical assistance are available to help offset the cost of purchasing and installing photovoltaic systems. \n\nThese incentives vary from state to state and from region to region. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy, available at http://www.dsireusa.org/, is an excellent resource for learning about incentives available in your area. \n\nIn NY the incentives are very good. NYCERTA governs those regulations. \n\nIt is ', 'Solar Panel Considerations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '119-revision', '', '', '2008-09-23 19:13:42', '2008-09-24 01:13:42', '', 119, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/119-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (121, 1, '2008-09-24 12:32:18', '2008-09-24 18:32:18', 'Here is my answer to "Why should I use your real estate services?"\r\n\r\nI am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \r\n\r\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\r\n\r\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', 'Why should you use my real estate services?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '121', '', '', '2009-01-06 18:47:08', '2009-01-07 00:47:08', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=121', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (122, 1, '2008-09-24 12:32:06', '2008-09-24 18:32:06', 'I am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. I look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', 'What I do as an Eco Broker...', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-revision', '', '', '2008-09-24 12:32:06', '2008-09-24 18:32:06', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (123, 1, '2008-09-24 12:38:16', '2008-09-24 18:38:16', 'I am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \n\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\n\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', '', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-24 12:38:16', '2008-09-24 18:38:16', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (124, 1, '2008-09-24 15:04:27', '2008-09-24 21:04:27', '#\r\n\r\nResidential Energy Services Network\'s (RESNET)\r\nhttp://www.resnet.us/directory/raters.aspx\r\n(For trained and certified home energy raters in your service are.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nMortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard\r\nhttp://www.natresnet.org/programs/providers/directory.htm\r\n(For operating home energy rating systems, by state.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\r\nEnergy-Efficient Mortgages Program\r\nhttp://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/eem/energy-r.cfm\r\nhttp://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llplcrit.html\r\n(For a searchable list of approved energy-efficient mortgage lenders.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nEnergy Star®\r\nhttp://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=new_homes_partners.showHomesSearch\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nBuilt Green®\r\nhttp://www.builtgreen.org/homebuyers/directory.htm', 'Some cool links for Mortgages and other stuff', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cool-links-mortgages-stuff', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:41:23', '2008-10-05 01:41:23', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=124', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (125, 1, '2008-09-24 15:04:10', '2008-09-24 21:04:10', '#\n\nResidential Energy Services Network\'s (RESNET)\nhttp://www.resnet.us/directory/raters.aspx\n(For trained and certified home energy raters in your service are.)\n \n#\n\nMortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard\nhttp://www.natresnet.org/programs/providers/directory.htm\n(For operating home energy rating systems, by state.)\n \n#\n\nU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\nEnergy-Efficient Mortgages Program\nhttp://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/eem/energy-r.cfm\nhttp://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llplcrit.html\n(For a searchable list of approved energy-efficient mortgage lenders.)\n \n#\n\nEnergy Star®\nhttp://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=new_homes_partners.showHomesSearch\n \n#\n\nBuilt Green®\nhttp://www.builtgreen.org/homebuyers/directory.htm', 'Some cool links for Mortgages and other stuff', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '124-revision', '', '', '2008-09-24 15:04:10', '2008-09-24 21:04:10', '', 124, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/124-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (127, 1, '2008-09-03 11:45:12', '2008-09-03 17:45:12', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-14', '', '', '2008-09-03 11:45:12', '2008-09-03 17:45:12', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (138, 1, '2008-09-28 09:08:14', '2008-09-28 15:08:14', '\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-16', '', '', '2008-09-28 09:08:14', '2008-09-28 15:08:14', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (128, 1, '2008-09-25 11:12:55', '2008-09-25 17:12:55', 'As an Eco Broker it is important to form partnerships with other green minded real estate professionals.\r\n\r\nBecause our customers have similar interests an Eco Broker usually has stronger and more ties with the following people:\r\n\r\nradon mitigators\r\nlandscaping or xeriscaping companies\r\neco minded lenders\r\nappraisers who value green building\r\nphotovoltaic installers\r\nsolar retrofitters\r\nsustainable building architects\r\ngreen builders\r\nIAQ specialists (indoor air quality)\r\nwater quality specialists\r\nstar appliance specialists\r\nHigh E window companies\r\ngreen pest control companies\r\nheating and cooling specialists\r\nutilities companies\r\nretailers of green products\r\ninsulation companies\r\ndecking companies\r\nskylight companies\r\npaint companies\r\ndesigners (Feng Shui, for example)\r\nhome inspectors who understand green\r\nenergy raters\r\ndoctors (allergists, for example)\r\nrecycled building materials providers', 'Eco Broker Partnerships', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-broker-partnerships', '', '', '2008-09-25 11:14:00', '2008-09-25 17:14:00', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=128', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (129, 1, '2008-09-25 11:12:37', '2008-09-25 17:12:37', 'As an Eco Broker it is important to form partnerships with other green minded real estate professionals.\n\nBecause our customers have similar interests an Eco Broker usually has stronger and more ties with the following people:\n\nradon mitigators\nlandscaping or xeriscaping companies\neco minded lenders\nappraisers who value green building\nphotovoltaic installers\nsolar retrofitters\nsustainable building architects\ngreen builders\nIAQ specialists (indoor air quality)\nwater quality specialists\nstar appliance specialists\nHigh E window companies\nheating and cooling specialists\nutilities companies\nretailers of green products\ninsulation companies\ndecking companies\nskylight companies\npaint companies\ndesigners (Feng Shui, for example)\nhome inspectors who understand green\nenergy raters\ndoctors (allergists, for example)\nrecycled building materials providers', 'Eco Broker Partnerships', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '128-revision', '', '', '2008-09-25 11:12:37', '2008-09-25 17:12:37', '', 128, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/128-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (130, 1, '2008-09-25 11:12:55', '2008-09-25 17:12:55', 'As an Eco Broker it is important to form partnerships with other green minded real estate professionals.\r\n\r\nBecause our customers have similar interests an Eco Broker usually has stronger and more ties with the following people:\r\n\r\nradon mitigators\r\nlandscaping or xeriscaping companies\r\neco minded lenders\r\nappraisers who value green building\r\nphotovoltaic installers\r\nsolar retrofitters\r\nsustainable building architects\r\ngreen builders\r\nIAQ specialists (indoor air quality)\r\nwater quality specialists\r\nstar appliance specialists\r\nHigh E window companies\r\nheating and cooling specialists\r\nutilities companies\r\nretailers of green products\r\ninsulation companies\r\ndecking companies\r\nskylight companies\r\npaint companies\r\ndesigners (Feng Shui, for example)\r\nhome inspectors who understand green\r\nenergy raters\r\ndoctors (allergists, for example)\r\nrecycled building materials providers', 'Eco Broker Partnerships', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '128-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-25 11:12:55', '2008-09-25 17:12:55', '', 128, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/128-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (131, 1, '2008-09-27 17:59:54', '2008-09-27 23:59:54', '
\r\nAs a licensed real estate broker I wanted to get as much ecological training as possible in the real estate field. The typical broker training, although extensive, only touches on the green aspect of real estate and I wanted more.\r\n\r\nAfter looking around it seemed that the EcoBroker® accreditation program seemed like the best choice. They are highly regarded in the real estate community.\r\n\r\nThey were listed in 2008 as a "Top Green Building & Business Certifications" by Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Journal.\r\n\r\nREALTOR Magazine says they are one of the top "25 Trends Driving Today\'s Market."\r\n\r\nIn 2006 they were awarded "Education Program of the Year" by the Real Estate Educators Association.\r\n\r\nHere is a spot they got on CNBC.\r\n\r\nHaving taken the course I am happy with what I learned. They offer a comprehensive training that educates you in the many aspects of green real estate.\r\n\r\nThese involve better understanding:\r\n\r\n- The energy efficiency elements of a home, from types of boilers, insulation, windows, solar panels, water heating and materials used to insulate a home.\r\n\r\n- The effects of the surrounding environment on a home, from solar direction, tree positions, shaddows, and any other physical elements that might effect the heating/cooling of a home.\r\n\r\n- Potential health hazards and how to deal with them, such as radon, lead, asbestos, mold, and pests.\r\n\r\n- Understanding what steps to take in order to make a home more eco-friendly\r\n\r\n- Knowing the benefits of an eco-friendly home and how to market those elements effectively\r\n\r\n- Knowing what professionals to team up with in order to provide a better service to the customer. These professionals can be green pest control people, solar panel installers, radiant heat installers, ecologically aware painters and so on.\r\n\r\nI am always scheptical of potential greenwashing (pretending to be green for financial gain) but I was satisfied with the course offered by EcoBroker®. I feel they genuinely do want to improve the invironment.\r\n\r\nWhenever consumer opinions are poled Real Estate Brokers compete with Used Car Salesmen for the MOST despised group of professionals. That is really a brutal position to be in and not one I\'m proud of. The truth is that real estate is a game of sales and sales is a game of psychology.\r\n\r\nSo a lot of psychological manipulation goes on between brokers and customers and it is not always appreciated. \r\n\r\nBut now with the new focus on green, brokers can offer a really great service that is not only dependent on the sale. It is dependent on how well they help the customer in understanding the green elements of a home. It is more a role of an educator than a salesman.\r\n\r\nI think this added value will be appreciated by customers.\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Gennaro Brooks-Church is a Certified EcoBroker®', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gennaro-brooks-church-certified', '', '', '2009-01-06 18:46:24', '2009-01-07 00:46:24', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=131', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (133, 1, '2008-09-27 17:54:13', '2008-09-27 23:54:13', 'As a licensed real estate broker I wanted to get as much ecological training as possible in the real estate field. The typical broker training, although extensive, only touches on the green aspect of real estate and I wanted more.\n\nAfter looking around it seemed that the EcoBroker® accreditation program seemed like the best choice. They are highly regarded in the real estate community.\n\nThey were listed in 2008 as a "Top Green Building & Business Certifications" by Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Journal.\n\nREALTOR Magazine says they are one of the top "25 Trends Driving Today\'s Market."\n\nIn 2006 they were awarded "Education Program of the Year" by the Real Estate Educators Association.\n\nHere is a spot they got on CNBC.\n\nHaving taken the course I am happy with what I learned. They offer a comprehensive training that educates you in the many aspects of green real estate.\n\nThese involve better understanding:\n\n- The energy efficiency elements of a home, from types of boilers, insulation, windows, solar panels, water heating and materials used to insulate a home.\n\n- The effects of the surrounding environment on a home, from solar direction, tree positions, shaddows, and any other physical elements that might effect the heating/cooling of a home.\n\n- Potential health hazards and how to deal with them, such as radon, lead, asbestos, mold, and pests.\n\n- Understanding what steps to take in order to make a home more eco-friendly\n\n- Knowing the benefits of an eco-friendly home and how to market those elements effectively\n\n- Knowing what professionals to team up with in order to provide a better service to the customer. These professionals can be green pest control people, solar panel installers, radiant heat installers, ecologically aware painters and so on.\n\nI am always scheptical of potential greenwashing (pretending to be green for financial gain) but I was satisfied with the course offered by EcoBroker®. I feel they genuinely do want to improve the invironment.\n\nWhenever consumer opinions are poled Real Estate Brokers compete with Used Car Salesmen for the MOST despised group of professionals. That is really a brutal position to be in and not one I\'m proud of. The truth is that real estate is a game of sales and sales is a game of psychology.\n\nSo a lot of psychological manipulation goes on between brokers and customers and it is not always appreciated. \n\nBut now with the new focus on green, brokers can offer a really great service that is not only dependent on the sale. It is dependent on how well they help the customer in understanding the green elements of a home. It is more a role of an educator than a salesman.\n\nI think this added value will be appreciated by customers.\n\n\n', 'Gennaro Brooks-Church is a Certified EcoBroker®', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '131-revision', '', '', '2008-09-27 17:54:13', '2008-09-27 23:54:13', '', 131, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/131-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (136, 1, '2008-09-03 08:32:32', '2008-09-03 14:32:32', 'To contact Eco Inc. Brooklyn call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed by Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-9', '', '', '2008-09-03 08:32:32', '2008-09-03 14:32:32', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (135, 1, '2008-09-27 17:59:54', '2008-09-27 23:59:54', '\r\nAs a licensed real estate broker I wanted to get as much ecological training as possible in the real estate field. The typical broker training, although extensive, only touches on the green aspect of real estate and I wanted more.\r\n\r\nAfter looking around it seemed that the EcoBroker® accreditation program seemed like the best choice. They are highly regarded in the real estate community.\r\n\r\nThey were listed in 2008 as a "Top Green Building & Business Certifications" by Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Journal.\r\n\r\nREALTOR Magazine says they are one of the top "25 Trends Driving Today\'s Market."\r\n\r\nIn 2006 they were awarded "Education Program of the Year" by the Real Estate Educators Association.\r\n\r\nHere is a spot they got on CNBC.\r\n\r\nHaving taken the course I am happy with what I learned. They offer a comprehensive training that educates you in the many aspects of green real estate.\r\n\r\nThese involve better understanding:\r\n\r\n- The energy efficiency elements of a home, from types of boilers, insulation, windows, solar panels, water heating and materials used to insulate a home.\r\n\r\n- The effects of the surrounding environment on a home, from solar direction, tree positions, shaddows, and any other physical elements that might effect the heating/cooling of a home.\r\n\r\n- Potential health hazards and how to deal with them, such as radon, lead, asbestos, mold, and pests.\r\n\r\n- Understanding what steps to take in order to make a home more eco-friendly\r\n\r\n- Knowing the benefits of an eco-friendly home and how to market those elements effectively\r\n\r\n- Knowing what professionals to team up with in order to provide a better service to the customer. These professionals can be green pest control people, solar panel installers, radiant heat installers, ecologically aware painters and so on.\r\n\r\nI am always scheptical of potential greenwashing (pretending to be green for financial gain) but I was satisfied with the course offered by EcoBroker®. I feel they genuinely do want to improve the invironment.\r\n\r\nWhenever consumer opinions are poled Real Estate Brokers compete with Used Car Salesmen for the MOST despised group of professionals. That is really a brutal position to be in and not one I\'m proud of. The truth is that real estate is a game of sales and sales is a game of psychology.\r\n\r\nSo a lot of psychological manipulation goes on between brokers and customers and it is not always appreciated. \r\n\r\nBut now with the new focus on green, brokers can offer a really great service that is not only dependent on the sale. It is dependent on how well they help the customer in understanding the green elements of a home. It is more a role of an educator than a salesman.\r\n\r\nI think this added value will be appreciated by customers.\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Gennaro Brooks-Church is a Certified EcoBroker®', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '131-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-27 17:59:54', '2008-09-27 23:59:54', '', 131, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/131-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (140, 1, '2008-09-28 09:08:43', '2008-09-28 15:08:43', '\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-17', '', '', '2008-09-28 09:08:43', '2008-09-28 15:08:43', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-17/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (141, 1, '2008-09-28 10:12:04', '2008-09-28 16:12:04', '\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-18', '', '', '2008-09-28 10:12:04', '2008-09-28 16:12:04', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-18/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (143, 1, '2008-09-28 10:47:48', '2008-09-28 16:47:48', '\r\n
\r\n\r\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\r\n\r\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\r\n\r\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\r\n\r\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\r\n\r\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \r\n\r\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\r\n\r\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\r\n\r\nHere is something from Bau-Biologie that is interesting:\r\n\r\nMicrowave Radiation - Cell phones, Wi-Fi\r\nAre they safe?\r\n\r\nAs fast as possible, our society is becoming more and more technologically oriented. Homes, schools, offices, entire communities are making decisions to go wireless. Cell phones are proliferating at an alarming rate. These devices were never pre-market tested for your safety. There is an incorrect assumption that the government has “approved” these and that the research shows these are safe.\r\n\r\nWhat are the hazardous levels of microwave radiation? It all depends on with whom you speak. From the perspective of Building Biology, it is when the cell structure or bio-communication of an organism starts to exhibit variations from a natural baseline. For example, if blood cells start to clump together at specific electromagnetic field strength, then this would be characterized as a variation of normal cellular activity, a deviation from the natural baseline, and therefore hazardous. Whether or not a person would exhibit a symptomatic response is NOT the determining factor, but that is the basis for most industrial standards - radiation is safe unless the skin actually burns.\r\n\r\nIndependent, medical science continues to provide mounting evidence that radiation from wireless communication devices, including cell phones, cordless, and the WiFi now deployed across schools, hospitals and offices, produces dangerous health effects. It is important for you to take protective steps as a consumer. We are concerned with eliminating as much as possible, the man-made artificial stimuli that can bring about this change. Thus, we hope to prevent the chronic low-level exposures that are very significant concerning health issues.\r\n\r\nWhat can I do about it?\r\n\r\nThere are, however, some initial steps you can take today to protect you from EMR exposure.\r\n\r\n 1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.\r\n 2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and definitely when sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.\r\n 3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.\r\n 4. Never keep cell phone in pocket or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. The close proximity may also affect fertility.\r\n 5. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway) – the radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!\r\n 6. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call. (900MHz Analog cordless phones are okay)\r\n 7. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and preferably on wooden surfaces.\r\n 8. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep.\r\n 9. Avoid waterbeds, electric and metal frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body.\r\n 10. Ensure that there are no electrical appliances, power meters, or circuit panels on the exterior or interior wall of bedrooms.\r\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'living-radiation', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:33:22', '2008-10-05 01:33:22', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=155', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (156, 1, '2008-09-29 08:03:46', '2008-09-29 14:03:46', 'Part of building a healthy environment is keeping track of the environmental stressors. A stressor is something that alters the body in some way. It could be heat, humidity, sound, or electromagnetic fields. Stressors are not necessarily bad. We need heat and a correct level of humidity for example.\n\nOther stressors are a trade off. Most people want Wi-Fi in their home so they can surf on their laptop while lounging on the couch. And they are willing to forego any possible dangers that the Wi-Fi signals may cause. In fact most people don\'t give it any thought.\n\nBut as a builder it does need to be considered (so home dwellers don\'t need to worry about it).\n\nThe truth is that electromagnetic radiation is still up in the air as to how much damage it can cause. We are seeped in it, from electricity lines in the wall or next to the house, nearby cell phone towers, Wireless devices like our phones, laptops, and countless other appliances.\n\nThis field of energy existed before electronics. The earth creates its own electromagnetic field. That is how a compass works. But today that field is greatly amplified. If you could "hear" electromagnetic radiation it would be a deafening roar compared to what it sounded like a century ago.\n\nThis energy stimulates our body. Again, that might not be bad. But it might be...\n\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\n\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\n\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\n\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\n\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \n\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\n\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\n\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '155-revision', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:03:46', '2008-09-29 14:03:46', '', 155, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/155-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (158, 1, '2008-09-29 08:03:55', '2008-09-29 14:03:55', 'Part of building a healthy environment is keeping track of the environmental stressors. A stressor is something that alters the body in some way. It could be heat, humidity, sound, or electromagnetic fields. Stressors are not necessarily bad. We need heat and a correct level of humidity for example.\r\n\r\nOther stressors are a trade off. Most people want Wi-Fi in their home so they can surf on their laptop while lounging on the couch. And they are willing to forego any possible dangers that the Wi-Fi signals may cause. In fact most people don\'t give it any thought.\r\n\r\nBut as a builder it does need to be considered (so home dwellers don\'t need to worry about it).\r\n\r\nThe truth is that electromagnetic radiation is still up in the air as to how much damage it can cause. We are seeped in it, from electricity lines in the wall or next to the house, nearby cell phone towers, Wireless devices like our phones, laptops, and countless other appliances.\r\n\r\nThis field of energy existed before electronics. The earth creates its own electromagnetic field. That is how a compass works. But today that field is greatly amplified. If you could "hear" electromagnetic radiation it would be a deafening roar compared to what it sounded like a century ago.\r\n\r\nThis energy stimulates our body. Again, that might not be bad. But it might be...\r\n\r\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\r\n\r\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\r\n\r\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\r\n\r\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\r\n\r\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \r\n\r\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\r\n\r\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\r\n\r\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '155-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:03:55', '2008-09-29 14:03:55', '', 155, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/155-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (159, 1, '2009-03-27 18:46:24', '2009-03-28 00:46:24', 'Here is something from Bau-Biologie that is interesting:\r\n\r\nMicrowave Radiation - Cell phones, Wi-Fi\r\nAre they safe?\r\n\r\nAs fast as possible, our society is becoming more and more technologically oriented. Homes, schools, offices, entire communities are making decisions to go wireless. Cell phones are proliferating at an alarming rate. These devices were never pre-market tested for your safety. There is an incorrect assumption that the government has “approved” these and that the research shows these are safe.\r\n\r\nWhat are the hazardous levels of microwave radiation? It all depends on with whom you speak. From the perspective of Building Biology, it is when the cell structure or bio-communication of an organism starts to exhibit variations from a natural baseline. For example, if blood cells start to clump together at specific electromagnetic field strength, then this would be characterized as a variation of normal cellular activity, a deviation from the natural baseline, and therefore hazardous. Whether or not a person would exhibit a symptomatic response is NOT the determining factor, but that is the basis for most industrial standards - radiation is safe unless the skin actually burns.\r\n\r\nIndependent, medical science continues to provide mounting evidence that radiation from wireless communication devices, including cell phones, cordless, and the WiFi now deployed across schools, hospitals and offices, produces dangerous health effects. It is important for you to take protective steps as a consumer. We are concerned with eliminating as much as possible, the man-made artificial stimuli that can bring about this change. Thus, we hope to prevent the chronic low-level exposures that are very significant concerning health issues.\r\n\r\nWhat can I do about it?\r\n\r\nThere are, however, some initial steps you can take today to protect you from EMR exposure.\r\n\r\n 1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.\r\n 2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and definitely when sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.\r\n 3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.\r\n 4. Never keep cell phone in pocket or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. The close proximity may also affect fertility.\r\n 5. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway) – the radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!\r\n 6. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call. (900MHz Analog cordless phones are okay)\r\n 7. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and preferably on wooden surfaces.\r\n 8. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep.\r\n 9. Avoid waterbeds, electric and metal frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body.\r\n 10. Ensure that there are no electrical appliances, power meters, or circuit panels on the exterior or interior wall of bedrooms.\r\n', 'Cell Phone Control', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cell-phone-control', '', '', '2009-03-27 18:46:24', '2009-03-28 00:46:24', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=159', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (160, 1, '2008-09-29 08:10:24', '2008-09-29 14:10:24', 'Part of building a healthy environment is keeping track of the environmental stressors. A stressor is something that alters the body in some way. It could be heat, humidity, sound, or electromagnetic fields. Stressors are not necessarily bad. We need heat and a correct level of humidity for example.\n\nOther stressors are a trade off. Most people want Wi-Fi in their home so they can surf on their laptop while lounging on the couch. And they are willing to forego any possible dangers that the Wi-Fi signals may cause. In fact most people don\'t give it any thought.\n\nBut as a builder it does need to be considered (so home dwellers don\'t need to worry about it).\n\nThe truth is that electromagnetic radiation is still up in the air as to how much damage it can cause. We are seeped in it, from electricity lines in the wall or next to the house, nearby cell phone towers, Wireless devices like our phones, laptops, and countless other appliances.\n\nThis field of energy existed before electronics. The earth creates its own electromagnetic field. That is how a compass works. But today that field is greatly amplified. If you could "hear" electromagnetic radiation it would be a deafening roar compared to what it sounded like a century ago.\n\nThis energy stimulates our body. Again, that might not be bad. But it might be...\n\n\n\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\n\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\n\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\n\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\n\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \n\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\n\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\n\nHere is something from Bau-Biologie that is interesting:\n\nMicrowave Radiation - Cell phones, Wi-Fi\nAre they safe?\n\nAs fast as possible, our society is becoming more and more technologically oriented. Homes, schools, offices, entire communities are making decisions to go wireless. Cell phones are proliferating at an alarming rate. These devices were never pre-market tested for your safety. There is an incorrect assumption that the government has “approved” these and that the research shows these are safe.\n\nWhat are the hazardous levels of microwave radiation? It all depends on with whom you speak. From the perspective of Building Biology, it is when the cell structure or bio-communication of an organism starts to exhibit variations from a natural baseline. For example, if blood cells start to clump together at specific electromagnetic field strength, then this would be characterized as a variation of normal cellular activity, a deviation from the natural baseline, and therefore hazardous. Whether or not a person would exhibit a symptomatic response is NOT the determining factor, but that is the basis for most industrial standards - radiation is safe unless the skin actually burns.\n\nIndependent, medical science continues to provide mounting evidence that radiation from wireless communication devices, including cell phones, cordless, and the WiFi now deployed across schools, hospitals and offices, produces dangerous health effects. It is important for you to take protective steps as a consumer. We are concerned with eliminating as much as possible, the man-made artificial stimuli that can bring about this change. Thus, we hope to prevent the chronic low-level exposures that are very significant concerning health issues.\n\nWhat can I do about it?\n\nThere are, however, some initial steps you can take today to protect you from EMR exposure.\n\n 1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.\n 2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and definitely when sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.\n 3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.\n 4. Never keep cell phone in pocket or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. The close proximity may also affect fertility.\n 5. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway) – the radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!\n 6. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call. (900MHz Analog cordless phones are okay)\n 7. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and preferably on wooden surfaces.\n 8. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep.\n 9. Avoid waterbeds, electric and metal frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body.\n 10. Ensure that there are no electrical appliances, power meters, or circuit panels on the exterior or interior wall of bedrooms.\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '155-autosave', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:10:24', '2008-09-29 14:10:24', '', 155, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/155-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (161, 1, '2008-09-29 08:07:09', '2008-09-29 14:07:09', 'Part of building a healthy environment is keeping track of the environmental stressors. A stressor is something that alters the body in some way. It could be heat, humidity, sound, or electromagnetic fields. Stressors are not necessarily bad. We need heat and a correct level of humidity for example.\r\n\r\nOther stressors are a trade off. Most people want Wi-Fi in their home so they can surf on their laptop while lounging on the couch. And they are willing to forego any possible dangers that the Wi-Fi signals may cause. In fact most people don\'t give it any thought.\r\n\r\nBut as a builder it does need to be considered (so home dwellers don\'t need to worry about it).\r\n\r\nThe truth is that electromagnetic radiation is still up in the air as to how much damage it can cause. We are seeped in it, from electricity lines in the wall or next to the house, nearby cell phone towers, Wireless devices like our phones, laptops, and countless other appliances.\r\n\r\nThis field of energy existed before electronics. The earth creates its own electromagnetic field. That is how a compass works. But today that field is greatly amplified. If you could "hear" electromagnetic radiation it would be a deafening roar compared to what it sounded like a century ago.\r\n\r\nThis energy stimulates our body. Again, that might not be bad. But it might be...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\r\n\r\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\r\n\r\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\r\n\r\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\r\n\r\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \r\n\r\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\r\n\r\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\r\n\r\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '155-revision-3', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:07:09', '2008-09-29 14:07:09', '', 155, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/155-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (162, 1, '2008-10-02 08:28:30', '2008-10-02 14:28:30', 'Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.\r\n\r\nPresented by O’Brien & Company. \r\n\r\nHow does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in\r\nparticular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic\r\nbuilding.?\r\nThis credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in the lumber order, so the\r\n“additional lumber” language is no longer moot.\r\nHow does LEED for Homes apply to historic homes?\r\nThe LEED for Homes rating system can be used for gut rehabs of homes, including\r\nhistoric homes. LEED for Homes is evaluating innovation applications for deconstruction\r\nof existing (e.g., historical) homes on a case-by-case basis and may consider\r\nestablishing some performance threshold for deconstruction in a future version of LEED\r\nfor Homes. In addition, wood salvaged from historic homes may be reused in new\r\nconstruction.\r\nHow is material salvaged from deconstruction treated (is it salvaged? Resource\r\nreuse?)\r\nSalvaged or reused material is eligible for recognition under MR5, Environmentally\r\nPreferable Products; in cases where it is not listed as an alternative for a given building\r\ncomponent, the builder should submit a credit interpretation request for consideration by\r\nthe MR-TASC. If the quantity of materials being reused in substantial enough (i.e.,\r\ncomparable in magnitude to the other measures in MR 5), the request for an ID credit will\r\nbe granted.\r\nIs a list of builders participating in the pilots available? If not now, when?\r\nUSGBC has asked the pilot builders if they are open to having their contact information\r\nmade public; a response is expected in coming weeks. USGBC plans to post this\r\ninformation on the LEED for Homes website at www.usgbc.org/leed/homes.\r\nWhat are the registration fees?\r\nThere is a $150 fee for project registration, with $50 per unit for certification.\r\nThose are fees due to USGBC from builder. Other applicable fees (e.g., for certification\r\nservices) are at the discretion of the Provider. Fees for the third-party certification will\r\nvary with the level of experience of the green home builder, the home size, the desired\r\ncertification level (i.e., Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum), and the distance that the third\r\nparty has to travel to conduct site visits at the LEED Home. Earth Advantage (EA),\r\nPortland is the Provider in the Northwest. O’Brien & Company has been contracted by EA\r\nto represent perform ratings on its behalf in Washington.\r\nCan verification be done by the same person doing technical\r\nassistance/consulting? (Who’s doing quality control of verifiers?)\r\nThe official certifier of LEED Homes is an authorized LEED for Homes Provider. All\r\nLEED raters or verifiers must be contracted to a LEED for Homes Provider. It is up to the\r\ndiscretion of the Provider to determine who is qualified to deliver on-site verification\r\nservices. Providers are responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising qualified\r\nLEED raters in their local markets. LEED Home raters must meet qualifying criteria. In\r\nparticular, since LEED for Homes requires ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification, the\r\nrater must be qualified by ENERGY STAR NW through its performance testing and\r\nverification training.\r\nAlso, all individuals offering verification services related to LEED for Homes are required\r\nto submit a declaration stating possible conflicts of interest. This declaration needs to be\r\nprovided to the builder and any other parties who might be affected by potential conflicts\r\nof interest.\r\nAs pilot raters in Washington, O’Brien & Company is providing some guidance to design\r\nteams to help them leverage integration opportunities and optimize their design. O’Brien\r\nand Company works under the supervision of the LEED for Home Provider Earth\r\nAdvantage.\r\nWhy won’t LEED Home Builders be able to hang their hats on a LEED AP? We\r\nshould be able to use that Brand.\r\nThe current LEED AP designation does not indicate any familiarity with LEED for Homes;\r\nrather, it represents knowledge of other LEED rating systems, which relate to commercial\r\nbuildings. USGBC is considering whether to develop a comparable exam and\r\ncredential for professionals who are conversant with LEED for Homes. Currently,\r\nqualified LEED for Homes support is available to builders via their local Providers. LEED\r\nAPs that are qualified in green home building are encouraged to develop business\r\nrelationships with the LEED for Homes Provider in the markets that they serve.\r\nWill there be a LEED for remodels?\r\nThe challenge with a LEED program for remodeling is that remodeling by its nature is a\r\n"one-off" business, with few economies of scale and in most cases, no buyer (in most\r\ncases, the client already owns the home). Thus, the remodeling market poses challenges\r\nwith respect to the creation of a viable (i.e., sustainable) business model for USGBC.\r\nFurther, the LEED Rating Systems are generally used to assess the whole of a building.\r\nIn remodeling, only parts of the home are affected. Thus, it is difficult to asses the greenness\r\nof a building when only part of it has been upgraded. For the time being, we\r\nsuggest that remodelers use LEED for Homes to provide guidance with respect to the\r\ngoals and principles -- and in some cases, e.g., plumbing fixtures, performance\r\nspecifications -- that can be referred to in the remodeling process. USGBC may tackle\r\nthe remodeling market sometime in the future. Note that LEED for Homes can be used\r\nfor gut rehabs.\r\nWill there be a LEED for existing homes (recertification process) given frequent\r\nturnover?\r\nThis represents a challenge similar to remodeling; and besides the fact that there are no\r\neconomies of scale, it remains to be seen whether there is any significant demand\r\npotential. Since the seller is the homeowner and not a builder, s/he stands to gain no\r\nprofessional reputation benefit by offering the LEED brand. In the future LEED may\r\nachieve sufficient consumer brand recognition that prospective buyers will look for a\r\nLEED label on a used home as well as a new one -- and be willing to pay for it -- but it\'s\r\nlikely to be quite a few years before that happens.', 'LEED for Homes Q and A', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'leed-homes', '', '', '2009-01-06 18:37:35', '2009-01-07 00:37:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=162', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (163, 1, '2008-10-02 08:28:03', '2008-10-02 14:28:03', 'Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.\n\nFor Cascadia Regional GBC: Buildings in Balance\n\nPresented by O’Brien & Company. \n\nDo we expect the average size (0 points impact) band for house size be adjusted to\nthe actual national average and how often?\nBased on lessons learned in the pilot, it is most likely that this credit (MR 1) will be\nrevised in the next couple of months. Thereafter, the Rating System will be updated on\na continuous improvement basis. As better information becomes available on the\nrelationship between home size and resource use, we will most certainly update this\ncredit. With respect to updating the national average home size, we have not made any\ndecisions on this yet - although we certainly will revisit the market trend data\nperiodically.\nHow does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in\nparticular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic\nbuilding.?\nThis credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in the lumber order, so the\n“additional lumber” language is no longer moot.\nHow does LEED for Homes apply to historic homes?\nThe LEED for Homes rating system can be used for gut rehabs of homes, including\nhistoric homes. LEED for Homes is evaluating innovation applications for deconstruction\nof existing (e.g., historical) homes on a case-by-case basis and may consider\nestablishing some performance threshold for deconstruction in a future version of LEED\nfor Homes. In addition, wood salvaged from historic homes may be reused in new\nconstruction.\nHow is material salvaged from deconstruction treated (is it salvaged? Resource\nreuse?)\nSalvaged or reused material is eligible for recognition under MR5, Environmentally\nPreferable Products; in cases where it is not listed as an alternative for a given building\ncomponent, the builder should submit a credit interpretation request for consideration by\nthe MR-TASC. If the quantity of materials being reused in substantial enough (i.e.,\ncomparable in magnitude to the other measures in MR 5), the request for an ID credit will\nbe granted.\nIs a list of builders participating in the pilots available? If not now, when?\nUSGBC has asked the pilot builders if they are open to having their contact information\nmade public; a response is expected in coming weeks. USGBC plans to post this\ninformation on the LEED for Homes website at www.usgbc.org/leed/homes.\nWhat are the registration fees? There is a $150 fee for project registration, with\n$50 per unit for certification.\nThose are fees due to USGBC from builder. Other applicable fees (e.g., for certification\nservices) are at the discretion of the Provider. Fees for the third-party certification will\nvary with the level of experience of the green home builder, the home size, the desired\ncertification level (i.e., Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum), and the distance that the third\nparty has to travel to conduct site visits at the LEED Home. Earth Advantage (EA),\nPortland is the Provider in the Northwest. O’Brien & Company has been contracted by EA\nto represent perform ratings on its behalf in Washington.\nCan verification be done by the same person doing technical\nassistance/consulting? (Who’s doing quality control of verifiers?)\nThe official certifier of LEED Homes is an authorized LEED for Homes Provider. All\nLEED raters or verifiers must be contracted to a LEED for Homes Provider. It is up to the\ndiscretion of the Provider to determine who is qualified to deliver on-site verification\nservices. Providers are responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising qualified\nLEED raters in their local markets. LEED Home raters must meet qualifying criteria. In\nparticular, since LEED for Homes requires ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification, the\nrater must be qualified by ENERGY STAR NW through its performance testing and\nverification training.\nAlso, all individuals offering verification services related to LEED for Homes are required\nto submit a declaration stating possible conflicts of interest. This declaration needs to be\nprovided to the builder and any other parties who might be affected by potential conflicts\nof interest.\nAs pilot raters in Washington, O’Brien & Company is providing some guidance to design\nteams to help them leverage integration opportunities and optimize their design. O’Brien\nand Company works under the supervision of the LEED for Home Provider Earth\nAdvantage.\nWhy won’t LEED Home Builders be able to hang their hats on a LEED AP? We\nshould be able to use that Brand.\nThe current LEED AP designation does not indicate any familiarity with LEED for Homes;\nrather, it represents knowledge of other LEED rating systems, which relate to commercial\nbuildings. USGBC is considering whether to develop a comparable exam and\ncredential for professionals who are conversant with LEED for Homes. Currently,\nqualified LEED for Homes support is available to builders via their local Providers. LEED\nAPs that are qualified in green home building are encouraged to develop business\nrelationships with the LEED for Homes Provider in the markets that they serve.\nWill there be a LEED for remodels?\nThe challenge with a LEED program for remodeling is that remodeling by its nature is a\n"one-off" business, with few economies of scale and in most cases, no buyer (in most\ncases, the client already owns the home). Thus, the remodeling market poses challenges\nwith respect to the creation of a viable (i.e., sustainable) business model for USGBC.\nFurther, the LEED Rating Systems are generally used to assess the whole of a building.\nIn remodeling, only parts of the home are affected. Thus, it is difficult to asses the greenness\nof a building when only part of it has been upgraded. For the time being, we\nsuggest that remodelers use LEED for Homes to provide guidance with respect to the\ngoals and principles -- and in some cases, e.g., plumbing fixtures, performance\nspecifications -- that can be referred to in the remodeling process. USGBC may tackle\nthe remodeling market sometime in the future. Note that LEED for Homes can be used\nfor gut rehabs.\nWill there be a LEED for existing homes (recertification process) given frequent\nturnover?\nThis represents a challenge similar to remodeling; and besides the fact that there are no\neconomies of scale, it remains to be seen whether there is any significant demand\npotential. Since the seller is the homeowner and not a builder, s/he stands to gain no\nprofessional reputation benefit by offering the LEED brand. In the future LEED may\nachieve sufficient consumer brand recognition that prospective buyers will look for a\nLEED label on a used home as well as a new one -- and be willing to pay for it -- but it\'s\nlikely to be quite a few years before that happens.', 'LEED for Homes Q and A', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '162-revision', '', '', '2008-10-02 08:28:03', '2008-10-02 14:28:03', '', 162, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/162-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (165, 1, '2008-10-02 12:22:57', '2008-10-02 18:22:57', 'Value Engineering is a useful concept. In the article below it is applied to co-ops but can be applied to any building practice.\r\n\r\nSaving Green, and Greening, Too\r\nValue Engineering Analysis helps condo owners and environment\r\n\r\n\r\n It\'s no secret that the current trend in home greening has been a boon\r\nfor developers and homeowners, as well as the environment. Energy-\r\nsaving features not only lessen the drain on our natural resources, but\r\nprovide compelling economic incentives like lower energy costs and\r\nlong-term savings. Kipcon Inc., a full-service engineering firm based\r\nin North Brunswick, has come up with a new benefactor for this doubly\r\nhelpful practice: the community association. \r\n People who live in co-ops, condos, and the like, are collectively\r\nresponsibile for the replacement and maintenance of essencial building\r\ncomponents such as roofs and boilers. In order to plan for the purchase\r\nand care of these high-ticket items, community associations create a\r\nreserve schedule in which money from each resident is saved in a combined\r\naccount according to the demands of the property. Target savings amounts\r\ncan be determined by partaking in what is known as a reserve study.\r\n "In a typical reserve study, we only evaluate the physical elements of the\r\nbuilding, typically, just the capital replacement items," explains Kipcon\'s\r\npresident, Mitchell H. Frumkin. "For example, a reserve study may find\r\nthat the roof of a condo has a $100,000 replacement cost and a 20-year\r\nlifespan. The analysis would suggest that the homeowners put aside\r\n$5,000 every year, so when it comes time to replace the roof, the money\r\nwill be there."\r\n While a reserve study alone is an invaluable tool for a community\r\nassociation, Kipcon has taken this service one step further with the\r\nintroduction of its Value Engineering Analysis. "Rather than simply\r\nassessing the costs of replacing or maintaining capital replacement\r\nitems, Value Engineering seeks alternative options," says Frumkin. \r\nKipcon takes a holistic approach by looking at the capital replacement\r\nitems, the relationship between the items and the cost of their\r\nmaintenance, and the cost of energy. These three factors are then\r\ncompared with one another in order to save the community\r\nassociation money over time. \r\nBuilders are realizing that if they can create a greener\r\nbuilding, it will add another highlight to their sales\r\nproposition.\r\n "If a building has an inefficient boiler that still has five years left\r\nin it, we would suggest that the homeowners save for a high-efficiency\r\nboiler," explains Frumkin. "The new boiler might cost slightly more,\r\nbut will save residents money in the long run by reducing energy needs." \r\n With approximately 80 percent of new residential developement\r\nfalling somewhere into the category of multi-unit residential projects,\r\nthe community association market is booming. Value Engineering\r\nAnaylsis can also be advantageous to developers during pre-construction,\r\nin that it can help developers gain an edge over their competitors as well\r\nas help homeowners save money in energy costs and reserve requirements.\r\n According to Frumkin, "Most builders want to get the lowest cost\r\npossible for their building, because they need to sell units. However,\r\nmore and more builders are realizing that if they can create a greener\r\nbuilding that will also save homeowners money, it will add another\r\nhighlight to their sales proposition." --By Jodi LaMarco ', 'Value Engeneering in Co-ops', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'engeneering-co-ops', '', '', '2008-10-02 12:22:57', '2008-10-02 18:22:57', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=165', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (164, 1, '2008-10-02 08:28:30', '2008-10-02 14:28:30', 'Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.\r\n\r\nFor Cascadia Regional GBC: Buildings in Balance\r\n\r\nPresented by O’Brien & Company. \r\n\r\nDo we expect the average size (0 points impact) band for house size be adjusted to\r\nthe actual national average and how often?\r\nBased on lessons learned in the pilot, it is most likely that this credit (MR 1) will be\r\nrevised in the next couple of months. Thereafter, the Rating System will be updated on\r\na continuous improvement basis. As better information becomes available on the\r\nrelationship between home size and resource use, we will most certainly update this\r\ncredit. With respect to updating the national average home size, we have not made any\r\ndecisions on this yet - although we certainly will revisit the market trend data\r\nperiodically.\r\nHow does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in\r\nparticular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic\r\nbuilding.?\r\nThis credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in the lumber order, so the\r\n“additional lumber” language is no longer moot.\r\nHow does LEED for Homes apply to historic homes?\r\nThe LEED for Homes rating system can be used for gut rehabs of homes, including\r\nhistoric homes. LEED for Homes is evaluating innovation applications for deconstruction\r\nof existing (e.g., historical) homes on a case-by-case basis and may consider\r\nestablishing some performance threshold for deconstruction in a future version of LEED\r\nfor Homes. In addition, wood salvaged from historic homes may be reused in new\r\nconstruction.\r\nHow is material salvaged from deconstruction treated (is it salvaged? Resource\r\nreuse?)\r\nSalvaged or reused material is eligible for recognition under MR5, Environmentally\r\nPreferable Products; in cases where it is not listed as an alternative for a given building\r\ncomponent, the builder should submit a credit interpretation request for consideration by\r\nthe MR-TASC. If the quantity of materials being reused in substantial enough (i.e.,\r\ncomparable in magnitude to the other measures in MR 5), the request for an ID credit will\r\nbe granted.\r\nIs a list of builders participating in the pilots available? If not now, when?\r\nUSGBC has asked the pilot builders if they are open to having their contact information\r\nmade public; a response is expected in coming weeks. USGBC plans to post this\r\ninformation on the LEED for Homes website at www.usgbc.org/leed/homes.\r\nWhat are the registration fees? There is a $150 fee for project registration, with\r\n$50 per unit for certification.\r\nThose are fees due to USGBC from builder. Other applicable fees (e.g., for certification\r\nservices) are at the discretion of the Provider. Fees for the third-party certification will\r\nvary with the level of experience of the green home builder, the home size, the desired\r\ncertification level (i.e., Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum), and the distance that the third\r\nparty has to travel to conduct site visits at the LEED Home. Earth Advantage (EA),\r\nPortland is the Provider in the Northwest. O’Brien & Company has been contracted by EA\r\nto represent perform ratings on its behalf in Washington.\r\nCan verification be done by the same person doing technical\r\nassistance/consulting? (Who’s doing quality control of verifiers?)\r\nThe official certifier of LEED Homes is an authorized LEED for Homes Provider. All\r\nLEED raters or verifiers must be contracted to a LEED for Homes Provider. It is up to the\r\ndiscretion of the Provider to determine who is qualified to deliver on-site verification\r\nservices. Providers are responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising qualified\r\nLEED raters in their local markets. LEED Home raters must meet qualifying criteria. In\r\nparticular, since LEED for Homes requires ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification, the\r\nrater must be qualified by ENERGY STAR NW through its performance testing and\r\nverification training.\r\nAlso, all individuals offering verification services related to LEED for Homes are required\r\nto submit a declaration stating possible conflicts of interest. This declaration needs to be\r\nprovided to the builder and any other parties who might be affected by potential conflicts\r\nof interest.\r\nAs pilot raters in Washington, O’Brien & Company is providing some guidance to design\r\nteams to help them leverage integration opportunities and optimize their design. O’Brien\r\nand Company works under the supervision of the LEED for Home Provider Earth\r\nAdvantage.\r\nWhy won’t LEED Home Builders be able to hang their hats on a LEED AP? We\r\nshould be able to use that Brand.\r\nThe current LEED AP designation does not indicate any familiarity with LEED for Homes;\r\nrather, it represents knowledge of other LEED rating systems, which relate to commercial\r\nbuildings. USGBC is considering whether to develop a comparable exam and\r\ncredential for professionals who are conversant with LEED for Homes. Currently,\r\nqualified LEED for Homes support is available to builders via their local Providers. LEED\r\nAPs that are qualified in green home building are encouraged to develop business\r\nrelationships with the LEED for Homes Provider in the markets that they serve.\r\nWill there be a LEED for remodels?\r\nThe challenge with a LEED program for remodeling is that remodeling by its nature is a\r\n"one-off" business, with few economies of scale and in most cases, no buyer (in most\r\ncases, the client already owns the home). Thus, the remodeling market poses challenges\r\nwith respect to the creation of a viable (i.e., sustainable) business model for USGBC.\r\nFurther, the LEED Rating Systems are generally used to assess the whole of a building.\r\nIn remodeling, only parts of the home are affected. Thus, it is difficult to asses the greenness\r\nof a building when only part of it has been upgraded. For the time being, we\r\nsuggest that remodelers use LEED for Homes to provide guidance with respect to the\r\ngoals and principles -- and in some cases, e.g., plumbing fixtures, performance\r\nspecifications -- that can be referred to in the remodeling process. USGBC may tackle\r\nthe remodeling market sometime in the future. Note that LEED for Homes can be used\r\nfor gut rehabs.\r\nWill there be a LEED for existing homes (recertification process) given frequent\r\nturnover?\r\nThis represents a challenge similar to remodeling; and besides the fact that there are no\r\neconomies of scale, it remains to be seen whether there is any significant demand\r\npotential. Since the seller is the homeowner and not a builder, s/he stands to gain no\r\nprofessional reputation benefit by offering the LEED brand. In the future LEED may\r\nachieve sufficient consumer brand recognition that prospective buyers will look for a\r\nLEED label on a used home as well as a new one -- and be willing to pay for it -- but it\'s\r\nlikely to be quite a few years before that happens.', 'LEED for Homes Q and A', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '162-revision-2', '', '', '2008-10-02 08:28:30', '2008-10-02 14:28:30', '', 162, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/162-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (166, 1, '2008-10-02 12:22:25', '2008-10-02 18:22:25', 'Value Engineering is a useful concept. In the article below it is applied to co-ops but can be applied to any building practice.\n\nSaving Green, and Greening, Too\nValue Engineering Analysis helps condo owners and environment\n\n\n It\'s no secret that the current trend in home greening has been a boon\nfor developers and homeowners, as well as the environment. Energy-\nsaving features not only lessen the drain on our natural resources, but\nprovide compelling economic incentives like lower energy costs and\nlong-term savings. Kipcon Inc., a full-service engineering firm based\nin North Brunswick, has come up with a new benefactor for this doubly\nhelpful practice: the community association. \n People who live in co-ops, condos, and the like, are collectively\nresponsibile for the replacement and maintenance of essencial building\ncomponents such as roofs and boilers. In order to plan for the purchase\nand care of these high-ticket items, community associations create a\nreserve schedule in which money from each resident is saved in a combined\naccount according to the demands of the property. Target savings amounts\ncan be determined by partaking in what is known as a reserve study.\n "In a typical reserve study, we only evaluate the physical elements of the\nbuilding, typically, just the capital replacement items," explains Kipcon\'s\npresident, Mitchell H. Frumkin. "For example, a reserve study may find\nthat the roof of a condo has a $100,000 replacement cost and a 20-year\nlifespan. The analysis would suggest that the homeowners put aside\n$5,000 every year, so when it comes time to replace the roof, the money\nwill be there."\n While a reserve study alone is an invaluable tool for a community\nassociation, Kipcon has taken this service one step further with the\nintroduction of its Value Engineering Analysis. "Rather than simply\nassessing the costs of replacing or maintaining capital replacement\nitems, Value Engineering seeks alternative options," says Frumkin. \nKipcon takes a holistic approach by looking at the capital replacement\nitems, the relationship between the items and the cost of their\nmaintenance, and the cost of energy. These three factors are then\ncompared with one another in order to save the community\nassociation money over time. \nBuilders are realizing that if they can create a greener\nbuilding, it will add another highlight to their sales\nproposition.\n "If a building has an inefficient boiler that still has five years left\nin it, we would suggest that the homeowners save for a high-efficiency\nboiler," explains Frumkin. "The new boiler might cost slightly more,\nbut will save residents money in the long run by reducing energy needs." \n With approximately 80 percent of new residential developement\nfalling somewhere into the category of multi-unit residential projects,\nthe community association market is booming. Value Engineering\nAnaylsis can also be advantageous to developers during pre-construction,\nin that it can help developers gain an edge over their competitors as well\nas help homeowners save money in energy costs and reserve requirements.\n According to Frumkin, "Most builders want to get the lowest cost\npossible for their building, because they need to sell units. However,\nmore and more builders are realizing that if they can create a greener\nbuilding that will also save homeowners money, it will add another\nhighlight to their sales proposition." --By Jodi LaMarco ', 'Value Engeneering in Co-ops', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '165-revision', '', '', '2008-10-02 12:22:25', '2008-10-02 18:22:25', '', 165, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/165-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (167, 1, '2008-10-03 17:33:22', '2008-10-03 23:33:22', 'We\'re entering a new era of solar energy.\r\n\r\nCongress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar electric installations.\r\n\r\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment, and is the result of many months of grassroots advocacy by the solar community, including our colleagues at Solar Energy Industries Association.\r\n\r\n“This bill is a major step in our long journey toward energy independence and ensures that solar energy will be a significant part of America’s energy future,” said SEIA president Rhone Resch. “This long-term extension of the solar tax credits will create a domestic solar industry with hundreds of thousands of jobs while providing clean, affordable, carbon-free energy to millions of American families, businesses, and communities.” \r\n\r\nNot only will this help families combat skyrocketing energy costs and generate thousands of green-collar jobs -- but it will help homeowners save thousands of dollars to make solar energy even more affordable.\r\n\r\nThe timing is good because the National Solar Tour kicks off this weekend, making now the perfect time to learn more about solar energy. Mark your calendar! ', 'Good News for Solar', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'good-news-solar', '', '', '2008-10-03 19:16:32', '2008-10-04 01:16:32', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=167', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (168, 1, '2008-10-03 17:33:04', '2008-10-03 23:33:04', 'We\'re entering a new era of solar energy.\n\nCongress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar electric installations.\n\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment, and is the result of many months of grassroots advocacy by the solar community, including our colleagues at Solar Energy Industries Association.\n\nNot only will this help families combat skyrocketing energy costs and generate thousands of green-collar jobs -- but it will help homeowners save thousands of dollars to make solar energy even more affordable.\n\nThe timing is good because the National Solar Tour kicks off this weekend, making now the perfect time to learn more about solar energy. Mark your calendar! ', 'Good News for Solar', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '167-revision', '', '', '2008-10-03 17:33:04', '2008-10-03 23:33:04', '', 167, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/167-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (169, 1, '2008-10-03 19:14:46', '2008-10-04 01:14:46', 'We\'re entering a new era of solar energy.\n\nCongress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar electric installations.\n\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment, and is the result of many months of grassroots advocacy by the solar community, including our colleagues at Solar Energy Industries Association.\n\nNot only will this help families combat skyrocketing energy costs and generate thousands of green-collar jobs -- but it will help homeowners save thousands of dollars to make solar energy even more affordable.\n\nThe timing is good because the National Solar Tour kicks off this weekend, making now the perfect time to learn more about solar energy. Mark your calendar! ', 'Good News for Solar', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '167-autosave', '', '', '2008-10-03 19:14:46', '2008-10-04 01:14:46', '', 167, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/167-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (170, 1, '2008-10-03 17:33:22', '2008-10-03 23:33:22', 'We\'re entering a new era of solar energy.\r\n\r\nCongress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar electric installations.\r\n\r\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment, and is the result of many months of grassroots advocacy by the solar community, including our colleagues at Solar Energy Industries Association.\r\n\r\nNot only will this help families combat skyrocketing energy costs and generate thousands of green-collar jobs -- but it will help homeowners save thousands of dollars to make solar energy even more affordable.\r\n\r\nThe timing is good because the National Solar Tour kicks off this weekend, making now the perfect time to learn more about solar energy. Mark your calendar! ', 'Good News for Solar', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '167-revision-2', '', '', '2008-10-03 17:33:22', '2008-10-03 23:33:22', '', 167, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/167-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (171, 1, '2008-10-03 19:15:07', '2008-10-04 01:15:07', 'We\'re entering a new era of solar energy.\r\n\r\nCongress just passed historic solar legislation that will increase the use of solar energy all across US, and the President signed it into law. HR1424 extends the 30% solar tax credit for eight years and removes the $2000 monetary cap for residential solar electric installations.\r\n\r\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment, and is the result of many months of grassroots advocacy by the solar community, including our colleagues at Solar Energy Industries Association.\r\n\r\nNot only will this help families combat skyrocketing energy costs and generate thousands of green-collar jobs -- but it will help homeowners save thousands of dollars to make solar energy even more affordable.\r\n\r\nThe timing is good because the National Solar Tour kicks off this weekend, making now the perfect time to learn more about solar energy. Mark your calendar! ', 'Good News for Solar', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '167-revision-3', '', '', '2008-10-03 19:15:07', '2008-10-04 01:15:07', '', 167, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/167-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (172, 1, '2008-10-04 19:30:31', '2008-10-05 01:30:31', 'Some really great links compliments of The Center For Sustainable Energy in the Bronx, NY. \r\n\r\n The Center For Sustainable Energy in the Bronx, NY. \n\n
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\r\n\r\nOne of the most cited study is the elevated rates of cancer among people who live near high voltage electric lines. From a common sense point of view this is no mystery. If you rattle the body with huge amounts of energy it might break down.\r\n\r\nAs a builder I prefer to be safe and seriously consider how electromagnetic energy is placed in the home.\r\n\r\nThe easiest way to do this is through the electric lines in the walls, which are needed for the many plugs and switches in a house. I pay close attention to how they are laid out. You want to make special care that there are no lines along certain key places.\r\n\r\nThe most important one is where people will sleep. You need to make sure no lines run near any place where a person might possibly place their bed. At the very least you need to avoid putting lines about two feet above the floor, which is about where their head would be when sleeping.\r\n\r\nAnother possible place is in an office, where somebody might be sitting in one place for long periods of time. This one is tricky because an office also needs a lot of electric supply. \r\n\r\nThe main consideration is where to run the main lines. These lines supply each floor with juice and tend to be bigger than say a line to a single switch. The best place is to run the main line along an area where people spend little time, like under the stairs or in a corner.\r\n\r\nThis consideration is what makes a normal house a great house. It is what gives a house that unmeasurable "feel good" quality. When your body is not bombarded by unwanted stressors it can relax and heal. This is when the home truly becomes your sanctuary.\r\n\r\nHere is something from Bau-Biologie that is interesting:\r\n\r\nMicrowave Radiation - Cell phones, Wi-Fi\r\nAre they safe?\r\n\r\nAs fast as possible, our society is becoming more and more technologically oriented. Homes, schools, offices, entire communities are making decisions to go wireless. Cell phones are proliferating at an alarming rate. These devices were never pre-market tested for your safety. There is an incorrect assumption that the government has “approved” these and that the research shows these are safe.\r\n\r\nWhat are the hazardous levels of microwave radiation? It all depends on with whom you speak. From the perspective of Building Biology, it is when the cell structure or bio-communication of an organism starts to exhibit variations from a natural baseline. For example, if blood cells start to clump together at specific electromagnetic field strength, then this would be characterized as a variation of normal cellular activity, a deviation from the natural baseline, and therefore hazardous. Whether or not a person would exhibit a symptomatic response is NOT the determining factor, but that is the basis for most industrial standards - radiation is safe unless the skin actually burns.\r\n\r\nIndependent, medical science continues to provide mounting evidence that radiation from wireless communication devices, including cell phones, cordless, and the WiFi now deployed across schools, hospitals and offices, produces dangerous health effects. It is important for you to take protective steps as a consumer. We are concerned with eliminating as much as possible, the man-made artificial stimuli that can bring about this change. Thus, we hope to prevent the chronic low-level exposures that are very significant concerning health issues.\r\n\r\nWhat can I do about it?\r\n\r\nThere are, however, some initial steps you can take today to protect you from EMR exposure.\r\n\r\n 1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.\r\n 2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and definitely when sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.\r\n 3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.\r\n 4. Never keep cell phone in pocket or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. The close proximity may also affect fertility.\r\n 5. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway) – the radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!\r\n 6. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call. (900MHz Analog cordless phones are okay)\r\n 7. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and preferably on wooden surfaces.\r\n 8. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep.\r\n 9. Avoid waterbeds, electric and metal frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body.\r\n 10. Ensure that there are no electrical appliances, power meters, or circuit panels on the exterior or interior wall of bedrooms.\r\n', 'Living with radiation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '155-revision-4', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:10:30', '2008-09-29 14:10:30', '', 155, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/155-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (176, 1, '2008-10-02 08:32:44', '2008-10-02 14:32:44', 'Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.\r\n\r\nPresented by O’Brien & Company. \r\n\r\nHow does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in\r\nparticular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic\r\nbuilding.?\r\nThis credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in the lumber order, so the\r\n“additional lumber” language is no longer moot.\r\nHow does LEED for Homes apply to historic homes?\r\nThe LEED for Homes rating system can be used for gut rehabs of homes, including\r\nhistoric homes. LEED for Homes is evaluating innovation applications for deconstruction\r\nof existing (e.g., historical) homes on a case-by-case basis and may consider\r\nestablishing some performance threshold for deconstruction in a future version of LEED\r\nfor Homes. In addition, wood salvaged from historic homes may be reused in new\r\nconstruction.\r\nHow is material salvaged from deconstruction treated (is it salvaged? Resource\r\nreuse?)\r\nSalvaged or reused material is eligible for recognition under MR5, Environmentally\r\nPreferable Products; in cases where it is not listed as an alternative for a given building\r\ncomponent, the builder should submit a credit interpretation request for consideration by\r\nthe MR-TASC. If the quantity of materials being reused in substantial enough (i.e.,\r\ncomparable in magnitude to the other measures in MR 5), the request for an ID credit will\r\nbe granted.\r\nIs a list of builders participating in the pilots available? If not now, when?\r\nUSGBC has asked the pilot builders if they are open to having their contact information\r\nmade public; a response is expected in coming weeks. USGBC plans to post this\r\ninformation on the LEED for Homes website at www.usgbc.org/leed/homes.\r\nWhat are the registration fees?\r\nThere is a $150 fee for project registration, with $50 per unit for certification.\r\nThose are fees due to USGBC from builder. Other applicable fees (e.g., for certification\r\nservices) are at the discretion of the Provider. Fees for the third-party certification will\r\nvary with the level of experience of the green home builder, the home size, the desired\r\ncertification level (i.e., Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum), and the distance that the third\r\nparty has to travel to conduct site visits at the LEED Home. Earth Advantage (EA),\r\nPortland is the Provider in the Northwest. O’Brien & Company has been contracted by EA\r\nto represent perform ratings on its behalf in Washington.\r\nCan verification be done by the same person doing technical\r\nassistance/consulting? (Who’s doing quality control of verifiers?)\r\nThe official certifier of LEED Homes is an authorized LEED for Homes Provider. All\r\nLEED raters or verifiers must be contracted to a LEED for Homes Provider. It is up to the\r\ndiscretion of the Provider to determine who is qualified to deliver on-site verification\r\nservices. Providers are responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising qualified\r\nLEED raters in their local markets. LEED Home raters must meet qualifying criteria. In\r\nparticular, since LEED for Homes requires ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification, the\r\nrater must be qualified by ENERGY STAR NW through its performance testing and\r\nverification training.\r\nAlso, all individuals offering verification services related to LEED for Homes are required\r\nto submit a declaration stating possible conflicts of interest. This declaration needs to be\r\nprovided to the builder and any other parties who might be affected by potential conflicts\r\nof interest.\r\nAs pilot raters in Washington, O’Brien & Company is providing some guidance to design\r\nteams to help them leverage integration opportunities and optimize their design. O’Brien\r\nand Company works under the supervision of the LEED for Home Provider Earth\r\nAdvantage.\r\nWhy won’t LEED Home Builders be able to hang their hats on a LEED AP? We\r\nshould be able to use that Brand.\r\nThe current LEED AP designation does not indicate any familiarity with LEED for Homes;\r\nrather, it represents knowledge of other LEED rating systems, which relate to commercial\r\nbuildings. USGBC is considering whether to develop a comparable exam and\r\ncredential for professionals who are conversant with LEED for Homes. Currently,\r\nqualified LEED for Homes support is available to builders via their local Providers. LEED\r\nAPs that are qualified in green home building are encouraged to develop business\r\nrelationships with the LEED for Homes Provider in the markets that they serve.\r\nWill there be a LEED for remodels?\r\nThe challenge with a LEED program for remodeling is that remodeling by its nature is a\r\n"one-off" business, with few economies of scale and in most cases, no buyer (in most\r\ncases, the client already owns the home). Thus, the remodeling market poses challenges\r\nwith respect to the creation of a viable (i.e., sustainable) business model for USGBC.\r\nFurther, the LEED Rating Systems are generally used to assess the whole of a building.\r\nIn remodeling, only parts of the home are affected. Thus, it is difficult to asses the greenness\r\nof a building when only part of it has been upgraded. For the time being, we\r\nsuggest that remodelers use LEED for Homes to provide guidance with respect to the\r\ngoals and principles -- and in some cases, e.g., plumbing fixtures, performance\r\nspecifications -- that can be referred to in the remodeling process. USGBC may tackle\r\nthe remodeling market sometime in the future. Note that LEED for Homes can be used\r\nfor gut rehabs.\r\nWill there be a LEED for existing homes (recertification process) given frequent\r\nturnover?\r\nThis represents a challenge similar to remodeling; and besides the fact that there are no\r\neconomies of scale, it remains to be seen whether there is any significant demand\r\npotential. Since the seller is the homeowner and not a builder, s/he stands to gain no\r\nprofessional reputation benefit by offering the LEED brand. In the future LEED may\r\nachieve sufficient consumer brand recognition that prospective buyers will look for a\r\nLEED label on a used home as well as a new one -- and be willing to pay for it -- but it\'s\r\nlikely to be quite a few years before that happens.', 'LEED for Homes Q and A', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '162-revision-3', '', '', '2008-10-02 08:32:44', '2008-10-02 14:32:44', '', 162, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/162-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (177, 1, '2008-10-04 19:36:32', '2008-10-05 01:36:32', 'Here is my Real Estate Pitch in answer to "Why should I use your I am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \n\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\n\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', 'Sales Pitch', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-autosave', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:36:32', '2008-10-05 01:36:32', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (178, 1, '2008-09-24 12:38:29', '2008-09-24 18:38:29', 'I am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \r\n\r\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\r\n\r\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', '', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-revision-3', '', '', '2008-09-24 12:38:29', '2008-09-24 18:38:29', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (179, 1, '2008-10-04 19:37:05', '2008-10-05 01:37:05', 'Here is my Real Estate Pitch in answer to "Why should I use your real estate services?"\r\n\r\nI am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \r\n\r\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\r\n\r\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', 'Sales Pitch', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-revision-4', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:37:05', '2008-10-05 01:37:05', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (180, 1, '2008-09-23 16:40:46', '2008-09-23 22:40:46', 'Getting a good contractor is not always easy. If you find one ask for references. If they make you feel uncomfortable about this that should be a warning sign.\r\n\r\nWhen you call the references ask these kinds of questions:\r\n\r\n * Can I visit your home to see the completed job?\r\n * Were you satisfied with the project? Was it completed on time?\r\n * Did the contractor keep you informed about the status of the project, and any problems along the way?\r\n * Were there unexpected costs? If so, what were they?\r\n * Did workers show up on time? Did they clean up after finishing the job?\r\n * Would you recommend the contractor?\r\n * Would you use the contractor again?\r\n', 'Found a Contractor? Get References and ask these questions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '117-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-23 16:40:46', '2008-09-23 22:40:46', '', 117, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/117-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (181, 1, '2008-08-24 19:28:16', '2008-08-25 01:28:16', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\n\r\nRadiant Heat\r\n\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\n\r\nFoam Insulation\r\n\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\n\r\nSolar Electricity\r\n\r\nGreen Roofs\r\n\r\nEnergy Audits\r\n\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\n\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\n\r\nEcological Counters\r\n\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\n\r\nJob Expediting\r\n\r\nJob Management\r\n\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals (Green Only)', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is not your normal Real Estate company', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3-revision-4', '', '', '2008-08-24 19:28:16', '2008-08-25 01:28:16', '', 3, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/3-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (182, 1, '2008-09-29 08:09:09', '2008-09-29 14:09:09', 'Here is something from Bau-Biologie that is interesting:\n\nMicrowave Radiation - Cell phones, Wi-Fi\nAre they safe?\n\nAs fast as possible, our society is becoming more and more technologically oriented. Homes, schools, offices, entire communities are making decisions to go wireless. Cell phones are proliferating at an alarming rate. These devices were never pre-market tested for your safety. There is an incorrect assumption that the government has “approved” these and that the research shows these are safe.\n\nWhat are the hazardous levels of microwave radiation? It all depends on with whom you speak. From the perspective of Building Biology, it is when the cell structure or bio-communication of an organism starts to exhibit variations from a natural baseline. For example, if blood cells start to clump together at specific electromagnetic field strength, then this would be characterized as a variation of normal cellular activity, a deviation from the natural baseline, and therefore hazardous. Whether or not a person would exhibit a symptomatic response is NOT the determining factor, but that is the basis for most industrial standards - radiation is safe unless the skin actually burns.\n\nIndependent, medical science continues to provide mounting evidence that radiation from wireless communication devices, including cell phones, cordless, and the WiFi now deployed across schools, hospitals and offices, produces dangerous health effects. It is important for you to take protective steps as a consumer. We are concerned with eliminating as much as possible, the man-made artificial stimuli that can bring about this change. Thus, we hope to prevent the chronic low-level exposures that are very significant concerning health issues.\n\nWhat can I do about it?\n\nThere are, however, some initial steps you can take today to protect you from EMR exposure.\n\n 1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.\n 2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and definitely when sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.\n 3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.\n 4. Never keep cell phone in pocket or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. The close proximity may also affect fertility.\n 5. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway) – the radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!\n 6. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call. (900MHz Analog cordless phones are okay)\n 7. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and preferably on wooden surfaces.\n 8. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep.\n 9. Avoid waterbeds, electric and metal frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body.\n 10. Ensure that there are no electrical appliances, power meters, or circuit panels on the exterior or interior wall of bedrooms.\n', 'Cell Phone Control', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '159-revision', '', '', '2008-09-29 08:09:09', '2008-09-29 14:09:09', '', 159, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/159-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (183, 1, '2008-09-24 15:04:27', '2008-09-24 21:04:27', '#\r\n\r\nResidential Energy Services Network\'s (RESNET)\r\nhttp://www.resnet.us/directory/raters.aspx\r\n(For trained and certified home energy raters in your service are.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nMortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard\r\nhttp://www.natresnet.org/programs/providers/directory.htm\r\n(For operating home energy rating systems, by state.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\r\nEnergy-Efficient Mortgages Program\r\nhttp://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/eem/energy-r.cfm\r\nhttp://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llplcrit.html\r\n(For a searchable list of approved energy-efficient mortgage lenders.)\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nEnergy Star®\r\nhttp://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=new_homes_partners.showHomesSearch\r\n \r\n#\r\n\r\nBuilt Green®\r\nhttp://www.builtgreen.org/homebuyers/directory.htm', 'Some cool links for Mortgages and other stuff', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '124-revision-2', '', '', '2008-09-24 15:04:27', '2008-09-24 21:04:27', '', 124, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/124-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (184, 1, '2008-10-05 16:38:55', '2008-10-05 22:38:55', 'I came accross the concept of the "Triple Bottom Line" Business Model the other day. It is something I have done most of my life but never knew there was actually a concept out there that people train in and talk about.\r\n\r\nThe Triple Bottom Line is People, Planet, and Profit. They stand equal in importance. \r\n\r\nThe traditional business model has one bottom line: Profit. The other two elements might be considered if they increase the profits or at the very least don\'t harm the profits but rarely otherwise.\r\n\r\nThe triple bottom line understands the interconnectedness of the world, that one thing can\'t benefit without other things benefiting. And vice versa: if one thing benefits at the expense of another thing then that eventually is not a sustainable process.\r\n\r\nThe Triple Bottom Line is the most effective business model for long term profit. And not only financial. The "whole\' profits, from people to everything else.\r\n\r\nI feel that it is actually a double bottom line: Planet and Profits. People are included in the planet. To list People as a third element is somehow saying they separate from the planet.\r\n\r\nAnd quite honestly it really is only one bottom line: Planet. If the planet is doing well then humans are doing well and profit is included in that equation.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to split hairs at this point. The Triple Bottom Line is a great start. It helps us focus on and bring together three things that often are at odds with each other.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (186, 1, '2008-10-05 16:28:54', '2008-10-05 22:28:54', 'I came accross the concept of the "Triple Bottom Line" Business Model the other day. It is something I have done most of my life but never knew there was actually a concept out there that people train in and talk about.\n\nThe Triple Bottom Line is People, Planet, and Profit. They stand equal in importance. \n\nThe traditional business model has one bottom line: Profit. The other two elements might be considered if they increase the profits or at the very least don\'t harm the profits but rarely otherwise.\n\nThe triple bottom line understands the interconnectedness of the world, that one thing can\'t benefit without other things benefiting. And vice versa: if one thing benefits at the expense of another thing then that eventually is not a sustainable process.\n\nThe Triple Bottom Line is the most effective business model for long term profit. And not only financial. The "whole\' profits, from people to everything else.\n\nI feel that it is actually a double bottom line: Planet and Profits. People are included in the planet. To list People as a third element is somehow saying they separate from the planet.\n\nAnd quite honestly it really is only one bottom line: Planet. If the planet is doing well then humans are doing well and profit is included in that equation.\n\nBut I\'m not going to split hairs at this point. The Triple Bottom Line is a great start. It helps us focus on and bring together three things that often are at odds with each other.', 'Triple Bottom Line Business Model', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '184-revision', '', '', '2008-10-05 16:28:54', '2008-10-05 22:28:54', '', 184, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/184-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (187, 1, '2008-10-05 16:38:56', '2008-10-05 22:38:56', 'I came accross the concept of the "Triple Bottom Line" Business Model the other day. It is something I have done most of my life but never knew there was actually a concept out there that people train in and talk about.\n\nThe Triple Bottom Line is People, Planet, and Profit. They stand equal in importance. \n\nThe traditional business model has one bottom line: Profit. The other two elements might be considered if they increase the profits or at the very least don\'t harm the profits but rarely otherwise.\n\nThe triple bottom line understands the interconnectedness of the world, that one thing can\'t benefit without other things benefiting. And vice versa: if one thing benefits at the expense of another thing then that eventually is not a sustainable process.\n\nThe Triple Bottom Line is the most effective business model for long term profit. And not only financial. The "whole\' profits, from people to everything else.\n\nI feel that it is actually a double bottom line: Planet and Profits. People are included in the planet. To list People as a third element is somehow saying they separate from the planet.\n\nAnd quite honestly it really is only one bottom line: Planet. If the planet is doing well then humans are doing well and profit is included in that equation.\n\nBut I\'m not going to split hairs at this point. The Triple Bottom Line is a great start. It helps us focus on and bring together three things that often are at odds with each other.\n\n', 'Triple Bottom Line Business Model', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '184-autosave', '', '', '2008-10-05 16:38:56', '2008-10-05 22:38:56', '', 184, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/184-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (188, 1, '2008-10-05 17:57:52', '2008-10-05 23:57:52', 'Jack Johnson shows off his solar studio.\r\n', 'Jack Johnson has solar studio', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jack-johnson-solar-studio', '', '', '2008-10-05 17:57:52', '2008-10-05 23:57:52', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=188', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (190, 1, '2008-10-07 11:07:04', '2008-10-07 17:07:04', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Sustainable Business Network New York City. SBNYC is a local network of BALLE. Both networks encourage ethical sustainable business. One of their big concepts is the triple bottom line - People, Planet, Profit.\r\n\r\nThe other businesses in SBNYC tend to be green oriented, lots of building related businesses. But it also has social related businesses too.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of SBNYC', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-member-sbnyc', '', '', '2008-10-07 11:07:04', '2008-10-07 17:07:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=190', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (191, 1, '2008-10-07 11:06:23', '2008-10-07 17:06:23', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Sustainable Business Network New York City. SBNYC is a local network of BALLE. Both networks encourage ethical sustainable business. One of their big concepts is the triple bottom line - People, Planet, Profit.\n\nThe other businesses in SBNYC tend to be green oriented,', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of SBNYC', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '190-revision', '', '', '2008-10-07 11:06:23', '2008-10-07 17:06:23', '', 190, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/190-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (192, 1, '2008-10-07 11:09:59', '2008-10-07 17:09:59', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Co-op America. They are a great ordanization full of resources. Their tag line is: Economic Action for a Just Planet.\r\n\r\nFrom their web site:\r\n\r\nCo-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982.\r\n\r\nOur mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.\r\n\r\nOur Vision\r\n\r\nWe work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy and safe, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all the generations to come.\r\n\r\nWhat Makes Co-op America Unique\r\n\r\n * We focus on economic strategies—economic action to solve social and environmental problems.\r\n * We mobilize people in their economic roles—as consumers, investors, workers, business leaders.\r\n * We empower people to take personal and collective action\r\n * We work on issues of social justice and environmental responsibility. We see these issues as completely linked in the quest for a sustainable world. It’s what we mean when we say “green.”\r\n * We work to stop abusive practices and to create healthy, just and sustainable practices.\r\n', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of Co-op America', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-member-co-op-america', '', '', '2008-10-07 11:09:59', '2008-10-07 17:09:59', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=192', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (194, 1, '2008-10-07 11:22:04', '2008-10-07 17:22:04', 'Eco Brooklyn is a proud member of The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.\r\nFrom their site.\r\nThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation\'s leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. For more than thirty years, NESEA has facilitated and enhanced a network of professionals, practitioners, and other citizens in pursuit of responsible energy use. Our programs and activities focus on the northeastern United States, from Washington, DC to Maine. NESEA is a chapter of the American Solar Energy Society.\r\n\r\nNESEA\'s Vision\r\nNESEA recognizes and responds to the crucial connections between the generation and use of energy and the whole systems that sustain planetary health. We envision energy systems that interact to preserve and improve our air, water, resources and ecosystems, while vitalizing economies, building local security and regional self reliance, and improving the quality of all life.\r\n\r\nNESEA\'s Mission\r\nNESEA acts as a hub that connects people across a broad base of interests and disciplines. Our network of active citizens, professionals, businesses, and organizations in the Northeast seeks to discover and demonstrate the responsible production and use of energy. We collaborate and cooperate with allied organizations to advance our common interests. We celebrate, inspire, and nurture visionary ideas, emerging markets, and practical solutions.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of NESEA', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-member-nesea', '', '', '2008-10-07 11:22:04', '2008-10-07 17:22:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=194', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (195, 1, '2008-10-07 11:22:02', '2008-10-07 17:22:02', 'Eco Brooklyn is a proud member of The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.\nFrom their site.\nThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation\'s leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. For more than thirty years, NESEA has facilitated and enhanced a network of professionals, practitioners, and other citizens in pursuit of responsible energy use. Our programs and activities focus on the northeastern United States, from Washington, DC to Maine. NESEA is a chapter of the American Solar Energy Society.\n\nNESEA\'s Vision\nNESEA recognizes and responds to the crucial connections between the generation and use of energy and the whole systems that sustain planetary health. We envision energy systems that interact to preserve and improve our air, water, resources and ecosystems, while vitalizing economies, building local security and regional self reliance, and improving the quality of all life.\n\nNESEA\'s Mission\nNESEA acts as a hub that connects people across a broad base of interests and disciplines. Our network of active citizens, professionals, businesses, and organizations in the Northeast seeks to discover and demonstrate the responsible production and use of energy. We collaborate and cooperate with allied organizations to advance our common interests. We celebrate, inspire, and nurture visionary ideas, emerging markets, and practical solutions.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a member of NESEA', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '194-revision', '', '', '2008-10-07 11:22:02', '2008-10-07 17:22:02', '', 194, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/194-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (196, 1, '2008-10-08 08:03:20', '2008-10-08 14:03:20', 'This Bush bailout fiasco which in many ways is a total con actually has at least one good side: it earmarks $17 Billion is tax incentives for green building. A tax incentive is no use if you aren\'t making enough money to actually pay taxes of course, so for many people a tax incentive is a useless thing. \r\n\r\nBut for those who do need more tax write offs these incentives are twofold benefits. They help you pay less taxes and they allow you to get better buildings. \r\n\r\nBelow is the announcement from the USGBC Advocacy & Policy Update:\r\n\r\nPresident Signs into Law Financial Rescue Package with Long-Awaited Extensions of Vital Energy Tax Incentives\r\n\r\nFollowing a tense week of congressional negotiations and votes, the President signed into law on Friday a $700 billion financial rescue bill that also includes $17 billion in energy tax incentives, including extensions of several provisions that have already expired or were set to expire at year\'s end. The energy tax package followed a long and winding road to enactment, having been jettisoned from the energy law in December and having become the subject of an ongoing debate in the House and Senate about whether and how to specify a funding source for the provisions. USGBC monitored and pressed for extensions of these vital tax incentives for more than a year, and celebrates their passage as an essential victory that will ensure continued investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.\r\n\r\nAmong other energy provisions, the new law contains several tax incentives that promise to advance greener, more energy-efficient buildings, including:\r\n\r\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for the production of energy from wind, and a two-year extension of the credit for energy production from other renewable sources, such as geothermal;\r\n * an 8-year extension of the tax credits for investment in commercial and residential solar projects, including the removal of the $2,000 cap on investments in residential solar electric installations, and the addition of small wind energy and geothermal heat pump projects as qualifying installations for tax credits;\r\n * a 5-year extension of the tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial buildings;\r\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for the construction of new energy-efficient homes;\r\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for qualified energy-efficiency upgrades to existing homes;\r\n * an extension through 2010 of the tax credit for the manufacture of energy-efficient appliances;\r\n * and a 3-year extension of the authority for state and localities to issue tax-exempt bonds for green building and sustainable design projects.\r\n\r\nFor a summary of the tax provisions in the new law, click here.\r\n\r\n» For the full text of the law, click here.', '$700 Billion Bailout has $17 Billion for Energy Tax Incentives', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '700-billion-bailout-17-billion', '', '', '2008-10-08 08:03:20', '2008-10-08 14:03:20', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=196', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (197, 1, '2008-10-08 08:02:41', '2008-10-08 14:02:41', 'This Bush bailout fiasco which in many ways is a total con actually has at least one good side: it earmarks $17 Billion is tax incentives for green building. A tax incentive is no use if you aren\'t making enough money to actually pay taxes of course, so for many people a tax incentive is a useless thing. \n\nBut for those who do need more tax write offs these incentives are twofold benefits. They help you pay less taxes and they allow you to get better buildings. \n\nBelow is the announcement from the USGBC Advocacy & Policy Update:\n\nPresident Signs into Law Financial Rescue Package with Long-Awaited Extensions of Vital Energy Tax Incentives\n\nFollowing a tense week of congressional negotiations and votes, the President signed into law on Friday a $700 billion financial rescue bill that also includes $17 billion in energy tax incentives, including extensions of several provisions that have already expired or were set to expire at year\'s end. The energy tax package followed a long and winding road to enactment, having been jettisoned from the energy law in December and having become the subject of an ongoing debate in the House and Senate about whether and how to specify a funding source for the provisions. USGBC monitored and pressed for extensions of these vital tax incentives for more than a year, and celebrates their passage as an essential victory that will ensure continued investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.\n\nAmong other energy provisions, the new law contains several tax incentives that promise to advance greener, more energy-efficient buildings, including:\n\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for the production of energy from wind, and a two-year extension of the credit for energy production from other renewable sources, such as geothermal;\n * an 8-year extension of the tax credits for investment in commercial and residential solar projects, including the removal of the $2,000 cap on investments in residential solar electric installations, and the addition of small wind energy and geothermal heat pump projects as qualifying installations for tax credits;\n * a 5-year extension of the tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial buildings;\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for the construction of new energy-efficient homes;\n * a 1-year extension of the tax credit for qualified energy-efficiency upgrades to existing homes;\n * an extension through 2010 of the tax credit for the manufacture of energy-efficient appliances;\n * and a 3-year extension of the authority for state and localities to issue tax-exempt bonds for green building and sustainable design projects.\n\nFor a summary of the tax provisions in the new law, click here.\n\n» For the full text of the law, click here.', '$700 Billion Bailout has $17 Billion for Energy Tax Incentives', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '196-revision', '', '', '2008-10-08 08:02:41', '2008-10-08 14:02:41', '', 196, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/196-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (198, 1, '2008-10-11 08:07:57', '2008-10-11 14:07:57', 'Things we can do right away in a lousy economy:\r\n\r\n --Conserve. Obama almost said the ‘C’ word in the debateand you would think this is something radicals, liberals and conservatives would all agree on, as it requires no funding or investment and can produce huge rewards. If we had continued to conserve energy at the rate we did in the 1970s, we would be energy independent today!\r\n\r\n--Pass tax credits for renewables.\r\n\r\n--Enact fuel efficiency standards for new cars, trucks, etc. and for all big users of fossil fuels.\r\n\r\n--Require energy efficiency in new construction, and white or reflective roofs, porous paving, etc.\r\n\r\n--Put caps on carbon emissions for big users that will decline over time to zero by 2050 or sooner. (There’s a longer discussion of this in the Primer.)\r\n\r\n--Take up Al Gore’s challenge to generate 100 per cent of our energy from renewables within ten years.\r\n\r\n--Sequester carbon by building healthy soil through organic farming, no-till techniques, and planned rotational grazing. (More on this on the website.)\r\n\r\n--Localize economies and food systemsfarmers’ markets, CSAs, city farms and community gardens. Support barter systems and local currencies.\r\n\r\n--End subsidies for nuclear energy, coal and oil.\r\n\r\n--Bring the troops homewar has a carbon cost as well as a human cost and a financial cost. Employ diplomacy, not troops.\r\n\r\n--Ratify Kyotono, it’s not nearly enough but gosh, if we can’t even do that, how are we going to have any global credibility on this issue?\r\n\r\n +++++++++++++++++\r\nLow Hanging Fruit: (Technologies and solutions that are already up and running, or nearly so, that have the best Energy Return on Energy Investment, will meet the least resistance and will give the biggest bang for the buck in the short run.)\r\n\r\n --Onshore and offshore windalready up and running.\r\n\r\n--Photovoltaicslarger scale production to bring down costs, tax credits, rebates and cost-share programs for new construction and retrofitting.\r\n\r\n--Concentrated Solar Power and solar thermal on both large scale and home scale.\r\n\r\n--Electric cars and plug-in hybridsin production or on the verge. Economies of scalegovernment purchasing agreements, tax credits, rebates or cost-shares or loan guarantees for purchasers can help replace our current transport fleet. Mandates for energy efficiency and requirements for zero-carbon vehicles, as were once in place in California, can support their production and adoption.\r\n\r\n--Biofuels from waste and recycled materials and algae.\r\n\r\n--White roofs. (A study from the Lawrence Berkeley labs suggest that white roofs not only save cooling costs but radiate heat outward and on a large scale, could have a major impact.)\r\n\r\n--Regenerative farming and grazing that build soil organic carbon.\r\n\r\n--Forest protectiona moratorium on the logging of old growth. Tree planting and restoration.\r\n\r\n--Localizationbuilding local food economies, sense of place, encouraging famers’ markets, urban agriculture, local small businesses, walkable neighborhoods,\r\n\r\n--Pedestrian zones, bike paths, good interface with bikes and public transportsafe parking areas, allowing bikes on subways and busses.\r\n\r\n +++++++++++++++++++++++++\r\n\r\nVital Investments: Even in a lousy economy, we absolutely need to do these things, and they will provide jobs and a vital economic stimulus:\r\n\r\n \r\n--The national grid needs to be upgraded to be able to handle distributed sources of energy and Vehicle to Grid technology.\r\n\r\n--Infrastructure for renewables needs to be built on the large scale.\r\n\r\n--Technical help to developing countries: It’s only fair, equitable and good long-term security to help developing countries skip the 19th and 20th centuries and leap into the 21st with renewable energy sources. Offer to replace Iran’s nuclear plants with solar infrastructure, China’s coal plants with wind. \r\n\r\n--Cost share programs and rebates for retrofitting existing homes for energy efficiency. \r\n\r\n--Training programs and green jobs in the inner city.\r\n\r\n--Job training for the unemployed in green industries and regenerative agriculture.\r\n\r\n +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\r\nLong term investments: (Things we need to invest in now for the long term future. If we’re going to borrow billions, let’s spend them on:)\r\n\r\n --Public transportation in and around cities. Making it efficient, cheap, easy and fun.\r\n\r\n--Trains, busses, and other forms of transport to get people out of their cars.\r\n\r\n--Research on all the promising technologies: new batteries and forms of energy storage, wave and tidal power, hydrogen from renewablesas a store for energy and as a replacement fuel for air travel. Aquaculture to produce biofuels. And so many more…(see that website for the full list!)\r\n\r\n--Public infrastructure.\r\n\r\n--Retrofitting of existing buildings for energy efficiency.\r\n\r\n--Forest and wildland protection in large blocks to allow plants and animals room to migrate in response to climate change. Habitat protection and restoration.\r\n\r\n--Quality education at every level on the environment.\r\n\r\n ++++++++++++++++++++++++++\r\nReally Stupid Ideas We Should Oppose:\r\n\r\n --Nuclear Power: It’s not quick to build or license safely, it’s not safelow level radiation is proven to cause cancer and other diseases. We still don’t know how to safely store the wastes. To build a plant we actually produce huge amounts of carbon emissions as cement is one of the big carbon hogs. ------Nuclear power plants provide new targets for terrorists and makes it difficult to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. Andwe don’t need it!\r\n\r\n--Offshore drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeThe U.S. has 3% of the world’s oil reserves and uses 25% of the energy. We can’t drill our way into energy independence, and drilling that compromises the safety of fragile ecosystems can cause irreparable damage for small, short-term gains. We need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, not drill for more. And new oil fields won’t come on line for over a decade and require huge energy investments to develop.\r\n\r\n--“Clean” coal: There is no such thing. \r\n\r\n--Cutting down rainforests to produce corn or palm oil for biofuels\r\n\r\n--Replacing food crops with fuel crops.\r\n\r\n--Solving problems with guns and weapons.\r\n\r\nBy Starhawk\r\n\r\n', 'Things We Can Do, Must Do', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'do', '', '', '2008-10-11 08:07:57', '2008-10-11 14:07:57', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=198', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (199, 1, '2008-10-11 08:07:08', '2008-10-11 14:07:08', 'Things we can do right away in a lousy economy:\n\n --Conserve. Obama almost said the ‘C’ word in the debateand you would think this is something radicals, liberals and conservatives would all agree on, as it requires no funding or investment and can produce huge rewards. If we had continued to conserve energy at the rate we did in the 1970s, we would be energy independent today!\n\n--Pass tax credits for renewables.\n\n--Enact fuel efficiency standards for new cars, trucks, etc. and for all big users of fossil fuels.\n\n--Require energy efficiency in new construction, and white or reflective roofs, porous paving, etc.\n\n--Put caps on carbon emissions for big users that will decline over time to zero by 2050 or sooner. (There’s a longer discussion of this in the Primer.)\n\n--Take up Al Gore’s challenge to generate 100 per cent of our energy from renewables within ten years.\n\n--Sequester carbon by building healthy soil through organic farming, no-till techniques, and planned rotational grazing. (More on this on the website.)\n\n--Localize economies and food systemsfarmers’ markets, CSAs, city farms and community gardens. Support barter systems and local currencies.\n\n--End subsidies for nuclear energy, coal and oil.\n\n--Bring the troops homewar has a carbon cost as well as a human cost and a financial cost. Employ diplomacy, not troops.\n\n--Ratify Kyotono, it’s not nearly enough but gosh, if we can’t even do that, how are we going to have any global credibility on this issue?\n\n Low Hanging Fruit: (Technologies and solutions that are already up and running, or nearly so, that have the best Energy Return on Energy Investment, will meet the least resistance and will give the biggest bang for the buck in the short run.)\n\n \n\n--Onshore and offshore windalready up and running.\n\n--Photovoltaicslarger scale production to bring down costs, tax credits, rebates and cost-share programs for new construction and retrofitting.\n\n--Concentrated Solar Power and solar thermal on both large scale and home scale.\n\n--Electric cars and plug-in hybridsin production or on the verge. Economies of scalegovernment purchasing agreements, tax credits, rebates or cost-shares or loan guarantees for purchasers can help replace our current transport fleet. Mandates for energy efficiency and requirements for zero-carbon vehicles, as were once in place in California, can support their production and adoption.\n\n--Biofuels from waste and recycled materials and algae.\n\n--White roofs. (A study from the Lawrence Berkeley labs suggest that white roofs not only save cooling costs but radiate heat outward and on a large scale, could have a major impact.)\n\n--Regenerative farming and grazing that build soil organic carbon.\n\n--Forest protectiona moratorium on the logging of old growth. Tree planting and restoration.\n\n--Localizationbuilding local food economies, sense of place, encouraging famers’ markets, urban agriculture, local small businesses, walkable neighborhoods,\n\n--Pedestrian zones, bike paths, good interface with bikes and public transportsafe parking areas, allowing bikes on subways and busses.\n\n \n\n \n\nVital Investments: Even in a lousy economy, we absolutely need to do these things, and they will provide jobs and a vital economic stimulus:\n\n \n\n--The national grid needs to be upgraded to be able to handle distributed sources of energy and Vehicle to Grid technology.\n\n--Infrastructure for renewables needs to be built on the large scale.\n\n--Technical help to developing countries: It’s only fair, equitable and good long-term security to help developing countries skip the 19th and 20th centuries and leap into the 21st with renewable energy sources. Offer to replace Iran’s nuclear plants with solar infrastructure, China’s coal plants with wind. \n\n--Cost share programs and rebates for retrofitting existing homes for energy efficiency. \n\n--Training programs and green jobs in the inner city.\n\n--Job training for the unemployed in green industries and regenerative agriculture.\n\n \n\nLong term investments: (Things we need to invest in now for the long term future. If we’re going to borrow billions, let’s spend them on:)\n\n \n\n--Public transportation in and around cities. Making it efficient, cheap, easy and fun.\n\n--Trains, busses, and other forms of transport to get people out of their cars.\n\n--Research on all the promising technologies: new batteries and forms of energy storage, wave and tidal power, hydrogen from renewablesas a store for energy and as a replacement fuel for air travel. Aquaculture to produce biofuels. And so many more…(see that website for the full list!)\n\n--Public infrastructure.\n\n--Retrofitting of existing buildings for energy efficiency.\n\n--Forest and wildland protection in large blocks to allow plants and animals room to migrate in response to climate change. Habitat protection and restoration.\n\n--Quality education at every level on the environment.\n\n \n\nReally Stupid Ideas We Should Oppose:\n\n \n\n--Nuclear Power: It’s not quick to build or license safely, it’s not safelow level radiation is proven to cause cancer and other diseases. We still don’t know how to safely store the wastes. To build a plant we actually produce huge amounts of carbon emissions as cement is one of the big carbon hogs. ------Nuclear power plants provide new targets for terrorists and makes it difficult to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. Andwe don’t need it!\n\n--Offshore drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeThe U.S. has 3% of the world’s oil reserves and uses 25% of the energy. We can’t drill our way into energy independence, and drilling that compromises the safety of fragile ecosystems can cause irreparable damage for small, short-term gains. We need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, not drill for more. And new oil fields won’t come on line for over a decade and require huge energy investments to develop.\n\n--“Clean” coal: There is no such thing. \n\n--Cutting down rainforests to produce corn or palm oil for biofuels\n\n--Replacing food crops with fuel crops.\n\n--Solving problems with guns and weapons.\n\nBy Starhawk\n\n', 'Things We Can Do, Must Do', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '198-revision', '', '', '2008-10-11 08:07:08', '2008-10-11 14:07:08', '', 198, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/198-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (200, 1, '2008-08-31 11:26:34', '2008-08-31 17:26:34', 'Here is a snap in time collection of my green bookmarks, my resource guide that is ever changing. The moment I post this it will already be outdated. But I hope it helps you in your quest for a cleaner healthier life.| 3 R Living | \r\n
| Alive Structures | \r\n
| American Clay | \r\n
| angies list | \r\n
| Asthma Free Zone School | \r\n
| BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct | \r\n
| Bettencourt Collection | \r\n
| Bettencourt Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| BlueHost.Com - FTP | \r\n
| BodyBalance Solutions for Healthy Living | \r\n
| bonneville windows | \r\n
| BP Certified Installer Program | \r\n
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | \r\n
| Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Brooklyn Children\'s Museum | \r\n
| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
| Building Materials Reuse Association - | \r\n
| BuildingGreen.com - Home | \r\n
| CeleBriTay NYC | \r\n
| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Clean Air NY | \r\n
| Common Fire Foundation | \r\n
| Community Education Center | \r\n
| Community Energy | \r\n
| Community Environmental Center | \r\n
| Commuter Link | \r\n
| contractor rules | \r\n
| Co-op America Business Network - | \r\n
| Council on the Environment of New York City | \r\n
| Cradle to Cradle MBDC | \r\n
| Creative Commons Deed | \r\n
| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
| Demilec Foam spray isenine alternative | \r\n
| DEMILEC | HEATLOK SOYA Spray Polyurethane Foam | \r\n
| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
| Drosera, Native Plant Botany | \r\n
| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
| Green Depot: Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| Green Edge | \r\n
| green links | \r\n
| Green Living Technologies | \r\n
| green roof example | \r\n
| green roof tax credits | \r\n
| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
| Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | \r\n
| Modern Way Lumber | \r\n
| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
| Movers Not Shakers | \r\n
| National Grid | \r\n
| NCFI Polyurethanes | \r\n
| New York Industrial Retention Network | \r\n
| New York League of Conservation Voters | \r\n
| NY broker web site | \r\n
| NYC Department of Design and Construction | \r\n
| NYSERDA | \r\n
| NYSERDA - New York Energy Smart Loan Program | \r\n
| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
| Plyboo | \r\n
| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
| Reddi-Wall, Inc. | \r\n
| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
| Rocket Mass Heaters | \r\n
| Rolling Press | \r\n
| Rooftop Gardening Source | \r\n
| Scrapile | \r\n
| Slow Food NYC | \r\n
| Small Business Loans | \r\n
| Solar 1 | \r\n
| Solar One | \r\n
| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
| Transportation Alternatives | \r\n
| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
| Wearable Collections | \r\n
| Your Solar Home - Renewable Energy Solutions | \r\n
| 3 R Living | \r\n
| Alive Structures | \r\n
| American Clay | \r\n
| angies list | \r\n
| Asthma Free Zone School | \r\n
| BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct | \r\n
| Bettencourt Collection | \r\n
| Bettencourt Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| BlueHost.Com - FTP | \r\n
| BodyBalance Solutions for Healthy Living | \r\n
| bonneville windows | \r\n
| BP Certified Installer Program | \r\n
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | \r\n
| Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Brooklyn Children\'s Museum | \r\n
| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
| Building Materials Reuse Association - | \r\n
| BuildingGreen.com - Home | \r\n
| CeleBriTay NYC | \r\n
| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Clean Air NY | \r\n
| Common Fire Foundation | \r\n
| Community Education Center | \r\n
| Community Energy | \r\n
| Community Environmental Center | \r\n
| Commuter Link | \r\n
| contractor rules | \r\n
| Co-op America Business Network - | \r\n
| Council on the Environment of New York City | \r\n
| Cradle to Cradle MBDC | \r\n
| Creative Commons Deed | \r\n
| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
| Demilec Foam spray isenine alternative | \r\n
| DEMILEC | HEATLOK SOYA Spray Polyurethane Foam | \r\n
| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
| Drosera, Native Plant Botany | \r\n
| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
| Green Depot: Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| Green Edge | \r\n
| green links | \r\n
| Green Living Technologies | \r\n
| green roof example | \r\n
| green roof tax credits | \r\n
| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
| Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | \r\n
| Modern Way Lumber | \r\n
| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
| Movers Not Shakers | \r\n
| National Grid | \r\n
| NCFI Polyurethanes | \r\n
| New York Industrial Retention Network | \r\n
| New York League of Conservation Voters | \r\n
| NY broker web site | \r\n
| NYC Department of Design and Construction | \r\n
| NYSERDA | \r\n
| NYSERDA - New York Energy Smart Loan Program | \r\n
| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
| Plyboo | \r\n
| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
| Reddi-Wall, Inc. | \r\n
| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
| Rocket Mass Heaters | \r\n
| Rolling Press | \r\n
| Rooftop Gardening Source | \r\n
| Scrapile | \r\n
| Slow Food NYC | \r\n
| Small Business Loans | \r\n
| Solar 1 | \r\n
| Solar One | \r\n
| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
| Transportation Alternatives | \r\n
| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
| Wearable Collections | \r\n
| Your Solar Home - Renewable Energy Solutions | \r\n
| 3 R Living | \r\n
| Alive Structures | \r\n
| American Clay | \r\n
| angies list | \r\n
| Asthma Free Zone School | \r\n
| BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct | \r\n
| Bettencourt Collection | \r\n
| Bettencourt Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| BlueHost.Com - FTP | \r\n
| BodyBalance Solutions for Healthy Living | \r\n
| bonneville windows | \r\n
| BP Certified Installer Program | \r\n
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | \r\n
| Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Brooklyn Children\'s Museum | \r\n
| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
| Building Materials Reuse Association - | \r\n
| BuildingGreen.com - Home | \r\n
| CeleBriTay NYC | \r\n
| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Clean Air NY | \r\n
| Common Fire Foundation | \r\n
| Community Education Center | \r\n
| Community Energy | \r\n
| Community Environmental Center | \r\n
| Commuter Link | \r\n
| contractor rules | \r\n
| Co-op America Business Network - | \r\n
| Council on the Environment of New York City | \r\n
| Cradle to Cradle MBDC | \r\n
| Creative Commons Deed | \r\n
| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
| Demilec Foam spray isenine alternative | \r\n
| DEMILEC | HEATLOK SOYA Spray Polyurethane Foam | \r\n
| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
| Drosera, Native Plant Botany | \r\n
| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
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| green roof example | \r\n
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| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
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| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
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| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
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| NYSERDA | \r\n
| NYSERDA - New York Energy Smart Loan Program | \r\n
| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
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| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
| Reddi-Wall, Inc. | \r\n
| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
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| Solar 1 | \r\n
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| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
| Transportation Alternatives | \r\n
| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
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| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
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| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
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| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
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| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
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| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
| Green Depot: Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| Green Edge | \r\n
| green links | \r\n
| Green Living Technologies | \r\n
| green roof example | \r\n
| green roof tax credits | \r\n
| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
| Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | \r\n
| Modern Way Lumber | \r\n
| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
| Movers Not Shakers | \r\n
| National Grid | \r\n
| NCFI Polyurethanes | \r\n
| New York Industrial Retention Network | \r\n
| New York League of Conservation Voters | \r\n
| NY broker web site | \r\n
| NYC Department of Design and Construction | \r\n
| NYSERDA | \r\n
| NYSERDA - New York Energy Smart Loan Program | \r\n
| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
| Plyboo | \r\n
| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
| Reddi-Wall, Inc. | \r\n
| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
| Rocket Mass Heaters | \r\n
| Rolling Press | \r\n
| Rooftop Gardening Source | \r\n
| Scrapile | \r\n
| Slow Food NYC | \r\n
| Small Business Loans | \r\n
| Solar 1 | \r\n
| Solar One | \r\n
| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
| Transportation Alternatives | \r\n
| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
| Wearable Collections | \r\n
| Your Solar Home - Renewable Energy Solutions | \r\n
| 3 R Living | \r\n
| Alive Structures | \r\n
| American Clay | \r\n
| angies list | \r\n
| Asthma Free Zone School | \r\n
| BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct | \r\n
| Bettencourt Collection | \r\n
| Bettencourt Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| BlueHost.Com - FTP | \r\n
| BodyBalance Solutions for Healthy Living | \r\n
| bonneville windows | \r\n
| BP Certified Installer Program | \r\n
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | \r\n
| Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Brooklyn Children\'s Museum | \r\n
| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
| Building Materials Reuse Association - | \r\n
| BuildingGreen.com - Home | \r\n
| CeleBriTay NYC | \r\n
| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Clean Air NY | \r\n
| Common Fire Foundation | \r\n
| Community Education Center | \r\n
| Community Energy | \r\n
| Community Environmental Center | \r\n
| Commuter Link | \r\n
| contractor rules | \r\n
| Co-op America Business Network - | \r\n
| Council on the Environment of New York City | \r\n
| Cradle to Cradle MBDC | \r\n
| Creative Commons Deed | \r\n
| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
| Demilec Foam spray isenine alternative | \r\n
| DEMILEC | HEATLOK SOYA Spray Polyurethane Foam | \r\n
| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
| Drosera, Native Plant Botany | \r\n
| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
| Green Depot: Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| Green Edge | \r\n
| green links | \r\n
| Green Living Technologies | \r\n
| green roof example | \r\n
| green roof tax credits | \r\n
| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
| Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | \r\n
| Modern Way Lumber | \r\n
| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
| Movers Not Shakers | \r\n
| National Grid | \r\n
| NCFI Polyurethanes | \r\n
| New York Industrial Retention Network | \r\n
| New York League of Conservation Voters | \r\n
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| NYSERDA | \r\n
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| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
| Plyboo | \r\n
| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
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| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
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| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
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| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
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| Job Boards &\r\nIdeas: \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n www.homepower.com/resources/jobs.cfm \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n www.ecojobs.com \r\n www.eco.org \r\n \r\n EnvironmentalCareer.com \r\n\r\n DOE list of jobs, \r\n ADPSR – \r\n\r\n Contact the\r\nmembership & installer lists of CalSEIA,\r\n SEIA, \r\n\r\n & CEC\r\ninstaller list: \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nCareer Cou \r\n \r\n \r\n | \r\n
\r\n \r\n\r\n Tools: \r\n Solar PathFinder,\r\n www.solarpathfinder.com,\r\n(317) 501 2529 \r\n \r\n Solmetric SunEye,\r\n www.solmetric.com, (877)\r\n263 5026 \r\n \r\n\r\nOnGrid Solar Financial Analysis Tool, \r\nArticles on Financial Payback for Solar: \r\n | \r\n
\r\n | \r\n Solar\r\nFinancial Analysis & Purchasing Consultation | \r\n\r\n | \r\n\r\n ||||||||
| \r\n alternatives | \r\n \r\n cost/sq. ft./R (materials & labor) | \r\n \r\n energy (R- value per inch) | \r\n \r\n IAQ | \r\n \r\n\r\n expected product life (years) | \r\n \r\n life cycle thinking | \r\n \r\n practice | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass batt | \r\n \r\n .03 | \r\n \r\n 3.2 | \r\n \r\n typical | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n cellulose blown and loose fill | \r\n \r\n .02 | \r\n \r\n 3.7 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass blown | \r\n \r\n .04 | \r\n \r\n 2.2 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate\r\n or polyicynene | \r\n\r\n \r\n not ava | \r\n \r\n 3.6-5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n better | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n requires trained installer | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: extruded | \r\n \r\n 0.14 | \r\n \r\n 5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 10-15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: expanded | \r\n \r\n 0.13 | \r\n \r\n 3.85 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: polyisocyanurate | \r\n \r\n 0.09 | \r\n \r\n 7.2 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \n alternatives | \n \n cost/sq. ft./R (materials & labor) | \n \n energy (R- value per inch) | \n \n IAQ | \n \n\n expected product life (years) | \n \n life cycle thinking | \n \n practice | \n
| \n fiberglass batt | \n \n .03 | \n \n 3.2 | \n \n typical | \n \n\n 15 | \n \n standard | \n \n standard | \n
| \n cellulose blown and loose fill | \n \n .02 | \n \n 3.7 | \n \n good | \n \n\n 15 | \n \n good | \n \n standard | \n
| \n fiberglass blown | \n \n .04 | \n \n 2.2 | \n \n good | \n \n\n 15 | \n \n standard | \n \n standard | \n
| \n foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate\n or polyicynene | \n\n \n not ava | \n \n 3.6-5.0 | \n \n\n better | \n \n 15-30 | \n \n better | \n \n requires trained installer | \n
| \n rigid perimeter: extruded | \n \n 0.14 | \n \n 5.0 | \n \n\n typical | \n \n 10-15 | \n \n standard | \n \n standard | \n
| \n rigid perimeter: expanded | \n \n 0.13 | \n \n 3.85 | \n \n\n typical | \n \n 15 | \n \n good | \n \n standard | \n
| \n rigid perimeter: polyisocyanurate | \n \n 0.09 | \n \n 7.2 | \n \n\n typical | \n \n 15-30 | \n \n better | \n \n standard | \n
| \r\n alternatives | \r\n \r\n cost/sq. ft./R (materials & labor) | \r\n \r\n energy (R- value per inch) | \r\n \r\n IAQ | \r\n \r\n\r\n expected product life (years) | \r\n \r\n life cycle thinking | \r\n \r\n practice | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass batt | \r\n \r\n .03 | \r\n \r\n 3.2 | \r\n \r\n typical | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n cellulose blown and loose fill | \r\n \r\n .02 | \r\n \r\n 3.7 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass blown | \r\n \r\n .04 | \r\n \r\n 2.2 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate\r\n or polyicynene | \r\n\r\n \r\n not ava | \r\n \r\n 3.6-5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n better | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n requires trained installer | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: extruded | \r\n \r\n 0.14 | \r\n \r\n 5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 10-15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: expanded | \r\n \r\n 0.13 | \r\n \r\n 3.85 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: polyisocyanurate | \r\n \r\n 0.09 | \r\n \r\n 7.2 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
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| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
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| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
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| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
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| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
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| The Design Can | \r\n
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| Treehugger | \r\n
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| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
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| 3 R Living | \r\n
| Alive Structures | \r\n
| American Clay | \r\n
| angies list | \r\n
| Asthma Free Zone School | \r\n
| BEST PEX Radiant Heating,- Radiant Direct | \r\n
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| Build It Green! NYC | Non-profit Low Cost Salvage | \r\n
| Building Materials Reuse Association - | \r\n
| BuildingGreen.com - Home | \r\n
| CeleBriTay NYC | \r\n
| Center for the Urban Environment | \r\n
| Clean Air NY | \r\n
| Common Fire Foundation | \r\n
| Community Education Center | \r\n
| Community Energy | \r\n
| Community Environmental Center | \r\n
| Commuter Link | \r\n
| contractor rules | \r\n
| Co-op America Business Network - | \r\n
| Council on the Environment of New York City | \r\n
| Cradle to Cradle MBDC | \r\n
| Creative Commons Deed | \r\n
| D.I.Y. Services | Northeast Radiant Technology, L.L.C. | \r\n
| Demilec Foam spray isenine alternative | \r\n
| DEMILEC | HEATLOK SOYA Spray Polyurethane Foam | \r\n
| Doyle\'s Thornless Blackberry - Home Page | \r\n
| Drosera, Native Plant Botany | \r\n
| Durapalm | \r\n
| Earthbound Farm | \r\n
| East New York Farms! | \r\n
| Eat Well Guide | \r\n
| ECOBROKER : Home | \r\n
| ECOBROWNSTONE: The Art of Brownstone Greenovation | \r\n
| Ecoseekers | \r\n
| Edible Brooklyn | \r\n
| Electra bicycles | \r\n
| Engineering Data | \r\n
| Engrave-A-Crete | \r\n
| Envirolutions | \r\n
| Environ Biocomposites | \r\n
| Evangeline Dennie, Architect, LEED AP | \r\n
| Evelyn Productions | \r\n
| FIBERFRAME™ fiberglass windows | \r\n
| Fibertec - Fiberglass Windows and Doors Manufacturer | \r\n
| Fifth Avenue Committee | \r\n
| Foam Insulation - Spray Foam | \r\n
| Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits - Seal and Insulate | \r\n
| Foampower Home Page | \r\n
| Gaia Institute | \r\n
| GBCI: Green Building Certification Institute | \r\n
| Girl Guides USA | \r\n
| Go Green | \r\n
| Gossypium The Ethical Eco-Cotton Store | \r\n
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | \r\n
| Green Brooklyn | \r\n
| Green Depot | \r\n
| Green Depot: Green Building Supplies | \r\n
| Green Edge | \r\n
| green links | \r\n
| Green Living Technologies | \r\n
| green roof example | \r\n
| green roof tax credits | \r\n
| Green Spaces | \r\n
| GreenBuildingsNY® | June 17-18, 2008 | Jacob K. Javits | \r\n
| GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums | \r\n
| Greener Buildings - News on Green Buildings, | \r\n
| greenGoat ::: resource management strategies | \r\n
| GreenHome NYC | \r\n
| GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City\'s Buildings Go Green. | \r\n
| GreenSpa NY | \r\n
| Greg Barber Co. | \r\n
| Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting | \r\n
| HabitatMap | \r\n
| hexapat green walkway | \r\n
| Home Heating Systems - HeatingHelp.com | \r\n
| home surplus | \r\n
| Hydronic Comfort Heating - HydronicPros.com | \r\n
| IceStone | \r\n
| ICFA - Insulating Concrete Form Association | \r\n
| Incentives in New York | \r\n
| Inhabitat | \r\n
| Iron & Steel Scrap in Metro New York on ThomasNet.com | \r\n
| Kirei Board | \r\n
| Kiwi Magazine | \r\n
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | \r\n
| LEED - USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council | \r\n
| Low Impact Living | \r\n
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | \r\n
| Lumber Liquidators: Hardwood Flooring for Less! | \r\n
| Magic Exterminating | \r\n
| Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | \r\n
| Modern Way Lumber | \r\n
| MOO.com | business card | \r\n
| Motherplants | \r\n
| Movers Not Shakers | \r\n
| National Grid | \r\n
| NCFI Polyurethanes | \r\n
| New York Industrial Retention Network | \r\n
| New York League of Conservation Voters | \r\n
| NY broker web site | \r\n
| NYC Department of Design and Construction | \r\n
| NYSERDA | \r\n
| NYSERDA - New York Energy Smart Loan Program | \r\n
| Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City | \r\n
| Paperstone | \r\n
| Plyboo | \r\n
| POLFOAM demilec distributor | \r\n
| Power Naturally Web Site | \r\n
| Pratt Institute | \r\n
| Prospect Park | \r\n
| Radiant Floor Design info | \r\n
| radiant heat ThermoFin Information | \r\n
| Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey | \r\n
| recycled insulation | \r\n
| Recycled Lumber, Plywood, & Flooring Buyers & Sellers | \r\n
| Reddi-Wall, Inc. | \r\n
| RePlayground | \r\n
| Richlite | \r\n
| Riverkeeper | \r\n
| Rocket Mass Heaters | \r\n
| Rolling Press | \r\n
| Rooftop Gardening Source | \r\n
| Scrapile | \r\n
| Slow Food NYC | \r\n
| Small Business Loans | \r\n
| Solar 1 | \r\n
| Solar One | \r\n
| Solatube - The Miracle Skylight | \r\n
| Soundproofing Products and Materials | \r\n
| SoyThane Spray Urethane Foam | \r\n
| SprayFoam.com- foam database | \r\n
| Stewart/Stand | \r\n
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | \r\n
| Structural Insulated Panel Association | \r\n
| Sunmaxsolar.net | \r\n
| SunPower - Smarter Solar | \r\n
| Surface Environment | \r\n
| Sustainable Business Network | \r\n
| sustainableflatbush.org | \r\n
| tankless water Takagi USA | \r\n
| The Design Can | \r\n
| Transportation Alternatives | \r\n
| Treehugger | \r\n
| TriState Bio Diesel | \r\n
| UNILUX AG, Salmtal - Fenster und Türen | \r\n
| USGBC New York Chapter | \r\n
| Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. | \r\n
| WE ADD UP | \r\n
| Wearable Collections | \r\n
| Your Solar Home - Renewable Energy Solutions | \r\n
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\nCutting the tires into strips.\n\n
\nPlacing the tire under the joists.\n\n
\nThe same tire pictured above but now we have put the support beam beneath it. The tire now acts as a sound barrier between the joists and the beam, breaking the vibration that would normally pass from the joist to the beam and the floor below.\n\n
\nHere is an example of the tire placed between the stud and the footer. It is better to place the tire between the stud and the header to stop sound coming from above. But in this case the stud was supporting the stairs so it didn\'t matter.', 'Soundproofing between floors', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '407-revision', '', '', '2008-12-19 18:13:37', '2008-12-20 00:13:37', '', 407, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/407-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (408, 1, '2008-12-19 17:13:16', '2008-12-19 23:13:16', 'Sound is an important element in a house, usually how to diminish the sound between walls and floors. Soundproofing a house is an art and a science. There are many things that at first go against logic, but once you understand the mechanics of sound they make perfect sense. \n\nFor example in one situation a very thin layer of one thing stops much more sound than a thick layer of another. But in another situation it might be the opposite, where a thick substance is more effective than a thing substance, whatever the substance is at the time (foam, metal, wood, caulk etc...).\n\nTwo sites that are very useful are STCRatings.com and Acoustics.com.\n\nThese two sides offer concrete technical information that are invaluable if you want to build or renovate a house. The sites are not selling any product so the information isn\'t very biased.', 'Good Soundproofing Sites', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '264-autosave', '', '', '2008-12-19 17:13:16', '2008-12-19 23:13:16', '', 264, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/264-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (407, 1, '2008-12-19 18:13:40', '2008-12-20 00:13:40', 'After some research we noticed that one of the most effective ways to reduce impact noise between floors was to put a recycled tyre product between the floor and sub floor. It creates a vibrating cushion that absorbs the impact, thus deadening the sound.\r\n\r\nThe only problem is that this product is costly. And costly is not green in the slightest.\r\n\r\nSo we went to the mechanic down the road. He was more than happy to give us some used tires. He has to pay to dispose of them into the landfill. We took the tires and cut them into little strips.\r\n\r\nThe strips were placed wherever a stud or support beam made contact with the floor above, creating a sound impact barrier between the two floors. Kids jumping, heavy boots and games of basketball should all become less audible from the neighbors above thanks to our technique.\r\n\r\n\r\nCutting the tires into strips.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlacing the tire under the joists.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe same tire pictured above but now we have put the support beam beneath it. The tire now acts as a sound barrier between the joists and the beam, breaking the vibration that would normally pass from the joist to the beam and the floor below.\r\n\r\n\r\nHere is an example of the tire placed between the stud and the footer. It is better to place the tire between the stud and the header to stop sound coming from above. But in this case the stud was supporting the stairs so it didn\'t matter.', 'Soundproofing between floors', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'soundproofing-floors', '', '', '2009-01-22 16:44:13', '2009-01-22 22:44:13', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (248, 1, '2008-10-29 19:33:01', '2008-10-30 01:33:01', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE development company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\n ', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-31', '', '', '2008-11-12 14:23:08', '2008-11-12 20:23:08', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-31/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (302, 1, '2008-09-27 18:05:10', '2008-09-28 00:05:10', 'To contact Eco Inc. Brooklyn call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative real estate development company offering services in GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE. It is directed by Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker, EcoBroker® and Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nAnything relating to green building is our passion. We work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counters\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nReal Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-10', '', '', '2008-09-27 18:05:10', '2008-09-28 00:05:10', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (256, 1, '2008-11-12 14:39:12', '2008-11-12 20:39:12', 'Eco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE development company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn\'s Director is Gennaro Brooks-Church, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor. He can be reached at 347-244-3016. \r\n\r\n ', 'Green Real Estate Development', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-33', '', '', '2008-11-12 14:39:12', '2008-11-12 20:39:12', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-33/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (257, 1, '2008-08-28 12:01:19', '2008-08-28 18:01:19', 'I have been in building since I was 14. My experience is mostly US and Spain. The Spanish style tends to have a lot of stone, concrete and tiles. My US experience is SF and NY. Victorian houses in San Francisco have a lot of wood and Brownstones in Brooklyn have a nice mix of stone and wood.\r\n\r\nTo become a contractor in NY you need to pay fees (aprox $800), buy insurance(aprox $5000 plus), fill out some forms and take a 20 minutes test based on two pages of information.\r\n\r\nYou don\'t really need to show a lot of construction experience to get the license so when somebody says they are a licensed contractor, well, it could mean a lot of things. I don\'t mean to belittle the title because clearly anyone who has jumped through the hoops and paid the fees has an interest in building. \r\n\r\nIt is a good place to start when looking for a builder but having the license is only part of the equation.\r\n \r\nI think references help a lot. Another good tactic is to start with a very small job to test the contractor out.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a licensed and insured contractor', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '38-revision-5', '', '', '2008-08-28 12:01:19', '2008-08-28 18:01:19', '', 38, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/38-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (260, 1, '2008-11-16 08:14:11', '2008-11-16 14:14:11', 'Last week I attended an Energy Efficiency Seminar hosted by Landmark West!, The Community Preservation Corporation and Steven Winter Associates, Inc.\r\n\r\nI covered the many ways to make a building more efficient. First we looked at where the energy goes, from heating, to hot water, to appliances, to holes in roof. We learned the percentages for each and got an in depth understanding of how to prioritize our energy improvement plan.\r\n\r\nFor example, if windows waste 10% of the energy and cost $10,000 to replace but a hole in the attic wastes 10% of the energy and costs $25 to fix then obviously go for the hole.\r\n\r\nThe basic message of the seminar was that you should go for the low hanging fruit. They will fix the vast majority of the energy issues and cost the least amount of money.\r\n\r\nBasically, the low hanging fruit are the holes. Most energy is wasted via holes in the house envelope. And most of these issues can be fixed for almost no money.\r\n\r\nThe mantra is: "Find Hole, Fill Hole."\r\n\r\nPlaces to look the are most important are where the house pressure is highest: at the base of the house and at the top of the house. \r\n\r\nThe base of the house has a lot of inward pressure where cold air is being sucked into the house. The top of the house has a lot of outward pressure where valuable hot air is being pushed out of the house.\r\n\r\nFind the holes any way you can. For the little killer holes a lighter or smoking candle can show you the draft. Fill with caulk, spray foam and putty. \r\n\r\nIf you do this it will amaze you how much energy will be saved. And money.\r\n\r\nA house has to be really in terrible shape for you to need to put insulation in the walls, replace the appliances, and get new windows. These would be the next steps but the "Find Hole, Fill Hole," is definitely the most important first step.', 'Energy Efficiency Seminar', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'energy-efficiency-seminar', '', '', '2008-11-16 08:14:11', '2008-11-16 14:14:11', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=260', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (261, 1, '2008-11-16 08:14:03', '2008-11-16 14:14:03', 'Last week I attended an Energy Efficiency Seminar hosted by Landmark West!, The Community Preservation Corporation and Steven Winter Associates, Inc.\n\nI covered the many ways to make a building more efficient. First we looked at where the energy goes, from heating, to hot water, to appliances, to holes in roof. We learned the percentages for each and got an in depth understanding of how to prioritize our energy improvement plan.\n\nFor example, if windows waste 10% of the energy and cost $10,000 to replace but a hole in the attic wastes 10% of the energy and costs $25 to fix then obviously go for the hole.\n\nThe basic message of the seminar was that you should go for the low hanging fruit. They will fix the vast majority of the energy issues and cost the least amount of money.\n\nBasically, the low hanging fruit are the holes. Most energy is wasted via holes in the house envelope. And most of these issues can be fixed for almost no money.\n\nThe mantra is: "Find Hole, Fill Hole."\n\nPlaces to look the are most important are where the house pressure is highest: at the base of the house and at the top of the house. \n\nThe base of the house has a lot of inward pressure where cold air is being sucked into the house. The top of the house has a lot of outward pressure where valuable hot air is being pushed out of the house.\n\nFind the holes any way you can. For the little killer holes a lighter or smoking candle can show you the draft. Fill with caulk, spray foam and putty. \n\nIf you do this it will amaze you how much energy will be saved. And money.\n\nA house has to be really in terrible shape for you to need to put insulation in the walls, replace the appliances, and get new windows. These would be the next steps but the "Find Hole, Fill Hole," is definitely the most important first step.', 'Energy Efficiency Seminar', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '260-revision', '', '', '2008-11-16 08:14:03', '2008-11-16 14:14:03', '', 260, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/260-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (262, 1, '2008-11-16 16:31:49', '2008-11-16 22:31:49', 'I discovered a great web site today called Radiant Heat Institute.com
\r\nIt is a godsend for a builder like me who likes to build cheap and green. He has loads of practical info. Very good site. \r\n\r\nHere is from his site on how to build green:\r\n\r\n1. Locate house with south orientation, +5 or - 5 degrees of due south is best. House to be elongated along the east-west axis for optimum exposure.\r\n\r\n2. 8% to 12 % of floor area to be south facing glazing. South glazing must be vertical to prevent overheating in the summer. In general avoid the use of skylights but if used, they should be designed with much caution and thought as to thermal gain and loss.\r\n\r\n3. Passive design houses can be direct gain, Trombe walls, mass walls, water walls or isolated gain (sunspaces or greenhouses). For the majority of designs, direct gain or isolated gain are used. Direct gain design relies on the interior mass of the house to store the solar heat.\r\n\r\n4. Optimally insulating the house envelope is the most important issue - R20 (3.52 rsi) walls, R30 (5.29 rsi) roof, R10 (1.76 rsi) footer. Make the envelope like a thermos bottle. There is no compromise on this issue. Insulate on the exterior of mass walls. The mass walls will act as a thermal flywheel keeping the temperature of the space consistent through the day and night. Insulation must block any thermal path to the exterior. Keeping surface temperatures up (mean radiant temperature) and interior internal mass are the keys to a successful thermal environment and the proper placement of insulation is the tool for achieving this.\r\n\r\n5. Use fixed or adjustable overhangs to block out sun completely from May 1 to July 30. Full sun should be allowed on Dec. 21. This rule will vary according to the local latitude and climate conditions.\r\n\r\n6. Locate living areas and high activity areas on south side of house.\r\n\r\n7. Locate closets, storage, garage and less active rooms on north side of house.\r\n\r\n8. Locate baths, kitchen and laundry facilities near the water heater\'s location to minimize pipe runs and energy loss.\r\n\r\n9. Keep exterior entries away from wind. Air lock entries are always a good idea.\r\n\r\n10. Keep infiltration to a minimum. Eliminate unwanted air entry. In very tight houses, an air to air heat exchange for ventilation is a good idea.\r\n\r\n11. Free ventilation (operable windows) should be 6% to 7.5% of floor area. Half on the leeward side and half on the windward side.\r\n\r\n12. It is best to use mass floors (stone, marble, tile) only where sun strikes floor. Floors in other areas should be of a light density, such as wood or carpet.\r\n\r\n13. In less than favorable passive solar orientation or design, use hydronic radiant floors. If optimum passive design is utilized, there is no need for a radiant floor. If radiant floors are used, solar heating of the water is ideal because of the lower temperatures required for floor heating. Insulation under the radiant floor is required.\r\n\r\n14. Double pain windows on south exposure, on other exposures use triple pane or low-E glass especially north glass which should be kept to a minimum.\r\n\r\n15. Keep west facing glass to a minimum to reduce summer overheating. If required for a view, use high shading coefficient glass or low-E glass (or reflective blinds).\r\n\r\n16. To optimize passive gain, use night window insulation such as shutters or insulative curtains.\r\n\r\n17. South exposure sunspaces (greenhouses) are solar rooms attached to the south side of the house. In Italy south facing terraces would be ideal to close in with glazing that could be opened in summer. The terrace can be closed off from the main house and opened and closed as needed. South glazing should be a maximum of 6" above the mass floor to allow optimum sun exposure to the mass floors. The floor perimeter or floor itself must be insulated as do all the columns and walls.\r\n\r\n18. Use active solar panels for water heating. Insulate pipe and storage.\r\n\r\n19. Without a doubt for maximum thermal comfort and cost effectiveness, the best use of the construction funds is to put it into the envelope rather than the heating system. If the envelope is designed with optimal passive solar features, the size and sophistication of the heating system can be designed to be much more economical plus the utility bills will be much less.\r\n\r\n20. Use natural landscape to help both in controlling winds and shade for natural cooling', 'Building Green Notes', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'building-green-notes', '', '', '2008-11-16 16:31:49', '2008-11-16 22:31:49', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=262', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (263, 1, '2008-11-16 16:31:33', '2008-11-16 22:31:33', 'I discovered a great web site today called Radiant Heat Institute.com
\nIt is a godsend for a builder like me who likes to build cheap and green. He has loads of practical info. Very good site. \n\nHere is from his site on how to build green:\n\n1. Locate house with south orientation, +5 or - 5 degrees of due south is best. House to be elongated along the east-west axis for optimum exposure.\n\n2. 8% to 12 % of floor area to be south facing glazing. South glazing must be vertical to prevent overheating in the summer. In general avoid the use of skylights but if used, they should be designed with much caution and thought as to thermal gain and loss.\n\n3. Passive design houses can be direct gain, Trombe walls, mass walls, water walls or isolated gain (sunspaces or greenhouses). For the majority of designs, direct gain or isolated gain are used. Direct gain design relies on the interior mass of the house to store the solar heat.\n\n4. Optimally insulating the house envelope is the most important issue - R20 (3.52 rsi) walls, R30 (5.29 rsi) roof, R10 (1.76 rsi) footer. Make the envelope like a thermos bottle. There is no compromise on this issue. Insulate on the exterior of mass walls. The mass walls will act as a thermal flywheel keeping the temperature of the space consistent through the day and night. Insulation must block any thermal path to the exterior. Keeping surface temperatures up (mean radiant temperature) and interior internal mass are the keys to a successful thermal environment and the proper placement of insulation is the tool for achieving this.\n\n5. Use fixed or adjustable overhangs to block out sun completely from May 1 to July 30. Full sun should be allowed on Dec. 21. This rule will vary according to the local latitude and climate conditions.\n\n6. Locate living areas and high activity areas on south side of house.\n\n7. Locate closets, storage, garage and less active rooms on north side of house.\n\n8. Locate baths, kitchen and laundry facilities near the water heater\'s location to minimize pipe runs and energy loss.\n\n9. Keep exterior entries away from wind. Air lock entries are always a good idea.\n\n10. Keep infiltration to a minimum. Eliminate unwanted air entry. In very tight houses, an air to air heat exchange for ventilation is a good idea.\n\n11. Free ventilation (operable windows) should be 6% to 7.5% of floor area. Half on the leeward side and half on the windward side.\n\n12. It is best to use mass floors (stone, marble, tile) only where sun strikes floor. Floors in other areas should be of a light density, such as wood or carpet.\n\n13. In less than favorable passive solar orientation or design, use hydronic radiant floors. If optimum passive design is utilized, there is no need for a radiant floor. If radiant floors are used, solar heating of the water is ideal because of the lower temperatures required for floor heating. Insulation under the radiant floor is required.\n\n14. Double pain windows on south exposure, on other exposures use triple pane or low-E glass especially north glass which should be kept to a minimum.\n\n15. Keep west facing glass to a minimum to reduce summer overheating. If required for a view, use high shading coefficient glass or low-E glass (or reflective blinds).\n\n16. To optimize passive gain, use night window insulation such as shutters or insulative curtains.\n\n17. South exposure sunspaces (greenhouses) are solar rooms attached to the south side of the house. In Italy south facing terraces would be ideal to close in with glazing that could be opened in summer. The terrace can be closed off from the main house and opened and closed as needed. South glazing should be a maximum of 6" above the mass floor to allow optimum sun exposure to the mass floors. The floor perimeter or floor itself must be insulated as do all the columns and walls.\n\n18. Use active solar panels for water heating. Insulate pipe and storage.\n\n19. Without a doubt for maximum thermal comfort and cost effectiveness, the best use of the construction funds is to put it into the envelope rather than the heating system. If the envelope is designed with optimal passive solar features, the size and sophistication of the heating system can be designed to be much more economical plus the utility bills will be much less.\n\n20. Use natural landscape to help both in controlling winds and shade for natural cooling', 'Building Green Notes', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '262-revision', '', '', '2008-11-16 16:31:33', '2008-11-16 22:31:33', '', 262, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/262-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (264, 1, '2008-11-17 20:27:12', '2008-11-18 02:27:12', 'Sound is an important element in a house, usually how to diminish the sound between walls and floors. Soundproofing a house is an art and a science. There are many things that at first go against logic, but once you understand the mechanics of sound they make perfect sense. \r\n\r\nFor example in one situation a very thin layer of one thing stops much more sound than a thick layer of another. But in another sutuation it might be the opposite, where a thick substance is more effective than a thing substance, whatever the substance is at the time (foam, metal, wood, caulk etc...).\r\n\r\nTwo sites that are very useful are STCRatings.com and Acoustics.com.\r\n\r\nThese two sides offer concrete technical information that are invaluable if you want to build or renovate a house. The sites are not selling any product so the information isn\'t very biased.', 'Good Soundproofing Sites', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'good-soundproofing-sites', '', '', '2008-11-17 20:27:12', '2008-11-18 02:27:12', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=264', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (265, 1, '2008-11-17 20:26:52', '2008-11-18 02:26:52', 'Sound is an important element in a house, usually how to diminish the sound between walls and floors. Soundproofing a house is an art and a science. There are many things that at first go against logic, but once you understand the mechanics of sound they make perfect sense. \n\nFor example in one situation a very thin layer of one thing stops much more sound than a thick layer of another. But in another sutuation it might be the opposite, where a thick substance is more effective than a thing substance, whatever the substance is at the time (foam, metal, wood, caulk etc...).\n\nTwo sites that are very useful are STCRatings.com and Acoustics.com.\n\nThese two sides offer concrete technical information that are invaluable if you want to build or renovate a house. The sites are not selling any product so the information isn\'t very biased.', 'Good Soundproofing Sites', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '264-revision', '', '', '2008-11-17 20:26:52', '2008-11-18 02:26:52', '', 264, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/264-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (266, 1, '2008-11-17 20:41:20', '2008-11-18 02:41:20', 'Because my architect and I did not see eye to eye we had to part ways, which meant he had to pull his application with the DOB. That would have been fine if my new architect kept to his schedule. But he didn\'t and I didn\'t get new plans submitted to the DOB before the old architect withdrew his.\r\n\r\nBecause I didn\'t have an active application at the DOB I got a big fat STOP WORK ORDER, which apart from grinding everything to a halt is annoying because everyone presumes it is because of something wrong I did on the job site.\r\n\r\nBut after much name calling, threats and extra money gauging, my architect finally got the new plans submitted and approved and I finally got a new work permit.\r\n\r\nThings are up and swinging again. I have a great crew of about 8 guys banging, digging and hauling.\r\n\r\nThis week we jackhammered the concrete in the back yard and carted it to the dumpster in the street. We also made good progress in the cellar where we are digging down three feet to make a nice spacious nine foot living space. Lots of fancy underpinning going on down there. \r\n\r\nMeanwhile we are sistering all the joists on the top floor with beams I reclaimed from the construction site across the street (me and the carpenters on that job have an agreement that they take the joists out carefully instead of cutting them in half and throwing them in the dumpster like normal).\r\n\r\nThe roof needs to be nice and strong to hold the green roof.\r\n\r\nOn the insulation front I just ordered 12,000 square feet of recycled insulation from the InsulationDepot.com. I don\'t need anywhere near that but a truck costs the same no matter how much you fill it so I filled it. What I don\'t use I\'ll sell to other like minded green builders in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nTimes are tough right now: I get unemployed workers coming to the site each day with sad stories of being hungry and with kids etc. It is a great time to be an employer, if you can make any money yourself that is.', 'We are working again!', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'working-again', '', '', '2008-11-17 20:41:20', '2008-11-18 02:41:20', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=266', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (267, 1, '2008-11-17 20:41:00', '2008-11-18 02:41:00', 'Because my architect and I did not see eye to eye we had to part ways, which meant he had to pull his application with the DOB. That would have been fine if my new architect kept to his schedule. But he didn\'t and I didn\'t get new plans submitted to the DOB before the old architect withdrew his.\n\nBecause I didn\'t have an active application at the DOB I got a big fat STOP WORK ORDER, which apart from grinding everything to a halt is annoying because everyone presumes it is because of something wrong I did on the job site.\n\nBut after much name calling, threats and extra money gauging, my architect finally got the new plans submitted and approved and I finally got a new work permit.\n\nThings are up and swinging again. I have a great crew of about 8 guys banging, digging and hauling.\n\nThis week we jackhammered the concrete in the back yard and carted it to the dumpster in the street. We also made good progress in the cellar where we are digging down three feet to make a nice spacious nine foot living space. Lots of fancy underpinning going on down there. \n\nMeanwhile we are sistering all the joists on the top floor with beams I reclaimed from the construction site across the street (me and the carpenters on that job have an agreement that they take the joists out carefully instead of cutting them in half and throwing them in the dumpster like normal).\n\nThe roof needs to be nice and strong to hold the green roof.\n\nOn the insulation front I just ordered 12,000 square feet of recycled insulation from the InsulationDepot.com. I don\'t need anywhere near that but a truck costs the same no matter how much you fill it so I filled it. What I don\'t use I\'ll sell to other like minded green builders in Brooklyn.\n\nTimes are tough right now: I get unemployed workers coming to the site each day with sad stories of being hungry and with kids etc. It is a great time to be an employer, if you can make any money your that is.', 'We are working again!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '266-revision', '', '', '2008-11-17 20:41:00', '2008-11-18 02:41:00', '', 266, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/266-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (268, 1, '2008-11-18 17:35:26', '2008-11-18 23:35:26', 'There is this cool concept called Bio-Biologie, formed by a German guy called Dr. Anton Schnieder, which looks at the house and its surroundings as a biological entity, almost as if it were alive.\r\n\r\nAnd like any living entity it needs certain things to remain healthy, which in turn keeps the inhabitants healthy. Many houses don\'t have these aspects.\r\n\r\nThese are simple things like non toxic materials, plenty of sun and air, no radiation or electromagnetic fields and lots of green. Basically they are feel good things and are very useful whenever doing a remodel or new building.\r\n\r\nThis site outlines 25 of his most important points.', 'Bio-Biologie Building', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bio-biologie-building', '', '', '2008-11-18 17:35:26', '2008-11-18 23:35:26', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=268', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (269, 1, '2008-11-18 17:35:18', '2008-11-18 23:35:18', 'There is this cool concept called Bio-Biologie, formed by a German guy called Dr. Anton Schnieder, which looks at the house and its surroundings as a biological entity, almost as if it were alive.\n\nAnd like any living entity it needs certain things to remain healthy, which in turn keeps the inhabitants healthy. Many houses don\'t have these aspects.\n\nThese are simple things like non toxic materials, plenty of sun and air, no radiation or electromagnetic fields and lots of green. Basically they are feel good things and are very useful whenever \n\nThis site outlines 25 of his most important points.', 'Bio-Biologie Building', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '268-revision', '', '', '2008-11-18 17:35:18', '2008-11-18 23:35:18', '', 268, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/268-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (270, 1, '2008-11-18 18:03:54', '2008-11-19 00:03:54', 'It is so important to use healthy cleaning products in the house. The very same Wizz-Bang commerial products that can "kill germs" can also kill all the good germs in you. \r\n\r\nThe following text was originally from ABC\'s web site.\r\n\r\nThere are many ingredients in your own kitchen or bathroom cupboard that could easily be substituted for cleaners.\r\nMore and more people are looking for natural ways of cleaning as their concerns grow over chemicals in cleaners that can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches and dizziness.\r\nMany common household cleaners contain alcohol, ammonia, bleach, formaldehyde and lye, substances that can cause nausea, vomiting, inflammation and burning of the eyes and throat.\r\nEnvironmentalists have linked these ingredients with neurological, liver and kidney damage, asthma and cancer.\r\nThere are hundreds of homegrown recipes for green cleaning; here are some of the basic ingredients and combinations you can try:\r\nFive Basic Ingredients\r\nAny of these ingredients can be safely mixed together. Experiment and find out what works best for you. Store mixtures in spray bottles and label them.\r\nWhite Vinegar: Mix with water and you can clean windows, any glass, countertops and tile.\r\nBaking Soda: Mixed with water this becomes an all purpose cleaner. Scour sinks, tubs and even sprinkle over carpets as a deodorizer.\r\nSalt: great as an abrasive for cleaning pots and pans.\r\nLemon Juice: use as bleach in laundry and on kitchen surfaces. Combine with vinegar and water and you have a nice de-clogger.\r\nOlive oil: Mix with vinegar and use as furniture polish.\r\n \r\nCook up some green cleaners:\r\nDrain cleaner: Pour 125 ml of baking soda down the sink and add at least a cup of vinegar. Put the cover on the drain and wait a few minutes. Finish by rinsing through with a mixture of boiling water and salt.\r\nOven cleaner: Make a paste of baking soda and water. First, scratch off burnt spots with a scouring brush and then apply the paste and scrub.\r\nKitchen cleanser: Use baking soda on non-scratch surfaces and vinegar and water mixture on all others.\r\nWindow cleaner: Put 75 ml of vinegar for every litre of water in a spray bottle.\r\nGlass cleaner: Blend 75 ml of vinegar, a spoonful of cornstarch and a litre of warm water. Apply with a sponge and wipe dry. No streaks!\r\nToilet bowl cleaner: Sprinkle baking soda around the inside of the toilet bowl and clean with toilet brush. Also drop some white vinegar into the bowl and let sit a few minutes before cleaning with the brush.\r\nTub and tile cleaner: Mix 400 ml baking soda, 125 ml liquid soap, 125 ml water and a few spoonfuls of vinegar. Apply, scrub and wipe.\r\nMildew remover: Vinegar and salt.\r\nSilver polish: Put a sheet of aluminum foil into a plastic or glass bowl. Sprinkle the foil with salt and baking soda and fill bowl with warm water. Soak your silver in the bowl and tarnish migrates to the foil. Dry and buff.\r\nCrystal: Try a mixture of vinegar, water and a small amount of baking soda. Pour on a soft cloth and rub.\r\nBrass cleaner: Cut a lemon in half, sprinkle it with salt and rub the lemon on the metal. Buff with a cloth.\r\nCopper cleaning: Make a paste with equal parts white vinegar, flour and salt, leave on for an hour and then buff with a cloth.\r\nRust removal: Vinegar can help remove rust on nuts and bolts and other mineral deposits such as calcium deposits\r\nToothpaste: Diminishes glass scratches, lifts crayon marks off the floor.\r\n \r\n \r\nThe following recipes were taken from Athena Thompson’s book “Homes That Heal and Those That Don’t” New Society Publishers, c.2004. ISBN 0-86571-511-4. www.homesthatheal.com. Reprinted with permission.\r\n \r\nKITCHEN CLEANER\r\nbaking soda\r\nessential oil (optional)\r\nHalf fill a plastic flip top or stainless steel shaker with baking soda. Add 15- 20 drops of essential oil (try lemon, thyme or lavender). Stir. Fill the shaker almost to the top with more baking soda. Put the lid on tightly and shake to mix.\r\nTo use: sprinkle on counters or sink, then wipe with a damp rag or cellulose sponge. Rinse well. Don’t use too much or you will need to keep rinsing and wiping.\r\n \r\nALL PURPOSE CLEANER\r\n2 tbsp white vinegar\r\n1 tsp Borax\r\n16 ounces hot, filtered water\r\n¼ cup liquid soap\r\n10-15 drops of essential oil, such as lavender or lemon (optional)\r\nFirst, mix the vinegar with the borax in a 16-ounce clean squirt bottle. Fill with hot, filtered water and shake until all the borax has dissolved. Next, add the liquid soap, followed by the essential oil. Shake again to mix. To use: squirt and wipe.\r\n \r\nTUB AND TILE CLEANER\r\n1 2/3 cups baking soda\r\n½ cup liquid soap\r\n½ cup filtered water\r\n2 tbsp white vinegar\r\nMix the baking soda and liquid soap in a bowl. Dilute with 1/2 cup of water. Add the vinegar last. Mix with a fork until any lumps are gone. It should have a pourable consistency; if not, add more water. Pour into a 16-oz. squeeze container (the kind with a squirt flip-top cap). Keep the cap on, as this mixture will dry out easily. Shake well before using. Add more water if it dries out.\r\nTo use: squirt onto tile, tub, sink, or toilet bowl and scrub. Rinse well. If any baking soda residue remains (which will look like powder), use a little vinegar and water to rinse, and next time use less baking soda in the recipe.\r\n \r\nANTIBACTERIAL SPRAY\r\nHere is a great non-toxic and very effective way to rid your bathroom (or any room) of germs.\r\n1 cup filtered water\r\n1 tsp pure essential oil of lavender\r\nPlace water in 16-oz. clean squirt bottle, add lavender oil, and shake vigorously to mix.\r\nTo use: squirt on surfaces and allow to stand for at least 15 minutes, or don’t rinse at all. This recipe keeps indefinitely. Use on toilet seats, countertops, doorknobs, and cutting boards – anywhere germs like to lurk. Lavender is more antiseptic than phenol, which is the industry standard.\r\n \r\n \r\nThe Following Recipes were collected by Building Biologist Jeanne McLaughlin\r\n \r\nSoapy Garlic Garden Spray for weeds\r\n1 head of garlic and 2 cups of boiling water and let it sit overnight\r\n2 tsp vegetable oil\r\n1 tsp liquid soap\r\n \r\nFor Ants - use apple cider vinegar, lavender, baking soda or powdered sugar applied to ant hills and trails\r\n \r\nBorax cleans blood, chocolate, mud, coffee stains and mildew\r\n \r\nBaking soda and corn starch works for wine stains\r\n \r\nInk Stains - use salt, then lemon and then rinse\r\n \r\nGrease Stains - use Baking soda\r\n \r\nUnclogging Drains - 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup vinegar and pour down the drain. Plug the drain. Wait 10 minutes and pour boiling water down to flush\r\n \r\nFabric softener - 9 oz of vinegar or baking soda with water\r\n \r\nDisenfect Toilets - vinegar, lemon or tea tree oil\r\n \r\nBleach - use apple cider vinegar instead\r\n \r\nFurniture Polish - 1 part lemon juice with 2 parts olive oil\r\n \r\nPot of basil in kitchen for flies\r\n \r\nLavender or cedar for moths\r\n \r\nPowdered milk and warm water for soaking new clothes to get chemicals out before washing\r\n\r\n \r\n', 'Green House Cleaning', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-house-cleaning', '', '', '2008-11-18 18:03:54', '2008-11-19 00:03:54', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=270', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (271, 1, '2008-11-18 18:02:58', '2008-11-19 00:02:58', 'It is so important to use healthy cleaning products in the house. The very same Wizz-Bang commerial products that can "kill germs" can also kill all the good germs in you. \n\nThe followi\nThere are many ingredients in your own kitchen or bathroom cupboard that could easily be substituted for cleaners.\nMore and more people are looking for natural ways of cleaning as their concerns grow over chemicals in cleaners that can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches and dizziness.\nMany common household cleaners contain alcohol, ammonia, bleach, formaldehyde and lye, substances that can cause nausea, vomiting, inflammation and burning of the eyes and throat.\nEnvironmentalists have linked these ingredients with neurological, liver and kidney damage, asthma and cancer.\nThere are hundreds of homegrown recipes for green cleaning; here are some of the basic ingredients and combinations you can try:\nFive Basic Ingredients\nAny of these ingredients can be safely mixed together. Experiment and find out what works best for you. Store mixtures in spray bottles and label them.\nWhite Vinegar: Mix with water and you can clean windows, any glass, countertops and tile.\nBaking Soda: Mixed with water this becomes an all purpose cleaner. Scour sinks, tubs and even sprinkle over carpets as a deodorizer.\nSalt: great as an abrasive for cleaning pots and pans.\nLemon Juice: use as bleach in laundry and on kitchen surfaces. Combine with vinegar and water and you have a nice de-clogger.\nOlive oil: Mix with vinegar and use as furniture polish.\n \nCook up some green cleaners:\nDrain cleaner: Pour 125 ml of baking soda down the sink and add at least a cup of vinegar. Put the cover on the drain and wait a few minutes. Finish by rinsing through with a mixture of boiling water and salt.\nOven cleaner: Make a paste of baking soda and water. First, scratch off burnt spots with a scouring brush and then apply the paste and scrub.\nKitchen cleanser: Use baking soda on non-scratch surfaces and vinegar and water mixture on all others.\nWindow cleaner: Put 75 ml of vinegar for every litre of water in a spray bottle.\nGlass cleaner: Blend 75 ml of vinegar, a spoonful of cornstarch and a litre of warm water. Apply with a sponge and wipe dry. No streaks!\nToilet bowl cleaner: Sprinkle baking soda around the inside of the toilet bowl and clean with toilet brush. Also drop some white vinegar into the bowl and let sit a few minutes before cleaning with the brush.\nTub and tile cleaner: Mix 400 ml baking soda, 125 ml liquid soap, 125 ml water and a few spoonfuls of vinegar. Apply, scrub and wipe.\nMildew remover: Vinegar and salt.\nSilver polish: Put a sheet of aluminum foil into a plastic or glass bowl. Sprinkle the foil with salt and baking soda and fill bowl with warm water. Soak your silver in the bowl and tarnish migrates to the foil. Dry and buff.\nCrystal: Try a mixture of vinegar, water and a small amount of baking soda. Pour on a soft cloth and rub.\nBrass cleaner: Cut a lemon in half, sprinkle it with salt and rub the lemon on the metal. Buff with a cloth.\nCopper cleaning: Make a paste with equal parts white vinegar, flour and salt, leave on for an hour and then buff with a cloth.\nRust removal: Vinegar can help remove rust on nuts and bolts and other mineral deposits such as calcium deposits\nToothpaste: Diminishes glass scratches, lifts crayon marks off the floor.\n \n \nThe following recipes were taken from Athena Thompson’s book “Homes That Heal and Those That Don’t” New Society Publishers, c.2004. ISBN 0-86571-511-4. www.homesthatheal.com. Reprinted with permission.\n \nKITCHEN CLEANER\nbaking soda\nessential oil (optional)\nHalf fill a plastic flip top or stainless steel shaker with baking soda. Add 15- 20 drops of essential oil (try lemon, thyme or lavender). Stir. Fill the shaker almost to the top with more baking soda. Put the lid on tightly and shake to mix.\nTo use: sprinkle on counters or sink, then wipe with a damp rag or cellulose sponge. Rinse well. Don’t use too much or you will need to keep rinsing and wiping.\n \nALL PURPOSE CLEANER\n2 tbsp white vinegar\n1 tsp Borax\n16 ounces hot, filtered water\n¼ cup liquid soap\n10-15 drops of essential oil, such as lavender or lemon (optional)\nFirst, mix the vinegar with the borax in a 16-ounce clean squirt bottle. Fill with hot, filtered water and shake until all the borax has dissolved. Next, add the liquid soap, followed by the essential oil. Shake again to mix. To use: squirt and wipe.\n \nTUB AND TILE CLEANER\n1 2/3 cups baking soda\n½ cup liquid soap\n½ cup filtered water\n2 tbsp white vinegar\nMix the baking soda and liquid soap in a bowl. Dilute with 1/2 cup of water. Add the vinegar last. Mix with a fork until any lumps are gone. It should have a pourable consistency; if not, add more water. Pour into a 16-oz. squeeze container (the kind with a squirt flip-top cap). Keep the cap on, as this mixture will dry out easily. Shake well before using. Add more water if it dries out.\nTo use: squirt onto tile, tub, sink, or toilet bowl and scrub. Rinse well. If any baking soda residue remains (which will look like powder), use a little vinegar and water to rinse, and next time use less baking soda in the recipe.\n \nANTIBACTERIAL SPRAY\nHere is a great non-toxic and very effective way to rid your bathroom (or any room) of germs.\n1 cup filtered water\n1 tsp pure essential oil of lavender\nPlace water in 16-oz. clean squirt bottle, add lavender oil, and shake vigorously to mix.\nTo use: squirt on surfaces and allow to stand for at least 15 minutes, or don’t rinse at all. This recipe keeps indefinitely. Use on toilet seats, countertops, doorknobs, and cutting boards – anywhere germs like to lurk. Lavender is more antiseptic than phenol, which is the industry standard.\n \n \nThe Following Recipes were collected by Building Biologist Jeanne McLaughlin\n \nSoapy Garlic Garden Spray for weeds\n1 head of garlic and 2 cups of boiling water and let it sit overnight\n2 tsp vegetable oil\n1 tsp liquid soap\n \nFor Ants - use apple cider vinegar, lavender, baking soda or powdered sugar applied to ant hills and trails\n \nBorax cleans blood, chocolate, mud, coffee stains and mildew\n \nBaking soda and corn starch works for wine stains\n \nInk Stains - use salt, then lemon and then rinse\n \nGrease Stains - use Baking soda\n \nUnclogging Drains - 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup vinegar and pour down the drain. Plug the drain. Wait 10 minutes and pour boiling water down to flush\n \nFabric softener - 9 oz of vinegar or baking soda with water\n \nDisenfect Toilets - vinegar, lemon or tea tree oil\n \nBleach - use apple cider vinegar instead\n \nFurniture Polish - 1 part lemon juice with 2 parts olive oil\n \nPot of basil in kitchen for flies\n \nLavender or cedar for moths\n \nPowdered milk and warm water for soaking new clothes to get chemicals out before washing\n\n \n', 'Green House Cleaning', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '270-revision', '', '', '2008-11-18 18:02:58', '2008-11-19 00:02:58', '', 270, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/270-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (272, 1, '2008-11-19 15:06:12', '2008-11-19 21:06:12', 'On the 2nd street project we are doing a lot of underpinning and laying a concrete slab in the cellar. This requires a lot of concrete. Cement uses up a lot of energy to produce and creates a lot of CO2 Substituting up to 50% of the cement with fly ash is considered a more ecological idea.\r\n\r\nFly ash is an industrial byproduct from burning coal so to use it is to recycle and keep it from the landfill. You are substituting something that is costly to create (cement) with something that is there in abundance anyway. Very green.\r\n\r\nFly ash does have a lot of chemicals in it. But when mixed with cement they are held in the concrete and do not leach. In fact concrete with fly ash is much more waterproof than normal concrete mixed with only cement. i.e. the concrete does not mix with water well.\r\n\r\nConcrete mixed with fly ash takes longer to cure. Because of this it is important to use a lot less water. But once cured it is considerably stronger than normal concrete.\r\n\r\nThe only problem is that I have not been able to buy fly ash in the NY area. Cement companies buy it in bulk and won\'t sell a mere 1000 pounds of it. And because the underpinning has to be done in little parcels at a time it isn\'t possible to bring out a truck to pour concrete. We have to mix the concrete by hand in little batches.\r\n\r\nSo alas the concrete slab and underpinning of 22 2nd street will not have fly ash in the concrete....', 'Fly Ash isn\'t flying', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fly-ash-isnt-flying', '', '', '2008-11-19 15:06:12', '2008-11-19 21:06:12', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=272', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (273, 1, '2008-11-19 15:05:53', '2008-11-19 21:05:53', 'On the 2nd street project we are doing a lot of underpinning and laying a concrete slab in the cellar. This requires a lot of concrete. Cement uses up a lot of energy to produce and creates a lot of CO2 Substituting up to 50% of the cement with fly ash is considered a more ecological idea.\n\nFly ash is an industrial byproduct from burning coal so to use it is to recycle and keep it from the landfill. You are substituting something that is costly to create (cement) with something that is there in abundance anyway. Very green.\n\nFly ash does have a lot of chemicals in it. But when mixed with cement they are held in the concrete and do not leach. In fact concrete with fly ash is much more waterproof than normal concrete mixed with only cement. i.e. the concrete does not mix with water well.\n\nConcrete mixed with fly ash takes longer to cure. Because of this it is important to use a lot less water. But once cured it is considerably stronger than normal concrete.\n\nThe only problem is that I have not been able to buy fly ash in the NY area. Cement companies buy it in bulk and won\'t sell a mere 1000 pounds of it. And because the underpinning has to be done in little parcels at a time it isn\'t possible to bring out a truck to pour concrete. We have to mix the concrete by hand in little batches.\n\nSo alas the concrete slab and underpinning of 22 2nd street will not have fly ash in the concrete....', 'Fly Ash isn\'t flying', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '272-revision', '', '', '2008-11-19 15:05:53', '2008-11-19 21:05:53', '', 272, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/272-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (274, 1, '2008-11-19 19:43:48', '2008-11-20 01:43:48', 'These studs were on their way to the dump until I intercepted the contractor and he let me take them.
.\r\n\r\nI\'m using them in the cellar where they will be in touch with the ground and where in the past there have been termite problems (thus no wood studs).', 'Recycled Steel Studs', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'recycled-steel-studs', '', '', '2008-11-19 19:43:48', '2008-11-20 01:43:48', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=274', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (276, 1, '2008-11-19 19:43:20', '2008-11-20 01:43:20', 'These studs were on their way to the dump until I intercepted the contractor and he let me take them..\n\nI\'m using them in the cellar where they will be in touch with the ground and where in the past there have been termite problems ', 'Recycled Steel Studs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '274-revision', '', '', '2008-11-19 19:43:20', '2008-11-20 01:43:20', '', 274, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/274-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (279, 1, '2008-11-19 19:48:26', '2008-11-20 01:48:26', 'I have relationships with the contractors in the neighborhood. These oak floors were perfectly fine but the owner wanted to replace them with cherry wood floors. Instead of put them in the dump I got them.\r\n\r\nThe lower floors of a brownstone are dark so I like light floors to maximize the light.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (296, 1, '2008-11-20 18:00:33', '2008-11-21 00:00:33', 'Here is Gennaro Brooks-Church standing on his mountain of insulation:\n[caption id="attachment_289" align="alignnleft" width="341" caption="Insulation from Eco Brooklyn Inc with Gennaro Brooks-Church"][/caption]\n\nGreen Building is like life: it is all about energy. How you control it, who has it, where it is flowing, and where it isn\'t flowing. You control the energy and you have a great house (possibly a great life too).\n\nSo obviously insulation plays a huge part ini green building. Green building typically insulates a lot more than normal building. We\'d rather spend more up front and less later in utility bills. Utility bills are wasteful and in imperfection. Ideally we will get to the point that houses are built so well that you don\'t have any utility bills.\n\nIn terms of insulation there are many choices. Of course fiberglass batts are out. They have a lot of embodied energy, most off gas formaldehyde and they don\'t even insulate well. \n\nIcenyne spray foam is touted as green and although it seals well it is so not green. That is the biggest scam in the green building industry. All spray foam is made from petro chemicals, even the so called soy based foam that has at most 30% soy and 70% petrolium. The main ingredient for all of them is isocyanate, which is only made by four multy billion dollar companies and it is basically oil.\n\nThe greenest insulation is cellulose. Recycled paper. Recycled is always the greenest way to go.\n\nBUT all insulation, foam, fiberglass and cellulose only gets around an R4 per inch and in space starved Brooklyn I wanted more. I found a company that sells once used (READ RECYCLED) foam board called POLYISO. At only 1.5 inches thick it packs at least an R9 and is by far the best R value out there.\n\nAnd because it is once used it has already off gassed any small amounts of VOC\'s it might have had.\n\nI need about 2000 square feet of it. I\'m going to put 4 layers in the roof plus a radiant barrier to make a whopping R36 and this does not include the green roof on top. Insulating the roof is so important.\n\nThen I\'m going to put one layer in the external walls. With the one foot of brick that will be an R21.\n\nI also have to put it around the border of the building on every floor between the joists to keep the radiant heat in my house.\n\nI also need 1600 square feet of Extruded Polystyrine, which is waterproof, to put under the green roof and under the radiant heated concrete slab in the cellar.\n\nSo 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 the greenest thing is for me to pay one big truck to bring the stuff to Brooklyn and redistribute it to others instead of everyone getting small trucks (which as it turns out isn\'t cost effective anyway).\n\nSo bottom line: I have insulation for sale. Lots of it. CHEAP, at least half price. Be green and get some! Contact me for details.\n\nHere we are unloading the insulation from the truck. Look how big the truck is! It was a bitch fitting it into the streets of Ca\n[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="unloading the insulation from the 53 foot 18 wheeler"][/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_291" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="making space"][/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_292" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="starting to pack the insulation"][/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_293" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="getting full"][/caption]\n\nHere you can see two types of insulation. To the right is the PolyISO 1.5 inch. To the left is the Extruded polystyrene, or XEPS, which I got in 1 inch and 3 inch: \n[caption id="attachment_294" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="two types of insulation"]
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Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? It keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. It is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase.\r\n\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-37', '', '', '2008-11-20 19:15:13', '2008-11-21 01:15:13', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-37/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (315, 1, '2008-11-20 19:14:06', '2008-11-21 01:14:06', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? It keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. It is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase.\r\n\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-36', '', '', '2008-11-20 19:14:06', '2008-11-21 01:14:06', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-36/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (319, 1, '2008-11-20 18:03:49', '2008-11-21 00:03:49', '[caption id="attachment_289" align="alignnleft" width="341" caption="Insulation from Eco Brooklyn Inc with Gennaro Brooks-Church"][/caption]\r\n\r\nGreen Building is like life: it is all about energy. How you control it, who has it, where it is flowing, and where it isn\'t flowing. You control the energy and you have a great house (possibly a great life too).\r\n\r\nSo obviously insulation plays a huge part ini green building. Green building typically insulates a lot more than normal building. We\'d rather spend more up front and less later in utility bills. Utility bills are wasteful and in imperfection. Ideally we will get to the point that houses are built so well that you don\'t have any utility bills.\r\n\r\nIn terms of insulation there are many choices. Of course fiberglass batts are out. They have a lot of embodied energy, most off gas formaldehyde and they don\'t even insulate well. \r\n\r\nIcenyne spray foam is touted as green and although it seals well it is so not green. That is the biggest scam in the green building industry. All spray foam is made from petro chemicals, even the so called soy based foam that has at most 30% soy and 70% petrolium. The main ingredient for all of them is isocyanate, which is only made by four multy billion dollar companies and it is basically oil.\r\n\r\nThe greenest insulation is cellulose. Recycled paper. Recycled is always the greenest way to go.\r\n\r\nBUT all insulation, foam, fiberglass and cellulose only gets around an R4 per inch and in space starved Brooklyn I wanted more. I found a company that sells once used (READ RECYCLED) foam board called POLYISO. At only 1.5 inches thick it packs at least an R9 and is by far the best R value out there.\r\n\r\nAnd because it is once used it has already off gassed any small amounts of VOC\'s it might have had.\r\n\r\nI need about 2000 square feet of it. I\'m going to put 4 layers in the roof plus a radiant barrier to make a whopping R36 and this does not include the green roof on top. Insulating the roof is so important.\r\n\r\nThen I\'m going to put one layer in the external walls. With the one foot of brick that will be an R21.\r\n\r\nI also have to put it around the border of the building on every floor between the joists to keep the radiant heat in my house.\r\n\r\nI also need 1600 square feet of Extruded Polystyrine, which is waterproof, to put under the green roof and under the radiant heated concrete slab in the cellar.\r\n\r\nSo 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 the greenest thing is for me to pay one big truck to bring the stuff to Brooklyn and redistribute it to others instead of everyone getting small trucks (which as it turns out isn\'t cost effective anyway).\r\n\r\nSo bottom line: I have insulation for sale. Lots of it. CHEAP, at least half price. Be green and get some! Contact me for details.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="unloading the insulation from the 53 foot 18 wheeler"][/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_291" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="making space"][/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_292" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="starting to pack the insulation"][/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_293" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="getting full"][/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_295" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="taking over the yard"][/caption]', 'Insulation Has Arrived!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '288-revision-3', '', '', '2008-11-20 18:03:49', '2008-11-21 00:03:49', '', 288, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/288-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN CONSTRUCTION and REAL ESTATE development company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is directed by Gennaro Brooks-Church, licensed Real Estate Broker, EcoBroker® and General Contractor. Other team members are brought in depending on the job.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nSustainable Flooring\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counter Tops\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nGreen Real Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Us', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-15', '', '', '2008-11-20 18:51:46', '2008-11-21 00:51:46', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (325, 1, '2008-11-27 13:44:35', '2008-11-27 19:44:35', 'A renovation usually stems from the need to make a place nicer or a more useful space. It also might include increasing your space. And while you are at it you use healthier materials.\r\n\r\nBut a renovation should also be seen from a house value point of view. Will it increase the value of the house? This is an important question to ask if you ever plan on selling the house. And even if you never plan on selling, a lot of the points below also apply to the amount of money a bank will be willing to lend you in a home equity line of credit.\r\n\r\nHere are some tips to using a renovation to not only get rid of the mold in the bathroom but also to increase your home value:\r\n\r\n1. Renovate with the buyers\' wants in mind. \r\nPut yourself into a possible buyer\'s shoes. Would a buyer appreciate your renovation? According to one study the following things are appreciated: new decks, new siding, kitchen remodel, new windows, bathroom remodel, new bed-and-bath suites in the attic and finished basements.\r\n\r\nBasically, extending the useful space of your home (decks, attics, basements) increases the usable space and is a good thing. Improving the practical elements of the home (kitchen, bath, bed) is also good.\r\n\r\nNon-practical things are not so great: a swimming pool in Minnesota or a movie theater.\r\n\r\n2. Is your upgrade ok for the neighborhood?\r\nBirds of a feather flock together. When it comes to houses it is the same. You want to stay in the same house type as the others on your block. Building a castle on a block that only has two bedroom ranch houses is a bad idea. Anyone who can afford your house will buy it in a better block.\r\n\r\nThe same goes for renovations. If your neighborhood is ultra fancy then maybe a jacuzzi is a good idea but if your neighbors\' idea of cooling off is to unlock the fire hydrant and get wet in the street then stick to a normal bathtub.\r\n\r\n Bottom line: check out what your neighbors are doing first and then copy them. But do it more tastefully, by spending less money and in a more green way. \r\n\r\nAnd generic is better than exotic because it appeals to more people (thus more potential buyers). A gentle white paint color is better than dark fuchsia. \r\n\r\nI\'m not saying your renovation should be shackled to some distant home sale or by what the idiots across the street are doing. But it is worth adding those considerations to the mix. Then you can follow your heart with a larger understanding of the situation.\r\n\r\n3. Where is your neighborhood going?\r\nIs it gentrifying or is the paint peeling? Or better said, is money being put into the houses or not? The best way to judge is by how much work is being done on the houses. \r\n\r\nAre the lots of dumpsters and contractor vans in the neighborhood? That means lots of people are fixing up their houses. That means values will go up and you investing in your house will probably give you a return.\r\n\r\nOr are there lots of for sale signs and broken down cars in the neighborhood? That means people are trying to get the hell out of the shit hole. And the $20k you just spent on the bathroom isn\'t worth the toilet you bought to piss in.\r\n\r\n4. What is your budget?\r\nThe more you spend on the renovation, the more money you would need in order to recoup your money when you sell the house. This is just plain common sense. \r\n\r\nThere are many things in life that are very nice and cost very little and this also applies to your kitchen cabinets. \r\n\r\nA study was done where people were asked to appraise two identical bottles of wine, only they were told that one bottle was expensive and the other was a cheap bottle of wine. They all said the expensive bottle tasted better. Hmmm....\r\n\r\nDon\'t put your insecurities into the renovation. Just because you think your ass is too flabby doesn\'t mean you can make up for it by buying "designer" tiles. It won\'t change your ass, although depending on how shallow your friends are they might actually think your ass looks firmer.\r\n\r\nBottom line: expensive does not mean fancy. Fancy means fancy. Expensive means expensive. Despite what every sales person in the entire world wants you to think, fancy and expensive are not connected. So pick the fancy stuff, not the expensive stuff, and your finances will be grateful.\r\n\r\n5. Go with the trends.\r\nThere are certain long term trends that you can tap into. The obvious one is to build green. In time green will simply be normal and anyone who doesn\'t build green now will have expensive alterations to do later. So building green is a must.\r\n\r\nAnother, also connected to green, is to build with utility prices in mind. Long term oil prices are going up so buying an oil furnace is not smart. Electric prices are going up so the same applies for anything electric in the house. \r\n\r\nNatural gas to some extent and alternative energy prices are going down so setting your house up for alternative energy is smart. Natural gas furnaces and a hookup for solar electric and hot water heating are smart (even if you don\'t install solar, put the lines and tubes there when you have the walls opened up).\r\n\r\nAnd insulate like there is no tomorrow, or actually insulate like tomorrow it will cost a lot to heat and cool your house, because it will. Prices are going up in these areas so counter them by building a house that uses as little energy as possible. This is very important. It is the basis of green.', 'Renovating To Increase House Value', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'renovating-increase-house', '', '', '2008-11-27 20:27:29', '2008-11-28 02:27:29', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=325', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (326, 1, '2008-11-27 13:43:36', '2008-11-27 19:43:36', 'A renovation usually stems from the need to make a place nicer or a more useful space. It also might include increasing your space. And while you are at it you use healthier materials.\n\nBut a renovation should also be seen from a house value point of view. Will it increase the value of the house? This is an important question to ask if you ever plan on selling the house. And even if you never plan on selling, a lot of the points below also apply to the amount of money a bank will be willing to lend you in a home equity line of credit.\n\nHere are some tips to using a renovation to not only get rid of the mold in the bathroom but also to increase your home value:\n\n1. Renovate with the buyers\' wants in mind. \nPut yourself into a possible buyer\'s shoes. Would a buyer appreciate your renovation? According to one study the following things are appreciated: new decks, new siding, kitchen remodel, new windows, bathroom remodel, new bed-and-bath suites in the attic and finished basements.\n\nBasically, extending the usefull space of your home (decks, attics, basements) increases the usable space and is a good thing. Improving the practical elements of the home (kitchen, bath, bed) is also good.\n\nNon-practical things are not so great: a swimming pool in Minnesota or a movie theatre.\n\n2. Is your upgrade ok for the neighborhood?\nBirds of a feather flock together. When it comes to houses it is the same. You want to stay in the same house type as the others on your block. Building a castle on a block that only has two bedroom ranch houses is a bad idea. Anyone who can afford your house will buy it in a better block.\n\nThe same goes for renovations. If your neighborhood is ultra fancy then maybe a jacuzzi is a good idea but if your neighbours\' idea of cooling off is to unlock the fire hydrant and get wet in the street then stick to a normal bathtub.\n\n Bottom line: check out what your neighbors are doing first and then copy them. But do it more tastefully, by spending less money and in a more green way. \n\nAnd generic is better than exotic because it appeals to more people (thus more potential buyers). A gentle white paint color is better than dark fuchsia. \n\nI\'m not saying your renovation should be shackled to some distant home sale or by what the idiots across the street are doing. But it is worth adding those considerations to the mix. Then you can follow your heart with a larger understanding of the situation.\n\n3. Where is your neighborhood going?\nIs it gentrifying or is the paint peeling? Or better said, is money being put into the houses or not? The best way to judge is by how much work is being done on the houses. \n\nAre the lots of dumpsters and contractor vans in the neighborhood? That means lots of people are fixing up their houses. That means values will go up and you investing in your house will probably give you a return.\n\nOr are there lots of for sale signs and broken down cars in the neighborhood? That means people are trying to get the hell out of the shit hole. And the $20k you just spent on the bathroom isn\'t worth the toilet you bought to piss in.\n\n4. What is your budget?\nThis is just plain common sense. The more you spend on the renovation, the more money you would need in order to recoup your money when you sell the house.\n\nThere are many things in life that are very nice and cost very little and this also applies to your kitchen cabinets. \n\nA study was done where people were asked to appraise two identical bottles of wine, only they were told that one bottle was expensive and the other was a cheap bottle of wine. They all said the expensive bottle tasted better. Hmmm....\n\nJust because you think your ass is too flabby doesn\'t mean you can make up for it by buying "designer" tiles. It won\'t change your ass, although depending on how shallow your friends are they might actually think your ass looks firmer.\n\nBottom line: expensive does not mean fancy. Fancy means fancy. Expensive means expensive. Despite what every sales person in the entire world wants you to think, fancy and expensive are not connected. So pick the fancy stuff, not the expensive stuff, and your finances will be grateful.\n\n5. Go with the trends.\nThere are certain long term trends that you can tap into. The obvious one is to build green. In time green will simply be normal and anyone who doesn\'t build green now will have expensive alterations to do later. So building green is a must.\n\nAnother, also connected to green, is to build with utility prices in mind. Gas prices are going up so buying a gas furnace is not smart. Electric prices are going up so the same applies for anything electric in the house. \n\nNatural gas and alternative fuel prices are going down so setting your house up for alternative energy is smart. Natural gas furnaces and a hookup for solar electric and hot water heating are smart (even if you don\'t install solar, put the lines and tubes there when the walls are opened up).\n\nInsulate like there is no tomorrow, actually insulate like tomorrow it will cost a lot to heat and cool your house, because it will.', 'Renovating To Increase House Value', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '325-revision', '', '', '2008-11-27 13:43:36', '2008-11-27 19:43:36', '', 325, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/325-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (327, 1, '2008-11-27 14:25:06', '2008-11-27 20:25:06', 'A renovation usually stems from the need to make a place nicer or a more useful space. It also might include increasing your space. And while you are at it you use healthier materials.\n\nBut a renovation should also be seen from a house value point of view. Will it increase the value of the house? This is an important question to ask if you ever plan on selling the house. And even if you never plan on selling, a lot of the points below also apply to the amount of money a bank will be willing to lend you in a home equity line of credit.\n\nHere are some tips to using a renovation to not only get rid of the mold in the bathroom but also to increase your home value:\n\n1. Renovate with the buyers\' wants in mind. \nPut yourself into a possible buyer\'s shoes. Would a buyer appreciate your renovation? According to one study the following things are appreciated: new decks, new siding, kitchen remodel, new windows, bathroom remodel, new bed-and-bath suites in the attic and finished basements.\n\nBasically, extending the useful space of your home (decks, attics, basements) increases the usable space and is a good thing. Improving the practical elements of the home (kitchen, bath, bed) is also good.\n\nNon-practical things are not so great: a swimming pool in Minnesota or a movie theater.\n\n2. Is your upgrade ok for the neighborhood?\nBirds of a feather flock together. When it comes to houses it is the same. You want to stay in the same house type as the others on your block. Building a castle on a block that only has two bedroom ranch houses is a bad idea. Anyone who can afford your house will buy it in a better block.\n\nThe same goes for renovations. If your neighborhood is ultra fancy then maybe a jacuzzi is a good idea but if your neighbors\' idea of cooling off is to unlock the fire hydrant and get wet in the street then stick to a normal bathtub.\n\n Bottom line: check out what your neighbors are doing first and then copy them. But do it more tastefully, by spending less money and in a more green way. \n\nAnd generic is better than exotic because it appeals to more people (thus more potential buyers). A gentle white paint color is better than dark fuchsia. \n\nI\'m not saying your renovation should be shackled to some distant home sale or by what the idiots across the street are doing. But it is worth adding those considerations to the mix. Then you can follow your heart with a larger understanding of the situation.\n\n3. Where is your neighborhood going?\nIs it gentrifying or is the paint peeling? Or better said, is money being put into the houses or not? The best way to judge is by how much work is being done on the houses. \n\nAre the lots of dumpsters and contractor vans in the neighborhood? That means lots of people are fixing up their houses. That means values will go up and you investing in your house will probably give you a return.\n\nOr are there lots of for sale signs and broken down cars in the neighborhood? That means people are trying to get the hell out of the shit hole. And the $20k you just spent on the bathroom isn\'t worth the toilet you bought to piss in.\n\n4. What is your budget?\nThe more you spend on the renovation, the more money you would need in order to recoup your money when you sell the house. This is just plain common sense. \n\nThere are many things in life that are very nice and cost very little and this also applies to your kitchen cabinets. \n\nA study was done where people were asked to appraise two identical bottles of wine, only they were told that one bottle was expensive and the other was a cheap bottle of wine. They all said the expensive bottle tasted better. Hmmm....\n\nDon\'t put your insecurities into the renovation. Just because you think your ass is too flabby doesn\'t mean you can make up for it by buying "designer" tiles. It won\'t change your ass, although depending on how shallow your friends are they might actually think your ass looks firmer.\n\nBottom line: expensive does not mean fancy. Fancy means fancy. Expensive means expensive. Despite what every sales person in the entire world wants you to think, fancy and expensive are not connected. So pick the fancy stuff, not the expensive stuff, and your finances will be grateful.\n\n5. Go with the trends.\nThere are certain long term trends that you can tap into. The obvious one is to build green. In time green will simply be normal and anyone who doesn\'t build green now will have expensive alterations to do later. So building green is a must.\n\nAnother, also connected to green, is to build with utility prices in mind. Long term oil prices are going up so buying an oil furnace is not smart. Electric prices are going up so the same applies for anything electric in the house. \n\nNatural gas to some extent and alternative fuel prices are going down so setting your house up for alternative energy is smart. Natural gas furnaces and a hookup for solar electric and hot water heating are smart (even if you don\'t install solar, put the lines and tubes there when the walls are opened up).\n\nInsulate like there is no tomorrow, actually insulate like tomorrow it will cost a lot to heat and cool your house, because it will. Prices are going up in these areas so counter them by building a house that uses as little energy as possible. This is very important. It is the basis of green.', 'Renovating To Increase House Value', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '325-autosave', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:25:06', '2008-11-27 20:25:06', '', 325, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/325-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (328, 1, '2008-11-20 20:18:49', '2008-11-21 02:18:49', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? It keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. It is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-38', '', '', '2008-11-20 20:18:49', '2008-11-21 02:18:49', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-38/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (330, 1, '2008-11-27 09:10:52', '2008-11-27 15:10:52', 'To phone Gennaro Brooks-Church please call 347 244 3016 from 9-5. Our email is "info at ecobrooklyn dot com"\r\n\r\n[easy-contact]', 'Contact Us', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '310-revision-5', '', '', '2008-11-27 09:10:52', '2008-11-27 15:10:52', '', 310, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/310-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (329, 1, '2008-11-27 13:46:54', '2008-11-27 19:46:54', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? It keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. It is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\nProud Member of:\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker and Certified EcoBroker®. All building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nSustainable Flooring\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counter Tops\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nGreen Real Estate Sales and Rentals', 'About Us', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-16', '', '', '2008-11-27 09:10:09', '2008-11-27 15:10:09', '', 2, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/2-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (332, 1, '2008-11-27 13:48:53', '2008-11-27 19:48:53', '\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker and Certified EcoBroker®. All building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance.\r\n\r\nWe work in the following mediums:\r\n\r\nRecycled Flooring and Timber\r\nRadiant Heat\r\nSustainable Flooring\r\nFiberglass Windows\r\nFoam Insulation\r\nSolar Water Heating\r\nSolar Electricity\r\nGreen Roofs\r\nHigh Efficiency Boilers\r\nHeat On Demand Boilers\r\nEcological Counter Tops\r\nSoapstone Fireplaces\r\n\r\nWe can also help in these services:\r\n\r\nArchitectural Plans\r\nJob Expediting\r\nEnergy Audits\r\nJob Management\r\nGreen Real Estate Sales and Rentals\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker and Certified EcoBroker®. All building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. 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Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker and Certified EcoBroker®. All building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker and Certified EcoBroker®. 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Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nAll building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nIt focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nIt invests in houses and renovates them as well as helps others renovate their homes.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\nWhy buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? It keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. It is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (340, 1, '2008-11-27 14:26:54', '2008-11-27 20:26:54', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\nProud Member of:\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-41', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:26:54', '2008-11-27 20:26:54', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-41/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (341, 1, '2008-11-27 14:27:37', '2008-11-27 20:27:37', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are a Proud Member of:\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-42', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:27:37', '2008-11-27 20:27:37', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-42/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (342, 1, '2008-11-27 14:28:23', '2008-11-27 20:28:23', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-43', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:28:23', '2008-11-27 20:28:23', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-43/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (343, 1, '2008-11-27 14:28:55', '2008-11-27 20:28:55', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\n ', 'For Sale: Recycled Insulation!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-44', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:28:55', '2008-11-27 20:28:55', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-44/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (345, 1, '2008-11-27 14:29:58', '2008-11-27 20:29:58', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are a Proud Member of:
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (346, 1, '2008-11-27 20:07:45', '2008-11-28 02:07:45', 'One of the housing trends I see now and in the future is smaller houses. The large American house is no longer a smart way to live. It made sense when building was cheap, energy was cheap, and labor was cheap.\r\n\r\nBut now only labor remains cheap. It costs a lot more to build and maintain a house now. And with resources such as wood and metal being gobbled up by emerging economies like China, it isn\'t going to get any cheaper to build. Likewise, energy is not going to get any cheaper either. Gone is cheap oil.\r\n\r\nThis means a small house that costs less to build and costs less to heat, cool and light makes real sense.\r\n\r\nAnyone in NY isn\'t going to really make any adjustments because we already live in small houses!\r\n\r\nHere are some tips to making a small house feel spacious:\r\n\r\n1. Declutter\r\nAlong with small houses come the need for less stuff. That bike machine you haven\'t used in four years? The six pairs of old shoes? Get rid of all junk, i.e. stuff you don\'t actually use and use often.\r\n\r\n2. Keep the windows clear\r\nHeavy drapes are good for keeping the cold out but they make a room feel smaller. Translucent white drapes are the best because they brighten the room and bring the outside space in. You can even buy insulated white drapes now. The draps hold air inside them and act as insulation to keep the cold and hot from passing. But they are still translucent so they let the light through.\r\n\r\n3. Use furniture that is light and see-through\r\nThe first thing to consider is if you even need the furniture! But for the furniture you do need, know that clunky thick furniture takes up space and makes a room smaller. A sleek, lighter design adds space to a room. A classic example is a heavy wooden table with thick boarded legs vs. a stainless steel metal frame table with a glass top. The glass top table lets light pass through it and increases the space in the room dramatically.\r\n\r\n4. Lots of light\r\nThe best lights are low watt fluorescent or LED, and lots of them. The LED are good for filling otherwise dark corners. They can be put under kitchen cabinets to light up counters, in bathrooms, entryways, stairs etc. The more dark spaces you have in a room the smaller it feels. Lots of light is really important. Light means electric bill, though, so use colored fluorescent so it actually looks nice and LED, since they eat little electricity.\r\n\r\n5. Remove Doors\r\nDoors take up valuable space and obviously enclose a room. Take away the doors and your rooms will provide views into other rooms, which adds a sense of space. The valuable real estate around the doorway can now be used as well since there isn\'t a swinging door there. If you must have door then a sliding door is a better alternative if possible.\r\n\r\n6. Think colors, or lack of\r\nPaint color effects the space of a room. Basically, dark makes a room smaller and light makes it bigger. Always use a bright white for the ceiling since it reflects the light down. For the walls use bright light colors.\r\n\r\n7. Keep it minimal\r\nSimple is a lot more spacious than cluttered or complicated. This applies to everything: art, furniture, paint colors, styles. Pick simple lines and textures for pillows and furniture. Pick minimalist art styles. The paint colors should be minimal, i.e don\'t have a hundred different colors in the place, keep a simple palate of two or three colors.\r\n\r\n8. Store it!\r\nPut things in drawers, shelves, boxes, closets, under the bed. Keep it out of sight! This means having a good choice of storage areas that fit into the rooms. You don\'t want a huge clunky armoire taking up the whole room. Slender shelves against the wall that go more up than out are better.\r\n\r\nHere is a great example of combining form, function and multiple use. The owners of this table found the driftwood and ball, so the table has personal meaning. Practically it serves as a table. It doubles as art. It is salvaged and incorporated some creativity from the owners to make it (very green!). And also very important, the glass top allows light to highlight the wood as well as pass into the rest of the room.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n9. Multi-task it\r\nLike the driftwood glass table above, try to incorporate more than one use for all the objects and rooms in the house. Gone are the days of formal living rooms or dining rooms. Today the dining room is also the homework room, laptop room, meeting room, and home business room. Incorporating multiples uses and meanings into rooms and objects increases their usefulness and decreases the amount of stuff and space you need. Now that is green! \r\n\r\n10. Scrap the art\r\nIf you pick your objects and homes carefully you may be surrounded by art that is also actually useful. A classic example is a beautiful tea pot given to you by your mother. It is art, functional and emotional warmth all in one. Or how about the house with the amazing view? Who needs paintings when you can look out the window? So spend your money on a beautiful sofa and keep the walls clear. Not only can you admire the sofa but you can doze on it too!', 'Smaller House Trend', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'smaller-house-trend', '', '', '2008-11-27 20:27:04', '2008-11-28 02:27:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=346', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (347, 1, '2008-11-27 20:07:32', '2008-11-28 02:07:32', 'One of the housing trends I see now and in the future is smaller houses. The large American house is no longer a smart way to live. It made sense when building was cheap, energy was cheap, and labor was cheap.\n\nBut now only labor remains cheap. It costs a lot more to build and maintain a house now. And with resources such as wood and metal being gobbled up by emerging economies like China, it isn\'t going to get any cheaper to build. Likewise, energy is not going to get any cheaper either. Gone is cheap oil.\n\nThis means a small house that costs less to build and costs less to heat, cool and light makes real sense.\n\nAnyone in NY isn\'t going to really make any adjustments because we already live in small houses!\n\nHere are some tips to making a small house feel spacious:\n\n1. Declutter\nAlong with small houses come the need for less stuff. That bike machine you haven\'t used in four years? The six pairs of old shoes? Get rid of all junk, i.e. stuff you don\'t actually use and use often.\n\n2. Keep the windows clear\nHeavy drapes are good for keeping the cold out but they make a room feel smaller. Translucent white drapes are the best because they brighten the room and bring the outside space in. You can even buy insulated white drapes now. The draps hold air inside them and act as insulation to keep the cold and hot from passing. But they are still translucent so they let the light through.\n\n3. Use furniture that is light and see-through\nThe first thing to consider is if you even need the furniture! But for the furniture you do need, know that clunky thick furniture takes up space and makes a room smaller. A sleek, lighter design adds space to a room. A classic example is a heavy wooden table with thick boarded legs vs. a stainless steel metal frame table with a glass top. The glass top table lets light pass through it and increases the space in the room dramatically.\n\n4. Lots of light\nThe best lights are low watt fluorescent or LED, and lots of them. The LED are good for filling otherwise dark corners. They can be put under kitchen cabinets to light up counters, in bathrooms, entryways, stairs etc. The more dark spaces you have in a room the smaller it feels. Lots of light is really important. Light means electric bill, though, so use colored fluorescent so it actually looks nice and LED, since they eat little electricity.\n\n5. Remove Doors\nDoors take up valuable space and obviously enclose a room. Take away the doors and your rooms will provide views into other rooms, which adds a sense of space. The valuable real estate around the doorway can now be used as well since there isn\'t a swinging door there. If you must have door then a sliding door is a better alternative if possible.\n\n6. Think colors, or lack of\nPaint color effects the space of a room. Basically, dark makes a room smaller and light makes it bigger. Always use a bright white for the ceiling since it reflects the light down. For the walls use bright light colors.\n\n7. Keep it minimal\nSimple is a lot more spacious than cluttered or complicated. This applies to everything: art, furniture, paint colors, styles. Pick simple lines and textures for pillows and furniture. Pick minimalist art styles. The paint colors should be minimal, i.e don\'t have a hundred different colors in the place, keep a simple palate of two or three colors.\n\n8. Store it!\nPut things in drawers, shelves, boxes, closets, under the bed. Keep it out of sight! This means having a good choice of storage areas that fit into the rooms. You don\'t want a huge clunky armoire taking up the whole room. Slender shelves against the wall that go more up than out are better.', 'Smaller House Trend', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '346-revision', '', '', '2008-11-27 20:07:32', '2008-11-28 02:07:32', '', 346, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/346-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (348, 1, '2008-11-27 20:26:39', '2008-11-28 02:26:39', 'One of the housing trends I see now and in the future is smaller houses. The large American house is no longer a smart way to live. It made sense when building was cheap, energy was cheap, and labor was cheap.\n\nBut now only labor remains cheap. It costs a lot more to build and maintain a house now. And with resources such as wood and metal being gobbled up by emerging economies like China, it isn\'t going to get any cheaper to build. Likewise, energy is not going to get any cheaper either. Gone is cheap oil.\n\nThis means a small house that costs less to build and costs less to heat, cool and light makes real sense.\n\nAnyone in NY isn\'t going to really make any adjustments because we already live in small houses!\n\nHere are some tips to making a small house feel spacious:\n\n1. Declutter\nAlong with small houses come the need for less stuff. That bike machine you haven\'t used in four years? The six pairs of old shoes? Get rid of all junk, i.e. stuff you don\'t actually use and use often.\n\n2. Keep the windows clear\nHeavy drapes are good for keeping the cold out but they make a room feel smaller. Translucent white drapes are the best because they brighten the room and bring the outside space in. You can even buy insulated white drapes now. The draps hold air inside them and act as insulation to keep the cold and hot from passing. But they are still translucent so they let the light through.\n\n3. Use furniture that is light and see-through\nThe first thing to consider is if you even need the furniture! But for the furniture you do need, know that clunky thick furniture takes up space and makes a room smaller. A sleek, lighter design adds space to a room. A classic example is a heavy wooden table with thick boarded legs vs. a stainless steel metal frame table with a glass top. The glass top table lets light pass through it and increases the space in the room dramatically.\n\n4. Lots of light\nThe best lights are low watt fluorescent or LED, and lots of them. The LED are good for filling otherwise dark corners. They can be put under kitchen cabinets to light up counters, in bathrooms, entryways, stairs etc. The more dark spaces you have in a room the smaller it feels. Lots of light is really important. Light means electric bill, though, so use colored fluorescent so it actually looks nice and LED, since they eat little electricity.\n\n5. Remove Doors\nDoors take up valuable space and obviously enclose a room. Take away the doors and your rooms will provide views into other rooms, which adds a sense of space. The valuable real estate around the doorway can now be used as well since there isn\'t a swinging door there. If you must have door then a sliding door is a better alternative if possible.\n\n6. Think colors, or lack of\nPaint color effects the space of a room. Basically, dark makes a room smaller and light makes it bigger. Always use a bright white for the ceiling since it reflects the light down. For the walls use bright light colors.\n\n7. Keep it minimal\nSimple is a lot more spacious than cluttered or complicated. This applies to everything: art, furniture, paint colors, styles. Pick simple lines and textures for pillows and furniture. Pick minimalist art styles. The paint colors should be minimal, i.e don\'t have a hundred different colors in the place, keep a simple palate of two or three colors.\n\n8. Store it!\nPut things in drawers, shelves, boxes, closets, under the bed. Keep it out of sight! This means having a good choice of storage areas that fit into the rooms. You don\'t want a huge clunky armoire taking up the whole room. Slender shelves against the wall that go more up than out are better.\n\nHere is a great example of combining form, function and multiple use. The owners of this table found the driftwood and ball, so the table has personal meaning. Practically it serves as a table. It doubles as art. It is salvaged and incorporated some creativity from the owners to make it (very green!). And also very important, the glass top allows light to highlight the wood as well as pass into the rest of the room.\n\n\n\n9. Multi-task it\nLike the driftwood glass table above, try to incorporate more than one use for all the objects and rooms in the house. Gone are the days of formal living rooms or dining rooms. Today the dining room is also the homework room, laptop room, meeting room, and home business room. Incorporating multiples uses and meanings into rooms and objects increases their usefulness and decreases the amount of stuff and space you need. Now that is green! \n\n10. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (350, 1, '2008-11-27 20:07:45', '2008-11-28 02:07:45', 'One of the housing trends I see now and in the future is smaller houses. The large American house is no longer a smart way to live. It made sense when building was cheap, energy was cheap, and labor was cheap.\r\n\r\nBut now only labor remains cheap. It costs a lot more to build and maintain a house now. And with resources such as wood and metal being gobbled up by emerging economies like China, it isn\'t going to get any cheaper to build. Likewise, energy is not going to get any cheaper either. Gone is cheap oil.\r\n\r\nThis means a small house that costs less to build and costs less to heat, cool and light makes real sense.\r\n\r\nAnyone in NY isn\'t going to really make any adjustments because we already live in small houses!\r\n\r\nHere are some tips to making a small house feel spacious:\r\n\r\n1. Declutter\r\nAlong with small houses come the need for less stuff. That bike machine you haven\'t used in four years? The six pairs of old shoes? Get rid of all junk, i.e. stuff you don\'t actually use and use often.\r\n\r\n2. Keep the windows clear\r\nHeavy drapes are good for keeping the cold out but they make a room feel smaller. Translucent white drapes are the best because they brighten the room and bring the outside space in. You can even buy insulated white drapes now. The draps hold air inside them and act as insulation to keep the cold and hot from passing. But they are still translucent so they let the light through.\r\n\r\n3. Use furniture that is light and see-through\r\nThe first thing to consider is if you even need the furniture! But for the furniture you do need, know that clunky thick furniture takes up space and makes a room smaller. A sleek, lighter design adds space to a room. A classic example is a heavy wooden table with thick boarded legs vs. a stainless steel metal frame table with a glass top. The glass top table lets light pass through it and increases the space in the room dramatically.\r\n\r\n4. Lots of light\r\nThe best lights are low watt fluorescent or LED, and lots of them. The LED are good for filling otherwise dark corners. They can be put under kitchen cabinets to light up counters, in bathrooms, entryways, stairs etc. The more dark spaces you have in a room the smaller it feels. Lots of light is really important. Light means electric bill, though, so use colored fluorescent so it actually looks nice and LED, since they eat little electricity.\r\n\r\n5. Remove Doors\r\nDoors take up valuable space and obviously enclose a room. Take away the doors and your rooms will provide views into other rooms, which adds a sense of space. The valuable real estate around the doorway can now be used as well since there isn\'t a swinging door there. If you must have door then a sliding door is a better alternative if possible.\r\n\r\n6. Think colors, or lack of\r\nPaint color effects the space of a room. Basically, dark makes a room smaller and light makes it bigger. Always use a bright white for the ceiling since it reflects the light down. For the walls use bright light colors.\r\n\r\n7. Keep it minimal\r\nSimple is a lot more spacious than cluttered or complicated. This applies to everything: art, furniture, paint colors, styles. Pick simple lines and textures for pillows and furniture. Pick minimalist art styles. The paint colors should be minimal, i.e don\'t have a hundred different colors in the place, keep a simple palate of two or three colors.\r\n\r\n8. Store it!\r\nPut things in drawers, shelves, boxes, closets, under the bed. Keep it out of sight! This means having a good choice of storage areas that fit into the rooms. You don\'t want a huge clunky armoire taking up the whole room. Slender shelves against the wall that go more up than out are better.', 'Smaller House Trend', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '346-revision-2', '', '', '2008-11-27 20:07:45', '2008-11-28 02:07:45', '', 346, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/346-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (351, 1, '2008-11-27 14:25:59', '2008-11-27 20:25:59', 'A renovation usually stems from the need to make a place nicer or a more useful space. It also might include increasing your space. And while you are at it you use healthier materials.\r\n\r\nBut a renovation should also be seen from a house value point of view. Will it increase the value of the house? This is an important question to ask if you ever plan on selling the house. And even if you never plan on selling, a lot of the points below also apply to the amount of money a bank will be willing to lend you in a home equity line of credit.\r\n\r\nHere are some tips to using a renovation to not only get rid of the mold in the bathroom but also to increase your home value:\r\n\r\n1. Renovate with the buyers\' wants in mind. \r\nPut yourself into a possible buyer\'s shoes. Would a buyer appreciate your renovation? According to one study the following things are appreciated: new decks, new siding, kitchen remodel, new windows, bathroom remodel, new bed-and-bath suites in the attic and finished basements.\r\n\r\nBasically, extending the useful space of your home (decks, attics, basements) increases the usable space and is a good thing. Improving the practical elements of the home (kitchen, bath, bed) is also good.\r\n\r\nNon-practical things are not so great: a swimming pool in Minnesota or a movie theater.\r\n\r\n2. Is your upgrade ok for the neighborhood?\r\nBirds of a feather flock together. When it comes to houses it is the same. You want to stay in the same house type as the others on your block. Building a castle on a block that only has two bedroom ranch houses is a bad idea. Anyone who can afford your house will buy it in a better block.\r\n\r\nThe same goes for renovations. If your neighborhood is ultra fancy then maybe a jacuzzi is a good idea but if your neighbors\' idea of cooling off is to unlock the fire hydrant and get wet in the street then stick to a normal bathtub.\r\n\r\n Bottom line: check out what your neighbors are doing first and then copy them. But do it more tastefully, by spending less money and in a more green way. \r\n\r\nAnd generic is better than exotic because it appeals to more people (thus more potential buyers). A gentle white paint color is better than dark fuchsia. \r\n\r\nI\'m not saying your renovation should be shackled to some distant home sale or by what the idiots across the street are doing. But it is worth adding those considerations to the mix. Then you can follow your heart with a larger understanding of the situation.\r\n\r\n3. Where is your neighborhood going?\r\nIs it gentrifying or is the paint peeling? Or better said, is money being put into the houses or not? The best way to judge is by how much work is being done on the houses. \r\n\r\nAre the lots of dumpsters and contractor vans in the neighborhood? That means lots of people are fixing up their houses. That means values will go up and you investing in your house will probably give you a return.\r\n\r\nOr are there lots of for sale signs and broken down cars in the neighborhood? That means people are trying to get the hell out of the shit hole. And the $20k you just spent on the bathroom isn\'t worth the toilet you bought to piss in.\r\n\r\n4. What is your budget?\r\nThe more you spend on the renovation, the more money you would need in order to recoup your money when you sell the house. This is just plain common sense. \r\n\r\nThere are many things in life that are very nice and cost very little and this also applies to your kitchen cabinets. \r\n\r\nA study was done where people were asked to appraise two identical bottles of wine, only they were told that one bottle was expensive and the other was a cheap bottle of wine. They all said the expensive bottle tasted better. Hmmm....\r\n\r\nDon\'t put your insecurities into the renovation. Just because you think your ass is too flabby doesn\'t mean you can make up for it by buying "designer" tiles. It won\'t change your ass, although depending on how shallow your friends are they might actually think your ass looks firmer.\r\n\r\nBottom line: expensive does not mean fancy. Fancy means fancy. Expensive means expensive. Despite what every sales person in the entire world wants you to think, fancy and expensive are not connected. So pick the fancy stuff, not the expensive stuff, and your finances will be grateful.\r\n\r\n5. Go with the trends.\r\nThere are certain long term trends that you can tap into. The obvious one is to build green. In time green will simply be normal and anyone who doesn\'t build green now will have expensive alterations to do later. So building green is a must.\r\n\r\nAnother, also connected to green, is to build with utility prices in mind. Long term oil prices are going up so buying an oil furnace is not smart. Electric prices are going up so the same applies for anything electric in the house. \r\n\r\nNatural gas to some extent and alternative energy prices are going down so setting your house up for alternative energy is smart. Natural gas furnaces and a hookup for solar electric and hot water heating are smart (even if you don\'t install solar, put the lines and tubes there when you have the walls opened up).\r\n\r\nAnd insulate like there is no tomorrow, or actually insulate like tomorrow it will cost a lot to heat and cool your house, because it will. Prices are going up in these areas so counter them by building a house that uses as little energy as possible. This is very important. It is the basis of green.', 'Renovating To Increase House Value', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '325-revision-3', '', '', '2008-11-27 14:25:59', '2008-11-27 20:25:59', '', 325, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/325-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (352, 1, '2008-12-06 19:57:28', '2008-12-07 01:57:28', '"Green" is one of those words that are tossed around all over the place. Here are some concrete green things for a home renovation:\r\n\r\n1. Find a contractor who uses efficient framing techniques to save on wood while still keeping the structure strong.\r\n\r\n2. Find a salvage yard that buys and sells reusable materials, then buy and sell with them as you do your renovation. Sell them the stuff you take out and buy from them the stuff you put back in.\r\n\r\n3. Install energy efficient windows (go triple pane if you can), doors, and appliances.\r\n\r\n4. Build with solar gain in mind: get more sun in the winter and less sun in the summer by using trees (bare in the winter and leafy in the summer) and awnings; Use more windows to the south and less on the north. \r\n\r\n5. Use smart technology in the materials: Optimum Value Engineering techniques to reduce the amount of wood and other materials, low VOC\'s in paints, cabinets, etc, non-formaldehyde in the materials and so on....\r\n\r\n6. Economize: buy local, buy less, build only as much as you need. Stay wholesome and don\'t try to keep up with the Joneses: build what you need practically, not what you think will impress people.', 'Green Home Building - what is it?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-home-building-it', '', '', '2008-12-06 19:57:28', '2008-12-07 01:57:28', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=352', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (353, 1, '2008-12-06 19:57:16', '2008-12-07 01:57:16', '"Green" is one of those words that are tossed around all over the place. Here are some concrete green things for a home renovation:\n\n1. Find a contractor who uses efficient framing techniques to save on wood while still keeping the structure strong.\n\n2. Find a salvage yard that buys and sells reusable materials, then buy and sell with them as you do your renovation. Sell them the stuff you take out and buy from them the stuff you put back in.\n\n3. Install energy efficient windows (go triple pane if you can), doors, and appliances.\n\n4. Build with solar gain in mind: get more sun in the winter and less sun in the summer by using trees (bare in the winter and leafy in the summer) and awnings; Use more windows to the south and less on the north. \n\n5. Use smart technology in the materials: Optimum Value Engineering techniques to reduce the amount of wood and other materials, low VOC\'s in paints, cabinets, etc, non-formaldehyde in the materials and so on....\n\n6. Economize: buy local, buy less, build only as much as you need. Stay wholesome and don\'t try to keep up with the Joneses: build what you need practically, not what you think will impress people.', 'Green Home Building - what is it?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '352-revision', '', '', '2008-12-06 19:57:16', '2008-12-07 01:57:16', '', 352, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/352-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (354, 1, '2008-12-06 20:40:48', '2008-12-07 02:40:48', 'There are certain inalienable elements that every human needs in their environment in order to stay healthy and happy. These elements are green, timeless, and universal.\r\n\r\nThey are:\r\n\r\n1. sunlight by day\r\n2. darkness by night\r\n3. greenery\r\n4. water\r\n5. meaningful sounds\r\n6. fresh gently moving air\r\n7. thermal comfort within thermal variation (not too hot or cold but some variety)\r\n8. interaction with other humans and other species\r\n9. a sense of safety\r\n10. dynamic synergy among all of the above things\r\n\r\nAny design process, whether it is moving furniture around or building a new house, should take these ten points into consideration. To do so will guide you down a path of health and happiness.\r\n\r\nNote: the ten points are from Carol Venolia, eco-architect.', 'What We Need, the Basics', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'need-basics', '', '', '2008-12-06 20:40:48', '2008-12-07 02:40:48', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=354', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (355, 1, '2008-12-06 20:39:59', '2008-12-07 02:39:59', 'There are certain inalienable elements that every human needs in their environment in order to stay healthy and happy. These elements are green, timeless, and universal.\n\nThey are:\n\n1. sunlight by day\n2. darkness by night\n3. greenery\n4. water\n5. meaningful sounds\n6. fresh gently moving air\n7. thermal comfort within thermal variation (not too hot or cold but some variety)\n8. interaction with other humans and other species\n9. a sense of safety\n10. dynamic synergy among all of the above things\n\nAny design process, whether it is moving furniture around or building a new house, should take these ten points into consideration. To do so will guid', 'What We Need, the Basics', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision', '', '', '2008-12-06 20:39:59', '2008-12-07 02:39:59', '', 354, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/354-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (357, 1, '2008-11-27 14:30:34', '2008-11-27 20:30:34', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (359, 1, '2008-12-06 21:01:46', '2008-12-07 03:01:46', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (361, 1, '2008-12-06 21:18:04', '2008-12-07 03:18:04', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (363, 1, '2008-12-06 21:23:54', '2008-12-07 03:23:54', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (935, 1, '2009-04-09 09:27:43', '2009-04-09 15:27:43', 'Eco Brooklyn devotes itself to educating and helping the New York community build greener co-ops and Brownstones.\r\n \r\n\r\nWe are a Proud Member of:
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (365, 1, '2008-12-09 16:37:34', '2008-12-09 22:37:34', 'I subscribe to some very scholarly journals on green building. I also subscribe to some radical journals on politics and conspiracies. I like to check out the pulse from various sources. And when I start seeing trends overlapping I know it is something worth paying attention to.\r\n\r\nThis week I was reading in this one very academic journal about the use of hemp fibers mixed with lime to make a concrete-like material that is stronger and apparently six times lighter than real concrete. It is used in France a lot and expanding around Europe.\r\n\r\nAnd then one of my conspiracy journals also spoke about it, but from the perspective of it being this miracle material that was being kept from the building industry due to political reasons (hemp apparently has many uses that threatens existing companies, namely oil and timber companies).\r\n\r\nSeeing it in two widely different contects raised my interest. It does indeed seem to be a viable building material on the rise. Worth keeping an eye out for it.\r\n\r\nThe basics:\r\nhemp grows as a plant, thus CONSUMES CO2.\r\nit grows abundantly and quickly, thus is rapidly renewable.\r\nbecause it grows, it does most of the production itself reducing embodied energy.\r\nonce it is made into "concrete" the CO2 is fixed into the walls, thus it is a CO2 neutral or possibly even CO2 NEGATIVE product.\r\n\r\nportland cement requires huge manufacturing power and thus creates massive amounts of CO2. It is the largest creator of CO2 in the building industry. Enough said.\r\n\r\nBasically, the connection of hemp with weed smoking hippies is a farce. Hemp has too many positive attributes, from paper, oil, wax, cement (the list is long) for it to be considered negatively.\r\n\r\nMore:\r\n\r\n', 'Hemp - Stonger and Lighter than Cement', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hemp-stonger-lighter-cement', '', '', '2009-02-10 18:56:00', '2009-02-11 00:56:00', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=365', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (366, 1, '2008-12-09 16:36:49', '2008-12-09 22:36:49', 'I subscribe to some very scholarly journals on green building. I also subscribe to some radical journals on politics and conspiracies. I like to check out the pulse from various sources. And when I start seeing trends overlapping I know it is something worth paying attention to.\n\nThis week I was reading in this one very academic journal about the use of hemp fibers mixed with lime to make a concrete-like material that is stronger and apparently six times lighter than real concrete. It is used in France a lot and expanding around Europe.\n\nAnd then one of my conspiracy journals also spoke about it, but from the perspective of it being this miracle material that was being kept from the building industry due to political reasons (hemp apparently has many uses that threatens existing companies, namely oil and timber companies).\n\nSeeing it in two widely different contects raised my interest. It does indeed seem to be a viable building material on the rise. Worth keeping an eye out for it.\n\nThe basics:\nhemp grows as a plant, thus CONSUMES CO2.\nit grows abundantly and quickly, thus is rapidly renewable.\nbecause it grows, it does most of the production itself reducing embodied energy.\nonce it is made into "concrete" the CO2 is fixed into the walls, thus it is a CO2 neutral or possibly even CO2 NEGATIVE product.\n\nportland cement requires huge manufacturing power and thus creates massive amounts of CO2. It is the largest creator of CO2 in the building industry. Enough said.\n\nBasically, the connection of hemp with weed smoking hippies is a farce. Hemp has too many positive\nMore:\n\n', 'Hemp - Stonger and Lighter than Cement', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '365-revision', '', '', '2008-12-09 16:36:49', '2008-12-09 22:36:49', '', 365, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/365-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (368, 1, '2008-12-06 21:27:05', '2008-12-07 03:27:05', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (934, 1, '2009-03-21 21:55:38', '2009-03-22 03:55:38', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $12/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (369, 1, '2008-12-09 16:41:11', '2008-12-09 22:41:11', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (783, 1, '2009-03-22 09:54:08', '2009-03-22 15:54:08', 'Our job sites are cleaner than most. We barely have any of the normal toxins. Formaldehyde, nasty glues, paints, thinners and all the other chemical toxins are pretty much absent from our job site.\r\n\r\nWe buy stuff that is free of those toxins when possible. And if not then we find a way not to use them. If that means cleaning the wall with a metal brush for a longer time instead of using ammonia acid then so be it.\r\n\r\nBut even so there is a lot of dust. Even good old fashioned wood can create irritants when cut. Then there is all the dust from tearing down walls, mixing concrete, cutting sheet rock, grinding metal....\r\n\r\nAll this stuff wreaks havoc on the workers\' sinuses. Sinus infections are a problem. The sinus is actually a very complex system and a lot more than an air passage through your nose. It ties all sorts of things together, from your mouth, ears, eyes, lungs and stomach. Even your brain is closely linked to how well your sinus is working.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re not alone. As one site likes to say, "The American Academy of Otolaryngology reports that sinusitis is the most common chronic medical condition in the country. This disorder of the upper airway affects 37 million Americans and leads to debilitating pain and a decline in quality-of-life."\r\n\r\nSinus infections are debilitating. Even though they happen in the sinus, they make the whole body feel like you\'ve been hit by a train. It is a real drain on the body. Your mind is fuzzy and your body is weak. The real problem is that it can be chronic to the point that you just get used to working at half mast. It can really screw up your life.\r\n\r\nI have an ongoing arsenal of medications to combat the ongoing sinus infections I get almost on a yearly basis.\r\n\r\nTo be honest I\'m not very effective at keeping the infection at bay and usually have to resort to antibiotics. And I have no idea what natural medication is more effective than another. I basically throw them all at my nose and hope one of them helps. The way I look at it I might be getting infections a lot more if I DIDN\'T do all these things. And they do give me relief.\r\n\r\nThe following list is an informal collection of things I have found to be helpful at cleaning out the sinus and keeping them infection free.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Neti Pot.\r\n
\r\nThis one is quite an experience if you\'ve never done it before. But it is very effective. You pass water through the sinuses. The water should be warm and clean. Put a healthy pinch of salt in the water. You can also add other disinfectants. The best are a little hydrogen peroxide, or apple cider vinigar or a little drop of grapefruit seed extract.\r\n\r\nGrapefruit seed extract. \r\nThis stuff tastes like crap. But it is a great natural germ killer. Put a few drops in your hot tea and gulp it down. You don\'t savor this stuff.\r\n\r\nApple cider vinegar.\r\nIf there ever was a cure all old wives\' remedy this would be it. Does everything from increasing longevity to increase your sex drive apparently. But again it is good at killing germs and increasing the flow of healthy fluids. Hot water, apple cider vinegar and honey is a nice drink.\r\n\r\n"Sinus Buster" nasal spray.\r\nTry snorting hot pepper powder and you\'ll know how this sinus spray feels. It literally has hot pepper in it and boy is it effective at cleansing out the sinus. Not for the faint of heart, or nose.\r\n\r\nDr. Shen\'s Sinus tablets, aka Pe Min Kan Wan.\r\nHarmless looking little brown pills. Take as many as you want. Very Asian.\r\n\r\nGinger\r\nGinger root, another age old medicinal. Grate it generously into hot tea, cook with it.\r\n\r\nOregano Oil Capsules\r\nOne of the big issues with sinus is high levels of candida in the body. Oregano oil is a great candida killer as well as general disinfectant. Take them with food or else you\'ll get oregano heart burn.\r\n\r\nGarlic\r\nGarlic is to Europe what Ginger is to Asia. Garlic again is a disinfectant and like all the above ingredients it stimulates the glands and gets the healthy juices moving.\r\n\r\nRed Peper\r\nIf you\'ve ever eaten spicy food that was so strong you began sweating, your eyes teared up and you had to blow your nose, then you have already experienced a hot pepper sinus cleanse. Put it in your apple cider hot tea drink and in your food. \r\n\r\nHot water\r\nThe combination of humidity and heat is great for clearing sinuses. Let the shower pour over your forehead, place your towel covered head over a pot of hot water, lay with a hot wet rag over your face or sit in a Turkish steam sauna. It all does wonders for the sinus.\r\n\r\nWhat Not To Do\r\n\r\nDon\'t Expose your face to cold.\r\n Cold weather, cold food, cold water... it all does the opposite of the above things. It constricts your sinus passages and doesn\'t let them clear. Stay away from ice cream, cold drinks, ice, etc. Cover your face in cold weather.\r\n\r\nDon\'t Eat Mucus Forming Food\r\nIt is hard to get good food on the job site. Usually you are stuck with sandwiches from the corner deli. But as much as possible it is important to avoid dairy, sugar, refined flour (white bread, pasta etc), fried food, and other starchy things. They create mucus and clog up the sinus. Good luck with this one. It is not easy. These things are also the main culprits for candida build up in the body, another enemy of the sinus.\r\n\r\nDon\'t expose yourself to dust\r\nOn a job site this isn\'t easy. It means wearing a mask. Keep the area well ventilated. When possible cut outside. Constantly clean with a good vacuum. Don\'t sweap the dust back into the air. ', 'Sinus Infections and Construction', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sinus-infections-construction', '', '', '2009-03-22 10:02:21', '2009-03-22 16:02:21', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=783', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (782, 1, '2009-03-21 21:54:46', '2009-03-22 03:54:46', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $12/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (370, 1, '2008-12-11 08:38:34', '2008-12-11 14:38:34', 'Here is an interesting article. It describes all the kinds of house wraps and vapor barriers in detail. It also concludes that despite all the fancy new products the good old tar paper is still the preferred product for the author.\r\n\r\nI like building that sticks to the basics and avoids as much as possible fancy high tech products. If it can be manufactured simply without lots of machinery then it is more ecological. Of course tar paper has tar, ie oil, but all the other wraps are also petro chemical based too....\r\n\r\nSo for our green project on 2nd street we are going with tar paper for the vapor barrier between the bricks and insulation. Then between the insulation and the inside sheet rock we will use a radiant barrier for more sealing and to radiate the heat back into the house.\r\n\r\nThe file is here.housewrap-tar-paper', 'About House Wrap and Tar Paper', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'house-wrap-tar-paper', '', '', '2008-12-11 08:38:34', '2008-12-11 14:38:34', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=370', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (372, 1, '2008-12-11 08:37:54', '2008-12-11 14:37:54', 'Here is an interesting article. It describes all the kinds of house wraps and vapor barriers in detail. It also concludes that despite all the fancy new products the good old tar paper is still the preferred product for the author.\n\nI like building that sticks to the basics and avoids as much as possible fancy high tech products. If it can be manufactured simply without lots of machinery then it is more ecological. Of course tar paper has tar, ie oil, but all the other wraps are also petro chemical based too....\n\nSo for our green project on 2nd street we are going with tar paper for the vapor barrier between the bricks and insulation.\n\nThe file is here.housewrap-tar-paper', 'About House Wrap and Tar Paper', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '370-revision', '', '', '2008-12-11 08:37:54', '2008-12-11 14:37:54', '', 370, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/370-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (375, 1, '2008-12-13 15:53:24', '2008-12-13 21:53:24', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important in terms of insulation so we are making it very well insulated.\r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminum foil that will reflect back the heat into the building. On top of the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. \r\n\r\nAfter all this, the roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50. Since the Poly ISO is salvaged from another job it is very cheap so we are using as much as we can possibly fit into the space. It is the same Poly ISO we are selling on the main page.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"]
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (378, 1, '2008-12-13 15:53:24', '2008-12-13 21:53:24', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important. \r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminium foil. On the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. This roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50, when done.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]', 'Inserting the Insulation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-13 15:53:24', '2008-12-13 21:53:24', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (379, 1, '2008-12-13 16:20:47', '2008-12-13 22:20:47', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important in terms of insulation so we are making it very well insulated.\n\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminum foil that will reflect back the heat into the building. On top of the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. \n\nAfter all this, the roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50. Since the Poly ISO is salvaged from another job it is very cheap so we are using as much as we can possibly fit into the space. It is the same Poly ISO we are selling on the main page.\n\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]\n\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: here you can see it has all been inserted. You can also see the joists. On some we have added two more, making three sistered joists in places. We did this to make the roof as strong as possible to carry the green roof."]', 'Inserting the Insulation Into the Roof Ceiling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-autosave', '', '', '2008-12-13 16:20:47', '2008-12-13 22:20:47', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (380, 1, '2008-12-13 15:55:39', '2008-12-13 21:55:39', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important. \r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminium foil. On the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. This roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50, when done.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]\r\n\r\n', 'Inserting the Insulation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-revision-3', '', '', '2008-12-13 15:55:39', '2008-12-13 21:55:39', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (381, 1, '2008-12-13 16:18:01', '2008-12-13 22:18:01', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important in terms of insulation so we are making it very well insulated.\r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminum foil that will reflect back the heat into the building. On top of the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. \r\n\r\nAfter all this, the roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50. Since the Poly ISO is salvaged from another job it is very cheap so we are using as much as we can possibly fit into the space. It is the same Poly ISO we are selling on the main page.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]\r\n\r\n', 'Inserting the Insulation Into the Roof Ceiling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-revision-4', '', '', '2008-12-13 16:18:01', '2008-12-13 22:18:01', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (382, 1, '2008-12-13 16:20:56', '2008-12-13 22:20:56', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important in terms of insulation so we are making it very well insulated.\r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminum foil that will reflect back the heat into the building. On top of the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. \r\n\r\nAfter all this, the roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50. Since the Poly ISO is salvaged from another job it is very cheap so we are using as much as we can possibly fit into the space. It is the same Poly ISO we are selling on the main page.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: here you can see it has all been inserted. You can also see the joists. On some we have added two more, making three sistered joists in places. We did this to make the roof as strong as possible to carry the green roof. It should last another 100 years."]', 'Inserting the Insulation Into the Roof Ceiling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-revision-5', '', '', '2008-12-13 16:20:56', '2008-12-13 22:20:56', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (383, 1, '2008-12-13 16:21:41', '2008-12-13 22:21:41', 'We are inserting the salvaged poly iso insulation board into the top floor ceiling of the house between the joists. All the joists have been sistered with "new" salvaged joists. You can see the bolts holding them together. We are packing four layers of poly iso board, making it an air tight R 36. The roof insulation is obviously the most important in terms of insulation so we are making it very well insulated.\r\n\r\nBelow the insulation will be a radiant barrier of aluminum foil that will reflect back the heat into the building. On top of the roof will be two inches of waterproof extruded polystyrene insulation board and then the earth for the green roof. \r\n\r\nAfter all this, the roof will be very well insulated, probably close to R 50. Since the Poly ISO is salvaged from another job it is very cheap so we are using as much as we can possibly fit into the space. It is the same Poly ISO we are selling on the main page.\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Above: inserting polyiso insulation into the ceiling"][/caption]\r\n\r\n [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Below: you can see the poly iso has all been inserted. You can also see the joists. On some we have added two more, making three sistered joists in places. We did this to make the roof as strong as possible to carry the green roof. It should last another 100 years."]', 'Inserting the Insulation Into the Roof Ceiling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '375-revision-6', '', '', '2008-12-13 16:21:41', '2008-12-13 22:21:41', '', 375, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/375-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (385, 1, '2008-12-13 21:46:46', '2008-12-14 03:46:46', 'In order to maximize the living space we decided to turn the cellar into a useable space. To do this we cut a 10x10 foot hole into the floor of the basement, which is only technically called the basement since it is a foot below grade. Practically it is the garden level. Once a hole was in the south side of the garden level it allowed plenty of sunshine to pass into the cellar. \r\n\r\nThe only problem is that the cellar was only six foot high. So we have dug it out another three feet. We had to dig under the existing foundation, which can be risky if not done correctly. First we built a second inner wall out of cinder blocks in the entire cellar. The existing brick wall was so deteriorated you could pull the bricks out by hand and it was actually amazing the four floors above kept standing.\r\n\r\nThe cinder block wall only took up four inches but added all the strength we needed to support the house, which we were in the process of banging and shaking to no end. We then dug down three feet in small areas at a time and underpinned the wall with concrete and the rocks we found in the soil.\r\n\r\nBefore putting the concrete we put plastic vapor barrier and two inches of waterproof insulation to guarantee a warm and dry environment.\r\n\r\n
\r\nAbove you see the sections being dug out.\r\n\r\n
\r\nAbove is the vapor barrier, called Stego wrap. It is one of the few plastics that actually do stop moisture and is priced accordingly. Most cheaper brands don\'t actually stop moisture.\r\n\r\n
\r\nHere we are putting the plastic, insulation and making the form to pour the concrete and stones.\r\n\r\n
\r\nWe used XEPS or extruded polystyrene, which is a dense and waterproof insulation. It is also not friendly to termites, which is important in this area.\r\n\r\n
\r\nHere you can see the rogh finished product where the floor had been dug out and the underpinning poured. We will then pour the concrete floor and then build the cinder blocks up to the other cinder block wall that is currently hanging three feet above ground.\r\n\r\n
\r\nHere you can see the opening in the floor above. We have also knocked out the south wall for a wall of windows so the sun can really shine down into the space. On the front and back walls we did not put cinder blocks because those walls had good solid stone as you can see in the picture. You can see the concrete underpinning under the stone walls where we dug down. A worker is finishing off some underpinning but using cinder blocks instead of concrete since that little alcove is not holding up the building and does not to be as strong.\r\n\r\n
\r\nThis photo shows the cellar before dug down. As you can see there was little headroom.\r\n\r\n
\r\nHere you see the same cellar almost all dug out.', 'Lowering the Cellar Three Feet', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowering-cellar-feet', '', '', '2008-12-13 21:46:46', '2008-12-14 03:46:46', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=385', 0, 'post', '', 5) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (393, 1, '2008-12-13 21:41:53', '2008-12-14 03:41:53', 'In order to maximize the living space we decided to turn the cellar into a useable space. To do this we cut a 10x10 foot hole into the floor of the basement, which is only technically called the basement since it is a foot below grade. Practically it is the garden level. Once a hole was in the south side of the garden level it allowed plenty of sunshine to pass into the cellar. \n\nThe only problem is that the cellar was only six foot high. So we have dug it out another three feet. We had to dig under the existing foundation, which can be risky if not done correctly. First we built a second inner wall out of cinder blocks in the entire cellar. The existing brick wall was so deteriorated you could pull the bricks out by hand and it was actually amazing the four floors above kept standing.\n\nThe cinder block wall only took up four inches but added all the strength we needed to support the house, which we were in the process of banging and shaking to no end. We then dug down three feet in small areas at a time and underpinned the wall with concrete and the rocks we found in the soil.\n\nBefore putting the concrete we put plastic vapor barrier and two inches of waterproof insulation to guarantee a warm and dry environment.\n\n\nAbove you see the sections being dug out.\n\n\nAbove is the vapor barrier, called Stego wrap. It is one of the few plastics that actually do stop moisture and is priced accordingly. Most cheaper brands don\'t actually stop moisture.\n\n\nHere we are putting the plastic, insulation and making the form to pour the concrete and stones.\n\n\nWe used XEPS or extruded polystyrene, which is a dense and waterproof insulation. It is also not friendly to termites, which is important in this area.\n\n\nHere you can see the rogh finished product where the floor had been dug out and the underpinning poured. We will then pour the concrete floor and then build the cinder blocks up to the other cinder block wall that is currently hanging three feet above ground.\n\n\nHere you can see the opening in the floor above. We have also knocked out the south wall for a wall of windows so the sun can really shine down into the space. On the front and back walls we did not put cinder blocks because those walls had good solid stone as you can see in the picture. You can see the concrete underpinning under the stone walls where we dug down. A worker is finishing off some underpinning but using cinder blocks instead of concrete since that little alcove is not holding up the building and does not to be as strong.\n\n\nThis photo shows the cellar before dug down. As you can see there was little headroom.\n\n', 'Lowering the Cellar Three Feet', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '385-revision', '', '', '2008-12-13 21:41:53', '2008-12-14 03:41:53', '', 385, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/385-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (394, 1, '2008-12-18 15:18:56', '2008-12-18 21:18:56', 'I paid a lot of money for fiberglass windows from this company called Fibertec and I am very disappointed. The sales rep was the greatest guy until I signed the contract then he disappeared off the side of the earth. \r\n\r\nFibertec was unbearably late in delivering the windows, like many weeks late. Once they came the windows were so cheaply made that they simply look like vinyl windows. The hardware was crap. The below picture shows the lock hatch that simply fell off many of the windows with the flick of a thumb. \r\n\r\nThe frames were not reinforced enough so that they bowed with some of the taller windows. See pic below.\r\n\r\nA lot of the springs in the window frames had not been attached which means the one attached spring pulled the frame out of it\'s square. This means the windows don\'t fit tight and air seeps in.\r\n\r\nWhen I contacted Fibertec they didn\'t get back to me for over a week of me trying to contact them. When they did get back to me it was some other person who knew nothing about my order and couldn\'t have cared less about the issue.\r\n\r\nBottom line: DO NOT USE FIBERTEC. Service sucks and quality sucks. But mostly the service. I can fix the windows myself. It is just annoying.\r\n\r\nHOWEVER, the fiberglass frame part I LOVE. I think this is the way to go. I really love them and once they are nicely painted and repaired I will be very happy with them. I met another company at a green trade show and next time I would go with them iinstead. Sorry can\'t remember their name right now. But their card is in a big pile somewhere.\r\n\r\n
\r\nABOVE: Lock latches falling off.\r\n\r\n
\r\nHere you can see the crack between the felt of the window and the frame. This is because the frame is bending due it not being able to hold the weight.\r\n\r\n
\r\nThe above photo shows us installing the windows. On the right you can see one installed. ', 'My Fibetec Fiberglass Windows Suck', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fibetec-fiberglass-windows-suck', '', '', '2008-12-18 15:22:28', '2008-12-18 21:22:28', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=394', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (398, 1, '2008-12-18 15:18:13', '2008-12-18 21:18:13', 'I paid a lot of money for fiberglass windows from this company called Fibertec and I am very disappointed. The sales rep was the greatest guy until I signed the contract then he disappeared off the side of the earth. \n\nThey were unbearably late in delivering the windows, like many weeks late. Once the windows came they were so disappointingly cheap that they simply look like vinyl windows. The hardware was crap. The below picture shows the lock hatch that simply fell off many of the windows with the flick of a thumb. \n\nThe frames were not reinforced enough so that they bowed with some of the taller windows.\n\nA lot of the springs in the window frames had not been attached which means the one attached spring pulled the frame out of it\'s square. This means the windows don\'t fit tight and air seeps in.\n\nWhen I contacted Fibertec they didn\'t get back to me for over a week of trying to contact them. When they did get back to me they knew nothing about my order and couldn\'t have cared less about the issue.\n\nBottom line: DO NOT USE FIBERTEC. Service sucks and quality sucks.\n\nHOWEVER, the fiberglass frame part I LOVE. I think this is the way to go. I really love them and once they are nicely painted and repaired I will be very happy with them. I met another company at a green trade show and next time I would go with them. Sorry can\'t remember their name right now. But their card is in a big pile somewhere.\n\n\nABOVE: Lock latches falling off.\n\n\nHere you can see the crack between the felt of the window and the frame. This is because the frame is bending due it not being able to hold the weight.\n\n\nThe above photo shows us installing the windows. On the right you can see one installed. ', 'My Fibetec Fiberglass Windows Suck', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '394-revision', '', '', '2008-12-18 15:18:13', '2008-12-18 21:18:13', '', 394, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/394-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (399, 1, '2008-12-18 15:22:29', '2008-12-18 21:22:29', 'I paid a lot of money for fiberglass windows from this company called Fibertec and I am very disappointed. The sales rep was the greatest guy until I signed the contract then he disappeared off the side of the earth. \n\nFibertec was unbearably late in delivering the windows, like many weeks late. Once they came the windows were so cheaply made that they simply look like vinyl windows. The hardware was crap. The below picture shows the lock hatch that simply fell off many of the windows with the flick of a thumb. \n\nThe frames were not reinforced enough so that they bowed with some of the taller windows. See pic below.\n\nA lot of the springs in the window frames had not been attached which means the one attached spring pulled the frame out of it\'s square. This means the windows don\'t fit tight and air seeps in.\n\nWhen I contacted Fibertec they didn\'t get back to me for over a week of me trying to contact them. When they did get back to me it was some other person who knew nothing about my order and couldn\'t have cared less about the issue.\n\nBottom line: DO NOT USE FIBERTEC. Service sucks and quality sucks. But mostly the service. I can fix the windows myself. It is just annoying.\n\nHOWEVER, the fiberglass frame part I LOVE. I think this is the way to go. I really love them and once they are nicely painted and repaired I will be very happy with them. I met another company at a green trade show and next time I would go with them iinstead. Sorry can\'t remember their name right now. But their card is in a big pile somewhere.\n\n\nABOVE: Lock latches falling off.\n\n\nHere you can see the crack between the felt of the window and the frame. This is because the frame is bending due it not being able to hold the weight.\n\n\nThe above photo shows us installing the windows. On the right you can see one installed. ', 'My Fibetec Fiberglass Windows Suck', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '394-autosave', '', '', '2008-12-18 15:22:29', '2008-12-18 21:22:29', '', 394, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/394-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (400, 1, '2008-12-18 15:18:56', '2008-12-18 21:18:56', 'I paid a lot of money for fiberglass windows from this company called Fibertec and I am very disappointed. The sales rep was the greatest guy until I signed the contract then he disappeared off the side of the earth. \r\n\r\nThey were unbearably late in delivering the windows, like many weeks late. Once the windows came they were so disappointingly cheap that they simply look like vinyl windows. The hardware was crap. The below picture shows the lock hatch that simply fell off many of the windows with the flick of a thumb. \r\n\r\nThe frames were not reinforced enough so that they bowed with some of the taller windows.\r\n\r\nA lot of the springs in the window frames had not been attached which means the one attached spring pulled the frame out of it\'s square. This means the windows don\'t fit tight and air seeps in.\r\n\r\nWhen I contacted Fibertec they didn\'t get back to me for over a week of trying to contact them. When they did get back to me they knew nothing about my order and couldn\'t have cared less about the issue.\r\n\r\nBottom line: DO NOT USE FIBERTEC. Service sucks and quality sucks. But mostly the service. I can fix the windows myself. It is just annoying.\r\n\r\nHOWEVER, the fiberglass frame part I LOVE. I think this is the way to go. I really love them and once they are nicely painted and repaired I will be very happy with them. I met another company at a green trade show and next time I would go with them iinstead. Sorry can\'t remember their name right now. But their card is in a big pile somewhere.\r\n\r\n\r\nABOVE: Lock latches falling off.\r\n\r\n\r\nHere you can see the crack between the felt of the window and the frame. This is because the frame is bending due it not being able to hold the weight.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe above photo shows us installing the windows. On the right you can see one installed. ', 'My Fibetec Fiberglass Windows Suck', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '394-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-18 15:18:56', '2008-12-18 21:18:56', '', 394, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/394-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (401, 1, '2008-12-19 16:17:39', '2008-12-19 22:17:39', '
\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green building practices for brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home; all products will be used and showcased in a living environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment 9-4 M-F. Please call for an appointment: 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show as many people as possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. As a green contractor in Brooklyn we either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. \r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you. For example if you are a school or organization seeking to show your students innovative green building.\r\n\r\nSome of the house\'s green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna. As much as possible the garden will be an edible one, both for humans and animals.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors, some bathroom walls and in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R70.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various surface applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nWe use a gray water collection tank to collect all water from showers and bathroom sinks. The water is then passed to flush the toilets.\r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJack Watson - Carpenter\r\nPedro Reyes - Electrical\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Plumber\r\nNY Solar - Boiler, solar hot water', 'Show House', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'show-house', '', '', '2009-04-09 09:40:52', '2009-04-09 15:40:52', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?page_id=401', 0, 'page', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (402, 1, '2008-12-19 16:16:29', '2008-12-19 22:16:29', 'We are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. \n\nThe house is a four story brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. \n\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenets involve reducing the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\n\nWe will be featuring some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\n\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\n\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency.\n\nThe fire escape is being recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\n\nThe roof have a green roof.\n\nThe roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\n\nThe floors have radiant heat.\n\nThe floors are either buffed concrete, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\n\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance door to minimize usage when tenants are out.\n\nAll exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board from other jobs. We are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All interior walls and floors are hard packed with cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\n\nWindows have been arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\n\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are being re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is being used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\n\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision', '', '', '2008-12-19 16:16:29', '2008-12-19 22:16:29', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (403, 1, '2009-03-22 16:01:57', '2009-03-22 22:01:57', '\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green building practices for brownstone\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\n\nIt is a real home; all products will be used and showcased in a living environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment 9-4 M-F. Please call for an appointment: 347 244 3016.\n\nOur goal is to show as many people as possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. As a green contractor in Brooklyn we either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\n\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. \n\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\nBlog\nArchitectural Plans Small View\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\n\nDescription\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\n\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\n\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\n\nWe feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\n\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you. For example if you are a school or organization seeking to show your students innovative green building.\n\nSome of the house\'s green elements are:\n\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\n\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\n\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\n\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\n\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna. As much as possible the garden will be an edible one, both for humans and animals.\n\nRadiant heat is in all floors, some bathroom walls and in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\n\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\n\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\n\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R70.\n\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\n\nWalls have various surface applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\n\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\n\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\n\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \n\nWe use a gray water collection tank to collect all water from showers and bathroom sinks. The water is then passed to flush the toilets.\n\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\n\nProject Team\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\n\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\nPaul Marino - Engineer\nJack Watson - Carpenter\nPedro Reyes - Electrical\nJames Herrera - Excavation\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\nHans Dompedro - Green Plumber\nNY Solar - Boiler, solar hot water', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-22 16:01:57', '2009-03-22 22:01:57', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (404, 1, '2008-12-19 16:17:39', '2008-12-19 22:17:39', 'We are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. \r\n\r\nThe house is a four story brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. \r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenets involve reducing the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nWe will be featuring some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is being recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof have a green roof.\r\n\r\nThe roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nThe floors have radiant heat.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed concrete, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance door to minimize usage when tenants are out.\r\n\r\nAll exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board from other jobs. We are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All interior walls and floors are hard packed with cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWindows have been arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are being re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is being used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-19 16:17:39', '2008-12-19 22:17:39', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (406, 1, '2008-12-19 16:59:18', '2008-12-19 22:59:18', '\r\n\r\nWe are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details.\r\n\r\nThe building is a four story brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. \r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nSome green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a green roof and bee hive.\r\n\r\nThe roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. All interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-3', '', '', '2008-12-19 16:59:18', '2008-12-19 22:59:18', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (414, 1, '2008-12-19 18:13:40', '2008-12-20 00:13:40', 'After some research we noticed that one of the most effective ways to reduce impact noise between floors was to put a recycled tyre product between the floor and sub floor. It creates a vibrating cushion that absorbs the impact, thus deadening the sound.\r\n\r\nThe only problem is that this product is costly. And costly is not green in the slightest.\r\n\r\nSo we went to the mechanic down the road. He was more than happy to give us some used tires. He has to pay to dispose of them into the landfill. We took the tires and cut them into little strips.\r\n\r\nThe strips were placed wherever a stud or support beam made contact with the floor above, creating a sound impact barrier between the two floors. Kids jumping, heavy boots and games of basketball should all become less audible from the neighbors above thanks to our technique.\r\n\r\n\r\nCutting the tires into strips.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlacing the tire under the joists.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe same tire pictured above but now we have put the support beam beneath it. The tire now acts as a sound barrier between the joists and the beam, breaking the vibration that would normally pass from the joist to the beam and the floor below.\r\n\r\n\r\nHere is an example of the tire placed between the stud and the footer. It is better to place the tire between the stud and the header to stop sound coming from above. But in this case the stud was supporting the stairs so it didn\'t matter.', 'Soundproofing between floors', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '407-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-19 18:13:40', '2008-12-20 00:13:40', '', 407, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/407-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (415, 1, '2008-12-23 15:46:57', '2008-12-23 21:46:57', '
\r\nAbove Pic: "ugly" wood that I use for everything from studs to window frames.\r\n\r\nRecycling is a great way to reuse materials and save money. It is important to keep in mind the extra costs of recycling.\r\n\r\nIf you get the materials for free, say from a salvage, that is a great starting point. It beats paying for it from a store.\r\n\r\nBut free or not you then have to have a use for it otherwise you need to pay to store it until the job is ready. This costs money.\r\n\r\nSecondly, and this is often an issue with wood or metal studs, recycled material isn\'t always clean. My carpenters have never felled a tree for wood. They are used to reaching their arm out and grabbing a perfectly cut clean piece of wood that fits exactly what they need. This is the consumer society we live in.\r\n\r\nAnd I am always getting grief from my carpenters about this. I bring them ugly, nail ridden, odd sized wood and ask them to work with it. They don\'t like it. It takes them precious time to clean the wood and size it for their needs. \r\n\r\nIn fact today one carpenter said he felt guilty because he was wasting so much of my time (=money) using the old wood instead of out of the box new wood.\r\n\r\nBut the important thing to understand is that it is still better. I would rather pay my carpenter the money instead of the store. Despite the obvious benefits of recycling etc, I\'m still saving money.\r\n\r\nI may pay the carpenter $20 extra but I save $15 because I didn\'t pay for the wood. Even if I wasn\'t saving any money at all I would still do it. \r\n\r\nIt makes too much sense not to do it. It means my carpenters need to slow down. It means my studs won\'t be nice and clean looking. But it also means I\'ve saved some trees, the wood is stronger than the crap they speed grow today, I\'m lessened the landfill burden, and I might even save some money!', 'The Costs of Recycling', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'costs-recycling', '', '', '2009-01-22 16:49:15', '2009-01-22 22:49:15', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=415', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (417, 1, '2008-12-23 15:46:16', '2008-12-23 21:46:16', '\nAbove Pic: "ugly" wood that I use for everything from studs to \nRecycling is a great way to reuse materials and save money. It is important to keep in mind the extra costs of recycling.\n\nIf you get the materials for free, say from a salvage, that is a great starting point. It beats paying for it from a store.\n\nBut free or not you then have to have a use for it otherwise you need to pay to store it until the job is ready. This costs money.\n\nSecondly, and this is often an issue with wood or metal studs, recycled material isn\'t always clean. My carpenters have never felled a tree for wood. They are used to reaching their arm out and grabbing a perfectly cut clean piece of wood that fits exactly what they need. This is the consumer society we live in.\n\nAnd I am always getting grief from my carpenters about this. I bring them ugly, nail ridden, odd sized wood and ask them to work with it. They don\'t like it. It takes them precious time to clean the wood and size it for their needs. \n\nIn fact today one carpenter said he felt guilty because he was wasting so much of my time (=money) using the old wood instead of out of the box new wood.\n\nBut the important thing to understand is that it is still better. I would rather pay my carpenter the money instead of the store. Despite the obvious benefits of recycling etc, I\'m still saving money.\n\nI may pay the carpenter $20 extra but I save $15 because I didn\'t pay for the wood. Even if I wasn\'t saving any money at all I would still do it. \n\nIt makes too much sense not to do it. It means my carpenters need to slow down. It means my studs won\'t be nice and clean looking. But it also means I\'ve saved some trees, the wood is stronger than the crap they speed grow today, I\'m lessened the landfill burden, and I might even save some money!', 'The costs of recycling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '415-revision', '', '', '2008-12-23 15:46:16', '2008-12-23 21:46:16', '', 415, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/415-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (611, 1, '2009-02-11 10:29:01', '2009-02-11 16:29:01', 'Our budget for the Brooklyn green show house got decimated with this banking crisis. So we don\'t really have a budget any more. It is basically as cheap as we can make it. \r\n\r\nFor our kitchens for example we were going to buy salvaged kitchens, make them in house out of salvaged wood or find a company we wanted to represent and could afford. There is a lot of good wood and second hand kitchens here. The closets were going to be studs and sheet rock with basic doors and drawers. The visual parts were going to be salvaged wood. \r\n\r\nOur financing problem is not unique so we are using it to take advantage of the new attitude by showing affordable quality green products. That is what I think will sell now and for a good while into the future. \r\n\r\nThe outlook has changed drastically here in the epicenter of the financial crisis, AKA New York. It is considered very intelligent to buy affordable green products. "High End" is considered stupid and associated with Wall Street spending. The underlying change is that expensive is no longer necessarily tied with quality. Quality is tied to quality regardless of price.\r\n\r\nAnd with the new green perspective more often it is greener to buy something affordable over something expensive. The reasoning is that a green product has no impact if the middle class doesn\'t buy into it. So the fact that everyone is broke and thinking green is a great thing. We are being forced to pull green from the grips of "high end" niche production and find creative ways to make them affordable.\r\n\r\nSo with the green show house I\'m pushing hard to dispel the myth that green is more expensive than other products and I\'m targeting the middle sector that owns the majority of the brownstones. In fact I\'d like to show that it is actually cheaper to buy green since the resources are used more intelligently and there is less waste. \r\n\r\nThis comes mostly from a practical point of view since in this economy I think nobody will buy it unless it is priced competitively anyway. And I can probably say that increasingly people won\'t buy it unless it is green as well. There is a double bottom line developing in consumerism: green and affordable. it may not be mainstream but it is at least gaining in numbers.\r\n\r\nBut because quality green still isn\'t entirely mainstream there remains considerable competitive advantage to selling green products and any cut in price is made up by less competition and better market placement now and in the future. \r\n\r\nThere is a changing of the guard and the competitively priced green companies will emerge as the leaders. The companies making non-green products and/or expensive ones will fall to the side and become niche markets.', 'Quality is tied to quality and no longer tied to price', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'quality-tied-quality-longer-tied', '', '', '2009-02-11 10:29:01', '2009-02-11 16:29:01', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=611', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (612, 1, '2009-02-11 10:28:16', '2009-02-11 16:28:16', 'Our budget for the Brooklyn green show house got decimated with this banking crisis. So we don\'t really have a budget any more. It is basically as cheap as we can make it. \n\nFor our kitchens for example we were going to buy salvaged kitchens, make them in house out of salvaged wood or find a company we wanted to represent and could afford. There is a lot of good wood and second hand kitchens here. The closets were going to be studs and sheet rock with basic doors and drawers. The visual parts were going to be salvaged wood. \n\nOur financing problem is not unique so we are using it to take advantage of the new attitude by showing affordable quality green products. That is what I think will sell now and for a good while into the future. \n\nThe outlook has changed drastically here in the epicenter of the financial crisis, AKA New York. It is considered very intelligent to buy affordable green products. "High End" is considered stupid and associated with Wall Street spending. The underlying change is that expensive is no longer necessarily tied with quality. Quality is tied to quality regardless of price.\n\nAnd with the new green perspective more often it is greener to buy something affordable over something expensive. The reasoning is that a green product has no impact if the middle class doesn\'t buy into it. So the fact that everyone is broke and thinking green is a great thing. We are being forced to pull green from the grips of "high end" niche production and find creative ways to make them affordable.\n\nSo with the green show house I\'m pushing hard to dispel the myth that green is more expensive than other products and I\'m targeting the middle sector that owns the majority of the brownstones. In fact I\'d like to show that it is actually cheaper to buy green since the resources are used more intelligently and there is less waste. \n\nThis comes mostly from a practical point of view since in this economy I think nobody will buy it unless it is priced competitively anyway. And I can probably say that increasingly people won\'t buy it unless it is green as well. There is a double bottom line developing in consumerism: green and affordable. it may not be mainstream but it is at least gaining in numbers.\n\nBut because quality green still isn\'t entirely mainstream there remains considerable competitive advantage to selling green products and any cut in price is made up by less competition and better market placement now and in the future. \n\nThere is a changing of the guard and the competitively priced green companies will emerge as the leaders. The non-green companies and/or the expensive ones will fall to the side and become niche markets.', 'Quality is tied to quality and no longer tied to price', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '611-revision', '', '', '2009-02-11 10:28:16', '2009-02-11 16:28:16', '', 611, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/611-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (613, 1, '2009-02-13 19:56:54', '2009-02-14 01:56:54', 'I think the New York and Brooklyn brownstones are ideal candidates for green renovations. They have all the ingredients that make for an easy and powerful green overhaul. I can\'t list them without sounding like a sales pitch, but it\'s more pride of Brooklyn than me trying to sell anything.\n\nFirstly the greenest thing you could do in a building is reuse an old one, and what is more perfect than the shell of a beautiful brownstone. Usually all four walls are more than fine for keeping. They have been there for a hundred years and can last another hundred. Now that is green!\n\nIf anything you want to rip off the layers of lead laden sheet rock and expose the interior brick walls (at least the ones that aren\'t external facing walls). This means no new sheet rock and studs, which means less resources used.\n\nJust the mere fact that Brownstones share side walls with the neighbors means less energy lost to the outside and half the materials needed to build. \n\nAnother tenet of green is not taking up virgin nature. Brownstones are densely packed together, which leaves more of the world for uninhabited rolling hills and nature.\n\nThe bones of brownstones are solid. They have lots of old hardwood. NY isn\'t called the Gotham Forest for nothing. We have more excellent old growth timber in this city than exists in the wild. That is a sad thought, but the good news is that it is sitting protected under cheap vinyl floors and cracking tiles just waiting to be reclaimed to its true beauty.\n\nWhether you cut the old joists into siding, floors, studs, or new joists, the wood is good and strong. In our Brooklyn green show house renovation we have done all of that with the old wood.\n\nBrownstones have plenty of bricks. They are strong and beautiful. We are using them for new walls, patios, walkways and fireplaces. likewise for slate, either on walls or walkways.\n\nBrownstones have nice flat roofs that are perfect for gardens, solar and hot water panels and decks. For some reason they weren\'t built for use and for the most part have spent a hundred years ignored. But their value is great. We are using the show house roof for all of the above plus a bee hive :). We have strengthened the roof with salvaged joists and it is strong as ever. \n\nBrownstones are small. McMansions are a waste of everything. But New Yorkers, with our small apartments and large spirit, have been living green for years without knowing it. New York is one of the only places in the United States that shares an average house size with the rest of the world. Most of the United States has two or three times the house size as the rest of the world and wastes energy accordingly.\n\nNew Yorkers have much less cars than other Americans. There are even New Yorkers without driver\'s licenses! Blasphemy! A Brooklyn brownstone is often within walking distance of good transport and amenities. This means less driving and specifically less asphalt for parking spaces, another feature many normal homes suffer from. Instead, a Brownstone has a great front yard area for greening.\n\nNew York is a center of commerce. This means most of the materials are local. Sand, glass, cement, wood, stone, metal...it can all be acquired locally. There is great economy of scale to be located in such a dense commercial and residential area. When a truck brings material to New York it is feeding a hundred houses, instead of only a couple in the countryside. \n\nI am very excited to be doing a green renovation on a Brownstone. Because of all the in built green features of Brownstones it is relatively easy to turn a Brownstone into a very green and more comfortable home.', 'Brownstones are ripe for green renovations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-13 19:56:54', '2009-02-14 01:56:54', '', 607, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/607-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\nOnly in USA are dumpsters so full of wonderful stuff. And you can\'t get fancier than a Corcoran dumpster. There is one in front of the Corcoran condos on President St in Carroll Gardens. I had the good luck to check them out today and found 1000 sq.ft. of once used wide plank maple flooring!\r\n\r\nThe builder was there and he said they were installed six months ago in the summer. Probably because they weren\'t acclimatized correctly they warped a little. But my carpenter says it\'s nothing the correct nails and some sanding can\'t fix.\r\n\r\nSo it looks like the green show house will have 100% salvaged flooring. We salvaged some oak from another reno a couple months ago.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (422, 1, '2008-12-29 18:00:54', '2008-12-30 00:00:54', 'Only in USA are dumpsters so full of wonderful stuff. And you can\'t get fancier than a Corcoran dumpster. There is one in front of the Corcoran condos on President St in Carroll Gardens. I had the good luck to check them out today and found 1000 sq.ft. of once used wide plank maple flooring!\n\nThe builder was there and he said they were installed six months ago in the summer. Probably because they weren\'t acclimatized correctly they warped a little. But my carpenter says it\'s nothing the correct nails and some sanding can\'t fix.\n\nSo it looks like the green show house will have 100% salvaged flooring. We salvaged some oak from another reno', 'Wood Flooring courtesy of Corcoran', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '419-revision', '', '', '2008-12-29 18:00:54', '2008-12-30 00:00:54', '', 419, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/419-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (423, 1, '2008-12-09 19:27:55', '2008-12-10 01:27:55', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $10/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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\r\n\r\nWe have completely dug down the cellar by 3 and 1/2 feet. Then we put a vapour barrier and 3 inch insulation which we taped at the seams. Then we put down the salvaged fencing from the back yard to act as strengthener for the cement. On the fence we tied the pex tubing for the radiant head. \r\n\r\nMeanwhile on the ceiling we are insulating the pipes. Fanatical insulation is the trick to green building.\r\n\r\nThe next step is to pour the cement.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (427, 1, '2008-12-29 20:52:53', '2008-12-30 02:52:53', '\n\nWe have completely dug down the cellar by 3 and 1/2 feet. Then we put a vapour barrier and 3 inch insulation which we taped at the seams. Then we put down the salvaged fencing from the back yard to act as strengthener for the cement. On the fence we tied the pex tubing for the radiant head. \n\nMeanwhile on the ceiling we are insulating the pipes. Fanatical insulation is the trick to green building.\n\nThe next step is to pour the cement.\n\n\n', 'Laying the foundation for the concrete slab', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '424-revision', '', '', '2008-12-29 20:52:53', '2008-12-30 02:52:53', '', 424, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/424-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (428, 1, '2008-12-29 20:54:55', '2008-12-30 02:54:55', 'As seen from the stoop of the green show house. Nice!\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (431, 1, '2008-12-30 16:56:14', '2008-12-30 22:56:14', 'I have a moto that I live by when building: Fanatic Insulation. I\'m not sure if I coined the phrase but I think I did :). We use weather barrier, caulk, insulation, foam, flashing etc like there we\'re building an antarctic deep sea submarine.\r\n\r\nConsidering some European standards, notably in Germany, our insulation style actually isn\'t that fanatic. Just recently I was reading about homes in Germany that are so well insulated that in the dead of winter all they need is a little portable heater to heat the entire home. Or one small fireplace. Now that is energy smart!\r\n\r\nA house needs to seen as a living entity and a renovation is an operation. When you sew them back up again it needs to be done with thoroughness and accuracy. You wouldn\'t leave a patient with a gaping hole in them and the same applies to a house. It needs to be sealed correctly with the correct materials. \r\n\r\nOtherwise "infection" will occur. In the form of wood rot from water, wasted energy from air, etc.\r\n\r\nNow of course the houses in Germany aren\'t just warm because of insulation. They are "passive houses" and of course passive heat from the sun helps. \r\n\r\nAnd if a house is fanatically insulated then you have to give it "artificial lungs" since it is no longer breathing through the cracks in the walls. Fans, windows, air circulators and vents need to be added intelligently so that the house can breathe otherwise the very well insulated air stagnates in it\'s own soup. \r\n\r\nThe key in this is to do it more effectively than the cracks in the wall that while letting the house breathe also let in the elements. A heat transfer plate is one cool tool where the heat going out the house heats the air coming into the house. Likewise you can have the same tool for the water; where the hot water going out of the house (shower, dishwasher etc) heats the water coming into the house through heat transfer coils.\r\n\r\n', 'Fanatic Insulation', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fanatic-insulation', '', '', '2008-12-30 17:03:06', '2008-12-30 23:03:06', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=431', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (434, 1, '2008-12-30 17:02:37', '2008-12-30 23:02:37', 'I have a moto that I live by when building: Fanatic Insulation. I\'m not sure if I coined the phrase but I think I did :). We use weather barrier, caulk, insulation, foam, flashing etc like there we\'re building an antarctic deep sea submarine.\n\nConsidering some European standards, notably in Germany, our insulation style actually isn\'t that fanatic. Just recently I was reading about homes in Germany that are so well insulated that in the dead of winter all they need is a little portable heater to heat the entire home. Or one small fireplace. Now that is energy smart!\n\nA house needs to seen as a living entity and a renovation is an operation. When you sew them back up again it needs to be done with thoroughness and accuracy. You wouldn\'t leave a patient with a gaping hole in them and the same applies to a house. It needs to be sealed correctly with the correct materials. \n\nOtherwise "infection" will occur. In the form of wood rot from water, wasted energy from air, etc.\n\nNow of course the houses in Germany aren\'t just warm because of insulation. They are "passive houses" and of course passive heat from the sun helps. \n\nAnd if a house is fanatically insulated then you have to give it "artificial lungs" since it is no longer breathing through the cracks in the walls. Fans, windows, air circulators and vents need to be added intelligently so that the house can breathe otherwise the very well insulated air stagnates in it\'s own soup. \n\nThe key in this is to do it more effectively than the cracks in the wall that while letting the house breathe also let in the elements. A heat transfer plate is one cool tool where the heat going out the house heats the air coming into the house. Likewise you can have the same tool for the water; where the hot water coming out of the house (shower, dishwasher etc) heats the water coming into the house through heat transfer \n\n', 'Fanatic Insulation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '431-autosave', '', '', '2008-12-30 17:02:37', '2008-12-30 23:02:37', '', 431, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/431-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (436, 1, '2008-12-31 09:31:25', '2008-12-31 15:31:25', 'We have a cellar half of the ceiling on the south side being open so that large amounts of light stream in and make a very nice living area.\r\n\r\nFirst we dug out the cellar 3 1/2 feet:\r\n
\r\n\r\nWhile digging we found a giant stone which I decided to keep and put under the stairs, much to head shaking of everyone else. They wanted to dig a hole and bury it. I want to give it a name and designate it the protector of the house. I\'m different that way I guess:\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we underpinned the walls:\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen 3 inches of insulation including around the border.\r\n
\r\n\r\nSalvaged steel from fencing. From this:\r\n
\r\n\r\nTo this:\r\n
\r\n\r\nPex hot water tubing (the black foam is to insulate some water pipes in the ceiling):\r\n
\r\n\r\n4-5 inches of concrete. We used cement and sand without rocks to not damage the tubes.\r\nWe decided to not use Fly Ash in any of the cement because even though fly ash makes a better mix and is also recycling material I had doubts about the heavy metal content of fly ash.\r\n\r\nPassing the concrete into the cellar along a chute we made out of plywood:\r\n
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\r\n\r\nColoring. We scattered a cement/sand/color mixture and troweled it in. I\'m not sure I like the coloring. I wanted something warm and sunny for the cellar but it turned out a little too dramatic. I might sand it down a bit to remove some of the intensity. We might also cut grout lines and put some lighter grout to also cut down on the intensity. \r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (451, 1, '2008-12-31 09:31:09', '2008-12-31 15:31:09', 'We have a cellar half of the ceiling on the south side being open so that large amounts of light stream in and make a very nice living area.\n\nFirst we dug out the cellar 3 1/2 feet:\n\n\nWhile digging we found a giant stone which I decided to keep and put under the stairs, much to head shaking of everyone else. They wanted to dig a hole and bury it. I want to give it a name and designate it the protector of the house. I\'m different that way I guess:\n\n\nThen we underpinned the walls:\n\n\nThen 3 inches of insulation including around the border.\n\n\nSalvaged steel from fencing. From this:\n\n\nTo this:\n\n\nPex hot water tubing (the black foam is to insulate some water pipes in the ceiling):\n\n\n4-5 inches of concrete. We used cement and sand without rocks to not damage the tubes.\nWe decided to not use Fly Ash in any of the cement because even though fly ash makes a better mix and is also recycling material I had doubts about the heavy metal content of fly ash.\n\nPassing the concrete into the cellar along a chute we made out of plywood:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColoring. We scattered a cement/sand/color mixture and troweled it in. I\'m not sure I like the coloring. I wanted something warm and sunny for the cellar but it turned out a little too dramatic. I might sand it down a bit to remove some of the intensity. We might also cut grout lines and put some lighter grout to also cut down on the intensity. \n\n\n\n\n\n', 'Experimenting with the concrete slab', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '436-revision', '', '', '2008-12-31 09:31:09', '2008-12-31 15:31:09', '', 436, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/436-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (452, 1, '2008-11-27 14:13:56', '2008-11-27 20:13:56', '\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an alternative GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is a green builder. It focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nIt invests in houses and renovates them as well as helps others renovate their homes.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value should the owners decide to sell or refinance. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nSome green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. All interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-4', '', '', '2008-12-19 17:07:09', '2008-12-19 23:07:09', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (455, 1, '2008-12-31 10:33:52', '2008-12-31 16:33:52', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nSome green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. All interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-5', '', '', '2008-12-31 10:33:52', '2008-12-31 16:33:52', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (456, 1, '2008-12-31 17:26:04', '2008-12-31 23:26:04', 'A "new" construction style coming out of Germany creates houses that barely need energy to run. They don\'t even have heating systems. In the dead of winter they might need a little space heater but that is is. What is the secret? Here is a list from their site:\r\n\r\nCompact form and good insulation: \r\nAll components of the exterior shell of the house are insulated to achieve a U-factor that does not exceed 0.15 W/(m²K) (0.026 Btu/h/ft²/°F).\r\n\r\nSouthern orientation and shade considerations: \r\nPassive use of solar energy is a significant factor in passive house design.\r\n\r\nEnergy-efficient window glazing and frames: \r\nWindows (glazing and frames, combined) should have U-factors not exceeding 0.80 W/(m²K) (0.14 Btu/h/ft²/°F), with solar heat-gain coefficients around 50%.\r\n\r\nBuilding envelope air-tightness: \r\nAir leakage through unsealed joints must be less than 0.6 times the house volume per hour.\r\n\r\nPassive preheating of fresh air: \r\nFresh air may be brought into the house through underground ducts that exchange heat with the soil. This preheats fresh air to a temperature above 5°C (41°F), even on cold winter days.\r\n\r\nHighly efficient heat recovery from exhaust air using an air-to-air heat exchanger: \r\nMost of the perceptible heat in the exhaust air is transferred to the incoming fresh air (heat recovery rate over 80%).\r\n\r\nHot water supply using regenerative energy sources: \r\nSolar collectors or heat pumps provide energy for hot water.\r\n\r\nEnergy-saving household appliances: \r\nLow energy refrigerators, stoves, freezers, lamps, washers, dryers, etc. are indispensable in a passive house.', 'Passiv Haus (Passive House)', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'passiv-haus-passive-house', '', '', '2008-12-31 17:26:04', '2008-12-31 23:26:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=456', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (457, 1, '2008-12-31 17:25:58', '2008-12-31 23:25:58', 'A "new" construction style coming out of Germany creates houses that barely need energy to run. They don\'t even have heating systems. In the dead of winter they might need a little space heater but that is is. What is the secret? Here is a list from their site:\n\nCompact form and good insulation: \nAll components of the exterior shell of the house are insulated to achieve a U-factor that does not exceed 0.15 W/(m²K) (0.026 Btu/h/ft²/°F).\n\nSouthern orientation and shade considerations: \nPassive use of solar energy is a significant factor in passive house design.\n\nEnergy-efficient window glazing and frames: \nWindows (glazing and frames, combined) should have U-factors not exceeding 0.80 W/(m²K) (0.14 Btu/h/ft²/°F), with solar heat-gain coefficients around 50%.\n\nBuilding envelope air-tightness: \nAir leakage through unsealed joints must be less than 0.6 times the house volume per hour.\n\nPassive preheating of fresh air: \nFresh air may be brought into the house through underground ducts that exchange heat with the soil. This preheats fresh air to a temperature above 5°C (41°F), even on cold winter days.\n\nHighly efficient heat recovery from exhaust air using an air-to-air heat exchanger: \nMost of the perceptible heat in the exhaust air is transferred to the incoming fresh air (heat recovery rate over 80%).\n\nHot water supply using regenerative energy sources: \nSolar collectors or heat pumps provide energy for hot water.\n\nEnergy-saving household appliances: \nLow energy refrigerators, stoves, freezers, lamps, washers, dryers, etc. are indispensable in a passive house.', 'Passiv Haus (Passive House)', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '456-revision', '', '', '2008-12-31 17:25:58', '2008-12-31 23:25:58', '', 456, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/456-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (458, 1, '2008-12-31 17:36:33', '2008-12-31 23:36:33', 'One technology I have my eyes on is developed by Isomax.\r\n\r\nThey build homes that require basically no heating or cooling at all, regardless of where the house it. How do they do it?\r\n\r\nThey use a series of air and water tubes and ducts to pass heat and cold around. They have tubes in the roof and walls that pass either into the earth outside the house or into the earth beneath the house. The area outside the house cools the tubes and the area beneath the house heats the house. The same happens with the air ducts.\r\n\r\nThe area beneath the house becomes a heat storage area as hot water from the roof and walls during the summer passes under the house and leaves the heat. Then during the winter that very same heat is still there but only now it is taken out of the earth and put back into the house.\r\n\r\nThe house takes two or three years to really get going because you need one or two summers to get the ground under the house warmed up but after that you can expect a house that stays the same constant temperature throughout the whole year.\r\n\r\nIt is a very interesting technology.', 'Zero Energy Houses', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'energy-houses', '', '', '2008-12-31 17:36:33', '2008-12-31 23:36:33', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=458', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (459, 1, '2008-12-31 17:36:10', '2008-12-31 23:36:10', 'One technology I have my eyes on is developed by Isomax.\n\nThey build homes that require basically no heating or cooling at all, regardless of where the house it. How do they do it?\n\nThey use a series of air and water tubes and ducts to pass heat and cold around. They have tubes in the roof and walls that pass either into the earth outside the house or into the earth beneath the house. The area outside the house cools the tubes and the area beneath the house heats the house. The same happens with the air ducts.\n\nThe area beneath the house becomes a heat storage area as hot water from the roof and walls during the summer passes under the house and leaves the heat. Then during the winter that very same heat is still there but only now it is taken out of the earth and put back into the house.\n\nThe house takes two or three years to really get going because you need one or two summers to get the ground under the house warmed up but after that you can expect a house that stays the same constant temperature throughout the whole year.\n', 'Zero Energy Houses', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '458-revision', '', '', '2008-12-31 17:36:10', '2008-12-31 23:36:10', '', 458, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/458-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\nAbove: Facade with planter and recycled joists.\r\n\r\nOriginally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \r\n\r\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\r\n\r\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\r\n\r\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it back nor could we buy similar stuff. Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\r\n\r\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \r\n\r\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\r\n\r\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\r\n\r\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\r\n\r\nPre Construction:\r\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\r\n
\r\n\r\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\r\n
\r\n\r\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\r\nThe south opening:\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (465, 1, '2009-01-05 12:28:55', '2009-01-05 18:28:55', 'Originally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \n\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\n\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\n\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it: Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\n\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \n\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\n\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\n\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\n\nPre Construction:\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\n\n\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\n\n\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\nThe south opening:\n\n\nAnd on the north side we will construct what hopefully will turn out to be a beautiful facade that is also smart energy wise. Here is my sketch:\n', 'Adding Solar gain and recyclables to Facade', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '460-revision', '', '', '2009-01-05 12:28:55', '2009-01-05 18:28:55', '', 460, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/460-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\nI\'m experimenting with a transparent heat transfer wall. \r\nIt would be a transparent wall attached to the outer south wall, leaving about one inch between them. The out wall would be painted a dark color. Ideally it would be black but that would be too much of an eye sore. So dark brown would be fine. This way it would attract maximum heat from the sun.\r\n\r\nThe sun would pass through the transparent outer wall and hit the dark inner wall and get hot. The air trapped within the two walls would heat up and rise, pulling more air from below that would in turn heat up.\r\n\r\nDuring the winter we could have an air passage from that area into the house where the hot air could pass. Because of the pressure of rising hot air it would naturally get pushed into the house. This technology works since I\'ve seen similar set ups.\r\n\r\nI have thought of another use for the same system but have yet to run it by engineers to see if my physics is right. In the summer the passage to the house would be closed and another one going outside would be opened. This means, if my theory is correct, that the hot air would pass up and back out into the outside, thus pulling heat from the house into the atmosphere.\r\n\r\nThis seems to be a good natural heating and cooling system using the thermodynamics of simple rising hot air and the sun. The wall could easilly be made out of glass or Plexiglas.', 'External Transparent Heat Transfer Wall', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'external-transparent-heat-transfer', '', '', '2009-01-16 20:58:24', '2009-01-17 02:58:24', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=468', 0, 'post', '', 5) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (466, 1, '2009-01-05 12:33:40', '2009-01-05 18:33:40', '\nAbove: Facade with planter and recycled joists.\n\nOriginally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \n\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\n\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\n\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it back nor could we buy similar stuff. Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\n\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \n\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\n\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\n\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\n\nPre Construction:\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\n\n\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\n\n\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\nThe south opening:\n', 'Adding Solar gain and recyclables to Facade', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '460-autosave', '', '', '2009-01-05 12:33:40', '2009-01-05 18:33:40', '', 460, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/460-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (467, 1, '2009-01-05 12:29:55', '2009-01-05 18:29:55', 'Originally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \r\n\r\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\r\n\r\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\r\n\r\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it back nor could we buy similar stuff. Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\r\n\r\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \r\n\r\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\r\n\r\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\r\n\r\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\r\n\r\nPre Construction:\r\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\r\n\r\n\r\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\r\nThe south opening:\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd on the north side we will construct what hopefully will turn out to be a beautiful facade that is also smart energy wise. Here is my sketch:\r\n', 'Adding Solar gain and recyclables to Facade', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '460-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-05 12:29:55', '2009-01-05 18:29:55', '', 460, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/460-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (470, 1, '2009-01-05 18:07:11', '2009-01-06 00:07:11', '\nI\'m experimenting with a transparent heat transfer wall. \nIt would be a transparent wall attached to the outer south wall, leaving about one inch between them. The out wall would be painted a dark color. Ideally it would be black but that would be too much of an eye sore. So dark brown would be fine. This way it would attract maximum heat from the sun.\n\nThe sun would pass through the transparent outer wall and hit the dark inner wall and get hot. The air trapped within the two walls would heat up and rise, pulling more air from below that would in turn heat up.\n\nDuring the winter we could have an air passage from that area into the house where the hot air could pass. Because of the pressure of rising hot air it would naturally get pushed into the house. This technology works since I\'ve seen similar set ups.\n\nI have thought of another use for the same system but have yet to run it by engineers to see if my physics is right. In the summer the passage to the house would be closed and another one going outside would be opened. This means, if my theory is correct, that the hot air would pass up and back out into the outside, thus pulling heat from the house into the atmosphere.\n\nThis seems to be a good natural heating and cooling system using the thermodynamics of simple rising hot air and the sun. The wall could easilly be made out of glass or Plexiglas.', 'External Transparent Heat Transfer Wall', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '468-revision', '', '', '2009-01-05 18:07:11', '2009-01-06 00:07:11', '', 468, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/468-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (471, 1, '2008-10-17 10:21:56', '2008-10-17 16:21:56', 'In the constant quest for a greener insulation I have considered many options.\r\n- Cellulose is good but messy and dusty.\r\n- Isonyne spray foam or Demilec spray foam is good but not that cheap and quite honestly not as green as they say. It takes huge amounts of energy and petroleum to create the main ingredient isocyanate.\r\n- Formaldehyde free fiberglass is ok but still fiberglass (scratch, scratch).\r\n- Solid foam is good and in my opinion under valued by the green community.\r\n\r\nTHEN you have RECYCLED SOLID FOAM, which I am starting to think is the way to go.\r\nI might buy it from www.InsulationDepot.com. It comes out at the same price as normal fiberglass batts but is way better R value when you air seal the boards correctly. And it is RECYCLED.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion normal (non-green) recycled materials is better than new green material. Why make more when it has already been made.\r\n\r\nALSO, foam board does off gas a little BUT almost all of that happens in the first few months or year. And since it is recycled it has already off gassed! Now that is a fantastic side benefit of recycling!\r\n\r\nFurther info I found on the web \r\n\r\nWhether it takes the form of batt, loose fill, sprayed-in foam, or rigid foam, insulation is an essential part of any housing. Insulation slows the transfer of heat (energy) from warmer areas to colder areas. It can also serve to reduce noise. Insulation effectiveness is typically measured in R-value. A higher R-value for insulation is better. A well-constructed insulation system will help reduce air infiltration and heat transfer and help control moisture. All of these factors need to come together to produce a comfortable and healthy living environment. The following analysis examines the relative economic, energy, and environmental impacts of the following insulation types: fiberglass batt, blown and loose fill cellulose, blown fiberglass, foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate or polyicynene, extruded polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, and rigid polyisocyanurate. \r\n\r\nRecommendations\r\nLoose fill, blown and batt insulation is more cost effective in walls and attics than rigid board insulation. Foamed-in-place insulation should be used when budget permits, its high R-value combined with excellent air sealing increase the overall performance of the assembly. Look for insulation materials that have stable R-values over time. \r\nExtruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation with CFC or HCFC\'s as blowing agents should not be used. Rigid insulation alternatives include: wood fiberboard, (some made entirely from recycled cellulose), expanded polystyrene (EPS), fiberglass board, or cellular glass board. \r\n\r\nInsulation Fact Sheet:\r\n| \r\n alternatives | \r\n \r\n cost/sq. ft./R (materials & labor) | \r\n \r\n energy (R- value per inch) | \r\n \r\n IAQ | \r\n \r\n\r\n expected product life (years) | \r\n \r\n life cycle thinking | \r\n \r\n practice | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass batt | \r\n \r\n .03 | \r\n \r\n 3.2 | \r\n \r\n typical | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n cellulose blown and loose fill | \r\n \r\n .02 | \r\n \r\n 3.7 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass blown | \r\n \r\n .04 | \r\n \r\n 2.2 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate\r\n or polyicynene | \r\n\r\n \r\n not ava | \r\n \r\n 3.6-5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n better | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n requires trained installer | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: extruded | \r\n \r\n 0.14 | \r\n \r\n 5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 10-15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: expanded | \r\n \r\n 0.13 | \r\n \r\n 3.85 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: polyisocyanurate | \r\n \r\n 0.09 | \r\n \r\n 7.2 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (473, 1, '2008-09-07 18:30:15', '2008-09-08 00:30:15', 'I found a building company that was throwing out some perfectly good steel studs. The studs were just sitting behind a building so I asked if I could take them. \r\n\r\nThey were like, "Why?"\r\nI was like, "Uh, to reuse them."\r\nThe were like, "But they are used."\r\n"So? Are they damaged?"\r\n"No but they are trash."\r\n\r\nAnd so on. Nice guys but they didn\'t get what I was doing. They humored me a let me take them. There are so many good reasons to re-use good material but if you aren\'t thinking in those terms it is a completely alien concept. If you don\'t think about it you can even come up with a lot of good reasons not to reuse material. But with a little thought all the reasons come up short.\r\n\r\nThe best reason I like to poke holes in is the concept that reusing materials takes away jobs. Think about it. If everyone recycled all the millions of tonnes of good material that gets trashed each year that would be millions of tonnes that wouldn\'t have to made next year. That would put people out of work. \r\n\r\nAnd in a society where work is the main goal of living, to do something that puts people out of work is akin to being unpatriotic. Its all about "job stimulus", increasing spending to revitalize the economy, keeping unemployment low, creating a brisk economy etc....\r\n\r\nBUT! What about creating an economy where you needed less to live on, where you needed to work less for the same amount of buying power. Less work would mean more time watching the clouds with your children...\r\n\r\nHere is how from my limited knowledge of macroeconomics:\r\n\r\nIf society reuses materials we spend less on new materials. This means more money in the consumers\' pockets. But, they say, if everyone does this then less will need to be produced which means less jobs (currently interpreted as bad). But, I say, the consumer does not need to work as much anymore anyway because now that they are reusing materials they aren\'t spending as much. \r\n\r\nReusing materials creates a slower economy. Not slow in today\'s definition, but slow in the pre-industrial definition where we produced and wasted less. The life cycle of a product lasted longer. In a slower economy the consumer gains because they still get stuff but just don\'t have to work as hard to get it. \r\n\r\nWho loses in a slower economy? The people who benefit from extreme consumption and waste: the Walmarts of the world, The McDonalds, inefficient car makers, weapons makers, legal drug makers, mass entertainment. All the companies whose business model is based on people consuming their product feverishly for the sake of consumption only.\r\n\r\nThese are people who buy a certain car for a million idiotic reasons, none the reasons being to fulfill the need to move from place A to place B efficiently.\r\n\r\nAnyway. Here are the studs I got. The reasons for getting them are many but here are some:\r\nI needed studs for my 22 2nd Street house.\r\nThey were free (saving me about $75).\r\nThey are spared from taking up landfill space.\r\nLess pollution due to less production.\r\nI can work $75 less in my life.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="salvaged steel studs"][/caption]', 'Got some steel joists', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '88-revision-3', '', '', '2008-09-07 18:30:15', '2008-09-08 00:30:15', '', 88, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/88-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (474, 1, '2008-10-04 19:35:17', '2008-10-05 01:35:17', 'Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.\r\n\r\nPresented by O’Brien & Company. \r\n\r\nHow does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in\r\nparticular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic\r\nbuilding.?\r\nThis credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in the lumber order, so the\r\n“additional lumber” language is no longer moot.\r\nHow does LEED for Homes apply to historic homes?\r\nThe LEED for Homes rating system can be used for gut rehabs of homes, including\r\nhistoric homes. LEED for Homes is evaluating innovation applications for deconstruction\r\nof existing (e.g., historical) homes on a case-by-case basis and may consider\r\nestablishing some performance threshold for deconstruction in a future version of LEED\r\nfor Homes. In addition, wood salvaged from historic homes may be reused in new\r\nconstruction.\r\nHow is material salvaged from deconstruction treated (is it salvaged? Resource\r\nreuse?)\r\nSalvaged or reused material is eligible for recognition under MR5, Environmentally\r\nPreferable Products; in cases where it is not listed as an alternative for a given building\r\ncomponent, the builder should submit a credit interpretation request for consideration by\r\nthe MR-TASC. If the quantity of materials being reused in substantial enough (i.e.,\r\ncomparable in magnitude to the other measures in MR 5), the request for an ID credit will\r\nbe granted.\r\nIs a list of builders participating in the pilots available? If not now, when?\r\nUSGBC has asked the pilot builders if they are open to having their contact information\r\nmade public; a response is expected in coming weeks. USGBC plans to post this\r\ninformation on the LEED for Homes website at www.usgbc.org/leed/homes.\r\nWhat are the registration fees?\r\nThere is a $150 fee for project registration, with $50 per unit for certification.\r\nThose are fees due to USGBC from builder. Other applicable fees (e.g., for certification\r\nservices) are at the discretion of the Provider. Fees for the third-party certification will\r\nvary with the level of experience of the green home builder, the home size, the desired\r\ncertification level (i.e., Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum), and the distance that the third\r\nparty has to travel to conduct site visits at the LEED Home. Earth Advantage (EA),\r\nPortland is the Provider in the Northwest. O’Brien & Company has been contracted by EA\r\nto represent perform ratings on its behalf in Washington.\r\nCan verification be done by the same person doing technical\r\nassistance/consulting? (Who’s doing quality control of verifiers?)\r\nThe official certifier of LEED Homes is an authorized LEED for Homes Provider. All\r\nLEED raters or verifiers must be contracted to a LEED for Homes Provider. It is up to the\r\ndiscretion of the Provider to determine who is qualified to deliver on-site verification\r\nservices. Providers are responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising qualified\r\nLEED raters in their local markets. LEED Home raters must meet qualifying criteria. In\r\nparticular, since LEED for Homes requires ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification, the\r\nrater must be qualified by ENERGY STAR NW through its performance testing and\r\nverification training.\r\nAlso, all individuals offering verification services related to LEED for Homes are required\r\nto submit a declaration stating possible conflicts of interest. This declaration needs to be\r\nprovided to the builder and any other parties who might be affected by potential conflicts\r\nof interest.\r\nAs pilot raters in Washington, O’Brien & Company is providing some guidance to design\r\nteams to help them leverage integration opportunities and optimize their design. O’Brien\r\nand Company works under the supervision of the LEED for Home Provider Earth\r\nAdvantage.\r\nWhy won’t LEED Home Builders be able to hang their hats on a LEED AP? We\r\nshould be able to use that Brand.\r\nThe current LEED AP designation does not indicate any familiarity with LEED for Homes;\r\nrather, it represents knowledge of other LEED rating systems, which relate to commercial\r\nbuildings. USGBC is considering whether to develop a comparable exam and\r\ncredential for professionals who are conversant with LEED for Homes. Currently,\r\nqualified LEED for Homes support is available to builders via their local Providers. LEED\r\nAPs that are qualified in green home building are encouraged to develop business\r\nrelationships with the LEED for Homes Provider in the markets that they serve.\r\nWill there be a LEED for remodels?\r\nThe challenge with a LEED program for remodeling is that remodeling by its nature is a\r\n"one-off" business, with few economies of scale and in most cases, no buyer (in most\r\ncases, the client already owns the home). Thus, the remodeling market poses challenges\r\nwith respect to the creation of a viable (i.e., sustainable) business model for USGBC.\r\nFurther, the LEED Rating Systems are generally used to assess the whole of a building.\r\nIn remodeling, only parts of the home are affected. Thus, it is difficult to asses the greenness\r\nof a building when only part of it has been upgraded. For the time being, we\r\nsuggest that remodelers use LEED for Homes to provide guidance with respect to the\r\ngoals and principles -- and in some cases, e.g., plumbing fixtures, performance\r\nspecifications -- that can be referred to in the remodeling process. USGBC may tackle\r\nthe remodeling market sometime in the future. Note that LEED for Homes can be used\r\nfor gut rehabs.\r\nWill there be a LEED for existing homes (recertification process) given frequent\r\nturnover?\r\nThis represents a challenge similar to remodeling; and besides the fact that there are no\r\neconomies of scale, it remains to be seen whether there is any significant demand\r\npotential. Since the seller is the homeowner and not a builder, s/he stands to gain no\r\nprofessional reputation benefit by offering the LEED brand. In the future LEED may\r\nachieve sufficient consumer brand recognition that prospective buyers will look for a\r\nLEED label on a used home as well as a new one -- and be willing to pay for it -- but it\'s\r\nlikely to be quite a few years before that happens.', 'LEED for Homes Q and A', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '162-revision-4', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:35:17', '2008-10-05 01:35:17', '', 162, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/162-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (475, 1, '2009-01-05 12:34:01', '2009-01-05 18:34:01', '\r\nAbove: Facade with planter and recycled joists.\r\n\r\nOriginally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \r\n\r\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\r\n\r\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\r\n\r\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it back nor could we buy similar stuff. Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\r\n\r\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \r\n\r\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\r\n\r\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\r\n\r\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\r\n\r\nPre Construction:\r\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\r\n\r\n\r\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\r\nThe south opening:\r\n', 'Adding Solar gain and recyclables to Facade', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '460-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-05 12:34:01', '2009-01-05 18:34:01', '', 460, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/460-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (476, 1, '2008-12-29 18:04:38', '2008-12-30 00:04:38', '\r\nOnly in USA are dumpsters so full of wonderful stuff. And you can\'t get fancier than a Corcoran dumpster. There is one in front of the Corcoran condos on President St in Carroll Gardens. I had the good luck to check them out today and found 1000 sq.ft. of once used wide plank maple flooring!\r\n\r\nThe builder was there and he said they were installed six months ago in the summer. Probably because they weren\'t acclimatized correctly they warped a little. But my carpenter says it\'s nothing the correct nails and some sanding can\'t fix.\r\n\r\nSo it looks like the green show house will have 100% salvaged flooring. We salvaged some oak from another reno a couple months ago.\r\n\r\n', 'Wood Flooring courtesy of Corcoran', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '419-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-29 18:04:38', '2008-12-30 00:04:38', '', 419, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/419-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (477, 1, '2009-01-06 18:38:30', '2009-01-07 00:38:30', '\r\nAbove: Facade with planter and recycled joists.\r\n\r\nOriginally the top facade of the building had a lot of rotted wood. And there was a great view. So in the heat of the summer I tore down the wall and planned on adding a wall of glass. It would have been magnificent. \r\n\r\nBut then as the cooler weather came I came to my senses and realized the large window was on the north side. To have it would be a huge heat drain on the house. I basically made a colossal mistake. This is green building 101.\r\n\r\nSo I took the windows I had already bought for the space and put them on the south side of the house. This creates a very powerful passive heating element as the sun pours into the house and heats it. Solar gain to the max.\r\n\r\nThen I was faced with doing something with the gaping hole on the north side. Some of the old slate had been broken when we took down the wall so we had a problem. We didn\'t have enough slate to built it back nor could we buy similar stuff. Do we take down the rest of the remaining slate and replace it or what? Taking it down is so not green.\r\n\r\nSo I decided to get a little artsy and use the slate we have for the lower part of the facade. For the upper part we are going to create siding out of salvaged wood joists. We are going to shape it in a "V" shape and at the base of the V we will put a large planter that will collect the water from the siding above it. \r\n\r\nThe planter will be made of two triangular sides attached to the facade to create a harmony of triangular shapes with the larger triangle formed by the siding.\r\n\r\nEven though the planter box will be very well insulated and one of its three sides will be against a heated house we will use plants that don\'t need sun or warmth since the cold winds can be harsh up there. Water probably won\'t be an issue since we\'ll use water retaining materials in the earth.\r\n\r\nThe planter will help insulate the north wall, provide greenery, allow us to recycle old joists and keep the existing slate. This is a great example of green building.\r\n\r\nPre Construction:\r\nThe truly green thing would have been to repair the damaged wood and leave the windows as they are in this picture. But in the heat of renovation we got these grand ideas to make a wall of glass. Being in an environment you love is green to but not at the expense of wasted energy when you can have just as nice windows but on the south side....\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd so we tore the facade off:\r\n\r\n\r\nBut then we realized our mistake and tore the south wall down to put the already ordered windows there. The sun shines in wonderfully making a fantastic space and heating us up. In the summer this heat can be a problem so we plan on having good passive ventilation, blinds, and solar panels above the windows that will also act as awnings when the sun\'s angle is high in the sky during the summer months. During the winter months the sun\'s angle will be low enough to pass under the panels.\r\nThe south opening:\r\n', 'Adding Solar gain and recyclables to Facade', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '460-revision-4', '', '', '2009-01-06 18:38:30', '2009-01-07 00:38:30', '', 460, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/460-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (478, 1, '2008-09-27 18:03:17', '2008-09-28 00:03:17', '\r\nAs a licensed real estate broker I wanted to get as much ecological training as possible in the real estate field. The typical broker training, although extensive, only touches on the green aspect of real estate and I wanted more.\r\n\r\nAfter looking around it seemed that the EcoBroker® accreditation program seemed like the best choice. They are highly regarded in the real estate community.\r\n\r\nThey were listed in 2008 as a "Top Green Building & Business Certifications" by Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Journal.\r\n\r\nREALTOR Magazine says they are one of the top "25 Trends Driving Today\'s Market."\r\n\r\nIn 2006 they were awarded "Education Program of the Year" by the Real Estate Educators Association.\r\n\r\nHere is a spot they got on CNBC.\r\n\r\nHaving taken the course I am happy with what I learned. They offer a comprehensive training that educates you in the many aspects of green real estate.\r\n\r\nThese involve better understanding:\r\n\r\n- The energy efficiency elements of a home, from types of boilers, insulation, windows, solar panels, water heating and materials used to insulate a home.\r\n\r\n- The effects of the surrounding environment on a home, from solar direction, tree positions, shaddows, and any other physical elements that might effect the heating/cooling of a home.\r\n\r\n- Potential health hazards and how to deal with them, such as radon, lead, asbestos, mold, and pests.\r\n\r\n- Understanding what steps to take in order to make a home more eco-friendly\r\n\r\n- Knowing the benefits of an eco-friendly home and how to market those elements effectively\r\n\r\n- Knowing what professionals to team up with in order to provide a better service to the customer. These professionals can be green pest control people, solar panel installers, radiant heat installers, ecologically aware painters and so on.\r\n\r\nI am always scheptical of potential greenwashing (pretending to be green for financial gain) but I was satisfied with the course offered by EcoBroker®. I feel they genuinely do want to improve the invironment.\r\n\r\nWhenever consumer opinions are poled Real Estate Brokers compete with Used Car Salesmen for the MOST despised group of professionals. That is really a brutal position to be in and not one I\'m proud of. The truth is that real estate is a game of sales and sales is a game of psychology.\r\n\r\nSo a lot of psychological manipulation goes on between brokers and customers and it is not always appreciated. \r\n\r\nBut now with the new focus on green, brokers can offer a really great service that is not only dependent on the sale. It is dependent on how well they help the customer in understanding the green elements of a home. It is more a role of an educator than a salesman.\r\n\r\nI think this added value will be appreciated by customers.\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Gennaro Brooks-Church is a Certified EcoBroker®', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '131-revision-3', '', '', '2008-09-27 18:03:17', '2008-09-28 00:03:17', '', 131, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/131-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (479, 1, '2008-10-04 19:37:35', '2008-10-05 01:37:35', 'Here is my answer to "Why should I use your real estate services?"\r\n\r\nI am a real estate professional with additional EcoBroker training on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. \r\n\r\nEducation makes me uniquely qualified to present the eco features of the home and help attract qualified buyers. I\'m not a specialist or an expert on energy and environmental issues, but I have additional training on these issues and I have a better handle on the basics and the available resources than your standard real estate licensee. I understand the relationship between Energy Star and quality, and I can help\r\n\r\nI look forward to working with you. Please call me at ………347 244 3016. Gennaro Brooks-Church.', 'Why should you use my real estate services?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '121-revision-5', '', '', '2008-10-04 19:37:35', '2008-10-05 01:37:35', '', 121, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/121-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (480, 1, '2009-01-08 19:47:12', '2009-01-09 01:47:12', 'Green building is not mainstream. The systems and habits are not in place. Doing a green job is part construction part education part experimentation because once you start thinking off the grid there are very few reference points to guide you.\r\n\r\nI had a plumber walk out of my job today before even giving a bid. He couldn\'t get his head around some of the things I\'m doing. His last words were, "I hope what you are doing works out, but it\'s not the way I do it."\r\n\r\nIt is definitely not business as usual. We have different ways of installing our pex tubing and they were at odds with what he knew. I believe our way is better and I\'m betting on it. We\'ll see.\r\n\r\nI had to go through several carpenters before I found one who was willing to do things my way. They are used to reaching out and grabbing a perfectly clean and sized piece of wood for their work. They have no part in preparing the wood. It comes from the lumber yard and all they have to do is put it in the house like Lego. There is something to be said for the efficiency of this.\r\n\r\nBut on my job they have to pick through a nasty pile of salvaged ugly wood, pull the nails and wires off, rip it to size and only then can they get back to their job. It takes some getting used to and there is no end of grumbling about it.\r\n\r\nBut I point out to them that I can pay them to do that or pay the lumber yard to get clean wood. From that perspective they have no problem with me paying them instead and the grumbling lessens. \r\n\r\n I don\'t pay for the wood. I pay a little more for the labor. In terms of my costs it comes out to the same, maybe a little cheaper. But it is not purely a financial issue. \r\n\r\nBy salvaging the wood I lessen the impact on land fill. I also lessen the amount of wood being cut down. I also get much better quality wood, since the salvaged wood is old growth and miles better than the crap you buy today.\r\n\r\nIT COSTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR ME TO DO THIS YET THE BENEFITS IN MY EYES ARE MUCH HIGHER. This for me is a revolutionary concept. Clearly from the initial resistance I get from industry professionals it is a change from the status quot.\r\n\r\nGoing from this scrap to wall:\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (484, 1, '2009-01-08 19:47:05', '2009-01-09 01:47:05', 'Green building is not mainstream. The systems and habits are not in place. Doing a green job is part construction part education part experimentation because once you start thinking off the grid there are very few reference points to guide you.\n\nI had a plumber walk out of my job today before even giving a bid. He couldn\'t get his head around some of the things I\'m doing. His last words were, "I hope what you are doing works out, but it\'s not the way I do it."\n\nIt is definitely not business as usual. We have different ways of installing our pex tubing and they were at odds with what he knew. I believe our way is better and I\'m betting on it. We\'ll see.\n\nI had to go through several carpenters before I found one who was willing to do things my way. They are used to reaching out and grabbing a perfectly clean and sized piece of wood for their work. They have no part in preparing the wood. It comes from the lumber yard and all they have to do is put it in the house like Lego. There is something to be said for the efficiency of this.\n\nBut on my job they have to pick through a nasty pile of salvaged ugly wood, pull the nails and wires off, rip it to size and only then can they get back to their job. It takes some getting used to and there is no end of grumbling about it.\n\nBut I point out to them that I can pay them to do that or pay the lumber yard to get clean wood. From that perspective they have no problem with me paying them instead and the grumbling lessens. \n\n I don\'t pay for the wood. I pay a little more for the labor. In terms of my costs it comes out to the same, maybe a little cheaper. But it is not purely a financial issue. \n\nBy salvaging the wood I lessen the impact on land fill. I also lessen the amount of wood being cut down. I also get much better quality wood, since the salvaged wood is old growth and miles better than the crap you buy today.\n\nIT COSTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR ME TO DO THIS YET THE BENEFITS IN MY EYES ARE MUCH HIGHER. This for me is a revolutionary concept. Clearly from the initial resistance I get from industry professionals it is a change from the status quot.\n\nGoing from this:\n\n\n', 'Doing Things Differently', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '480-revision', '', '', '2009-01-08 19:47:05', '2009-01-09 01:47:05', '', 480, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/480-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (485, 1, '2009-01-08 19:47:12', '2009-01-09 01:47:12', 'Green building is not mainstream. The systems and habits are not in place. Doing a green job is part construction part education part experimentation because once you start thinking off the grid there are very few reference points to guide you.\r\n\r\nI had a plumber walk out of my job today before even giving a bid. He couldn\'t get his head around some of the things I\'m doing. His last words were, "I hope what you are doing works out, but it\'s not the way I do it."\r\n\r\nIt is definitely not business as usual. We have different ways of installing our pex tubing and they were at odds with what he knew. I believe our way is better and I\'m betting on it. We\'ll see.\r\n\r\nI had to go through several carpenters before I found one who was willing to do things my way. They are used to reaching out and grabbing a perfectly clean and sized piece of wood for their work. They have no part in preparing the wood. It comes from the lumber yard and all they have to do is put it in the house like Lego. There is something to be said for the efficiency of this.\r\n\r\nBut on my job they have to pick through a nasty pile of salvaged ugly wood, pull the nails and wires off, rip it to size and only then can they get back to their job. It takes some getting used to and there is no end of grumbling about it.\r\n\r\nBut I point out to them that I can pay them to do that or pay the lumber yard to get clean wood. From that perspective they have no problem with me paying them instead and the grumbling lessens. \r\n\r\n I don\'t pay for the wood. I pay a little more for the labor. In terms of my costs it comes out to the same, maybe a little cheaper. But it is not purely a financial issue. \r\n\r\nBy salvaging the wood I lessen the impact on land fill. I also lessen the amount of wood being cut down. I also get much better quality wood, since the salvaged wood is old growth and miles better than the crap you buy today.\r\n\r\nIT COSTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR ME TO DO THIS YET THE BENEFITS IN MY EYES ARE MUCH HIGHER. This for me is a revolutionary concept. Clearly from the initial resistance I get from industry professionals it is a change from the status quot.\r\n\r\nGoing from this:\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Doing Things Differently', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '480-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-08 19:47:12', '2009-01-09 01:47:12', '', 480, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/480-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (486, 1, '2008-11-24 13:13:05', '2008-11-24 19:13:05', 'There are a lot of radiant heat companies out there. The abundance can be confusing. We have found that certain stores offer the best of certain products.\r\n\r\nHere is an example for an order form from one of our vendors:\r\n\r\n', 'Ordering Radiant Heat Materials', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '320-revision-2', '', '', '2008-11-24 13:13:05', '2008-11-24 19:13:05', '', 320, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/320-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (487, 1, '2008-10-28 12:36:12', '2008-10-28 18:36:12', 'When talking heat there are three ways heat or cold moves through space. Knowing these ways is important because it determines what kind of insulation you use or on the opposite end what kind of heating to use.\r\n\r\nConvective heat transfer is what most of us are familiar with. This is how our forced air heating system or our baseboard system transfers energy (heat) to a space. Air moves over a heating element, becomes warmer and expands into the space. In a forced air environment, most of the hot air is at the ceiling, much the same way the hot air balloon rises, so will the warm air in a room heated with forced air. Convective heat transfer is the least efficient means to transfer energy.\r\n\r\nIn terms of insulation convection happens when thee is a crack in the window or a hole in the insulation. Hot and cold air passed through the space via convection. Stop convection by sealing all holes in the house, aka seal the envelope.\r\n\r\nConductive heat transfer refers to two surfaces touching each other. Imagine a metal pan on the stove. If your hand is positioned an inch above the hot handle, you really won\'t feel much from the handle, and you can keep your hand there as long as you wish. But, when the handle is touched, your hand instantly begins to feel hot. This is conductive heat transfer. The pot is giving off the energy (heat) in the handle to your hand in a very fast, efficient manner. \r\n\r\nConduction is one of the more efficient modes of heat transfer. In home insulation you reduce it by putting bad conductors between good ones. Wood conducts heat well so you would put a material like foam that conducts poorly over the wood studs to reduce heat loss.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat transfer is the best because it isn\'t slowed down by air. Radiant energy is only felt when the energy wave strikes another surface. This means the surrounding surfaces all reach set temperature. By enclosing your body by warm surfaces, we can better control how our bodies lose heat. Radiant floor heat means better comfort with higher efficiency.\r\n\r\nTo reduce radiant heat loss the best materials are ones that literally reflect the heat. These are foil covered insulation and types of silica that also reflects heat.', 'Three Types of Heat Transfer', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '230-revision-4', '', '', '2008-10-28 12:36:12', '2008-10-28 18:36:12', '', 230, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/230-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (488, 1, '2009-01-09 13:28:25', '2009-01-09 19:28:25', '
\r\nAbove: A tomato plant growing out of the sidewalk at the green show house. You can\'t get more local than that!\r\n\r\nMNN.com, a pretty cool "Mother Nature Network" featured Brooklyn as a green destination of the week. Eco Brooklyn was mentioned in the article:\r\n\r\n"Brooklyn residents can now stretch out in new green-friendly living quarters through Eco-Brooklyn Inc. The green real estate, renovation and developmen..." read more.\r\n\r\nIt is nice to get the positive attention. Eco Brooklyn Inc. was specifically named to represent a local focus. Being green is very much about being local. Local materials, local labor, and local community. \r\n\r\nIf we make a wonderful place where we live then we don\'t need to take "escapism vacations" (I just coined that :) away from our home. Who would want to escape from something wonderful!\r\n\r\nLong Live Eco in Brooklyn!', 'Eco Brooklyn Featured at MNN.com', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-featured-mnncom', '', '', '2009-01-09 13:36:28', '2009-01-09 19:36:28', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=488', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (490, 1, '2009-01-09 13:27:57', '2009-01-09 19:27:57', '\nAbove: A tomato plant\n\nMNN.com, a pretty cool "Mother Nature Network" featured Brooklyn as a green destination of the week. Eco Brooklyn was mentioned in the article:\n\n"Brooklyn residents can now stretch out in new green-friendly living quarters through Eco-Brooklyn Inc. The green real estate, renovation and developmen..." read more.\n\nIt is nice to get the positive attention. Eco Brooklyn Inc. was specifically named to represent a local focus. Being green is very much about being local. Local materials, local labor, and local community. \n\nIf we make a wonderful place where we live then we don\'t need to take "escapism vacations" (I just coined that :) away from our home. Who would want to escape from something wonderful!\n\nLong Live Eco in Brooklyn!', 'Eco Brooklyn Featured at MNN.com', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '488-revision', '', '', '2009-01-09 13:27:57', '2009-01-09 19:27:57', '', 488, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/488-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (491, 1, '2009-01-09 13:28:25', '2009-01-09 19:28:25', '\r\nAbove: A tomato plant growing out of the sidewalk at the green show house. You can\'t get more local than that!\r\n\r\nMNN.com, a pretty cool "Mother Nature Network" featured Brooklyn as a green destination of the week. Eco Brooklyn was mentioned in the article:\r\n\r\n"Brooklyn residents can now stretch out in new green-friendly living quarters through Eco-Brooklyn Inc. The green real estate, renovation and developmen..." read more.\r\n\r\nIt is nice to get the positive attention. Eco Brooklyn Inc. was specifically named to represent a local focus. Being green is very much about being local. Local materials, local labor, and local community. \r\n\r\nIf we make a wonderful place where we live then we don\'t need to take "escapism vacations" (I just coined that :) away from our home. Who would want to escape from something wonderful!\r\n\r\nLong Live Eco in Brooklyn!', 'Eco Brooklyn Featured at MNN.com', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '488-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-09 13:28:25', '2009-01-09 19:28:25', '', 488, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/488-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (492, 1, '2009-01-13 19:03:06', '2009-01-14 01:03:06', 'Eco Brooklyn is listing itself in GreenPeople.org because this is the kind of customer we want to work with.', 'Eco Brooklyn is listed in Green People.Org', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-listed-green-peopleorg', '', '', '2009-01-16 20:57:44', '2009-01-17 02:57:44', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=492', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (494, 1, '2009-01-16 20:56:54', '2009-01-17 02:56:54', 'I had an in depth talk with the lead technician who makes Cel Pac, one of the cellulose insulation manufacturers. I was discussing with him the topic of dense packing cellulose so that it does not settle and leave air pockets in the top of the walls. They suggest packing it to 3.5 pounds per square foot which is the same as putting a 3.5 pound 12\'x12\' tile over a square foot of it. \r\n\r\nThe professional blowers have enough air pressure to create that packing density. The problem is that the local rental places sell blowers that are only made to blow the stuff into attics where dense packing is not needed and thus the blowers do not need to have pressure. And also they are usually used and abused which lowers their pressure further.\r\n\r\nSince I didn\'t want to invest in a $8k professional machine yet I was asking him about ways around the problem.\r\n\r\nI also wanted a way around buying the par pac netting that you attach to studs and use to hold the cellulose, which would be an extra cost and also add a lot on the install time.\r\n\r\nSo I asked him a question that I wasn\'t sure if he was going to hang up on me or answer: \r\n"What if I put the sheet rock onto both sides of the wall and leave a space at the top. Then I fill the space with cellulose and pack it down with a two by four! Would this be crazy or would I achieve the same effect as par pack netting and an $8k machine?"\r\n\r\nTo my happy amazement his answer was YES! I thought that was just wonderful. I had found a solution that was low tech, effective, and affordable. That for me is green!', 'Applying Cellulose Insulation', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'applying-cellulose-insulation', '', '', '2009-01-16 20:57:29', '2009-01-17 02:57:29', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=494', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (496, 1, '2009-01-16 20:56:52', '2009-01-17 02:56:52', 'I had an in depth talk with the lead technician who makes Cel Pac, one of the cellulose insulation manufacturers. I was discussing with him the topic of dense packing cellulose so that it does not settle and leave air pockets in the top of the walls. They suggest packing it to 3.5 pounds per square foot which is the same as putting a 3.5 pound 12\'x12\' tile over a square foot of it. \r\n\r\nThe professional blowers have enough air pressure to create that packing density. The problem is that the local rental places sell blowers that are only made to blow the stuff into attics where dense packing is not needed and thus the blowers do not need to have pressure. And also they are usually used and abused which lowers their pressure further.\r\n\r\nSince I didn\'t want to invest in a $8k professional machine yet I was asking him about ways around the problem.\r\n\r\nI also wanted a way around buying the par pac netting that you attach to studs and use to hold the cellulose, which would be an extra cost and also add a lot on the install time.\r\n\r\nSo I asked him a question that I wasn\'t sure if he was going to hang up on me or answer: \r\n"What if I put the sheet rock onto both sides of the wall and leave a space at the top. Then I fill the space with cellulose and pack it down with a two by four! Would this be crazy or would I achieve the same effect as par pack netting and an $8k machine?"\r\n\r\nTo my happy amazement his answer was YES! I thought that was just wonderful. I had found a solution that was low tech, effective, and affordable. That for me is green!', 'Applying Cellulose Insulation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-16 20:56:52', '2009-01-17 02:56:52', '', 494, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/494-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (497, 1, '2009-01-16 20:56:54', '2009-01-17 02:56:54', 'I had an in depth talk with the lead technician who makes Cel Pac, one of the cellulose insulation manufacturers. I was discussing with him the topic of dense packing cellulose so that it does not settle and leave air pockets in the top of the walls. They suggest packing it to 3.5 pounds per square foot which is the same as putting a 3.5 pound 12\'x12\' tile over a square foot of it. \r\n\r\nThe professional blowers have enough air pressure to create that packing density. The problem is that the local rental places sell blowers that are only made to blow the stuff into attics where dense packing is not needed and thus the blowers do not need to have pressure. And also they are usually used and abused which lowers their pressure further.\r\n\r\nSince I didn\'t want to invest in a $8k professional machine yet I was asking him about ways around the problem.\r\n\r\nI also wanted a way around buying the par pac netting that you attach to studs and use to hold the cellulose, which would be an extra cost and also add a lot on the install time.\r\n\r\nSo I asked him a question that I wasn\'t sure if he was going to hang up on me or answer: \r\n"What if I put the sheet rock onto both sides of the wall and leave a space at the top. Then I fill the space with cellulose and pack it down with a two by four! Would this be crazy or would I achieve the same effect as par pack netting and an $8k machine?"\r\n\r\nTo my happy amazement his answer was YES! I thought that was just wonderful. I had found a solution that was low tech, effective, and affordable. That for me is green!', 'Applying Cellulose Insulation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-16 20:56:54', '2009-01-17 02:56:54', '', 494, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/494-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (499, 1, '2009-01-08 19:48:47', '2009-01-09 01:48:47', 'Green building is not mainstream. The systems and habits are not in place. Doing a green job is part construction part education part experimentation because once you start thinking off the grid there are very few reference points to guide you.\r\n\r\nI had a plumber walk out of my job today before even giving a bid. He couldn\'t get his head around some of the things I\'m doing. His last words were, "I hope what you are doing works out, but it\'s not the way I do it."\r\n\r\nIt is definitely not business as usual. We have different ways of installing our pex tubing and they were at odds with what he knew. I believe our way is better and I\'m betting on it. We\'ll see.\r\n\r\nI had to go through several carpenters before I found one who was willing to do things my way. They are used to reaching out and grabbing a perfectly clean and sized piece of wood for their work. They have no part in preparing the wood. It comes from the lumber yard and all they have to do is put it in the house like Lego. There is something to be said for the efficiency of this.\r\n\r\nBut on my job they have to pick through a nasty pile of salvaged ugly wood, pull the nails and wires off, rip it to size and only then can they get back to their job. It takes some getting used to and there is no end of grumbling about it.\r\n\r\nBut I point out to them that I can pay them to do that or pay the lumber yard to get clean wood. From that perspective they have no problem with me paying them instead and the grumbling lessens. \r\n\r\n I don\'t pay for the wood. I pay a little more for the labor. In terms of my costs it comes out to the same, maybe a little cheaper. But it is not purely a financial issue. \r\n\r\nBy salvaging the wood I lessen the impact on land fill. I also lessen the amount of wood being cut down. I also get much better quality wood, since the salvaged wood is old growth and miles better than the crap you buy today.\r\n\r\nIT COSTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR ME TO DO THIS YET THE BENEFITS IN MY EYES ARE MUCH HIGHER. This for me is a revolutionary concept. Clearly from the initial resistance I get from industry professionals it is a change from the status quot.\r\n\r\nGoing from this scrap to wall:\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Doing Things Differently', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '480-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-08 19:48:47', '2009-01-09 01:48:47', '', 480, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/480-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (500, 1, '2009-01-05 18:07:15', '2009-01-06 00:07:15', '\r\nI\'m experimenting with a transparent heat transfer wall. \r\nIt would be a transparent wall attached to the outer south wall, leaving about one inch between them. The out wall would be painted a dark color. Ideally it would be black but that would be too much of an eye sore. So dark brown would be fine. This way it would attract maximum heat from the sun.\r\n\r\nThe sun would pass through the transparent outer wall and hit the dark inner wall and get hot. The air trapped within the two walls would heat up and rise, pulling more air from below that would in turn heat up.\r\n\r\nDuring the winter we could have an air passage from that area into the house where the hot air could pass. Because of the pressure of rising hot air it would naturally get pushed into the house. This technology works since I\'ve seen similar set ups.\r\n\r\nI have thought of another use for the same system but have yet to run it by engineers to see if my physics is right. In the summer the passage to the house would be closed and another one going outside would be opened. This means, if my theory is correct, that the hot air would pass up and back out into the outside, thus pulling heat from the house into the atmosphere.\r\n\r\nThis seems to be a good natural heating and cooling system using the thermodynamics of simple rising hot air and the sun. The wall could easilly be made out of glass or Plexiglas.', 'External Transparent Heat Transfer Wall', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '468-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-05 18:07:15', '2009-01-06 00:07:15', '', 468, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/468-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (501, 1, '2008-12-31 10:38:07', '2008-12-31 16:38:07', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to highlight our skills as well as make an educational contribution to the community. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nSome green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. All interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on.', 'Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-6', '', '', '2008-12-31 10:38:07', '2008-12-31 16:38:07', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (502, 1, '2009-01-16 21:11:20', '2009-01-17 03:11:20', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in.\r\n\r\nSome green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-7', '', '', '2009-01-16 21:11:20', '2009-01-17 03:11:20', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (503, 1, '2009-01-18 19:15:37', '2009-01-19 01:15:37', 'I took a cool course where they discussed energy in buildings. \r\nHere is the pdf of the slides. \r\nIt contains lots of cool info:\r\nHow to calculate your house energy usage\r\nTypes of heat transfer\r\nStack Effect in your house\r\nWind Effect\r\nBuilding Envelope\r\nR and U value\r\nWater usage\r\nElectric Mixing valves\r\nLighting\r\nMotors\r\nAppliances\r\nConservation Strategies\r\nHeating Systems\r\nFiring Rates for Boilers\r\nTesting for combustion efficiency\r\nVentilation\r\nHeating Controls\r\nAsthma\r\nMold\r\nMoisture\r\nChemical Safety\r\nGreen Cleaning Products\r\nVOC\r\nGreen Pest Management\r\nCarbon Monoxide\r\nAsbestos\r\nLead\r\nRadon\r\n', 'Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'energy-efficiency-existing-buildings', '', '', '2009-01-18 19:15:37', '2009-01-19 01:15:37', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=503', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (504, 1, '2009-01-18 19:15:27', '2009-01-19 01:15:27', 'I took a cool course where they discussed energy in buildings. \nHere is the pdf of the slides. \nIt contains lots of cool info:\nHow to calculate your house energy usage\nTypes of heat transfer\nStack Effect in your house\nWind Effect\nBuilding Envelope\nR and U value\nWater usage\nElectric Mixing valves\nLighting\nMotors\nAppliances\nConservation Strategies\nHeating Systems\nFiring Rates for Boilers\nTesting for combustion efficiency\nVentilation\nHeating Controls\nAsthma\nMold\nMoisture\nChemical Safety\nGreen Cleaning Products\nVOC\nGreen Pest Management\nCarbon Monoxide\nAsbestos\nLead\nRadon\n', 'Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '503-revision', '', '', '2009-01-18 19:15:27', '2009-01-19 01:15:27', '', 503, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/503-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\n\r\nWe have a floor with a high ceiling which means we can lay the pex tubing on top of the subfloor instead of hanging the tubing beneath. The pex tubing takes up valuable space and you can only lay it on top of the subfloor if you have the ceiling height.\r\n\r\nHaving the tubing on top is better because the heat does not have to pass through the sub floor.\r\n\r\nWe laid stringers of wood 16 inches on center over the sub floor. They were about one inch high. \r\n\r\nWe put a look of pex tubing between the stringers.\r\n\r\nThen we covered the tubing with a mix of sand and structolite. This dense mass was added around the tubes for two reasons.\r\n\r\nOne it creates a good sound barrier between the two floors. And two it pulls the heat out of the tubes and into the room. \r\n\r\nStructolite is a mix of plaster and perlite. Perlite makes it very light which is important since it is a wood joist floor. Perlite is also a good heat insulator, which is bad since we want the mass to pull as much heat out as possible. So we mixed it with sand which is a good conductor but heavier. It was basically a balance we had to find between weight and conductivity.\r\n\r\nWe dry packed the mixture, meaning we used barely any water at all and packed it in manually instead of pouring it. Wood flooring is going over it so we didn\'t want a wet mix that would take a long time to dry.\r\n\r\nThe end result is a nice warm floor that stops sound between the two apartments. Price was also a consideration. Sand and structolite are very cheap yet very effective in their uses here. The labour was a consideration since it took time to pack the mix in. But it still was much cheaper than any other combination that I can think of.\r\n\r\nOne important point is that we did not put any tubes or mass near the walls. Instead we put insulation. This is to keep the heat inside the house and create a dense insulation barrier between the heat and the cold. This keeps the house warmer and with a lower heating cost since less heat is lost to the outside.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (508, 1, '2009-01-20 18:17:29', '2009-01-21 00:17:29', 'We have a floor with a high ceiling which means we can lay the pex tubing on top of the subfloor instead of hanging the tubing beneath. The pex tubing takes up valuable space and you can only lay it on top of the subfloor if you have the ceiling height.\n\nHaving the tubing on top is better because the heat does not have to pass through the sub floor.\n\nWe laid stringers of wood 16 inches on center over the sub floor. They were about one inch high. \n\nWe put a look of pex tubing between the stringers.\n\nThen we covered the tubing with a mix of sand and structolite. This dense mass was added around the tubes for two reasons.\n\nOne it creates a good sound barrier between the two floors. And two it pulls the heat out of the tubes and into the room. \n\nStructolite is a mix of plaster and perlite. Perlite makes it very light which is important since it is a wood joist floor. Perlite is also a good heat insulator, which is bad since we want the mass to pull as much heat out as possible. So we mixed it with sand which is a good conductor but heavier. It was basically a balance we had to find between weight and conductivity.\n\nWe dry packed the mixture, meaning we used barely any water at all and packed it in manually instead of pouring it. Wood flooring is going over it so we didn\'t want a wet mix that would take a long time to dry.\n\nThe end result is a nice warm floor that stops sound between the two apartments. Price was also a consideration. Sand and structolite are very cheap yet very effective in their uses here. The labour was a consideration since it took time to pack the mix in. But it still was much cheaper than any other combination that I can think of.\n\nOne important point is that we did not put any tubes or mass near the walls. Instead we put insulation. This is to keep the heat inside the house and create a dense insulation barrier between the heat and the cold. This keeps the house warmer and with a lower heating cost since less heat is lost to the outside.\n\n', 'Sound Proofing and Heat Transfer Subfloor', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '505-revision', '', '', '2009-01-20 18:17:29', '2009-01-21 00:17:29', '', 505, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/505-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (509, 1, '2009-01-21 19:13:08', '2009-01-22 01:13:08', 'Finding an architect who can draw up plans to your liking is not easy. A good architect has a combination of the following things:\r\n\r\nCan draw to meet DOB code\r\nCan draw in a timely manner\r\nUnderstands spacial relations and how they effect people\r\nUnderstands passive solar gain and cooling\r\nIs creative\r\nDesigns around your needs\r\nIs affordable\r\n\r\nHere are the plans I had drawn up for 22 2nd street. The actual house is going to turn out different than these plans on the third floor since the plans show very bad passive solar gain design on that floor.\r\n\r\n22 2nd st Front view and notes\r\n22 2nd St Floor Plans\r\n22 2nd street side view\r\n', '22 2nd Street Plans', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '22-2nd-street-plans', '', '', '2009-01-21 19:15:08', '2009-01-22 01:15:08', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=509', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (513, 1, '2009-01-21 19:07:28', '2009-01-22 01:07:28', 'Finding an architect who can draw up plans to your liking is not easy. A good architect has a combination of the following things:\n\nCan draw to meet DOB code\nCan draw in a timely manner\nUnderstands spacial relations and how they effect people\nUnderstands passive solar gain and cooling\nIs creative\nDesigns around your needs\nIs affordable\n\nHere are the plans I had drawn up for 22 2nd street. The actuall house is going to turn out different than these plans on the third flo\n\n', '22 2nd Street Plans', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '509-revision', '', '', '2009-01-21 19:07:28', '2009-01-22 01:07:28', '', 509, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/509-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (514, 1, '2009-01-21 19:15:05', '2009-01-22 01:15:05', 'Finding an architect who can draw up plans to your liking is not easy. A good architect has a combination of the following things:\n\nCan draw to meet DOB code\nCan draw in a timely manner\nUnderstands spacial relations and how they effect people\nUnderstands passive solar gain and cooling\nIs creative\nDesigns around your needs\nIs affordable\n\nHere are the plans I had drawn up for 22 2nd street. The actual house is going to turn out different than these plans on the third floor since the plans show very bad passive solar gain design on that floor.\n\n22 2nd st Front view and notes\n22 2nd St Floor Plans\n22 2nd street side view\n', '22 2nd Street Plans', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '509-autosave', '', '', '2009-01-21 19:15:05', '2009-01-22 01:15:05', '', 509, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/509-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (515, 1, '2009-01-21 19:13:08', '2009-01-22 01:13:08', 'Finding an architect who can draw up plans to your liking is not easy. A good architect has a combination of the following things:\r\n\r\nCan draw to meet DOB code\r\nCan draw in a timely manner\r\nUnderstands spacial relations and how they effect people\r\nUnderstands passive solar gain and cooling\r\nIs creative\r\nDesigns around your needs\r\nIs affordable\r\n\r\nHere are the plans I had drawn up for 22 2nd street. The actual house is going to turn out different than these plans on the third floor since the plans show very bad passive solar gain design on that floor.\r\n\r\n22 2nd st Front view and notes\r\n22 2nd St Floor Plans\r\n22 2nd street side view\r\n', '22 2nd Street Plans', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '509-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-21 19:13:08', '2009-01-22 01:13:08', '', 509, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/509-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (516, 1, '2009-01-22 15:27:29', '2009-01-22 21:27:29', 'The process of building green is different than normal building. There are new considerations to include in the mix.\r\n\r\nHere is an example. Solar PV is a smart choice in NY I think. NY gets a lot of sun and although a Californian electrician might scoff at it, most NY professionals think it is a good move.\r\n\r\nNow with NYCERTA incentives it makes a lot more sense because they will eventually pay back a lot of your up front costs, which are hefty. But to get their money you need to have a NYCERTA installer do the job, and they are not the cheapest. Of course they would argue they are higher quality and on average they are. But they also have a cornered market and that drives up their price too.\r\n\r\nSo you have to pay a lot to get some money back. Fair enough.\r\n\r\nOn average the difference between a non NYCERTA certified installer and NYCERTA install is not greater than the benefit of getting the NYCERTA money. So it makes sense to go with NYCERTA.\r\n\r\nBut then there is the option of getting second hand panels. Solar panels are like computers and cars: the moment you take them out of the store they drop in value. Which means you can get deals. The problem is that many NYCERTA installers will not go for this. You never know what you\'re getting with second hand stuff.\r\n\r\nBut the cost you save with second hand makes it more attractive to go with a cheaper non certified installer. Now you can get a good system at lower cost. You don\'t get NYCERTA or state funding but quite possibly your up front costs are much lower and so are your overall costs. \r\n\r\nThe drawback is that you are getting second hand panels which are hard to find, come with no guarantee and aren\'t as powerful as the new ones. Since they aren\'t as powerful you need to buy more of them, which take up space and more money.\r\n\r\nSo it is a balancing act.\r\n\r\nBUT there is more to the equation. Solar panels are green. Recycling is green. Recycling solar panels is so green it\'s not even funny! And for me this is very attractive. And by green I don\'t mean "I\'m cool" I mean, saving energy, saving air, saving materials, and ultimately saving the planet. And this ain\'t morality, this is common sense.\r\n\r\nHere are some second hand panels I am considering. Once I find out how powerful they are I will get them. :\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (522, 1, '2009-01-22 15:24:30', '2009-01-22 21:24:30', 'The process of building green is different than normal building. There are new considerations to include in the mix.\n\nHere is an example. Solar PV is a smart choice in NY I think. NY gets a lot of sun and although a Californian electrician might scoff at it, most NY professionals think it is a good move.\n\nNow with NYCERTA incentives it makes a lot more sense because they will eventually pay back a lot of your up front costs, which are hefty. But to get their money you need to have a NYCERTA installer do the job, and they are not the cheapest. Of course they would argue they are higher quality and on average they are. But they also have a cornered market and that drives up their price too.\n\nSo you have to pay a lot to get some money back. Fair enough.\n\nOn average the difference between a non NYCERTA certified installer and NYCERTA install is not greater than the benefit of getting the NYCERTA money. So it makes sense to go with NYCERTA.\n\nBut then there is the option of getting second hand panels. Solar panels are like computers and cars: the moment you take them out of the store they drop in value. Which means you can get deals. The problem is that many NYCERTA installers will not go for this. You never know what you\'re getting with second hand stuff.\n\nBut the cost you save with second hand makes it more attractive to go with a cheaper non certified installer. Now you can get a good system at lower cost. You don\'t get NYCERTA or state funding but quite possibly your up front costs are much lower and so are your overall costs. \n\nThe drawback is that you are getting second hand panels which are hard to find, come with no guarantee and aren\'t as powerful as the new ones. Since they aren\'t as powerful you need to buy more of them, which take up space and more money.\n\nSo it is a balancing act.\n\nBUT there is more to the equation. Solar panels are green. Recycling is green. Recycling solar panels is so green it\'s not even funny! And for me this is very attractive. And by green I don\'t mean "I\'m cool" I mean, saving energy, saving air, saving materials, and ultimately saving the planet. And this ain\'t morality, this is common sense.\n\nHere are some second hand panels I am considering. Once I find out how powerful they are I will get them. :\n\n\n\n', 'Solar Panels, An Example in Green Considerations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '516-revision', '', '', '2009-01-22 15:24:30', '2009-01-22 21:24:30', '', 516, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/516-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (523, 1, '2009-01-22 15:27:26', '2009-01-22 21:27:26', 'The process of building green is different than normal building. There are new considerations to include in the mix.\r\n\r\nHere is an example. Solar PV is a smart choice in NY I think. NY gets a lot of sun and although a Californian electrician might scoff at it, most NY professionals think it is a good move.\r\n\r\nNow with NYCERTA incentives it makes a lot more sense because they will eventually pay back a lot of your up front costs, which are hefty. But to get their money you need to have a NYCERTA installer do the job, and they are not the cheapest. Of course they would argue they are higher quality and on average they are. But they also have a cornered market and that drives up their price too.\r\n\r\nSo you have to pay a lot to get some money back. Fair enough.\r\n\r\nOn average the difference between a non NYCERTA certified installer and NYCERTA install is not greater than the benefit of getting the NYCERTA money. So it makes sense to go with NYCERTA.\r\n\r\nBut then there is the option of getting second hand panels. Solar panels are like computers and cars: the moment you take them out of the store they drop in value. Which means you can get deals. The problem is that many NYCERTA installers will not go for this. You never know what you\'re getting with second hand stuff.\r\n\r\nBut the cost you save with second hand makes it more attractive to go with a cheaper non certified installer. Now you can get a good system at lower cost. You don\'t get NYCERTA or state funding but quite possibly your up front costs are much lower and so are your overall costs. \r\n\r\nThe drawback is that you are getting second hand panels which are hard to find, come with no guarantee and aren\'t as powerful as the new ones. Since they aren\'t as powerful you need to buy more of them, which take up space and more money.\r\n\r\nSo it is a balancing act.\r\n\r\nBUT there is more to the equation. Solar panels are green. Recycling is green. Recycling solar panels is so green it\'s not even funny! And for me this is very attractive. And by green I don\'t mean "I\'m cool" I mean, saving energy, saving air, saving materials, and ultimately saving the planet. And this ain\'t morality, this is common sense.\r\n\r\nHere are some second hand panels I am considering. Once I find out how powerful they are I will get them. :\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Solar Panels, An Example in Green Considerations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '516-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-22 15:27:26', '2009-01-22 21:27:26', '', 516, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/516-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (524, 1, '2008-12-19 18:16:03', '2008-12-20 00:16:03', 'After some research we noticed that one of the most effective ways to reduce impact noise between floors was to put a recycled tyre product between the floor and sub floor. It creates a vibrating cushion that absorbs the impact, thus deadening the sound.\r\n\r\nThe only problem is that this product is costly. And costly is not green in the slightest.\r\n\r\nSo we went to the mechanic down the road. He was more than happy to give us some used tires. He has to pay to dispose of them into the landfill. We took the tires and cut them into little strips.\r\n\r\nThe strips were placed wherever a stud or support beam made contact with the floor above, creating a sound impact barrier between the two floors. Kids jumping, heavy boots and games of basketball should all become less audible from the neighbors above thanks to our technique.\r\n\r\n\r\nCutting the tires into strips.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlacing the tire under the joists.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe same tire pictured above but now we have put the support beam beneath it. The tire now acts as a sound barrier between the joists and the beam, breaking the vibration that would normally pass from the joist to the beam and the floor below.\r\n\r\n\r\nHere is an example of the tire placed between the stud and the footer. It is better to place the tire between the stud and the header to stop sound coming from above. But in this case the stud was supporting the stairs so it didn\'t matter.', 'Soundproofing between floors', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '407-revision-3', '', '', '2008-12-19 18:16:03', '2008-12-20 00:16:03', '', 407, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/407-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (525, 1, '2008-10-19 17:55:02', '2008-10-19 23:55:02', 'Here are some great movies from the web site TheStoryOfStuff.com\r\n\r\nGuess what percentage of the stuff that Americans buy is still around six months later? \r\n1%!! The other 99% is already garbage according to the site.\r\n\r\nThese movies are useful for anyone in construction. What construction company doesn\'t spend huge amounts of money on dumpsters to throw out the debris? How much of that stuff can be used for other jobs or to be put back in the job? Why is it being thrown out in the first place? These kinds of questions are rarely asked but should be.\r\n\r\nCh.1: Introduction\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.2: Extraction\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.3: Production\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.4: Distribution\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.5: Consumption\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.6: Disposal\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.7: Another Way\r\n', 'The Story Of Stuff - How we consume', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '217-revision-2', '', '', '2008-10-19 17:55:02', '2008-10-19 23:55:02', '', 217, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/217-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (526, 1, '2009-01-22 16:48:44', '2009-01-22 22:48:44', 'Here are some great movies from the web site TheStoryOfStuff.com\r\n\r\nGuess what percentage of the stuff that Americans buy is still around six months later? \r\n1%!! The other 99% is already garbage according to the site.\r\n\r\nThese movies are useful for anyone in construction. What construction company doesn\'t spend huge amounts of money on dumpsters to throw out the debris? How much of that stuff can be used for other jobs or to be put back in the job? Why is it being thrown out in the first place? These kinds of questions are rarely asked but should be.\r\n\r\nCh.1: Introduction\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.2: Extraction\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.3: Production\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.4: Distribution\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.5: Consumption\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.6: Disposal\r\n\r\n\r\nCh.7: Another Way\r\n', 'The Story Of Stuff - How we consume', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '217-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-22 16:48:44', '2009-01-22 22:48:44', '', 217, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/217-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (527, 1, '2008-12-23 15:46:57', '2008-12-23 21:46:57', '\r\nAbove Pic: "ugly" wood that I use for everything from studs to window frames.\r\n\r\nRecycling is a great way to reuse materials and save money. It is important to keep in mind the extra costs of recycling.\r\n\r\nIf you get the materials for free, say from a salvage, that is a great starting point. It beats paying for it from a store.\r\n\r\nBut free or not you then have to have a use for it otherwise you need to pay to store it until the job is ready. This costs money.\r\n\r\nSecondly, and this is often an issue with wood or metal studs, recycled material isn\'t always clean. My carpenters have never felled a tree for wood. They are used to reaching their arm out and grabbing a perfectly cut clean piece of wood that fits exactly what they need. This is the consumer society we live in.\r\n\r\nAnd I am always getting grief from my carpenters about this. I bring them ugly, nail ridden, odd sized wood and ask them to work with it. They don\'t like it. It takes them precious time to clean the wood and size it for their needs. \r\n\r\nIn fact today one carpenter said he felt guilty because he was wasting so much of my time (=money) using the old wood instead of out of the box new wood.\r\n\r\nBut the important thing to understand is that it is still better. I would rather pay my carpenter the money instead of the store. Despite the obvious benefits of recycling etc, I\'m still saving money.\r\n\r\nI may pay the carpenter $20 extra but I save $15 because I didn\'t pay for the wood. Even if I wasn\'t saving any money at all I would still do it. \r\n\r\nIt makes too much sense not to do it. It means my carpenters need to slow down. It means my studs won\'t be nice and clean looking. But it also means I\'ve saved some trees, the wood is stronger than the crap they speed grow today, I\'m lessened the landfill burden, and I might even save some money!', 'The Costs of Recycling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '415-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-23 15:46:57', '2008-12-23 21:46:57', '', 415, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/415-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (528, 1, '2009-01-23 11:41:35', '2009-01-23 17:41:35', 'When we went into contract for the property that is currently being built as a green show house it was during the "normal" financial times of March 2006.\r\n\r\nNo storms were on the horizon and everyone was still giddy from the constant rise of funding and property prices.\r\n\r\nOur plan was to do what we had always done when buying property: buy it with 10% down. We had great credit and a great track record of always paying our mortgages on time. We were in the real estate business. \r\n\r\nOnce in contract, though, the clouds started to gather, and we could not find any bank willing to lend for 10% down. The months went by and we scraped more money together. But no takers at 15% either. Nor 20%. Or 25%. Finally we found one bank willing to lend with 30% down and we closed on the property March 2007, one year later.\r\n\r\nBut it was not all dire. Everyone agreed, including the bank and mortgage broker, that once we closed we could refinance the house and pull some of that money out for renovations. After all, we all said, 30% was crazy.\r\n\r\nBut then the mortgage agent got laid off and the bank went into a tailspin. The storm had hit. There was no way they would give a home equity line of credit. \r\n\r\nLuckily we had a home equity line of credit from another property. So we transferred that money to ou bank account and started renovations. Each week on Friday I would go to the bank and take money out to pay the workers.\r\n\r\nBut one week I went to the bank and there was no more money in the account. The bank had pulled the money from our account. No notice. No reasons. Basically they withdrew the loan.\r\n\r\nNow we are funding the renovation from our businesses. Needless to say the budget is really, really tight.\r\n\r\nThe good news is that we are learning how to build green at well below what it would cost to build a "normal" structure. This is good for the long term.\r\n\r\n', 'Financing Cut', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'financing-cut', '', '', '2009-01-23 11:41:35', '2009-01-23 17:41:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=528', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (529, 1, '2009-01-23 11:41:22', '2009-01-23 17:41:22', 'When we went into contract for the property that is currently being built as a green show house it was during the "normal" financial times of March 2006.\n\nNo storms were on the horizon and everyone was still giddy from the constant rise of funding and property prices.\n\nOur plan was to do what we had always done when buying property: buy it with 10% down. We had great credit and a great track record of always paying our mortgages on time. We were in the real estate business. \n\nOnce in contract, though, the clouds started to gather, and we could not find any bank willing to lend for 10% down. The months went by and we scraped more money together. But no takers at 15% either. Nor 20%. Or 25%. Finally we found one bank willing to lend with 30% down and we closed on the property March 2007, one year later.\n\nBut it was not all dire. Everyone agreed, including the bank and mortgage broker, that once we closed we could refinance the house and pull some of that money out for renovations. After all, we all said, 30% was crazy.\n\nBut then the mortgage agent got laid off and the bank went into a tailspin. The storm had hit. There was no way they would give a home equity line of credit. \n\nLuckily we had a home equity line of credit from another property. So we transferred that money to ou bank account and started renovations. Each week on Friday I would go to the bank and take money out to pay the workers.\n\nBut one week I went to the bank and there was no more money in the account. The bank had pulled the money from our account. No notice. No reasons. Basically they withdrew the loan.\n\nNow we are funding the renovation from our businesses. Needless to say the budget is really, really tight.\n\nThe good news is that we are learning how to build green at well below what it would cost to build a "normal" structure. This is good for the long term.\n\n', 'Financing Cut', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '528-revision', '', '', '2009-01-23 11:41:22', '2009-01-23 17:41:22', '', 528, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/528-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (530, 1, '2009-01-24 12:06:59', '2009-01-24 18:06:59', '"High End Apartments", "Luxury Condos", "Exclusive Properties"\r\nThese are terms that have been thrown around a lot over the past couple years as developers and buyers got more and more caught up in the real estate frenzy, constantly looking to make fancier buildings.\r\n\r\nBut but what did "luxury" really mean? More than anything it was an aura of something we wish to attain more than anything really tangible. I was more psychological than physical. It meant shinier faucets, cool sounding name appliances, and things that were simply more expensive. The mere fact that they were expensive made them high end.\r\n\r\nOften it was a play on the psychology of what we thing is fancy. "Italian Tiles". The presumption is that Italian tiles are of better quality. But the aura of something coming from a far off land that is not attainable by mere common folk is just as important.\r\n\r\nThere may be cheaper and better quality tiles from John Butler down the road but that isn\'t considered high end because it just doesn\'t carry the same psychological mystique.\r\n\r\nBy the height of the real estate feeding frenzy people weren\'t buying homes at all. They were buying an experience. They were buying the fancy suit of the Corcoran agent, the nice brochures, the feeling of being special. And it was all financed by loans and some fuzzy warm presumption that things were forever going to go up and up and up.\r\n\r\nBut life is not like that.\r\n\r\nThings never go up forever. If they did we would not be human. We would be ethereal particles forever expanding into the universe. And we certainly wouldn\'t need a home.\r\n\r\nBut back to reality. Lets redefine "High End".\r\n\r\nHigh end is a home that supports us in our life. It is the highest functional quality and the lowest realistic cost. It does not matter what name it carries or who made it. The product itself needs to speak for itself. Is it good quality, does it serve it\'s perpose, is it priced well? This isn\'t necessarily sexy but it is a home.\r\n\r\nHigh end is holistic. It takes into consideration the overall cost of a product. The highest quality product is one that causes the least amount of environmental damage and gives the most amount of use. The product is not only beautiful, it is useful. It takes into consideration where you have come from, where you are now, and where you are going.\r\n\r\nFor example, a room that can serve as a storage area, a bedroom and then later an office is good for somebody who first has lots of stuff, then has a child and when the child goes to college the room becomes an office for your new business. It\'s a weak example, but what I mean is the house and it\'s parts are considered from multiple perspectives, multiple time frames, and multiple uses.\r\n\r\nRealistically what is high end, a rain shower that pours large amounts of water on you or a low flow shower that saves your water bill and the environment? From the limited perspective of having a "wow" shower it is the later. But what is truly high end is a low flow shower that is engineered to feel like it is pouring large amounts of water on you! That is high end!\r\n\r\nThis kind of thought process takes more time and knowledge. You can\'t be in it for the quick fix, either to make quick money as a developer or for instant gratification as the buyer. More thought needs to go into the process. More integrity, more of a holistic process. \r\n\r\nHigh end in my view is the same as a green view. The "Luxury Condos" of the past were not green at all. They were not intelligently made. They did not afford true comfort to the inhabitants. They provided initial psychological stimulus, but if looked at from a larger more holistic perspective they did more damage than good, both to the inhabitants and the world at large.\r\n\r\nThe inhabitants\' true quality of life would have been much better served with better quality, more holistic building that was more affordable. It would have been less glitzy and sexy. But their pocket book, their piece of mind, and their overall living comfort would have been much better.\r\n\r\nAfter all, at the end of a day, when you come home, it is much more important that it be supportive of you (through it\'s toxin free smells, clean air, comfort, affordability, and overall feel). Whether it was sold to you by a fancy agent with brochures does not matter at all.', 'Redefining "High End" construction', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'redefining-high-end-construction', '', '', '2009-01-24 12:06:59', '2009-01-24 18:06:59', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=530', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (531, 1, '2009-01-24 12:06:38', '2009-01-24 18:06:38', '"High End Apartments", "Luxury Condos", "Exclusive Properties"\nThese are terms that have been thrown around a lot over the past couple years as developers and buyers got more and more caught up in the real estate frenzy, constantly looking to make fancier buildings.\n\nBut but what did "luxury" really mean? More than anything it was an aura of something we wish to attain more than anything really tangible. I was more psychological than physical. It meant shinier faucets, cool sounding name appliances, and things that were simply more expensive. The mere fact that they were expensive made them high end.\n\nOften it was a play on the psychology of what we thing is fancy. "Italian Tiles". The presumption is that Italian tiles are of better quality. But the aura of something coming from a far off land that is not attainable by mere common folk is just as important.\n\nThere may be cheaper and better quality tiles from John Butler down the road but that isn\'t considered high end because it just doesn\'t carry the same psychological mystique.\n\nBy the height of the real estate feeding frenzy people weren\'t buying homes at all. They were buying an experience. They were buying the fancy suit of the Corcoran agent, the nice brochures, the feeling of being special. And it was all financed by loans and some fuzzy warm presumption that things were forever going to go up and up and up.\n\nBut life is not like that.\n\nThings never go up forever. If they did we would not be human. We would be ethereal particles forever expanding into the universe. And we certainly wouldn\'t need a home.\n\nBut back to reality. Lets redefine "High End".\n\nHigh end is a home that supports us in our life. It is the highest functional quality and the lowest realistic cost. It does not matter what name it carries or who made it. The product itself needs to speak for itself. Is it good quality, does it serve it\'s perpose, is it priced well? This isn\'t necessarily sexy but it is a home.\n\nHigh end is holistic. It takes into consideration the overall cost of a product. The highest quality product is one that causes the least amount of environmental damage and gives the most amount of use. The product is not only beautiful, it is useful. It takes into consideration where you have come from, where you are now, and where you are going.\n\nFor example, a room that can serve as a storage area, a bedroom and then later an office is good for somebody who first has lots of stuff, then has a child and when the child goes to college the room becomes an office for your new business. It\'s a weak example, but what I mean is the house and it\'s parts are considered from multiple perspectives, multiple time frames, and multiple uses.\n\nRealistically what is high end, a rain shower that pours large amounts of water on you or a low flow shower that saves your water bill and the environment? From the limited perspective of having a "wow" shower it is the later. But what is truly high end is a low flow shower that is engineered to feel like it is pouring large amounts of water on you! That is high end!\n\nThis kind of thought process takes more time and knowledge. You can\'t be in it for the quick fix, either to make quick money as a developer or for instant gratification as the buyer. More thought needs to go into the process. More integrity, more of a holistic process. \n\nHigh end in my view is the same as a green view. The "Luxury Condos" of the past were not green at all. They were not intelligently made. They did not afford true comfort to the inhabitants. They provided initial psychological stimulus, but if looked at from a larger more holistic perspective they did more damage than good, both to the inhabitants and the world at large.\n\nThe inhabitants\' true quality of life would have been much better served with better quality, more holistic building that was more affordable. It would have been less glitzy and sexy. But their pocket book, their piece of mind, and their overall living comfort would have been much better.\n\nAfter all, at the end of a day, when you come home, it is much more important that it be supportive of you (through it\'s toxin free smells, clean air, comfort, affordability, and overall feel). Whether it was sold to you by a fancy agent with brochures does not matter at all.', 'Redefining "High End" construction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '530-revision', '', '', '2009-01-24 12:06:38', '2009-01-24 18:06:38', '', 530, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/530-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (532, 1, '2009-01-16 21:14:28', '2009-01-17 03:14:28', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-8', '', '', '2009-01-16 21:14:28', '2009-01-17 03:14:28', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (533, 1, '2009-01-24 14:38:17', '2009-01-24 20:38:17', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe plans to the building are here:\r\n22 2nd st Front view and notes\r\n22 2nd St Floor Plans\r\n22 2nd street side view\r\n\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-9', '', '', '2009-01-24 14:38:17', '2009-01-24 20:38:17', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (547, 1, '2009-01-26 20:05:46', '2009-01-27 02:05:46', 'Before:
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\r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'avoiding-chemicals', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:14:13', '2009-01-27 02:14:13', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=547', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (556, 1, '2009-01-27 10:43:09', '2009-01-27 16:43:09', 'In order to maximize the living space we decided to turn the cellar into a useable space. To do this we cut a 10x10 foot hole into the floor of the basement, which is only technically called the basement since it is a foot below grade. Practically it is the garden level. Once a hole was in the south side of the garden level it allowed plenty of sunshine to pass into the cellar.\n\nThe only problem is that the cellar was only six foot high. So we have dug it out another three feet. We had to dig under the existing foundation, which can be risky if not done correctly. First we built a second inner wall out of cinder blocks in the entire cellar. The existing brick wall was so deteriorated you could pull the bricks out by hand and it was actually amazing the four floors above kept standing.\n\nThe cinder block wall only took up four inches but added all the strength we needed to support the house, which we were in the process of banging and shaking to no end. We then dug down three feet in small areas at a time and underpinned the wall with concrete and the rocks we found in the soil.\n\nBefore putting the concrete we put plastic vapor barrier and two inches of waterproof insulation to guarantee a warm and dry environment.\n\n\nAbove you see the sections being dug out.\n\n\nAbove is the vapor barrier, called Stego wrap. It is one of the few plastics that actually do stop moisture and is priced accordingly. Most cheaper brands don\'t actually stop moisture.\n\n\nHere we are putting the plastic, insulation and making the form to pour the concrete and stones.\n\n\nWe used XEPS or extruded polystyrene, which is a dense and waterproof insulation. It is also not friendly to termites, which is important in this area.\n\n\nHere you can see the rogh finished product where the floor had been dug out and the underpinning poured. We will then pour the concrete floor and then build the cinder blocks up to the other cinder block wall that is currently hanging three feet above ground.\n\n\nHere you can see the opening in the floor above. We have also knocked out the south wall for a wall of windows so the sun can really shine down into the space. On the front and back walls we did not put cinder blocks because those walls had good solid stone as you can see in the picture. You can see the concrete underpinning under the stone walls where we dug down. A worker is finishing off some underpinning but using cinder blocks instead of concrete since that little alcove is not holding up the building and does not to be as strong.\n\n\nThis photo shows the cellar before dug down. As you can see there was little headroom.\n\n\nHere you see the same cellar almost all dug out.', 'Lowering the Cellar Three Feet', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '385-autosave', '', '', '2009-01-27 10:43:09', '2009-01-27 16:43:09', '', 385, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/385-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (548, 1, '2009-01-26 20:05:30', '2009-01-27 02:05:30', 'Before:\n
\n\nAfter: \n\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\n\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\n\n
The price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\n\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:05:30', '2009-01-27 02:05:30', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (541, 1, '2009-01-25 13:30:36', '2009-01-25 19:30:36', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nThe plans to the building are here:\r\n22 2nd st Front view and notes\r\n22 2nd St Floor Plans\r\n22 2nd street side view\r\n\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\n\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJames Woods - Lead Carpenter\r\nArmando Lucret - Lead Mason\r\nJuan Mendez - Lead Carpenter\r\n\r\nPeter Irfan - Site Manager\r\nMauricio Ortega - Mason\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\n\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nOvidio Salazar - Asst. Carpenter\r\n\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Building Intern\r\n', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-10', '', '', '2009-01-25 13:30:36', '2009-01-25 19:30:36', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1144, 1, '2009-05-04 18:19:45', '2009-05-05 00:19:45', 'Here is a great clip. The message I got from it is that you can influence your environment through what emanates from within you. And it can be incredibly fun. We\'re seeing this a lot with the work we are doing in green building here in Brooklyn. Green building is like laughter. \n\nLaughter has been scientifically proven to change your body chemistry. And green building does the same in similar ways.\n\nIt may seem like a strange comparison but we\'ve seen how a green building can actually change the chemistry of the people in it. The building revitalizes instead of drains: Better light, less chemical stressors, more soothing materials, better air quality - all this drastically improves people\'s mind and body.\n\nAnd this has a ripple effect. The people leave the building in a better state and interact with others in the community in a better way. \n\nThis understanding of how the physical properties of a green building directly improves the interactions of the community is so incredibly important. The clip below shows \n\n', 'We Can Influence the World', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1143-revision', '', '', '2009-05-04 18:19:45', '2009-05-05 00:19:45', '', 1143, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1143-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (549, 1, '2009-01-26 20:05:46', '2009-01-27 02:05:46', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter: \r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:05:46', '2009-01-27 02:05:46', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (550, 1, '2009-01-26 20:14:20', '2009-01-27 02:14:20', 'Before:\n\nAfter:\n\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\n\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\n\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\n\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-autosave', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:14:20', '2009-01-27 02:14:20', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (553, 1, '2009-01-26 20:09:26', '2009-01-27 02:09:26', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter: \r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-5', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:09:26', '2009-01-27 02:09:26', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (551, 1, '2009-01-26 20:06:08', '2009-01-27 02:06:08', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter: \r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:06:08', '2009-01-27 02:06:08', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (552, 1, '2009-01-26 20:08:55', '2009-01-27 02:08:55', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter: \r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-4', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:08:55', '2009-01-27 02:08:55', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (554, 1, '2009-01-26 20:12:16', '2009-01-27 02:12:16', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter:\r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\n
The price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-6', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:12:16', '2009-01-27 02:12:16', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (555, 1, '2009-01-26 20:13:32', '2009-01-27 02:13:32', 'Before:\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter:\r\n\r\nIn the renovation of the green show house we are exposing as much brick as possible instead of building walls over it since the greenest building is no building. But the walls were not intended to be seen and a lot of them are in bad shape.\r\n\r\nThe normal thing to do is was the walls with acid. This means buying more products, and very corrosive ones at that. So I did a cost analysis and once again decided that paying my workers to work a little more was more cost effective than going the fast route and buying the acid wash.\r\n\r\nThe price is pretty much the same for me, only the money goes to the workers instead of the acid wash company, and I don\'t put more acid into the environment.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that a little elbow grease on the walls makes them look a lot nicer than the acid wash (we did a little test with the acid wash to be sure we were making the right choice).', 'Avoiding Chemicals', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '547-revision-7', '', '', '2009-01-26 20:13:32', '2009-01-27 02:13:32', '', 547, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/547-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\n\r\nI\'ve put pex tubes between joists under the subfloor. that is how my\r\nradiant guy designed it. The whole theory that as long as you contain\r\nthe heat it will get to the room eventually etc, etc. I also couldn\'t\r\nput them above the floor due to a low ceiling.\r\n\r\nSince then I have realized the virtue of using things to pull the heat\r\nout of the tubes. Concrete is good and cheap. We all like heated\r\nconcrete slabs, right :) Then you have aluminum fins. Good, but\r\ncostly.\r\n\r\nSo this week I\'m going to experiment :) I\'m going to pile a mixture of\r\nsand and small amounts of cement/water onto a strip of plywood and\r\nthen press and screw the plywood up against the pex tubes and\r\nsubfloor. The concrete will squeeze around the tubes and create a mini\r\nconcrete slab! The floor is strong enough to hold it.\r\n\r\nThe idea is that the concrete will pull out the heat. It is a dense\r\nmass so it will take longer to heat up (and cool down). I don\'t need\r\nthe instant heat gratification that aluminum fins would give because\r\nthe house is hyper insulated and will change temperature very slowly.\r\nIf outside temperature changes it will take at least a day for the\r\ninside temp to adjust and that is plenty of time for the concrete slab\r\nto catch up.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll see if it works!', 'Adding a Concrete Sub Floor Heat Collector', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'adding-concrete-floor-heat-collector', '', '', '2009-01-29 10:46:40', '2009-01-29 16:46:40', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=558', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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\n\nI\'ve put pex tubes between joists under the subfloor. that is how my\nradiant guy designed it. The whole theory that as long as you contain\nthe heat it will get to the room eventually etc, etc. I also couldn\'t\nput them above the floor due to a low ceiling.\n\nSince then I have realized the virtue of using things to pull the heat\nout of the tubes. Concrete is good and cheap. We all like heated\nconcrete slabs, right :) Then you have aluminum fins. Good, but\ncostly.\n\nSo this week I\'m going to experiment :) I\'m going to pile a mixture of\nsand and small amounts of cement/water onto a strip of plywood and\nthen press and screw the plywood up against the pex tubes and\nsubfloor. The concrete will squeeze around the tubes and create a mini\nconcrete slab! The floor is strong enough to hold it.\n\nThe idea is that the concrete will pull out the heat. It is a dense\nmass so it will take longer to heat up (and cool down). I don\'t need\nthe instant heat gratification that aluminum fins would give because\nthe house is hyper insulated and will change temperature very slowly.\nIf outside temperature changes it will take at least a day for the\ninside temp to adjust and that is plenty of time for the concrete slab\nto catch up.\n\nWe\'ll see if it works!', 'Adding a Concrete Sub Floor Heat Collector', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '558-revision', '', '', '2009-01-29 10:42:28', '2009-01-29 16:42:28', '', 558, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/558-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (561, 1, '2009-01-29 10:43:58', '2009-01-29 16:43:58', '\r\n\r\nI\'ve put pex tubes between joists under the subfloor. that is how my\r\nradiant guy designed it. The whole theory that as long as you contain\r\nthe heat it will get to the room eventually etc, etc. I also couldn\'t\r\nput them above the floor due to a low ceiling.\r\n\r\nSince then I have realized the virtue of using things to pull the heat\r\nout of the tubes. Concrete is good and cheap. We all like heated\r\nconcrete slabs, right :) Then you have aluminum fins. Good, but\r\ncostly.\r\n\r\nSo this week I\'m going to experiment :) I\'m going to pile a mixture of\r\nsand and small amounts of cement/water onto a strip of plywood and\r\nthen press and screw the plywood up against the pex tubes and\r\nsubfloor. The concrete will squeeze around the tubes and create a mini\r\nconcrete slab! The floor is strong enough to hold it.\r\n\r\nThe idea is that the concrete will pull out the heat. It is a dense\r\nmass so it will take longer to heat up (and cool down). I don\'t need\r\nthe instant heat gratification that aluminum fins would give because\r\nthe house is hyper insulated and will change temperature very slowly.\r\nIf outside temperature changes it will take at least a day for the\r\ninside temp to adjust and that is plenty of time for the concrete slab\r\nto catch up.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll see if it works!', 'Adding a Concrete Sub Floor Heat Collector', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '558-revision-3', '', '', '2009-01-29 10:43:58', '2009-01-29 16:43:58', '', 558, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/558-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (560, 1, '2009-01-29 10:42:40', '2009-01-29 16:42:40', '\r\n\r\nI\'ve put pex tubes between joists under the subfloor. that is how my\r\nradiant guy designed it. The whole theory that as long as you contain\r\nthe heat it will get to the room eventually etc, etc. I also couldn\'t\r\nput them above the floor due to a low ceiling.\r\n\r\nSince then I have realized the virtue of using things to pull the heat\r\nout of the tubes. Concrete is good and cheap. We all like heated\r\nconcrete slabs, right :) Then you have aluminum fins. Good, but\r\ncostly.\r\n\r\nSo this week I\'m going to experiment :) I\'m going to pile a mixture of\r\nsand and small amounts of cement/water onto a strip of plywood and\r\nthen press and screw the plywood up against the pex tubes and\r\nsubfloor. The concrete will squeeze around the tubes and create a mini\r\nconcrete slab! The floor is strong enough to hold it.\r\n\r\nThe idea is that the concrete will pull out the heat. It is a dense\r\nmass so it will take longer to heat up (and cool down). I don\'t need\r\nthe instant heat gratification that aluminum fins would give because\r\nthe house is hyper insulated and will change temperature very slowly.\r\nIf outside temperature changes it will take at least a day for the\r\ninside temp to adjust and that is plenty of time for the concrete slab\r\nto catch up.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll see if it works!', 'Adding a Concrete Sub Floor Heat Collector', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '558-revision-2', '', '', '2009-01-29 10:42:40', '2009-01-29 16:42:40', '', 558, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/558-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (563, 1, '2009-01-29 10:44:37', '2009-01-29 16:44:37', '\r\n\r\nI\'ve put pex tubes between joists under the subfloor. that is how my\r\nradiant guy designed it. The whole theory that as long as you contain\r\nthe heat it will get to the room eventually etc, etc. I also couldn\'t\r\nput them above the floor due to a low ceiling.\r\n\r\nSince then I have realized the virtue of using things to pull the heat\r\nout of the tubes. Concrete is good and cheap. We all like heated\r\nconcrete slabs, right :) Then you have aluminum fins. Good, but\r\ncostly.\r\n\r\nSo this week I\'m going to experiment :) I\'m going to pile a mixture of\r\nsand and small amounts of cement/water onto a strip of plywood and\r\nthen press and screw the plywood up against the pex tubes and\r\nsubfloor. The concrete will squeeze around the tubes and create a mini\r\nconcrete slab! The floor is strong enough to hold it.\r\n\r\nThe idea is that the concrete will pull out the heat. It is a dense\r\nmass so it will take longer to heat up (and cool down). I don\'t need\r\nthe instant heat gratification that aluminum fins would give because\r\nthe house is hyper insulated and will change temperature very slowly.\r\nIf outside temperature changes it will take at least a day for the\r\ninside temp to adjust and that is plenty of time for the concrete slab\r\nto catch up.\r\n\r\nWe\'ll see if it works!', 'Adding a Concrete Sub Floor Heat Collector', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '558-revision-4', '', '', '2009-01-29 10:44:37', '2009-01-29 16:44:37', '', 558, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/558-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\nWe needed some slate to repair an existing slate wall on the top of the green show house. One consideration was using a slate look alike that is made from recycled materials. \r\n\r\nBut then I discovered there is a thriving community of people who salvage old slate from homes. They have merged into the "green" movement but really come from the older tradition of salvaging historic buildings, which of course was green before we had the term "green".\r\n\r\nIt makes a lot of sense since good slate can last many hundreds of years. When the people are dead and gone the slate is still there ready for a new renovation (for example the green show house!).\r\n\r\nOne other thing, though is that the slate has to be trucked to the site from where ever I finally find it...but then that would be the case for all slate, new or old. The trick is to find a source close by.\r\n\r\nThe slate we have on the roof now is called Pennsylvania soft black with a pointed nose.\r\n\r\n
\r\nWe needed some slate to repair an existing slate wall on the top of the green show house. One consideration was using a slate look alike that is made from recycled materials. \r\n\r\nBut then I discovered there is a thriving community of people who salvage old slate from homes. They have merged into the "green" movement but really come from the older tradition of salvaging historic buildings, which of course was green before we had the term "green".\r\n\r\nIt makes a lot of sense since good slate can last many hundreds of years. When the people are dead and gone the slate is still there ready for a new renovation (for example the green show house!).\r\n\r\nOne other thing, though is that the slate has to be trucked to the site from where ever I finally find it...but then that would be the case for all slate, new or old. The trick is to find a source close by.\r\n\r\nThe slate we have on the roof now is called Pennsylvania soft black with a pointed nose.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nBiobased foam crumbled when touched. This could be because it was cold when we installed it. But Great Stuff was installed exactly at the same time in the same environment. Biobased foam:\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (569, 1, '2009-01-29 19:41:33', '2009-01-30 01:41:33', 'Spray foam insulation is good because it creates very good seals. You don\'t have to worry about air leaks.\n\nThe one thing it has against it is that it is petroleum based. There is a company that sells itself as a green alternative because it uses soy based oils instead. Biobased is one such company.\n\nI think that is great and even if it only used a small part soy and the rest petroleum it is better than nothing.\n\nI did have a problem the other day with them. I was discussing with them the possibility of me being a distributor and installer for them. I was excited until I asked what % soy they used. For me this is a key point. THE key point. It is what sets them apart from the rest. It is what makes them greener than the rest.\n\nBut they refused to tell me and told me that it was "proprietary information". ????? Your main selling point is proprietary information? And in the same sentence I was told that I shouldn\'t worry about that since using their product can get you LEED points.\n\nThen alarm bells went off for me. Their implication was that getting recognized as green via the LEED points were what mattered. The actual ecological benefit, if any, of the product was not important and a secret.\n\nI protested and the sales rep said he\'d get back to me. That was a long time ago. He\'s not getting back to me.\n\nLike I said, even if it was 1% soy based and 99% petroleum I would choose it over a 100% petrolieum based foam. 1% is better than nothing.\n\nMy problem here is the greenwashing they are doing. Green, if anything, is first and foremost about honesty. And maybe they will get back to me and all will be good. But so far my phone is not ringing.\n\nAnother thing is the product itself. I bought some cans of the stuff from home depot. I also bought some "Great Stuff" spray foam. I tested them side by side and the Biobased foam failed. It might have been the cold but it dried dry and crumbly. In comparison the Great Stuff dried like hard chewing gum.\n\nThis is very important because the foam is used to fill cracks. Cracks often expand and contract. The Great Stuff has an elasticity to it that the Biobased does not. Also, I forsee the Biobased foam deteriorating and becoming dust over time. \n\nI emailed the same rep asking if the cans they sold at Home Depot contained the same ingredients that pros install but got no answer. We had a polite professional relationship so I\'m baffled why he didn\'t respond.\n\nHere are the pics:\n\nGreat Stuff foam is like hard chewing gum when touched:\n\n\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (571, 1, '2009-01-29 19:42:05', '2009-01-30 01:42:05', 'Spray foam insulation is good because it creates very good seals. You don\'t have to worry about air leaks.\r\n\r\nThe one thing it has against it is that it is petroleum based. There is a company that sells itself as a green alternative because it uses soy based oils instead. Biobased is one such company.\r\n\r\nI think that is great and even if it only used a small part soy and the rest petroleum it is better than nothing.\r\n\r\nI did have a problem the other day with them. I was discussing with them the possibility of me being a distributor and installer for them. I was excited until I asked what % soy they used. For me this is a key point. THE key point. It is what sets them apart from the rest. It is what makes them greener than the rest.\r\n\r\nBut they refused to tell me and told me that it was "proprietary information". ????? Your main selling point is proprietary information? And in the same sentence I was told that I shouldn\'t worry about that since using their product can get you LEED points.\r\n\r\nThen alarm bells went off for me. Their implication was that getting recognized as green via the LEED points were what mattered. The actual ecological benefit, if any, of the product was not important and a secret.\r\n\r\nI protested and the sales rep said he\'d get back to me. That was a long time ago. He\'s not getting back to me.\r\n\r\nLike I said, even if it was 1% soy based and 99% petroleum I would choose it over a 100% petrolieum based foam. 1% is better than nothing.\r\n\r\nMy problem here is the greenwashing they are doing. Green, if anything, is first and foremost about honesty. And maybe they will get back to me and all will be good. But so far my phone is not ringing.\r\n\r\nAnother thing is the product itself. I bought some cans of the stuff from home depot. I also bought some "Great Stuff" spray foam. I tested them side by side and the Biobased foam failed. It might have been the cold but it dried dry and crumbly. In comparison the Great Stuff dried like hard chewing gum.\r\n\r\nThis is very important because the foam is used to fill cracks. Cracks often expand and contract. The Great Stuff has an elasticity to it that the Biobased does not. Also, I forsee the Biobased foam deteriorating and becoming dust over time. \r\n\r\nI emailed the same rep asking if the cans they sold at Home Depot contained the same ingredients that pros install but got no answer. We had a polite professional relationship so I\'m baffled why he didn\'t respond.\r\n\r\nHere are the pics:\r\n\r\nGreat Stuff foam is like hard chewing gum when touched:\r\n\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (602, 1, '2009-01-25 20:26:46', '2009-01-26 02:26:46', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (603, 1, '2009-02-10 07:47:14', '2009-02-10 13:47:14', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. 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The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (604, 1, '2009-02-10 07:47:58', '2009-02-10 13:47:58', '\r\nWe are building a green show house to show all the great possibilities in green building. Visit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. 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The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (605, 1, '2009-02-10 13:26:21', '2009-02-10 19:26:21', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We also have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site.\r\n\r\nIt is a living home, meaning that all products will be used and showcased in a real home environment. The show house will be open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show how a real life green renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. \r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (667, 1, '2009-02-22 19:56:45', '2009-02-23 01:56:45', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (606, 1, '2009-02-10 13:32:30', '2009-02-10 19:32:30', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We will provided the resources to the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We will either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\n\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJames Woods - Lead Carpenter\r\nArmando Lucret - Lead Mason\r\nJuan Mendez - Lead Carpenter\r\n\r\nPeter Irfan - Site Manager\r\nMauricio Ortega - Mason\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\n\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nOvidio Salazar - Asst. Carpenter\r\n\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Building Intern\r\n', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-15', '', '', '2009-02-10 13:32:30', '2009-02-10 19:32:30', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (607, 1, '2009-02-10 18:33:23', '2009-02-11 00:33:23', 'I think the New York and Brooklyn brownstones are ideal candidates for green renovations. They have all the ingredients that make for an easy and powerful green overhaul. I can\'t list them without sounding like a sales pitch, but it\'s more pride of Brooklyn than me trying to sell anything.\r\n\r\nFirstly the greenest thing you could do in a building is reuse an old one, and what is more perfect than the shell of a beautiful brownstone. Usually all four walls are more than fine for keeping. They have been there for a hundred years and can last another hundred. Now that is green!\r\n\r\nIf anything you want to rip off the layers of lead laden sheet rock and expose the interior brick walls (at least the ones that aren\'t external facing walls). This means no new sheet rock and studs, which means less resources used.\r\n\r\nJust the mere fact that Brownstones share side walls with the neighbors means less energy lost to the outside and half the materials needed to build. \r\n\r\nAnother tenet of green is not taking up virgin nature. Brownstones are densely packed together, which leaves more of the world for uninhabited rolling hills and nature.\r\n\r\nThe bones of brownstones are solid. They have lots of old hardwood. NY isn\'t called the Gotham Forest for nothing. We have more excellent old growth timber in this city than exists in the wild. That is a sad thought, but the good news is that it is sitting protected under cheap vinyl floors and cracking tiles just waiting to be reclaimed to its true beauty.\r\n\r\nWhether you cut the old joists into siding, floors, studs, or new joists, the wood is good and strong. In our Brooklyn green show house renovation we have done all of that with the old wood.\r\n\r\nBrownstones have plenty of bricks. They are strong and beautiful. We are using them for new walls, patios, walkways and fireplaces. likewise for slate, either on walls or walkways.\r\n\r\nBrownstones have nice flat roofs that are perfect for gardens, solar and hot water panels and decks. For some reason they weren\'t built for use and for the most part have spent a hundred years ignored. But their value is great. We are using the show house roof for all of the above plus a bee hive :). We have strengthened the roof with salvaged joists and it is strong as ever. \r\n\r\nBrownstones are small. McMansions are a waste of everything. But New Yorkers, with our small apartments and large spirit, have been living green for years without knowing it. New York is one of the only places in the United States that shares an average house size with the rest of the world. Most of the United States has two or three times the house size as the rest of the world and wastes energy accordingly.\r\n\r\nNew Yorkers have much less cars than other Americans. There are even New Yorkers without driver\'s licenses! Blasphemy! A Brooklyn brownstone is often within walking distance of good transport and amenities. This means less driving and specifically less asphalt for parking spaces, another feature many normal homes suffer from. Instead, a Brownstone has a great front yard area for greening.\r\n\r\nNew York is a center of commerce. This means most of the materials are local. Sand, glass, cement, wood, stone, metal...it can all be acquired locally. There is great economy of scale to be located in such a dense commercial and residential area. When a truck brings material to New York it is feeding a hundred houses, instead of only a couple in the countryside. \r\n\r\nI am very excited to be doing a green renovation on a Brownstone. Because of all the in built green features of Brownstones it is relatively easy to turn a Brownstone into a very green and more comfortable home.', 'Brownstones are ripe for green renovations', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'brownstones-ripe-green-renovations', '', '', '2009-02-13 19:56:56', '2009-02-14 01:56:56', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=607', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (608, 1, '2009-02-10 18:32:56', '2009-02-11 00:32:56', 'I think the New York and Brooklyn brownstones are ideal candidates for green renovations. They have all the ingredients that make for an easy and powerful green overhaul.\n\nFirstly the greenest thing you could do in a building is reuse an old one, and what is more perfect than the shell of a beautiful brownstone. Usually all four walls are more than fine for keeping. They have been there for a hundred years and can last another hundred. Now that is green!\n\nIf anything you want to rip off the layers of lead laden sheet rock and expose the interior brick walls (at least the ones that aren\'t external facing walls). This means no new sheet rock and studs, which means less resources used.\n\nJust the mere fact that Brownstones share side walls with the neighbors means less energy lost to the outside and half the materials needed to build. \n\nAnother tenet of green is not taking up virgin nature. Brownstones are densely packed together, which leaves more of the world for uninhabited rolling hills and nature.\n\nThe bones of brownstones are solid. They have lots of old hardwood. NY isn\'t called the Gotham Forest for nothing. We have more excellent old growth timber in this city than exists in the wild. That is a sad thought, but the good news is that it is sitting protected under cheap vinyl floors and cracking tiles just waiting to be reclaimed to its true beauty.\n\nWhether you cut the old joists into siding, floors, studs, or new joists, the wood is good and strong. In our Brooklyn green show house renovation we have done all of that with the old wood.\n\nBrownstones have plenty of bricks. They are strong and beautiful. We are using them for new walls, patios, walkways and fireplaces. likewise for slate, either on walls or walkways.\n\nBrownstones have nice flat roofs that are perfect for gardens, solar and hot water panels and decks. For some reason they weren\'t built for use and for the most part have spent a hundred years ignored. But their value is great. We are using the show house roof for all of the above plus a bee hive :). We have strengthened the roof with salvaged joists and it is strong as ever. \n\nBrownstones are small. McMansions are a waste of everything. But New Yorkers, with our small apartments and large spirit, have been living green for years without knowing it. New York is one of the only places in the United States that shares an average house size with the rest of the world. Most of the United States has two or three times the house size as the rest of the world and wastes energy accordingly.\n\nNew Yorkers have much less cars than other Americans. There are even New Yorkers without driver\'s licenses! Blasphemy! A Brooklyn brownstone is often within walking distance of good transport and amenities. This means less driving and specifically less asphalt for parking spaces, another feature many normal homes suffer from. Instead, a Brownstone has a great front yard area for greening.\n\nNew York is a center of commerce. This means most of the materials are local. Sand, glass, cement, wood, stone, metal...it can all be acquired locally. There is great economy of scale to be located in such a dense commercial and residential area. When a truck brings material to New York it is feeding a hundred houses, instead of only a couple in the countryside. \n\nI am very excited to be doing a green renovation on a Brownstone. Because of all the in built green features of Brownstones it is relatively easy to turn a Brownstone into a very green and more comfortable home.', 'Brownstones are ripe for green renovations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision', '', '', '2009-02-10 18:32:56', '2009-02-11 00:32:56', '', 607, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/607-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (609, 1, '2008-12-09 16:37:34', '2008-12-09 22:37:34', 'I subscribe to some very scholarly journals on green building. I also subscribe to some radical journals on politics and conspiracies. I like to check out the pulse from various sources. And when I start seeing trends overlapping I know it is something worth paying attention to.\r\n\r\nThis week I was reading in this one very academic journal about the use of hemp fibers mixed with lime to make a concrete-like material that is stronger and apparently six times lighter than real concrete. It is used in France a lot and expanding around Europe.\r\n\r\nAnd then one of my conspiracy journals also spoke about it, but from the perspective of it being this miracle material that was being kept from the building industry due to political reasons (hemp apparently has many uses that threatens existing companies, namely oil and timber companies).\r\n\r\nSeeing it in two widely different contects raised my interest. It does indeed seem to be a viable building material on the rise. Worth keeping an eye out for it.\r\n\r\nThe basics:\r\nhemp grows as a plant, thus CONSUMES CO2.\r\nit grows abundantly and quickly, thus is rapidly renewable.\r\nbecause it grows, it does most of the production itself reducing embodied energy.\r\nonce it is made into "concrete" the CO2 is fixed into the walls, thus it is a CO2 neutral or possibly even CO2 NEGATIVE product.\r\n\r\nportland cement requires huge manufacturing power and thus creates massive amounts of CO2. It is the largest creator of CO2 in the building industry. Enough said.\r\n\r\nBasically, the connection of hemp with weed smoking hippies is a farce. Hemp has too many positive attributes, from paper, oil, wax, cement (the list is long) for it to be considered negatively.\r\n\r\nMore:\r\n\r\n', 'Hemp - Stonger and Lighter than Cement', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '365-revision-2', '', '', '2008-12-09 16:37:34', '2008-12-09 22:37:34', '', 365, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/365-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (610, 1, '2009-02-10 18:55:39', '2009-02-11 00:55:39', 'I subscribe to some very scholarly journals on green building. I also subscribe to some radical journals on politics and conspiracies. I like to check out the pulse from various sources. And when I start seeing trends overlapping I know it is something worth paying attention to.\r\n\r\nThis week I was reading in this one very academic journal about the use of hemp fibers mixed with lime to make a concrete-like material that is stronger and apparently six times lighter than real concrete. It is used in France a lot and expanding around Europe.\r\n\r\nAnd then one of my conspiracy journals also spoke about it, but from the perspective of it being this miracle material that was being kept from the building industry due to political reasons (hemp apparently has many uses that threatens existing companies, namely oil and timber companies).\r\n\r\nSeeing it in two widely different contects raised my interest. It does indeed seem to be a viable building material on the rise. Worth keeping an eye out for it.\r\n\r\nThe basics:\r\nhemp grows as a plant, thus CONSUMES CO2.\r\nit grows abundantly and quickly, thus is rapidly renewable.\r\nbecause it grows, it does most of the production itself reducing embodied energy.\r\nonce it is made into "concrete" the CO2 is fixed into the walls, thus it is a CO2 neutral or possibly even CO2 NEGATIVE product.\r\n\r\nportland cement requires huge manufacturing power and thus creates massive amounts of CO2. It is the largest creator of CO2 in the building industry. Enough said.\r\n\r\nBasically, the connection of hemp with weed smoking hippies is a farce. Hemp has too many positive attributes, from paper, oil, wax, cement (the list is long) for it to be considered negatively.\r\n\r\nMore:\r\n\r\n', 'Hemp - Stonger and Lighter than Cement', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '365-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-10 18:55:39', '2009-02-11 00:55:39', '', 365, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/365-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (614, 1, '2009-02-10 18:33:23', '2009-02-11 00:33:23', 'I think the New York and Brooklyn brownstones are ideal candidates for green renovations. They have all the ingredients that make for an easy and powerful green overhaul.\r\n\r\nFirstly the greenest thing you could do in a building is reuse an old one, and what is more perfect than the shell of a beautiful brownstone. Usually all four walls are more than fine for keeping. They have been there for a hundred years and can last another hundred. Now that is green!\r\n\r\nIf anything you want to rip off the layers of lead laden sheet rock and expose the interior brick walls (at least the ones that aren\'t external facing walls). This means no new sheet rock and studs, which means less resources used.\r\n\r\nJust the mere fact that Brownstones share side walls with the neighbors means less energy lost to the outside and half the materials needed to build. \r\n\r\nAnother tenet of green is not taking up virgin nature. Brownstones are densely packed together, which leaves more of the world for uninhabited rolling hills and nature.\r\n\r\nThe bones of brownstones are solid. They have lots of old hardwood. NY isn\'t called the Gotham Forest for nothing. We have more excellent old growth timber in this city than exists in the wild. That is a sad thought, but the good news is that it is sitting protected under cheap vinyl floors and cracking tiles just waiting to be reclaimed to its true beauty.\r\n\r\nWhether you cut the old joists into siding, floors, studs, or new joists, the wood is good and strong. In our Brooklyn green show house renovation we have done all of that with the old wood.\r\n\r\nBrownstones have plenty of bricks. They are strong and beautiful. We are using them for new walls, patios, walkways and fireplaces. likewise for slate, either on walls or walkways.\r\n\r\nBrownstones have nice flat roofs that are perfect for gardens, solar and hot water panels and decks. For some reason they weren\'t built for use and for the most part have spent a hundred years ignored. But their value is great. We are using the show house roof for all of the above plus a bee hive :). We have strengthened the roof with salvaged joists and it is strong as ever. \r\n\r\nBrownstones are small. McMansions are a waste of everything. But New Yorkers, with our small apartments and large spirit, have been living green for years without knowing it. New York is one of the only places in the United States that shares an average house size with the rest of the world. Most of the United States has two or three times the house size as the rest of the world and wastes energy accordingly.\r\n\r\nNew Yorkers have much less cars than other Americans. There are even New Yorkers without driver\'s licenses! Blasphemy! A Brooklyn brownstone is often within walking distance of good transport and amenities. This means less driving and specifically less asphalt for parking spaces, another feature many normal homes suffer from. Instead, a Brownstone has a great front yard area for greening.\r\n\r\nNew York is a center of commerce. This means most of the materials are local. Sand, glass, cement, wood, stone, metal...it can all be acquired locally. There is great economy of scale to be located in such a dense commercial and residential area. When a truck brings material to New York it is feeding a hundred houses, instead of only a couple in the countryside. \r\n\r\nI am very excited to be doing a green renovation on a Brownstone. Because of all the in built green features of Brownstones it is relatively easy to turn a Brownstone into a very green and more comfortable home.', 'Brownstones are ripe for green renovations', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-10 18:33:23', '2009-02-11 00:33:23', '', 607, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/607-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1143, 1, '2009-05-04 18:20:40', '2009-05-05 00:20:40', 'Here is a great clip. The message I got from it is that you can influence your environment through what emanates from within you. And it can be incredibly fun. We\'re seeing this a lot with the work we are doing in green building here in Brooklyn. Green building is like laughter. \r\n\r\nLaughter has been scientifically proven to change your body chemistry. And green building does the same in similar ways.\r\n\r\nIt may seem like a strange comparison but we\'ve seen how a green building can actually change the chemistry of the people in it. The building revitalizes instead of drains: Better light, less chemical stressors, more soothing materials, better air quality - all this drastically improves people\'s mind and body.\r\n\r\nAnd this has a ripple effect. The people leave the building in a better state and interact with others in the community in a better way. \r\n\r\nThis understanding of how the physical properties of a green building directly improves the interactions of the community is so incredibly important. It is a core element of the Built It Forward concept.\r\n\r\nThe clip below shows the same ripple effect but with laughter. It is also an inspiring example of how our being can effect others in a positive way.\r\n\r\n', 'We Can Influence the World', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'influence-world', '', '', '2009-05-04 18:21:27', '2009-05-05 00:21:27', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1143', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (616, 1, '2009-02-13 20:10:02', '2009-02-14 02:10:02', '
\r\n\r\nWe have these old rickety stairs in the show house. They are good craftsmanship but have had to endure a hundred years of big Italian boys bouncing up and down them. And they are old, old and tired. \r\n\r\nWe need to keep them, though, because the space is too steep and windy to be accepted by today\'s DOB code regulations. But the old stairs can be grandfathered in. It is more work to salvage them than to rip them out and put in new ones. But I like that I am forced to keep them because deep down I know that is the most sustainable thing to do.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nWe\'ve spent weeks strengthening the stairs from beneath and peeling the ten layers of paint off them. We used a non-toxic paint remover called Peelaway. You put the paste onto the wood and cover it with this special paper and leave it 24 hours. The stuff heats up and the paint becomes good and drips off with the help of a spatula. No dust. No lead issues.', 'Old Stairs', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stairs', '', '', '2009-02-13 20:10:02', '2009-02-14 02:10:02', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=616', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (617, 1, '2009-02-13 20:09:15', '2009-02-14 02:09:15', '\n\nWe have these old rickety stairs in the show house. They are good craftsmanship but have had to endure a hundred years of big Italian boys bouncing up and down them. And they are old, old and tired. \n\nWe need to keep them, though, because the space is too steep and windy to be accepted by today\'s DOB code regulations. It is more work to salvage them than to rip them out and put in new ones. But I like that I am forced to keep them because deep down I know that is the most sustainable thing to do.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe\'ve spent weeks strengthening the stairs and peeling the ten layers of paint off them. We used a non-toxic paint remover called Peelaway. You put the paste onto the wood and cover it with this special paper and leave it 24 hours. The stuff heats up and the paint becomes good and drips off with the help of a spatula. No dust. No lead issues.', 'Old Stairs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '616-revision', '', '', '2009-02-13 20:09:15', '2009-02-14 02:09:15', '', 616, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/616-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (618, 1, '2009-02-13 21:02:18', '2009-02-14 03:02:18', 'Dumpsters, Job Sites, Garbage Night Streets, Damaged Store Stock, Craigslist, Neighbours, Salvage stores, Ebay, our building... these are some of the places we get our materials from. The rules are simple: it needs to be dangerously close to being sent to the dump or once used. \r\n\r\nHere are some of the things we have saved:\r\n\r\nOld Joists from other jobs, our building or Fine Lumber salvaged wood in Williamsburg:\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe joists in action:\r\n
\r\n\r\nFlooring from the dumpster of a neighbor. He then let use come into his house and rip out the rest.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe floor in action:\r\n
\r\n\r\nMetal and wood studs from a garbage heap of a fellow contractor.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe studs in action:\r\n
\r\n\r\nBricks from various job sites, including ours.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe bricks in action:\r\n
\r\n\r\nChain link fence:\r\n
\r\n\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n
\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n
\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n
\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. He knows his stuff. Dave. So I would be very happy to put their floors in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThey helped us out because we found about $6,000 worth of wide plank maple in a dumpster but it wasn\'t enough to fill the floor so they gave us 100 square feet to cover the rest. And we\'ll probably try to find a place to put their cork. It is really nice in a place where you go barefoot like a bedroom.\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n
\r\n\r\nIt\'s not like I want to take business away from these great companies making good green products. I want to push them. But part of the problem our world is facing is the amount of over consumption. I\'m aware of the fact that reducing consumption reduces sales for green companies, but long term I think it is the best option.', 'Things We Salvage', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'salvage', '', '', '2009-02-13 21:17:11', '2009-02-14 03:17:11', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=618', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (626, 1, '2009-02-14 08:06:52', '2009-02-14 14:06:52', 'I am really enjoying the renovation of a one hundred year old building. As I uncover layers of material I come across the craftsmanship of the builders from a hundred years ago. This house has not had a such an in depth renovation since it was first built in 1908.\r\n\r\nI connect to these builders. I look at what they made and think, "How can I continue it? How can I strengthen it again so that a hundred years from now somebody else can carry the torch?"\r\n\r\nThere is a long term sense of connection in this process. Life is not fleeting. I am part of a long tradition. This is a grounding and comforting process.\r\n\r\nMany buildings today are built in a time vacuum without any connection to the past or present. They are not even built to last. They are built through the eye of cost and profit. Time has no part in the equation.\r\n\r\nBut when you build through the lens of time cost and profit takes second row. It is not how much does this cost. It is how long will this last. My time frame is another one hundred years. \r\n\r\nThis week I had a conversation with the my salvaged roof company. Dough from Reclaimed Roofs. He is a good guy and gets the concept. Our conversation was whether to use copper nails or galvanized steel nails. One would last fifty years and one would last a hundred and fifty. \r\n\r\nCopper costs twice as much so it is a real deal. Why? Because it doesn\'t last twice as much. It lasts three times as much. That is a huge savings. Not for me but for future generations. Just like the wonderful savings I was given by the builders in the 1900 who built a home that would last way past their demise, thus allowing others to live in the home "for free".\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe joists in action:\r\n\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n
\nFence used as rebar:\n\n\nInsulation from another building:\n\n\nWe used it everywhere:\n\n\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\n\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\n\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\n.\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n\n\nThe joists in action:\n\n\nFlooring from the dumpster of a neighbor. He then let use come into his house and rip out the rest.\n\n\nThe floor in action:\n\n\nMetal and wood studs from a garbage heap of a fellow contractor.\n\n\nThe studs in action:\n\n\nBricks from various job sites, including ours.\n\n\nThe bricks in action:\n\n\nChain link fence:\n\n\nFence used as rebar:\n\n\nInsulation from another building:\n\n\nWe used it everywhere:\n\n\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\n\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. He knows his stuff. Dave. So I would be very happy to put their floors in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\n\nThey helped us out because we found about $6,000 worth of wide plank maple in a dumpster but it wasn\'t enough to fill the floor so they gave us 100 square feet to cover the rest. And we\'ll probably try to find a place to put their cork. It is really nice in a place where you go barefoot like a bedroom.\n\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\n\n\nIt\'s not like I want to take business away from these great companies making good green products. I want to push them. But part of the problem our world is facing is the amount of over consumption. I\'m aware of the fact that reducing consumption reduces sales for green companies, but long term I thin it is the best option.', 'Things We Salvage', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '618-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-13 21:17:08', '2009-02-14 03:17:08', '', 618, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/618-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (625, 1, '2009-02-13 21:11:02', '2009-02-14 03:11:02', 'Dumpsters, Job Sites, Garbage Night Streets, Damaged Store Stock, Craigslist, Neighbours, Salvage stores, Ebay, our building... these are some of the places we get our materials from. The rules are simple: it needs to be dangerously close to being sent to the dump or once used. \r\n\r\nHere are some of the things we have saved:\r\n\r\nOld Joists from other jobs, our building or Fine Lumber salvaged wood in Williamsburg:\r\n\r\n\r\nThe joists in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nFlooring from the dumpster of a neighbor. He then let use come into his house and rip out the rest.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe floor in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nMetal and wood studs from a garbage heap of a fellow contractor.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe studs in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nBricks from various job sites, including ours.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe bricks in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nChain link fence:\r\n\r\n\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s not like I want to take business away from these great companies making good green products. But part of the problem is the amount of consumption. I\'m aware of the fact that reducing consumption reduces sales for green companies, but long term I thing it is the best option.', 'Things We Salvage', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '618-revision-6', '', '', '2009-02-13 21:11:02', '2009-02-14 03:11:02', '', 618, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/618-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (624, 1, '2009-02-13 21:06:34', '2009-02-14 03:06:34', 'Dumpsters, Job Sites, Garbage Night Streets, Damaged Store Stock, Craigslist, Neighbours, Salvage stores, Ebay, our building... these are some of the places we get our materials from. The rules are simple: it needs to be dangerously close to being sent to the dump or once used. \r\n\r\nHere are some of the things we have saved:\r\n\r\nOld Joists from other jobs, our building or Fine Lumber salvaged wood in Williamsburg:\r\n\r\n\r\nThe joists in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nFlooring from the dumpster of a neighbor. He then let use come into his house and rip out the rest.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe floor in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nMetal and wood studs from a garbage heap of a fellow contractor.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe studs in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nBricks from various job sites, including ours.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe bricks in action:\r\n\r\n\r\nChain link fence:\r\n\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s not like I want to take business away from these great companies making good green products. But part of the problem is the amount of consumption. I\'m aware of the fact that reducing consumption reduces sales for green companies, but long term I thing it is the best option.', 'Things We Salvage', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '618-revision-5', '', '', '2009-02-13 21:06:34', '2009-02-14 03:06:34', '', 618, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/618-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (621, 1, '2009-02-13 21:02:18', '2009-02-14 03:02:18', 'Dumpsters, Job Sites, Garbage Night Streets, Damaged Store Stock, Craigslist, Neighbours, Salvage stores, Ebay, our building... these are some of the places we get our materials from. The rules are simple: it needs to be dangerously close to being sent to the dump or once used. \r\n\r\nHere are some of the things we have saved:\r\n\r\n\r\nFence used as rebar:\r\n\r\n\r\nInsulation from another building:\r\n\r\n\r\nWe used it everywhere:\r\n\r\n\r\nYou get the idea. People say, "But what about all the time you spend looking for stuff?" The truth is that it takes very little time. Most of the stuff I pick up on my way to places. I just stop and check the dumpster or job site. It takes two seconds. NY is a land of plenty. Other peoples\' huge amounts of construction waste is our gain. They are happy to see us take off their hands. We are like little birds pecking at their buffalo ears. We provide a small service to them and in return we get bounty.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that we are building a green show house and companies want to put their products into the home for exposure. For example Lumber Liquidators offered their flooring. They have pretty green low VOC Bamboo (F1 European VOC levels) and some nice cork. I like the manager at the Brooklyn branch a lot. He is a very helpful and sincere person. So I would be very happy to put their stuff in the house. But we have so little space because of all the great wood flooring we have salvaged from the streets!\r\n\r\nThe same goes for counter tops. We have somebody offering counter tops. But we salvaged massive amounts of great glass to make our own ice stone counters (glass and resin mix):\r\n| 3 R Living | \r\n
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\r\n\r\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\r\n\r\n1. Hot water home runs. \r\nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\r\n\r\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\r\n\r\n2. Hot water return.\r\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \r\n\r\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\r\n\r\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \r\n\r\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \r\n\r\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\r\n\r\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\r\n\r\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\r\n\r\n3. Hot and cold water mixing\r\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot Water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hot-water-home-run-return-mixing', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:49:29', '2009-02-21 00:49:29', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=632', 0, 'post', '', 11) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (631, 1, '2009-02-15 09:59:08', '2009-02-15 15:59:08', 'Here is a snap in time collection of my green bookmarks, my resource guide that is ever changing. The moment I post this it will already be outdated. But I hope it helps you in your quest for a cleaner healthier life.\r\n\r\nGreat Links for Solar\r\n| 3 R Living | \r\n
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\r\n\r\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\r\n\r\n1. Hot water home runs. \r\nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\r\n\r\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\r\n\r\n2. Hot water return.\r\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \r\n\r\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\r\n\r\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \r\n\r\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \r\n\r\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\r\n\r\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\r\n\r\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\r\n\r\nHot and cold water mixing\r\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '632-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:44:35', '2009-02-21 00:44:35', '', 632, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/632-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (639, 1, '2009-02-20 18:48:30', '2009-02-21 00:48:30', 'Here is an image of the proposed plumbing setup for the green show house in Brooklyn. Chester Birchwood from New York Solar Systems is installing it. \n\n\n\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\n\n1. Hot water home runs. \nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\n\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\n\n2. Hot water return.\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \n\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\n\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \n\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \n\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\n\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\n\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\n\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\n\nHot and cold water mixing\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '632-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:48:30', '2009-02-21 00:48:30', '', 632, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/632-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (640, 1, '2009-02-20 18:47:25', '2009-02-21 00:47:25', 'Here is an image of the proposed plumbing setup for the green show house in Brooklyn. Chester Birchwood from New York Solar Systems is installing it. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\r\n\r\n1. Hot water home runs. \r\nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\r\n\r\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\r\n\r\n2. Hot water return.\r\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \r\n\r\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\r\n\r\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \r\n\r\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \r\n\r\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\r\n\r\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\r\n\r\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\r\n\r\nHot and cold water mixing\r\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '632-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:47:25', '2009-02-21 00:47:25', '', 632, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/632-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (641, 1, '2009-02-20 18:48:46', '2009-02-21 00:48:46', 'Here is an image of the proposed plumbing setup for the green show house in Brooklyn. Chester Birchwood from New York Solar Systems is installing it. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\r\n\r\n1. Hot water home runs. \r\nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\r\n\r\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\r\n\r\n2. Hot water return.\r\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \r\n\r\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\r\n\r\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \r\n\r\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \r\n\r\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\r\n\r\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\r\n\r\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\r\n\r\nHot and cold water mixing\r\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '632-revision-4', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:48:46', '2009-02-21 00:48:46', '', 632, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/632-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (642, 1, '2009-02-20 18:49:17', '2009-02-21 00:49:17', 'Here is an image of the proposed plumbing setup for the green show house in Brooklyn. Chester Birchwood from New York Solar Systems is installing it. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt has three interesting components. These apply to hot water only since we are really managing the amount of energy we added to the hot water. The cold water doesn\'t apply to the same needs as you may see below.\r\n\r\n1. Hot water home runs. \r\nThis is when all hot water pipes in the house, usually 1/2" thick, go directly from the boiler to the outlet with an individual line each. Or instead of each outlet you could do home runs to each floor in the house, where there is an individual line going from the boiler to each seperate floor. This is instead of the normal way of having a main hot water pipe, usually 3/4 inch, that is called a riser and has 1/2" branches off of it going to each outlet.\r\n\r\nThe problem with the main riser option is that when you turn on the faucet it takes a long time for all the cold water in the larger 3/4" inch pipe to flow down the drain until eventually the hot water arrives. The home run means there is a smaller 1/2" pipe going directly to that one faucet. This means less water has to run down the drain until the hot water arrives. The difference between 3/4" and 1/2" is actually a lot of water so with the home run you wait less time for the hot and you also waste less water waiting.\r\n\r\n2. Hot water return.\r\nA hot water return setup is when there is a pipe that is connected to the hot water pipe near the outlet and it returns back to the boiler. In this configuration you have a pump on the line that is constantly circulating the hot water in a loop. This means there is instant hot water when you turn on the tap. \r\n\r\nNormal builders use this set up for user convenience because it is luxurious to have instant hot water. But there is a green aspect since you aren\'t wasting water down the drain waiting for the hot water to come. Green builders are using the hot water return to save water more than the convenience of having hot water 30 seconds sooner.\r\n\r\nBut there is energy wasted as the heat escapes out of the constantly hot pipe (even if it is insulated). The boiler has to keep reheating the water. And the pump also consumes electricity. Normal builders don\'t care since this is normally done for high end buildings where money (or ecology) is not the main concern. \r\n\r\nFor green builders this wasted energy is an issue. It defeats the purpose of saving water. A few solutions are normally used to solve this. The first is to have a switch near the faucet that turns on the pump for 30 seconds. Instead of turning the faucet on and waiting 30 seconds you flick the switch, wait 30 second, THEN turn on the faucet for your "instant" hot water. \r\n\r\nA variation on this is to have an automatic sensor near the faucet (usually motion sensor) that turns the pump on when you move in front of it. Thus you avoid having to remember to flick the switch. This later option is not great since studies have shown there are too many false alarms, i.e. somebody simply walking by the sensor.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to avoid the sensor or switch and put the pump on a timer, for example so that it turns on every morning for an hour and then again in the evening for an hour. This means during peak usage there will be hot water on demand (and thus no wasted water waiting for it). And when people rarely use the hot water (middle of the night for example) the pump is also sleeping and no energy is wasted.\r\n\r\nA variation on that, and some say a better one, is to put a temperature sensor on the pump and use a variable speed pump. This means it will pump water until a certain temperature is reached and then it will slow down the water pumping to a slow trickle. One plumber who does this says that the electricity used to power the pump at that speed is almost nothing. "So little electricity you could put your tongue on it", he says. And if the pipes are insulated you don\'t need to worry too much about heat loss there. Perhaps, but I do.\r\n\r\nThis brings me to the system we are devising in our show house. We will have a combination of two methods: we will have a timer that turns the pump on only at peak periods. AND we will have a variable speed pump that slows to a trickle when the water reaches a certain temperature. And of course the pipes will be fanatically insulated.\r\n\r\n3. Hot and cold water mixing\r\nThis one I don\'t fully understand and thus am not fully sold on it yet. But Chester claims it is a good idea and he has done a good share of boiler installations. The set up is where the hot water return is mixed with the cold water from the mains right before entering the boiler. The idea is that the water entering the boiler is warmer than normal and thus the boiler uses less energy to heat it up. My confusion here is that I don\'t see why you would want to cool the water that is circulating in the pipes of the hot water return. I still have to get my head around this one.', 'Hot water Home Run, Return and Mixing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '632-revision-5', '', '', '2009-02-20 18:49:17', '2009-02-21 00:49:17', '', 632, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/632-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (644, 1, '2009-02-21 15:41:35', '2009-02-21 21:41:35', 'The magic of thermal heating is amazing. on one side you can use thermal mass to heat and on the other you can use the lack of thermal mass to also heat.\r\n\r\nAnd you can even combine the two. For example you could have a low mass sun room, with just glass for example, that is attached to the house which has two large doors. During the day the low mass room heats up quickly. Open the doors and let the warm air into the house. But at the same time you let the sun shine through the two doors into the house where there is a high mass floor, tiles for example. The tiles don\'t heat up so fast but by the end of the day they are warm. When the sun goes you close the doors because the sun room is going to get cold and you want to keep that cold out. But at the same time you are keeping the warmth from the tiles in the house.\r\n\r\nThis is the same general theory with Spanish style arched entrances. The entrance patio crates an enclosure like the low mass sun room. In the day you let the large front doors open to the main entrance room that is usually tiles.\r\n\r\nAnd the flip side is that during the summer when the sun is high in the sky that very same entrance patio becomes a cool shaded space.', 'Using Thermal Mass to Heat Houses', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'thermal-mass-heat-houses', '', '', '2009-02-21 15:41:35', '2009-02-21 21:41:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=644', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (645, 1, '2009-02-21 14:02:24', '2009-02-21 20:02:24', '
\r\n\r\n[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."]
[/caption]\r\n\r\nDespite our good intentions there were complications....\r\n1. Maple is not a good choice for radiant floor heating since maple bows, warps, expands and contracts more than other woods when there are humidity swings.\r\n\r\n2. Wide plank flooring is not good when there are humidity swings because it expands and contracts more than narrow planks.\r\n\r\nWe had wide planks. We had maple. We had radiant floor heating.\r\n\r\nThen we had just laid the sand/structolite mix around the tubes. And my ex-carpenter didn\'t give the mix enough time to dry before putting the wood down.\r\n\r\nAnd my ex-carpenter nailed the planks in as if they were narrow plank oak over a normal floor, that is to say he nailed the floor down WAY too tightly. Wide plank, maple, radiant, these are all reasons to lay the wood down with some space between them so they can move.\r\n\r\nAnd sure enough the wood warped immediately. I fired my carpenter.\r\n\r\nWith my new carpenter we have taken the wood up....yes these free planks of wood, valued at around $3500 for that many square feet, are no longer free. But no worries. We are still way ahead of the game.\r\n\r\nThe new plan is.\r\n\r\n1. dry the wood out.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n2. Let the floor dry out.\r\n\r\n3. Seal the wood on all sides so that it doesn\'t absorb water as well.\r\n\r\n4. Before laying the wood we will put a real vapor barrier on the floor.\r\n\r\n5. Then if all goes well we will just have to sand out the original bow and have a great, salvaged, affordable floor!', 'The Maple Floor Fiasco', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'maple-floor-fiasco', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:44:46', '2009-02-22 02:44:46', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=646', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (647, 1, '2009-02-21 20:35:15', '2009-02-22 02:35:15', '[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."][/caption]\n\n[/caption]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere were complications....\r\n\r\n1. Maple is not a good choice for radiant floor heating since maple bows, warps, expands and contracts more than other woods when there are humidity swings.\r\n\r\n2. Wide plank flooring is not good when there are humidity swings because it expands and contracts more than narrow planks.\r\n\r\nWe had wide planks. We had maple. We had radiant floor heating.\r\n\r\nThen we had just laid the sand/structolite mix around the tubes. And my carpenter didn\'t give the mix enough time to dry before putting the wood down.\r\n\r\nAnd my ex-carpenter nailed the planks in as if they were narrow plank oak over a normal floor, that is to say he nailed the floor down WAY too tightly. Wide plank, maple, radiant, these are all reasons to lay the wood down with some space between them so they can move.\r\n\r\nAnd sure enough the wood warped immediately. I fired my carpenter.\r\n\r\nWith my new carpenter we have taken the wood up....yes these free planks of wood, valued at around $3500 for that many square feet, are no longer free. But no worries. We are still way ahead of the game.\r\n\r\nThe new plan is.\r\n\r\n1. dry the wood out.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2. Let the floor dry out.\r\n\r\n3. Seal the wood on all sides so that it doesn\'t absorb water as well.\r\n\r\n4. Before laying the wood we will put a real vapor barrier on the floor.\r\n\r\n5. Then if all goes well we will just have to sand out the original bow and have a great, salvaged, affordable floor!', 'The Maple Floor Fiasco', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '646-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:40:28', '2009-02-22 02:40:28', '', 646, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/646-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (648, 1, '2009-02-21 20:44:36', '2009-02-22 02:44:36', 'We found about 500sq.ft. of 5 inch wide maple plank flooring in a dumpster. It had a very slight warp to it due to it not being installed correctly. But with a little sanding we could get rid of that.\n\nSo we happily installed the flooring.\n\n\n\n[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."][/caption]\n\nDespite our good intentions\n1. Maple is not a good choice for radiant floor heating since maple bows, warps, expands and contracts more than other woods when there are humidity swings.\n\n2. Wide plank flooring is not good when there are humidity swings because it expands and contracts more than narrow planks.\n\nWe had wide planks. We had maple. We had radiant floor heating.\n\nThen we had just laid the sand/structolite mix around the tubes. And my ex-carpenter didn\'t give the mix enough time to dry before putting the wood down.\n\nAnd my ex-carpenter nailed the planks in as if they were narrow plank oak over a normal floor, that is to say he nailed the floor down WAY too tightly. Wide plank, maple, radiant, these are all reasons to lay the wood down with some space between them so they can move.\n\nAnd sure enough the wood warped immediately. I fired my carpenter.\n\nWith my new carpenter we have taken the wood up....yes these free planks of wood, valued at around $3500 for that many square feet, are no longer free. But no worries. We are still way ahead of the game.\n\nThe new plan is.\n\n1. dry the wood out.\n\n\n\n2. Let the floor dry out.\n\n3. Seal the wood on all sides so that it doesn\'t absorb water as well.\n\n4. Before laying the wood we will put a real vapor barrier on the floor.\n\n5. Then if all goes well we will just have to sand out the original bow and have a great, salvaged, affordable floor!', 'The Maple Floor Fiasco', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '646-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:44:36', '2009-02-22 02:44:36', '', 646, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/646-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (651, 1, '2009-02-21 20:41:35', '2009-02-22 02:41:35', '[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."][/caption]\r\n\r\nWe found about 500sq.ft. of 5 inch wide maple plank flooring in a dumpster. It had a very slight warp to it due to it not being installed correctly. But with a little sanding we could get rid of that.\r\n\r\nSo we happily installed the flooring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere were complications....\r\n\r\n1. Maple is not a good choice for radiant floor heating since maple bows, warps, expands and contracts more than other woods when there are humidity swings.\r\n\r\n2. Wide plank flooring is not good when there are humidity swings because it expands and contracts more than narrow planks.\r\n\r\nWe had wide planks. We had maple. We had radiant floor heating.\r\n\r\nThen we had just laid the sand/structolite mix around the tubes. And my carpenter didn\'t give the mix enough time to dry before putting the wood down.\r\n\r\nAnd my ex-carpenter nailed the planks in as if they were narrow plank oak over a normal floor, that is to say he nailed the floor down WAY too tightly. Wide plank, maple, radiant, these are all reasons to lay the wood down with some space between them so they can move.\r\n\r\nAnd sure enough the wood warped immediately. I fired my carpenter.\r\n\r\nWith my new carpenter we have taken the wood up....yes these free planks of wood, valued at around $3500 for that many square feet, are no longer free. But no worries. We are still way ahead of the game.\r\n\r\nThe new plan is.\r\n\r\n1. dry the wood out.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2. Let the floor dry out.\r\n\r\n3. Seal the wood on all sides so that it doesn\'t absorb water as well.\r\n\r\n4. Before laying the wood we will put a real vapor barrier on the floor.\r\n\r\n5. Then if all goes well we will just have to sand out the original bow and have a great, salvaged, affordable floor!', 'The Maple Floor Fiasco', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '646-revision-4', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:41:35', '2009-02-22 02:41:35', '', 646, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/646-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (649, 1, '2009-02-21 20:36:06', '2009-02-22 02:36:06', '[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."][/caption]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere were complications....\r\n\r\n[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="This pic shows the layers. First Pex tubes in sand/structolite mix with stringers 16" on center. Then some paper. Then the wood nailed into the stringers."][/caption]\r\n\r\n1. Maple is not a good choice for radiant floor heating since maple bows, warps, expands and contracts more than other woods when there are humidity swings.\r\n\r\n2. Wide plank flooring is not good when there are humidity swings because it expands and contracts more than narrow planks.\r\n\r\nWe had wide planks. We had maple. We had radiant floor heating.\r\n\r\nThen we had just laid the sand/structolite mix around the tubes. And my ex-carpenter didn\'t give the mix enough time to dry before putting the wood down.\r\n\r\nAnd my ex-carpenter nailed the planks in as if they were narrow plank oak over a normal floor, that is to say he nailed the floor down WAY too tightly. Wide plank, maple, radiant, these are all reasons to lay the wood down with some space between them so they can move.\r\n\r\nAnd sure enough the wood warped immediately. I fired my carpenter.\r\n\r\nWith my new carpenter we have taken the wood up....yes these free planks of wood, valued at around $3500 for that many square feet, are no longer free. But no worries. We are still way ahead of the game.\r\n\r\nThe new plan is.\r\n\r\n1. dry the wood out.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2. Let the floor dry out.\r\n\r\n3. Seal the wood on all sides so that it doesn\'t absorb water as well.\r\n\r\n4. Before laying the wood we will put a real vapor barrier on the floor.\r\n\r\n5. Then if all goes well we will just have to sand out the original bow and have a great, salvaged, affordable floor!', 'The Maple Floor Fiasco', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '646-revision-5', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:43:30', '2009-02-22 02:43:30', '', 646, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/646-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (653, 1, '2009-02-21 20:56:11', '2009-02-22 02:56:11', 'One thing brownstones have in abundance are bricks. And I keep seeing dumpsters full of them. It is heartbreaking for me. These are beautiful bricks, a hundred years old, with character and texture. \r\n\r\nHere is one job site where they knocked down the whole building.\r\n\r\n
\r\nThere were thousands of perfect bricks. The next day they were brimming in a dumpster. And the next day when I came with a truck to get some they were gone, off to a landfill.\r\n\r\nWe got some of their left overs.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nWe use them everywhere. It is quicker to use cinder blocks, but bricks are my preference. It may be weird but there is something very comforting for me to put these bricks back into the house so they can sleep maybe another 100 years. To send them to the landfill seems so absolutely wrong.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (655, 1, '2009-02-21 20:56:03', '2009-02-22 02:56:03', 'One thing brownstones have in abundance are bricks. And I keep seeing dumpsters full of them. It is heartbreaking for me. These are beautiful bricks, a hundred years old, with character and texture. \r\n\r\nHere is one job site where they knocked down the whole building.\r\n\r\n\r\nThere were thousands of perfect bricks. The next day they were brimming in a dumpster. And the next day when I came with a truck to get some they were gone, off to a landfill.\r\n\r\nWe got some of their left overs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe use them everywhere. It is quicker to use cinder blocks, but bricks are my preference. It may be weird but there is something very comforting for me to put these bricks back into the house so they can sleep maybe another 100 years. To send them to the landfill seems so absolutely wrong.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Bricks, Bricks Everywhere', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '653-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-21 20:56:03', '2009-02-22 02:56:03', '', 653, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/653-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (654, 1, '2009-02-21 20:55:23', '2009-02-22 02:55:23', 'One thing brownstones have in abundance are bricks. And I keep seeing dumpsters full of them. It is heartbreaking for me. These are beautiful bricks, a hundred years old, with character and texture. \n\nHere is one job site where they knocked down the whole building.\n\n\nThere were thousands of perfect bricks. The next day they were brimming in a dumpster. And the next day when I came with a truck to get some they were gone, off to a landfill.\n\nWe got some of their left overs.\n\n\n\nWe use them everywhere. It is quicker to use cinder blocks, but bricks are my preference. It may be weird but there is something very comforting for me to put these bricks back into the house so they can sleep maybe another 100 years. To send them to the landfill seems so absolutely wrong.\n\n\n\n
\r\nBut I was concerned the stairs took up too much of the opening.\r\nSo then he sent a great looking design that passes under the catwalk while giving enough head room:\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe trick is moving it under and customizing the landing. He provided a great sketch of the landing angles and how the stairs would look from below:\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThe cost for them to make this up is around $1,800. I think the price is a good price and their service was excellent so far. I\'ve got some decisions to make on my end though. The first is whether I\'m actually happy with a spiral staircase taking up space in the great opening. The Iron Shop really helped me move that part along. \r\n\r\nThe second is the availability of salvaged metal in Brooklyn. All metal is at least 30% recycled, but if you can salvage it locally you are way ahead of the green game.', 'Building a Metal Spiral Staircase Part 2', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'building-metal-spiral-staircase-2', '', '', '2009-03-28 08:47:44', '2009-03-28 14:47:44', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=856', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (830, 1, '2009-02-22 19:55:54', '2009-02-23 01:55:54', 'These photos are of the Green Show House.\r\n\r\n[salbumthumbs=pub_date desc,2,y,n,left]', 'Photos', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '664-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-22 19:55:54', '2009-02-23 01:55:54', '', 664, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/664-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (658, 1, '2009-02-10 13:33:43', '2009-02-10 19:33:43', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\n\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJames Woods - Lead Carpenter\r\nArmando Lucret - Lead Mason\r\nJuan Mendez - Lead Carpenter\r\n\r\nPeter Irfan - Site Manager\r\nMauricio Ortega - Mason\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\n\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nOvidio Salazar - Asst. Carpenter\r\n\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Building Intern\r\n', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-16', '', '', '2009-02-10 13:33:43', '2009-02-10 19:33:43', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (660, 1, '2009-02-22 18:57:56', '2009-02-23 00:57:56', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (659, 1, '2009-02-22 18:57:23', '2009-02-23 00:57:23', '[srandom=album_key1|album_key2|etc,max_size,max_cols,how_many,caption_yn,float,clear]\r\n\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. 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The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (662, 1, '2009-02-22 19:43:47', '2009-02-23 01:43:47', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (661, 1, '2009-02-22 19:43:20', '2009-02-23 01:43:20', '[salbumthumbs=order_option,max_cols,location_yn,pubdate_yn,float,clear]\r\n\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. 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The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. 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We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. 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Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (666, 1, '2009-02-22 19:50:36', '2009-02-23 01:50:36', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nPhotos\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. 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\r\nWe are building a green roof on the show house. Green roofs are heavy so we are paying a lot of attention to the weight on the roof. We were going to lay the green roof materials directly on top of the tar roof that was there. It was in good shape.\r\n\r\nBut the we did a test to see it\'s thicknesss and it turns out there is over 50 years of layer upon layer of tar. And this stuff is HEAVY. So we had to remove it.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAnd when it was all cleaned off there were beautiful wide planks. Now we can lay the green roof material over them and the roof will be ten times lighter.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (673, 1, '2009-02-24 13:55:47', '2009-02-24 19:55:47', '\nWe are building a green roof on the show house. Green roofs are heavy so we are paying a lot of attention to the weight on the roof. We were going to lay the green roof materials directly on top of the tar roof that was there. It was in good shape.\n\nBut the we did a test to see it\'s thicknesss and it turns out there is over 50 years of layer upon layer of tar. And this stuff is HEAVY. So we had to remove it.\n\n\n\nAnd when it was all cleaned off there were beautiful wide planks', '55 Years of Roofing', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '672-revision', '', '', '2009-02-24 13:55:47', '2009-02-24 19:55:47', '', 672, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/672-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (674, 1, '2009-02-24 14:04:05', '2009-02-24 20:04:05', 'We wanted some siding for a wall we built. So we used some 100 year old joists.\r\n\r\nWe took the joists and cut them into long strips.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we sealed them on both sides so they don\'t warp.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put them onto strips that we had attached to the wall. This way there is air behind the siding that keeps them dry.\r\n
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\r\n\r\nAnd VOILA! We have a beautiful wall of siding. The wood lived a productive life for over a hundred years holding up a floor in some Brownstone. Now it can live another 20 protecting this Brownstone.\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (677, 1, '2009-02-24 15:22:19', '2009-02-24 21:22:19', 'We had to get a delivery but a car was in the way. So we moved it!\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (679, 1, '2009-02-25 16:57:54', '2009-02-25 22:57:54', 'I found this great survey on toilets. Veritec, a testing company, tested 700 toilets for flush power, water savings, bowl size, flapper size etc. Now this might not excite most people but when you are looking for the most water efficient toilet that also actually flushes everything down this study is amazing.\r\n\r\n13th-edition-full-toilet-veritec-report\r\n\r\nIt shows that clearly not all toilets are equal.\r\n\r\nWhat makes their study great is that they tested the toilets using realistic situations. No they didn\'t crap in all 700 hundred toilets. But they did use a soy based paste shaped to look damn convincing.\r\n\r\nThis is noteworthy in the toilet industry since all tests before them were done with idiotic test materials like ping pong balls and confetti. Obviously this isn\'t realistic, unless of course you just came from a really weird ping pong match where you celebrated with confetti, most people don\'t crap that sort of stuff.\r\n\r\nAnyway, it is better to use the survey backwards, meaning instead of pouring over the 700 toilets to try and find the best one, go to the store and find one you like then look it up on the list. If it matches up to par then great. If not then move on.\r\n\r\nYou want a WaterSence Certified Toilet. You want it to use 1.28 gallons of water or less. Dual flush isn\'t absolutely crucial in my eyes. Not always but most of the time if it\'s yellow you can let it mellow.\r\n\r\nBut you also want it to be able to pass a certain amount of material, called the MaP Flush Performance MFP. A Brittish study showed that most males crap an average maximum of 250 grams, with a 95th percentile crapping just over 300 grams. Women crapped a little less.\r\n\r\nI\'d say that on average Americans are a little more full of crap than British. But green minded people I would say tend to not be your average American Glutton so this study is applicable to US green toilets in my mind.\r\n\r\nThe Veritc study suggests toilets have at least a flush power of 250 grams. The US EPA has a minimum flush power restriction of 350g. Truth be told most toilets flush a lot more than that since they need to prepare for the worst. In the 700 toilet study the flush power ranged from the EPA minimum of 350g to a shit kicking 1000g. Their calculations stopped at 1000g so there are actually toilets that go above 1000g/flush.', 'Green Toilet Survey Shows Not All Toilets Are Created Equal', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-toilet-survey-shows-toilets', '', '', '2009-02-25 17:00:12', '2009-02-25 23:00:12', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=679', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (681, 1, '2009-02-25 16:57:23', '2009-02-25 22:57:23', 'I found this great survey on toilets. Veritec, a testing company, tested 700 toilets for flush power, water savings, bowl size, flapper size etc. Now this might not excite most people but when you are looking for the most water efficient toilet that also actually flushes everything down this study is amazing.\n\n13th-edition-full-toilet-veritec-report\n\nIt shows that clearly not all toilets are equal. \n\nWhat makes their study great is that they tested the toilets using realistic situations. No they didn\'t crap in all 700 hundred toilets. But they did use a paste that washed shaped to look damn convincing. \n\nThis is noteworthy in the toilet industry since all tests before them were done with idiotic test materials like ping pong balls and confetti. Obviously this isn\'t realistic, unless of course you just came from a really weird ping pong match where you celebrated with confetti, most people don\'t crap that sort of stuff.\n\nAnyway, it is better to use the survey backwards, meaning instead of pouring over the 700 toilets to try and find the best one, go to the store and find one you like then look it up on the list. If it matches up to par then great. If not then move on. \n\nYou want a WaterSence Certified Toilet. You want it to use 1.28 gallons of water or less. Dual flush isn\'t absolutely crucial in my eyes. Not always but most of the time if it\'s yellow you can let it mellow. \n\nBut you also want it to be able to pass a certain amount of material, called the MaP Flush Performance MFP. A Brittish study showed that most males crap an average maximum of 250 grams, with a 95th percentile crapping just over 300 grams. Women crapped a little less.\n\nI\'d say that on average Americans are a little more full of crap than British. But green minded people I would say tend to not be your average American Glutton so this study is applicable to US green toilets in my mind.\n\nThe Veritc study suggests toilets have at least a flush power of 250 grams. The US EPA has a minimum flush power restriction of 350g. Truth be told most toilets flush a lot more than that since they need to prepare for the worst. In the 700 toilet study the flush power ranged from the EPA minimum of 350g to a shit kicking 1000g. Their calculations stopped at 1000g so there are actually toilets that go above 1000g/flush.', 'Not All Toilets Are Created Equal - Green Toilet Survey', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '679-revision', '', '', '2009-02-25 16:57:23', '2009-02-25 22:57:23', '', 679, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/679-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (682, 1, '2009-02-25 16:59:47', '2009-02-25 22:59:47', 'I found this great survey on toilets. Veritec, a testing company, tested 700 toilets for flush power, water savings, bowl size, flapper size etc. Now this might not excite most people but when you are looking for the most water efficient toilet that also actually flushes everything down this study is amazing.\n\n13th-edition-full-toilet-veritec-report\n\nIt shows that clearly not all toilets are equal.\n\nWhat makes their study great is that they tested the toilets using realistic situations. No they didn\'t crap in all 700 hundred toilets. But they did use a soy based paste shaped to look damn convincing.\n\nThis is noteworthy in the toilet industry since all tests before them were done with idiotic test materials like ping pong balls and confetti. Obviously this isn\'t realistic, unless of course you just came from a really weird ping pong match where you celebrated with confetti, most people don\'t crap that sort of stuff.\n\nAnyway, it is better to use the survey backwards, meaning instead of pouring over the 700 toilets to try and find the best one, go to the store and find one you like then look it up on the list. If it matches up to par then great. If not then move on.\n\nYou want a WaterSence Certified Toilet. You want it to use 1.28 gallons of water or less. Dual flush isn\'t absolutely crucial in my eyes. Not always but most of the time if it\'s yellow you can let it mellow.\n\nBut you also want it to be able to pass a certain amount of material, called the MaP Flush Performance MFP. A Brittish study showed that most males crap an average maximum of 250 grams, with a 95th percentile crapping just over 300 grams. Women crapped a little less.\n\nI\'d say that on average Americans are a little more full of crap than British. But green minded people I would say tend to not be your average American Glutton so this study is applicable to US green toilets in my mind.\n\nThe Veritc study suggests toilets have at least a flush power of 250 grams. The US EPA has a minimum flush power restriction of 350g. Truth be told most toilets flush a lot more than that since they need to prepare for the worst. In the 700 toilet study the flush power ranged from the EPA minimum of 350g to a shit kicking 1000g. Their calculations stopped at 1000g so there are actually toilets that go above 1000g/flush.', 'Green Toilet Survey Shows Not All Toilets Are Created Equal', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '679-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-25 16:59:47', '2009-02-25 22:59:47', '', 679, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/679-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (683, 1, '2009-02-25 16:57:54', '2009-02-25 22:57:54', 'I found this great survey on toilets. Veritec, a testing company, tested 700 toilets for flush power, water savings, bowl size, flapper size etc. Now this might not excite most people but when you are looking for the most water efficient toilet that also actually flushes everything down this study is amazing.\r\n\r\n13th-edition-full-toilet-veritec-report\r\n\r\nIt shows that clearly not all toilets are equal. \r\n\r\nWhat makes their study great is that they tested the toilets using realistic situations. No they didn\'t crap in all 700 hundred toilets. But they did use a paste that washed shaped to look damn convincing. \r\n\r\nThis is noteworthy in the toilet industry since all tests before them were done with idiotic test materials like ping pong balls and confetti. Obviously this isn\'t realistic, unless of course you just came from a really weird ping pong match where you celebrated with confetti, most people don\'t crap that sort of stuff.\r\n\r\nAnyway, it is better to use the survey backwards, meaning instead of pouring over the 700 toilets to try and find the best one, go to the store and find one you like then look it up on the list. If it matches up to par then great. If not then move on. \r\n\r\nYou want a WaterSence Certified Toilet. You want it to use 1.28 gallons of water or less. Dual flush isn\'t absolutely crucial in my eyes. Not always but most of the time if it\'s yellow you can let it mellow. \r\n\r\nBut you also want it to be able to pass a certain amount of material, called the MaP Flush Performance MFP. A Brittish study showed that most males crap an average maximum of 250 grams, with a 95th percentile crapping just over 300 grams. Women crapped a little less.\r\n\r\nI\'d say that on average Americans are a little more full of crap than British. But green minded people I would say tend to not be your average American Glutton so this study is applicable to US green toilets in my mind.\r\n\r\nThe Veritc study suggests toilets have at least a flush power of 250 grams. The US EPA has a minimum flush power restriction of 350g. Truth be told most toilets flush a lot more than that since they need to prepare for the worst. In the 700 toilet study the flush power ranged from the EPA minimum of 350g to a shit kicking 1000g. Their calculations stopped at 1000g so there are actually toilets that go above 1000g/flush.', 'Green Toilet Survey Shows Not All Toilets Are Created Equal', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '679-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-25 16:57:54', '2009-02-25 22:57:54', '', 679, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/679-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (684, 1, '2009-02-26 09:17:45', '2009-02-26 15:17:45', '[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="David Lucassen from NEXIS 3 talking shop "]
[/caption]\r\n\r\nI have been looking for some time for a good green cabinet maker to do our kitchens and storage areas.\r\n\r\nIt is a hard thing to find. Cabinet makers are not cheap to start with but for some misguided reason green cabinet makers are even more expensive. They are a niche market in a niche market.\r\n\r\nBut cabinets are a huge source of wasted wood and used chemicals so they are very important in a green renovation.\r\n\r\nI think I may have found a good company. They are called Nexis 3. Their quality is great, they have a really strong green ethic and their prices are reasonable. I think they really have all the qualities needed to make green cabinets mainstream.\r\n\r\nI am working out the details with them and if the budget permits it we will be putting their cabintes in the Brooklyn green show house: two kittchens and all the closets.\r\n\r\nThey use recycled wood, smart building techniques to conserve resources, and non-voc adhesives. Oh, and they have German roots for those of you who worship the German green tradition. Did you know that the German green political party has been super powerful for years? That says a lot for me about where their priorities are (we\'ll just ignore the whole AutoBan thing).', 'Good Green Cabinet Maker', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'good-green-cabinet-maker', '', '', '2009-02-26 09:17:45', '2009-02-26 15:17:45', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=684', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (685, 1, '2009-02-26 09:14:51', '2009-02-26 15:14:51', 'I have been looking for some time for a good green cabinet maker to do our kitchens and storage areas.\n\nIt is a hard thing to find. Cabinet makers are not cheap to start with but for some misguided reason green cabinet makers are even more expensive. They are a niche market in a niche market.\n\nBut cabinets are a huge source of wasted wood and used chemicals so they are very important in a green renovation.\n\nI think I may have found a good company. They are called Nexis 3. Their quality is great, they have a really strong green ethic and their prices are reasonable. I think they really have all the qualities needed to make green cabinets mainstream.\n\nI am working out the details with them and if the budget permits it we will be putting their cabintes in the Brooklyn green show house: two kittchens and all the closets.\n\nThey use recycled wood, smart building techniques to conserve resources, and non-voc adhesives. Oh, and they have German roots for those of you who worship the German green tradition. Did you know that the German green political party has been super powerful for years? That says a', 'Good Green Cabinet Maker', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '684-revision', '', '', '2009-02-26 09:14:51', '2009-02-26 15:14:51', '', 684, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/684-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\n\r\nHere are some example of the green cabinets we are considering for the Brooklyn show house. They are made by Nexis 3 from reclaimed wood and without any VOC adhesives. The style is modern. This particular wood might not be the wood we use for our cabinets since it depends on the wood available at the time.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (690, 1, '2009-02-26 19:24:13', '2009-02-27 01:24:13', '\n\nHere are some example of the green cabinets we are considering for the Brooklyn show house. They are made by Nexis 3 from reclaimed wood and without any VOC adhesives. The style is modern. This particular wood might not be the wood we use for our cabinets since it depends on the wood available at the time.\n\n\n\n', 'Green Cabinets', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '686-revision', '', '', '2009-02-26 19:24:13', '2009-02-27 01:24:13', '', 686, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/686-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (691, 1, '2009-02-27 09:28:58', '2009-02-27 15:28:58', '[caption id="attachment_692" align="alignleft" width="374" caption="Straw Bale Home"]
[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou might not have heard of the Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition, in fact you may not even realize you needed to know about them. But the truth is that the world is a better place with them.\r\n\r\nKnowing such an organization is out there protecting straw bales world wide should give you a warm fuzzy feeling.\r\n\r\nAnd to make things better they have just transcribed 60 hours from the 2006 International Straw Bale Building Conference and put the audio online! Woohoo! I\'m posting this information on a Friday so you can plan your evening around the audio.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately I can\'t listen to it today because I have do do some more research on toilet flush capacity. But I\'ll be there in spirit.', 'Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition - Web Site of the Week', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ontario-straw-bale-building-coalition', '', '', '2009-02-27 09:28:58', '2009-02-27 15:28:58', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=691', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (693, 1, '2009-02-27 09:28:54', '2009-02-27 15:28:54', '[caption id="attachment_692" align="alignleft" width="374" caption="Straw Bale Home"][/caption]\n\nYou might not have heard of the Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition, in fact you may not even realize you needed to know about them. But the truth is that the world is a better place with them.\n\nKnowing such an organization is out there protecting straw bales world wide should give you a warm fuzzy feeling.\n\nAnd to make things better they have just transcribed 60 hours from the 2006 International Straw Bale Building Conference and put the audio online! Woohoo! I\'m posting this information on a Friday so you can plan your evening around the audio.\n\nUnfortunately I can\'t listen to it today because I have do do some more research on toilet flush capacity. But I\'ll be there in spirit.', 'Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition - Web Site of the Week', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '691-revision', '', '', '2009-02-27 09:28:54', '2009-02-27 15:28:54', '', 691, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/691-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (694, 1, '2009-02-27 09:40:16', '2009-02-27 15:40:16', 'Hemp is touted as a wonder plant that cures all and builds all. Apparently you can make pretty much anything from it: soap, cars bodies, walls, glue, boats, you name it. Not that I would know since hemp is the forbidden plant cursed to spend it\'s life with pot heads (a very dreary existence believe me).\r\n\r\nI don\'t like getting conspiratorial (on this site at least) but here is a conspiratorial chain letter I got that sums up all the little bits of information I have heard about hemp over the years. I post it because it really does seem like we are under utilizing this plant. My interest in it is as a wall substance for building. It seems to have many good qualities - strength, cost, renewability, durability etc.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Marijuana Trick\r\nDoug Yurchey – 2005\r\n\r\nAnd I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the reproach of the heathen anymore.. – Ezekiel 34:29 - Geneva Study Bible (A. D. 1599)\r\n\r\nExactly where did the word "marijuana" come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp plant... as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica which was printed on hemp paper for 150 years:\r\n\r\n* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.\r\n\r\n* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; L.A. Times, Aug. 12, 1981.\r\n\r\n* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.\r\n\r\n* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.\r\n\r\n* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp.. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow\'s export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.\r\n\r\n* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships\' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word \'canvas\' is Dutch for hemp; Webster\'s New World Dictionary.\r\n\r\n* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.\r\n\r\n* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross\'s flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.\r\n\r\n* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.\r\n\r\n* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.\r\n\r\n* Rembrandts, Gainsborough’s, Van Gogh’s as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.\r\n\r\n* In A. D. 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture\r\n\r\n* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.\r\n\r\n* Henry Ford\'s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, \'grown from the soil,\' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.\r\n\r\n* Hemp called \'Billion Dollar Crop.\' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.\r\n\r\n* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled \'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.\' It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.\r\n\r\nThe following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture\'s 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing \'patriotic American farmers\' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:\r\n\r\n\'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable...\r\n\r\n...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries...\r\n\r\n...the Navy\'s rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!\'\r\n\r\nCertified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 U.S.D.A. film \'Hemp for Victory\' did not exist.\r\n\r\nHemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The U.S.D.A. Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp as wood with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution.\r\n\r\nFrom Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:\r\n\'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next year\'s crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, chokes out weeds.\r\n\r\n...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.\'\r\n\r\nIn the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression.\r\n\r\nWilliam Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst\'s grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.\r\n\r\nIn 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont\'s Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont\'s business.\r\n\r\nTHE TRICKS\r\n\r\nAndrew Mellon became Hoover\'s Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont\'s primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.\r\n\r\nSecret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: \'marihuana\' and pushed it into the consciousness of America.\r\n\r\nMEDIA MANIPULATION\r\n\r\nA media blitz of "yellow journalism" raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst\'s newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality.\r\n\r\nFilms like \'Reefer Madness\' (1936), \'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth\' (1935) and \'Marihuana: The Devil\'s Weed\' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.\r\n\r\nExamine the following quotes from \'The Burning Question\' aka REEFER MADNESS:\r\n*a violent narcotic.\r\n*acts of shocking violence.\r\n*incurable insanity.\r\n*soul-destroying effects.\r\n*under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an axe.\r\n*more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!\r\n\r\nReefer Madness did not end with the usual \'the end.\' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN.\r\n\r\nIn the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they believed it had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers.\r\n\r\nOn April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress.\r\n\r\nDr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was/is hemp.\r\n\r\nFew people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been reading about on Hearst\'s front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA understood hemp to be a MEDICINE found in numerous healing products sold over the last hundred years.\r\n\r\nIn September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since.\r\n\r\nCongress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing drug known. Anslinger, head of the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted the idea that marihuana made users act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under the Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger now said the exact opposite. Marijuana will pacify you so much that soldiers would not want to fight.\r\n\r\nToday, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and chemicals are killing people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. Natural biomass could provide all of the planet\'s energy needs that are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. We need a renewable resource.. Hemp could be the solution to soaring gas prices.\r\n\r\nTHE WONDER PLANT\r\n\r\nHemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season where trees take a lifetime.\r\n\r\nALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products are safe and natural.\r\n\r\nMEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the AMA supported hemp cures. \'Medical Marijuana\' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals. Hemp is only healthy for the human body.\r\n\r\nWORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! Consuming hemp seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp seeds.\r\n\r\nCLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from hemp, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans?\r\n\r\nThe world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word "marijuana". Realize the history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet. INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP!\r\n\r\nThe liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a day to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: \'It\'s more dangerous than we thought.\' Lies from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive and well today.\r\n\r\nThe brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-hemp commercials say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit.\r\n\r\nThere is only one enemy; the "friendly" people you pay your taxes to: the war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL.\r\n\r\nIngesting that THC, hemp\'s active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on hemp. \r\nThe hemp plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that hemp is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was created especially for the benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for hemp. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuality.\r\n\r\nHEMP IS AND WAS MADE ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!\r\n\r\n---------\r\n\r\nEnd of article.', 'Hemp Wonderful Hemp', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hemp-wonderful-hemp', '', '', '2009-02-27 09:40:16', '2009-02-27 15:40:16', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=694', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (695, 1, '2009-02-27 09:40:13', '2009-02-27 15:40:13', 'Hemp is touted as a wonder plant that cures all and builds all. Apparently you can make pretty much anything from it: soap, cars bodies, walls, glue, boats, you name it. Not that I would know since hemp is the forbidden plant cursed to spend it\'s life with pot heads (a very dreary existence believe me).\n\nI don\'t like getting conspiratorial (on this site at least) but here is a conspiratorial chain letter I got that sums up all the little bits of information I have heard about hemp over the years. I post it because it really does seem like we are under utilizing this plant. My interest in it is as a wall substance for building. It seems to have many good qualities - strength, cost, renewability, durability etc.\n\n\nThe Marijuana Trick\nDoug Yurchey – 2005\n\nAnd I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the reproach of the heathen anymore.. – Ezekiel 34:29 - Geneva Study Bible (A. D. 1599)\n\nExactly where did the word "marijuana" come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp plant... as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica which was printed on hemp paper for 150 years:\n\n* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.\n\n* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; L.A. Times, Aug. 12, 1981.\n\n* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.\n\n* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.\n\n* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp.. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow\'s export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.\n\n* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships\' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word \'canvas\' is Dutch for hemp; Webster\'s New World Dictionary.\n\n* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.\n\n* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross\'s flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.\n\n* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.\n\n* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.\n\n* Rembrandts, Gainsborough’s, Van Gogh’s as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.\n\n* In A. D. 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture\n\n* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.\n\n* Henry Ford\'s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, \'grown from the soil,\' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.\n\n* Hemp called \'Billion Dollar Crop.\' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.\n\n* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled \'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.\' It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.\n\nThe following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture\'s 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing \'patriotic American farmers\' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:\n\n\'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable...\n\n...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries...\n\n...the Navy\'s rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!\'\n\nCertified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 U.S.D.A. film \'Hemp for Victory\' did not exist.\n\nHemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The U.S.D.A. Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp as wood with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution.\n\nFrom Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:\n\'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next year\'s crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, chokes out weeds.\n\n...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.\'\n\nIn the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression.\n\nWilliam Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst\'s grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.\n\nIn 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont\'s Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont\'s business.\n\nTHE TRICKS\n\nAndrew Mellon became Hoover\'s Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont\'s primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.\n\nSecret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: \'marihuana\' and pushed it into the consciousness of America.\n\nMEDIA MANIPULATION\n\nA media blitz of "yellow journalism" raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst\'s newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality.\n\nFilms like \'Reefer Madness\' (1936), \'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth\' (1935) and \'Marihuana: The Devil\'s Weed\' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.\n\nExamine the following quotes from \'The Burning Question\' aka REEFER MADNESS:\n*a violent narcotic.\n*acts of shocking violence.\n*incurable insanity.\n*soul-destroying effects.\n*under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an axe.\n*more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!\n\nReefer Madness did not end with the usual \'the end.\' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN.\n\nIn the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they believed it had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers.\n\nOn April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress.\n\nDr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was/is hemp.\n\nFew people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been reading about on Hearst\'s front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA understood hemp to be a MEDICINE found in numerous healing products sold over the last hundred years.\n\nIn September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since.\n\nCongress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing drug known. Anslinger, head of the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted the idea that marihuana made users act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under the Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger now said the exact opposite. Marijuana will pacify you so much that soldiers would not want to fight.\n\nToday, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and chemicals are killing people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. Natural biomass could provide all of the planet\'s energy needs that are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. We need a renewable resource.. Hemp could be the solution to soaring gas prices.\n\nTHE WONDER PLANT\n\nHemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season where trees take a lifetime.\n\nALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products are safe and natural.\n\nMEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the AMA supported hemp cures. \'Medical Marijuana\' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals. Hemp is only healthy for the human body.\n\nWORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! Consuming hemp seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp seeds.\n\nCLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from hemp, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans?\n\nThe world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word "marijuana". Realize the history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet. INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP!\n\nThe liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a day to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: \'It\'s more dangerous than we thought.\' Lies from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive and well today.\n\nThe brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-hemp commercials say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit.\n\nThere is only one enemy; the "friendly" people you pay your taxes to: the war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL.\n\nIngesting that THC, hemp\'s active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on hemp. \nThe hemp plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that hemp is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was created especially for the benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for hemp. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuality.\n\nHEMP IS AND WAS MADE ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!\n\n---------\n\nEnd of article.', 'Hemp Wonderful Hemp', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '694-revision', '', '', '2009-02-27 09:40:13', '2009-02-27 15:40:13', '', 694, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/694-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (696, 1, '2009-02-27 13:53:22', '2009-02-27 19:53:22', 'I just posted the straw bale web site as "web site of the week", but that poses a problem because I find more than one good web site a week. So this one is web site of the day: NaturalHomes.org \r\n\r\nGreat site. Check it out. \'Nuf said!', 'NaturalHomes.org - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'naturalhomesorg-web-site-day', '', '', '2009-02-27 13:53:22', '2009-02-27 19:53:22', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=696', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (697, 1, '2009-02-27 13:52:41', '2009-02-27 19:52:41', 'I just posted the straw bale web site as "web site of the week", but that poses a problem because I find more than one good web site a week. So this one is web site of the day: NaturalHomes', 'NaturalHomes.org - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '696-revision', '', '', '2009-02-27 13:52:41', '2009-02-27 19:52:41', '', 696, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/696-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (698, 1, '2009-02-27 14:00:18', '2009-02-27 20:00:18', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the natural homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). The map at first only shows the US, but we\'ll forgive them their nationalism in light of our recent and proud presidential election.\r\n\r\nBasically if you thought you were safe from natural homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal, not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\r\n\r\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....yes I know, as horrible as it may seem you must accept the reality we currently live in.\r\n\r\nNatural homes, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Unless of course you are one of those people who cheats on your taxes and worships plastic surgery, in which case there is a non-natural homes commune in Florida you could join. You may have to sacrifice some of your personality but I hear they have a great dental plan.\r\n\r\nAnyway, NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!:\r\n', 'NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'straw-bale-homes-world', '', '', '2009-02-27 14:08:42', '2009-02-27 20:08:42', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=698', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (699, 1, '2009-02-27 13:59:23', '2009-02-27 19:59:23', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the straw bale homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). Basically if you thought you were safe from straw bale homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal and not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\n\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....', 'Straw Bale Homes in the World', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '698-revision', '', '', '2009-02-27 13:59:23', '2009-02-27 19:59:23', '', 698, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/698-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (700, 1, '2009-02-27 14:07:52', '2009-02-27 20:07:52', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the natural homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). The map at first only shows the US, but we\'ll forgive them their natioBasically if you thought you were safe from natural homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal, not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\n\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....yes I know, as horrible as it may seem you must accept the reality we currently live in.\n\nNatural homes, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Unless of course you are one of those people who cheats on your taxes and worships plastic surgery, in which case there is a non-natural homes commune in Florida you could join. You may have to sacrifice some of your personality but I hear they have a great dental plan.\n\nAnyway, NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!:\n', 'NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '698-autosave', '', '', '2009-02-27 14:07:52', '2009-02-27 20:07:52', '', 698, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/698-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (701, 1, '2009-02-27 14:00:18', '2009-02-27 20:00:18', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the straw bale homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). Basically if you thought you were safe from straw bale homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal and not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\r\n\r\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....yes I know, as horrible as it may seem you must accept the reality we currently live in.\r\n\r\nSTRAW BALE HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!:\r\n', 'Straw Bale Homes in the World', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '698-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-27 14:00:18', '2009-02-27 20:00:18', '', 698, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/698-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (702, 1, '2009-02-27 14:05:51', '2009-02-27 20:05:51', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the natural homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). Basically if you thought you were safe from natural homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal, not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\r\n\r\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....yes I know, as horrible as it may seem you must accept the reality we currently live in.\r\n\r\nNatural homes, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Unless of course you are one of those people who cheats on your taxes and worships plastic surgery, in which can there is a non-natural homes commune in Florida you could join. You may have to sacrifice some of your personality but I hear they have a great dental plan.\r\n\r\nAnyway, NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!:\r\n', 'NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '698-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-27 14:05:51', '2009-02-27 20:05:51', '', 698, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/698-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (703, 1, '2009-02-27 14:06:29', '2009-02-27 20:06:29', 'Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the natural homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). Basically if you thought you were safe from natural homes taking over the world, think again pal (or palette, which is the feminine form of pal, not the wood frame you use to load up with heavy things).\r\n\r\nYes natural homes are taking over the world and if this scares you, then be scared. Be very scared....in fact there might even be a natural home scheming itself into existence on your very own block....yes I know, as horrible as it may seem you must accept the reality we currently live in.\r\n\r\nNatural homes, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Unless of course you are one of those people who cheats on your taxes and worships plastic surgery, in which case there is a non-natural homes commune in Florida you could join. You may have to sacrifice some of your personality but I hear they have a great dental plan.\r\n\r\nAnyway, NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!:\r\n', 'NATURAL HOMES OF THE WORLD UNITE!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '698-revision-4', '', '', '2009-02-27 14:06:29', '2009-02-27 20:06:29', '', 698, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/698-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (704, 1, '2009-02-28 14:00:42', '2009-02-28 20:00:42', 'OK, so you\'ve built a nice green kitchen. You\'ve got your recycled wood cabinets, your Energy Star appliances, and your cork floor. You\'ve invited some friends over for organic pasta. So just like Grandma used to cook pasta you fill a large pot full of water, right? \r\n\r\nWRONG!\r\n\r\nGrandma also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and used asbestos oven mitts. You gonna do that too?\r\n\r\nWe have MANY ingrained ways of doing things that seem right just because, well, it\'s always been done that way. And it turns out that cooking pasta is one of them. According to a recent NY Times Article (below) you don\'t need to fill a pot full of water to make good pasta.\r\n\r\nAnd by using less water you, well, use less water AND you waste less gas heating up the water.\r\n\r\nWhat other cooking techniques are we doing that is a waste?\r\n\r\nThis concept goes deep. It is part of a long standing belief that if we change our environment our lives will change. This is sort of true from the point that our outer environment and inner environment are connected. If you build a green house you definitely will have a better life. \r\n\r\nBUT for the very same reason, if you don\'t change your inner environment sooner or later it will effect your outer environment. That nice green kitchen will still be very good at wasting energy through excess pasta water because even though your environment changed your inner beliefs didn\'t.\r\n\r\n--------------\r\nNY Times\r\nFebruary 25, 2009\r\nThe Curious Cook\r\nHow Much Water Does Pasta Really Need?\r\nBy HAROLD McGEE\r\n\r\nSOME time ago, as I emptied a big pot of pasta water into the sink and waited for the fog to lift from my glasses, a simple question occurred to me. Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? Couldn’t we cook pasta just as well with much less water and energy? Another question quickly followed: if we could, what would the defenders of Italian tradition say?\r\n\r\nAfter some experiments, I’ve found that we can indeed make pasta in just a few cups of water and save a good deal of energy. Not that much in your kitchen or mine — just the amount needed to keep a burner on high for a few more minutes. But Americans cook something like a billion pounds of pasta a year, so those minutes could add up.\r\n\r\nMy rough figuring indicates an energy savings at the stove top of several trillion B.T.U.s. At the power plant, that would mean saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil, or $10 million to $20 million at current prices. Significant numbers, though these days they sound like small drops in a very large pot.\r\n\r\nThe standard method for cooking pasta, found in Italian cookbooks and on pasta packages, is to heat to a rolling boil 4 to 6 quarts of well-salted water per pound of pasta. The usual rationales are that abundant water quickly recovers the boil when the pasta is added, gives the noodles room so that they don’t stick to one another, and dilutes the starch they release, so they don’t end up with a “gluey” surface.\r\n\r\nTo see which of these factors are really significant, I put a pound of spaghetti into a pot, added just 2 quarts of cold water and 2 teaspoons salt and turned on the heat. The water took about 8 minutes to reach the boil, during which I had to push the noodles around occasionally to keep them from sticking. They took another 10 minutes to cook through.\r\n\r\nWhen I drained the pasta, it had the texture and saltiness I expected, seemed about as sticky as usual, and when tossed with a little oil, seemed perfectly normal.\r\n\r\nSo I tried reducing the water even further, to 1 1/2 quarts. I had to stir often because that’s not quite enough to keep all the pasta immersed all the time, but again the spaghetti came out fine.\r\n\r\nWhy can pasta cook normally in a small volume of water that starts out cold? Because the noodles absorb water only very slowly at temperatures much below the boil, so little happens to them in the few minutes it takes for the water to heat up. And no matter how starchy the cooking water is, the solid noodle surfaces themselves are starchier, and will be sticky until they’re lubricated by sauce or oil.\r\n\r\nI described my method in e-mail messages to two of this country’s best-known advocates of Italian cuisine. Lidia Bastianich told me: “My grandmother would have thought of the idea surely as blasphemous. I think it is curious.” And Marcella Hazan said, “I am a very curious person, and I’m glad people are exploring new ways.” Both of them gave it a try.\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich responded with a controlled experiment. She started spaghettini in pots of cold water and boiling water (4 quarts each instead of her usual 6) side by side and found the cold-water version lacking in the gradation of texture she looks for. As for the flavor, she said “I felt that the cold-water pasta had lost some of the nutty flavor of a good semolina pasta cooked properly.”\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich agreed that using less water is O.K. “Yes, I think it’s doable to reduce the cooking water by one third,” from 6 quarts per pound to 4. “But please ‘butta la pasta’ in boiling water.”\r\n\r\nMs. Hazan tried starting a batch of shell pasta in a somewhat reduced amount of cold water, and found that it needed constant stirring to avoid sticking. “Maybe you save heat energy, but you also have to work a lot harder,” she told me in a follow-up call. “It’s not so convenient. I don’t know if I would cook pasta this way.”\r\n\r\nHeartened by the experts’ willingness to experiment, I went back to work, this time starting with hot water. I found that it’s possible to butta la pasta in 1 1/2 or 2 quarts of boiling water without having the noodles stick. Short shapes just require occasional stirring. Long strands and ribbons need a quick wetting with cold water just before they go into the pot, then frequent stirring for a minute or two.\r\n\r\nExcept for capellini, which cooks too quickly, I find that both the cold and hot versions of the minimal-water method work well with the common shapes I’ve tried, with whole wheat pasta, and even fresh pasta, as long as any surface flour is rinsed off first.\r\n\r\nI prefer starting with cold water, because the noodles don’t stick together at all as they go into the pot, and because I don’t notice a difference in flavor once they’re drained and sauced. It’s true, though, that no matter what temperature you start with, this method requires more attention. That’s a disadvantage when you’re cooking several things at once.\r\n\r\nIf you cook pasta often, try experimenting with different starting temperatures and amounts of water. You can even cook pasta in the manner of a risotto, adding the liquid in small doses and stirring constantly. Be sure to use a pot broad enough for the noodles to lie flat on the bottom, and to reduce the salt for smaller volumes of water.\r\n\r\nThere’s one other dividend to cooking pasta in minimal water that I hadn’t anticipated: the leftover pasta water. It’s thick, but you can still easily ladle it out by tilting the pan. And it’s very pleasant tasting: not too salty, lots of body, and lots of semolina flavor. Whole-wheat pasta water is surprisingly delicious.\r\n\r\nItalian recipes often suggest adding pasta water to adjust the consistency of a sauce, but this thick water is almost a sauce in itself. When I anointed a batch of spaghetti with olive oil and then tossed it with a couple of ladles-full, the oil dispersed into tiny droplets in the liquid, and the oily coating became an especially creamy one.\r\n\r\nRestaurant cooks prize thick pasta water. In “Heat,” his best-selling account of working in Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, Bill Buford describes how in the course of an evening, water in the pasta cooker goes from clear to cloudy to muddy, a stage that is “yucky-sounding but wonderful,” because the water “behaves like a sauce thickener, binding the elements and flavoring the pasta with the flavor of itself.”\r\n\r\nMr. Buford suggests that the muddy pasta water should be bottled and sold, because home cooking never produces anything like it. Cooking one batch of pasta in minimal water can’t smooth out the starch as completely or generate those long-cooked flavors. But it does make pasta water good enough to sip. ', 'Green Cooking', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-cooking', '', '', '2009-02-28 15:02:07', '2009-02-28 21:02:07', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=704', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (705, 1, '2009-02-28 14:00:26', '2009-02-28 20:00:26', 'OK, so you\'ve built a nice green kitchen. You\'ve got your recycled wood cabinets, your Energy Star appliances, and your cork floor. You\'ve invited some friends over for organic pasta. So just like Grandma used to cook pasta you fill a large pot full of water, right? \n\nWRONG!\n\nGrandma also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and insulated her walls with asbestos. You gonna do that too?\n\nWe have MANY ingrained ways of doing things that seem right just because, well, it\'s always been done that way. And it turns out that cooking pasta is one of them. According to a recent NY Times Article (below) you don\'t need to fill a pot full of water to make good pasta.\n\nAnd by using less water you, well, use less water AND you waste less gas heating up the water.\n\nWhat other cooking techniques are we doing that is a waste?\n\nThis concept goes deep. It is part of a long standing belief that if we change our environment our lives will change. This is sort of true from the point that our outer environment and inner environment are connected. If you build a green house you definitely will have a better life. \n\nBUT for the very same reason, if you don\'t change your inner environment sooner or later it will effect your outer environment. That nice green kitchen will still be very good at wasting energy through excess pasta water because even though your environment changed your inner beliefs didn\'t.\n\n--------------\nNY Times\nFebruary 25, 2009\nThe Curious Cook\nHow Much Water Does Pasta Really Need?\nBy HAROLD McGEE\n\nSOME time ago, as I emptied a big pot of pasta water into the sink and waited for the fog to lift from my glasses, a simple question occurred to me. Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? Couldn’t we cook pasta just as well with much less water and energy? Another question quickly followed: if we could, what would the defenders of Italian tradition say?\n\nAfter some experiments, I’ve found that we can indeed make pasta in just a few cups of water and save a good deal of energy. Not that much in your kitchen or mine — just the amount needed to keep a burner on high for a few more minutes. But Americans cook something like a billion pounds of pasta a year, so those minutes could add up.\n\nMy rough figuring indicates an energy savings at the stove top of several trillion B.T.U.s. At the power plant, that would mean saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil, or $10 million to $20 million at current prices. Significant numbers, though these days they sound like small drops in a very large pot.\n\nThe standard method for cooking pasta, found in Italian cookbooks and on pasta packages, is to heat to a rolling boil 4 to 6 quarts of well-salted water per pound of pasta. The usual rationales are that abundant water quickly recovers the boil when the pasta is added, gives the noodles room so that they don’t stick to one another, and dilutes the starch they release, so they don’t end up with a “gluey” surface.\n\nTo see which of these factors are really significant, I put a pound of spaghetti into a pot, added just 2 quarts of cold water and 2 teaspoons salt and turned on the heat. The water took about 8 minutes to reach the boil, during which I had to push the noodles around occasionally to keep them from sticking. They took another 10 minutes to cook through.\n\nWhen I drained the pasta, it had the texture and saltiness I expected, seemed about as sticky as usual, and when tossed with a little oil, seemed perfectly normal.\n\nSo I tried reducing the water even further, to 1 1/2 quarts. I had to stir often because that’s not quite enough to keep all the pasta immersed all the time, but again the spaghetti came out fine.\n\nWhy can pasta cook normally in a small volume of water that starts out cold? Because the noodles absorb water only very slowly at temperatures much below the boil, so little happens to them in the few minutes it takes for the water to heat up. And no matter how starchy the cooking water is, the solid noodle surfaces themselves are starchier, and will be sticky until they’re lubricated by sauce or oil.\n\nI described my method in e-mail messages to two of this country’s best-known advocates of Italian cuisine. Lidia Bastianich told me: “My grandmother would have thought of the idea surely as blasphemous. I think it is curious.” And Marcella Hazan said, “I am a very curious person, and I’m glad people are exploring new ways.” Both of them gave it a try.\n\nMs. Bastianich responded with a controlled experiment. She started spaghettini in pots of cold water and boiling water (4 quarts each instead of her usual 6) side by side and found the cold-water version lacking in the gradation of texture she looks for. As for the flavor, she said “I felt that the cold-water pasta had lost some of the nutty flavor of a good semolina pasta cooked properly.”\n\nMs. Bastianich agreed that using less water is O.K. “Yes, I think it’s doable to reduce the cooking water by one third,” from 6 quarts per pound to 4. “But please ‘butta la pasta’ in boiling water.”\n\nMs. Hazan tried starting a batch of shell pasta in a somewhat reduced amount of cold water, and found that it needed constant stirring to avoid sticking. “Maybe you save heat energy, but you also have to work a lot harder,” she told me in a follow-up call. “It’s not so convenient. I don’t know if I would cook pasta this way.”\n\nHeartened by the experts’ willingness to experiment, I went back to work, this time starting with hot water. I found that it’s possible to butta la pasta in 1 1/2 or 2 quarts of boiling water without having the noodles stick. Short shapes just require occasional stirring. Long strands and ribbons need a quick wetting with cold water just before they go into the pot, then frequent stirring for a minute or two.\n\nExcept for capellini, which cooks too quickly, I find that both the cold and hot versions of the minimal-water method work well with the common shapes I’ve tried, with whole wheat pasta, and even fresh pasta, as long as any surface flour is rinsed off first.\n\nI prefer starting with cold water, because the noodles don’t stick together at all as they go into the pot, and because I don’t notice a difference in flavor once they’re drained and sauced. It’s true, though, that no matter what temperature you start with, this method requires more attention. That’s a disadvantage when you’re cooking several things at once.\n\nIf you cook pasta often, try experimenting with different starting temperatures and amounts of water. You can even cook pasta in the manner of a risotto, adding the liquid in small doses and stirring constantly. Be sure to use a pot broad enough for the noodles to lie flat on the bottom, and to reduce the salt for smaller volumes of water.\n\nThere’s one other dividend to cooking pasta in minimal water that I hadn’t anticipated: the leftover pasta water. It’s thick, but you can still easily ladle it out by tilting the pan. And it’s very pleasant tasting: not too salty, lots of body, and lots of semolina flavor. Whole-wheat pasta water is surprisingly delicious.\n\nItalian recipes often suggest adding pasta water to adjust the consistency of a sauce, but this thick water is almost a sauce in itself. When I anointed a batch of spaghetti with olive oil and then tossed it with a couple of ladles-full, the oil dispersed into tiny droplets in the liquid, and the oily coating became an especially creamy one.\n\nRestaurant cooks prize thick pasta water. In “Heat,” his best-selling account of working in Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, Bill Buford describes how in the course of an evening, water in the pasta cooker goes from clear to cloudy to muddy, a stage that is “yucky-sounding but wonderful,” because the water “behaves like a sauce thickener, binding the elements and flavoring the pasta with the flavor of itself.”\n\nMr. Buford suggests that the muddy pasta water should be bottled and sold, because home cooking never produces anything like it. Cooking one batch of pasta in minimal water can’t smooth out the starch as completely or generate those long-cooked flavors. But it does make pasta water good enough to sip. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (706, 1, '2009-02-28 14:00:42', '2009-02-28 20:00:42', 'OK, so you\'ve built a nice green kitchen. You\'ve got your recycled wood cabinets, your Energy Star appliances, and your cork floor. You\'ve invited some friends over for organic pasta. So just like Grandma used to cook pasta you fill a large pot full of water, right? \r\n\r\nWRONG!\r\n\r\nGrandma also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and insulated her walls with asbestos. You gonna do that too?\r\n\r\nWe have MANY ingrained ways of doing things that seem right just because, well, it\'s always been done that way. And it turns out that cooking pasta is one of them. According to a recent NY Times Article (below) you don\'t need to fill a pot full of water to make good pasta.\r\n\r\nAnd by using less water you, well, use less water AND you waste less gas heating up the water.\r\n\r\nWhat other cooking techniques are we doing that is a waste?\r\n\r\nThis concept goes deep. It is part of a long standing belief that if we change our environment our lives will change. This is sort of true from the point that our outer environment and inner environment are connected. If you build a green house you definitely will have a better life. \r\n\r\nBUT for the very same reason, if you don\'t change your inner environment sooner or later it will effect your outer environment. That nice green kitchen will still be very good at wasting energy through excess pasta water because even though your environment changed your inner beliefs didn\'t.\r\n\r\n--------------\r\nNY Times\r\nFebruary 25, 2009\r\nThe Curious Cook\r\nHow Much Water Does Pasta Really Need?\r\nBy HAROLD McGEE\r\n\r\nSOME time ago, as I emptied a big pot of pasta water into the sink and waited for the fog to lift from my glasses, a simple question occurred to me. Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? Couldn’t we cook pasta just as well with much less water and energy? Another question quickly followed: if we could, what would the defenders of Italian tradition say?\r\n\r\nAfter some experiments, I’ve found that we can indeed make pasta in just a few cups of water and save a good deal of energy. Not that much in your kitchen or mine — just the amount needed to keep a burner on high for a few more minutes. But Americans cook something like a billion pounds of pasta a year, so those minutes could add up.\r\n\r\nMy rough figuring indicates an energy savings at the stove top of several trillion B.T.U.s. At the power plant, that would mean saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil, or $10 million to $20 million at current prices. Significant numbers, though these days they sound like small drops in a very large pot.\r\n\r\nThe standard method for cooking pasta, found in Italian cookbooks and on pasta packages, is to heat to a rolling boil 4 to 6 quarts of well-salted water per pound of pasta. The usual rationales are that abundant water quickly recovers the boil when the pasta is added, gives the noodles room so that they don’t stick to one another, and dilutes the starch they release, so they don’t end up with a “gluey” surface.\r\n\r\nTo see which of these factors are really significant, I put a pound of spaghetti into a pot, added just 2 quarts of cold water and 2 teaspoons salt and turned on the heat. The water took about 8 minutes to reach the boil, during which I had to push the noodles around occasionally to keep them from sticking. They took another 10 minutes to cook through.\r\n\r\nWhen I drained the pasta, it had the texture and saltiness I expected, seemed about as sticky as usual, and when tossed with a little oil, seemed perfectly normal.\r\n\r\nSo I tried reducing the water even further, to 1 1/2 quarts. I had to stir often because that’s not quite enough to keep all the pasta immersed all the time, but again the spaghetti came out fine.\r\n\r\nWhy can pasta cook normally in a small volume of water that starts out cold? Because the noodles absorb water only very slowly at temperatures much below the boil, so little happens to them in the few minutes it takes for the water to heat up. And no matter how starchy the cooking water is, the solid noodle surfaces themselves are starchier, and will be sticky until they’re lubricated by sauce or oil.\r\n\r\nI described my method in e-mail messages to two of this country’s best-known advocates of Italian cuisine. Lidia Bastianich told me: “My grandmother would have thought of the idea surely as blasphemous. I think it is curious.” And Marcella Hazan said, “I am a very curious person, and I’m glad people are exploring new ways.” Both of them gave it a try.\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich responded with a controlled experiment. She started spaghettini in pots of cold water and boiling water (4 quarts each instead of her usual 6) side by side and found the cold-water version lacking in the gradation of texture she looks for. As for the flavor, she said “I felt that the cold-water pasta had lost some of the nutty flavor of a good semolina pasta cooked properly.”\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich agreed that using less water is O.K. “Yes, I think it’s doable to reduce the cooking water by one third,” from 6 quarts per pound to 4. “But please ‘butta la pasta’ in boiling water.”\r\n\r\nMs. Hazan tried starting a batch of shell pasta in a somewhat reduced amount of cold water, and found that it needed constant stirring to avoid sticking. “Maybe you save heat energy, but you also have to work a lot harder,” she told me in a follow-up call. “It’s not so convenient. I don’t know if I would cook pasta this way.”\r\n\r\nHeartened by the experts’ willingness to experiment, I went back to work, this time starting with hot water. I found that it’s possible to butta la pasta in 1 1/2 or 2 quarts of boiling water without having the noodles stick. Short shapes just require occasional stirring. Long strands and ribbons need a quick wetting with cold water just before they go into the pot, then frequent stirring for a minute or two.\r\n\r\nExcept for capellini, which cooks too quickly, I find that both the cold and hot versions of the minimal-water method work well with the common shapes I’ve tried, with whole wheat pasta, and even fresh pasta, as long as any surface flour is rinsed off first.\r\n\r\nI prefer starting with cold water, because the noodles don’t stick together at all as they go into the pot, and because I don’t notice a difference in flavor once they’re drained and sauced. It’s true, though, that no matter what temperature you start with, this method requires more attention. That’s a disadvantage when you’re cooking several things at once.\r\n\r\nIf you cook pasta often, try experimenting with different starting temperatures and amounts of water. You can even cook pasta in the manner of a risotto, adding the liquid in small doses and stirring constantly. Be sure to use a pot broad enough for the noodles to lie flat on the bottom, and to reduce the salt for smaller volumes of water.\r\n\r\nThere’s one other dividend to cooking pasta in minimal water that I hadn’t anticipated: the leftover pasta water. It’s thick, but you can still easily ladle it out by tilting the pan. And it’s very pleasant tasting: not too salty, lots of body, and lots of semolina flavor. Whole-wheat pasta water is surprisingly delicious.\r\n\r\nItalian recipes often suggest adding pasta water to adjust the consistency of a sauce, but this thick water is almost a sauce in itself. When I anointed a batch of spaghetti with olive oil and then tossed it with a couple of ladles-full, the oil dispersed into tiny droplets in the liquid, and the oily coating became an especially creamy one.\r\n\r\nRestaurant cooks prize thick pasta water. In “Heat,” his best-selling account of working in Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, Bill Buford describes how in the course of an evening, water in the pasta cooker goes from clear to cloudy to muddy, a stage that is “yucky-sounding but wonderful,” because the water “behaves like a sauce thickener, binding the elements and flavoring the pasta with the flavor of itself.”\r\n\r\nMr. Buford suggests that the muddy pasta water should be bottled and sold, because home cooking never produces anything like it. Cooking one batch of pasta in minimal water can’t smooth out the starch as completely or generate those long-cooked flavors. But it does make pasta water good enough to sip. ', 'Green Cooking', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '704-revision-2', '', '', '2009-02-28 14:00:42', '2009-02-28 20:00:42', '', 704, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/704-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (707, 1, '2009-02-28 15:00:49', '2009-02-28 21:00:49', 'OK, so you\'ve built a nice green kitchen. You\'ve got your recycled wood cabinets, your Energy Star appliances, and your cork floor. You\'ve invited some friends over for organic pasta. So just like Grandma used to cook pasta you fill a large pot full of water, right? \r\n\r\nWRONG!\r\n\r\nGrandma also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and used asbestos oven mits. You gonna do that too?\r\n\r\nWe have MANY ingrained ways of doing things that seem right just because, well, it\'s always been done that way. And it turns out that cooking pasta is one of them. According to a recent NY Times Article (below) you don\'t need to fill a pot full of water to make good pasta.\r\n\r\nAnd by using less water you, well, use less water AND you waste less gas heating up the water.\r\n\r\nWhat other cooking techniques are we doing that is a waste?\r\n\r\nThis concept goes deep. It is part of a long standing belief that if we change our environment our lives will change. This is sort of true from the point that our outer environment and inner environment are connected. If you build a green house you definitely will have a better life. \r\n\r\nBUT for the very same reason, if you don\'t change your inner environment sooner or later it will effect your outer environment. That nice green kitchen will still be very good at wasting energy through excess pasta water because even though your environment changed your inner beliefs didn\'t.\r\n\r\n--------------\r\nNY Times\r\nFebruary 25, 2009\r\nThe Curious Cook\r\nHow Much Water Does Pasta Really Need?\r\nBy HAROLD McGEE\r\n\r\nSOME time ago, as I emptied a big pot of pasta water into the sink and waited for the fog to lift from my glasses, a simple question occurred to me. Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? Couldn’t we cook pasta just as well with much less water and energy? Another question quickly followed: if we could, what would the defenders of Italian tradition say?\r\n\r\nAfter some experiments, I’ve found that we can indeed make pasta in just a few cups of water and save a good deal of energy. Not that much in your kitchen or mine — just the amount needed to keep a burner on high for a few more minutes. But Americans cook something like a billion pounds of pasta a year, so those minutes could add up.\r\n\r\nMy rough figuring indicates an energy savings at the stove top of several trillion B.T.U.s. At the power plant, that would mean saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil, or $10 million to $20 million at current prices. Significant numbers, though these days they sound like small drops in a very large pot.\r\n\r\nThe standard method for cooking pasta, found in Italian cookbooks and on pasta packages, is to heat to a rolling boil 4 to 6 quarts of well-salted water per pound of pasta. The usual rationales are that abundant water quickly recovers the boil when the pasta is added, gives the noodles room so that they don’t stick to one another, and dilutes the starch they release, so they don’t end up with a “gluey” surface.\r\n\r\nTo see which of these factors are really significant, I put a pound of spaghetti into a pot, added just 2 quarts of cold water and 2 teaspoons salt and turned on the heat. The water took about 8 minutes to reach the boil, during which I had to push the noodles around occasionally to keep them from sticking. They took another 10 minutes to cook through.\r\n\r\nWhen I drained the pasta, it had the texture and saltiness I expected, seemed about as sticky as usual, and when tossed with a little oil, seemed perfectly normal.\r\n\r\nSo I tried reducing the water even further, to 1 1/2 quarts. I had to stir often because that’s not quite enough to keep all the pasta immersed all the time, but again the spaghetti came out fine.\r\n\r\nWhy can pasta cook normally in a small volume of water that starts out cold? Because the noodles absorb water only very slowly at temperatures much below the boil, so little happens to them in the few minutes it takes for the water to heat up. And no matter how starchy the cooking water is, the solid noodle surfaces themselves are starchier, and will be sticky until they’re lubricated by sauce or oil.\r\n\r\nI described my method in e-mail messages to two of this country’s best-known advocates of Italian cuisine. Lidia Bastianich told me: “My grandmother would have thought of the idea surely as blasphemous. I think it is curious.” And Marcella Hazan said, “I am a very curious person, and I’m glad people are exploring new ways.” Both of them gave it a try.\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich responded with a controlled experiment. She started spaghettini in pots of cold water and boiling water (4 quarts each instead of her usual 6) side by side and found the cold-water version lacking in the gradation of texture she looks for. As for the flavor, she said “I felt that the cold-water pasta had lost some of the nutty flavor of a good semolina pasta cooked properly.”\r\n\r\nMs. Bastianich agreed that using less water is O.K. “Yes, I think it’s doable to reduce the cooking water by one third,” from 6 quarts per pound to 4. “But please ‘butta la pasta’ in boiling water.”\r\n\r\nMs. Hazan tried starting a batch of shell pasta in a somewhat reduced amount of cold water, and found that it needed constant stirring to avoid sticking. “Maybe you save heat energy, but you also have to work a lot harder,” she told me in a follow-up call. “It’s not so convenient. I don’t know if I would cook pasta this way.”\r\n\r\nHeartened by the experts’ willingness to experiment, I went back to work, this time starting with hot water. I found that it’s possible to butta la pasta in 1 1/2 or 2 quarts of boiling water without having the noodles stick. Short shapes just require occasional stirring. Long strands and ribbons need a quick wetting with cold water just before they go into the pot, then frequent stirring for a minute or two.\r\n\r\nExcept for capellini, which cooks too quickly, I find that both the cold and hot versions of the minimal-water method work well with the common shapes I’ve tried, with whole wheat pasta, and even fresh pasta, as long as any surface flour is rinsed off first.\r\n\r\nI prefer starting with cold water, because the noodles don’t stick together at all as they go into the pot, and because I don’t notice a difference in flavor once they’re drained and sauced. It’s true, though, that no matter what temperature you start with, this method requires more attention. That’s a disadvantage when you’re cooking several things at once.\r\n\r\nIf you cook pasta often, try experimenting with different starting temperatures and amounts of water. You can even cook pasta in the manner of a risotto, adding the liquid in small doses and stirring constantly. Be sure to use a pot broad enough for the noodles to lie flat on the bottom, and to reduce the salt for smaller volumes of water.\r\n\r\nThere’s one other dividend to cooking pasta in minimal water that I hadn’t anticipated: the leftover pasta water. It’s thick, but you can still easily ladle it out by tilting the pan. And it’s very pleasant tasting: not too salty, lots of body, and lots of semolina flavor. Whole-wheat pasta water is surprisingly delicious.\r\n\r\nItalian recipes often suggest adding pasta water to adjust the consistency of a sauce, but this thick water is almost a sauce in itself. When I anointed a batch of spaghetti with olive oil and then tossed it with a couple of ladles-full, the oil dispersed into tiny droplets in the liquid, and the oily coating became an especially creamy one.\r\n\r\nRestaurant cooks prize thick pasta water. In “Heat,” his best-selling account of working in Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, Bill Buford describes how in the course of an evening, water in the pasta cooker goes from clear to cloudy to muddy, a stage that is “yucky-sounding but wonderful,” because the water “behaves like a sauce thickener, binding the elements and flavoring the pasta with the flavor of itself.”\r\n\r\nMr. Buford suggests that the muddy pasta water should be bottled and sold, because home cooking never produces anything like it. Cooking one batch of pasta in minimal water can’t smooth out the starch as completely or generate those long-cooked flavors. But it does make pasta water good enough to sip. ', 'Green Cooking', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '704-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-28 15:00:49', '2009-02-28 21:00:49', '', 704, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/704-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (708, 1, '2009-03-02 19:01:00', '2009-03-03 01:01:00', 'I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn\'t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add on craigslist.org. I got lots of qualified Architects and decided to go with Nicholas Liberis.\r\n\r\nHe turned out to be really great. He delivered high quality work on time. Here are the drawings I sent him to work from.\r\n
\r\nI first of all didn\'t know if it could be done while still keeping to code. But it turns out it can be done. Here is what he sent back.\r\n
\r\n\r\nAnd just for fun he drew some 3D images for it. Here are three views of the same stairs. Here you can see the stairs in the background. In the foreground you can see the balcony of the floor above. \r\n
\r\nHere is a close up from the back. I like the way the risers alternate between spaces. He made a cool extention of one of the treads that could be used as an alcove to put LED lighting. He put a concrete pond below the stairs. What is actually there is a very large boulder that we unearthed while digging down the cellar. Everyone wanted me to dig a hole and bury it but since I\'m that way I gave it a name and a little home under the stairs.\r\n
\r\nHere is a close up from the front. He picked metal hardware for the railing and support. My hardware very much depends on what I salvage. Right now I have some metal from the fire escape we took down and I have some nice beams so we\'ll see what we end up using.\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (714, 1, '2009-03-02 19:00:29', '2009-03-03 01:00:29', 'I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn\'t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add on craigslist.org. I got lots of qualified Architects and decided to go with Nicholas Liberis.\n\nHe turned out to be really great. He delivered high quality work on time. Here are the drawings I sent him.\n\nI first of all didn\'t know if it could be done while still keeping to code. But it turns out it can be done. Here is what he sent back.\n\nAnd just for fun he drew some 3D images for it. Here are three views of the same stairs.\n\n\n', 'Stair Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '708-revision', '', '', '2009-03-02 19:00:29', '2009-03-03 01:00:29', '', 708, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/708-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (715, 1, '2009-03-02 19:07:43', '2009-03-03 01:07:43', 'I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn\'t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add on craigslist.org. I got lots of qualified Architects and decided to go with Nicholas Liberis.\n\nHe turned out to be really great. He delivered high quality work on time. Here are the drawings I sent him to work from.\n\nI first of all didn\'t know if it could be done while still keeping to code. But it turns out it can be done. Here is what he sent back.\n\n\nAnd just for fun he drew some 3D images for it. Here are three views of the same stairs. Here you can see the stairs in the background. In the foreground you can see the balcony of the floor above. \n\nHere is a close up from the back. I like the way the risers alternate between spaces. He made a cool extention of one of the treads that could be used as an alcove to put LED lighting. He put a concrete pond below the stairs. What is actually there is a very large boulder that we unearthed while digging down the cellar. Everyone wanted me to dig a h\n\nHere is a close up from the front. He picked metal hardware for the railing and support. My hardware very much depends on what I salvage. Right now I have some metal from the fire escape we took down and I have some nice beams so we\'ll see what we end up using.\n', 'Stair Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '708-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-02 19:07:43', '2009-03-03 01:07:43', '', 708, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/708-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (716, 1, '2009-03-02 19:01:00', '2009-03-03 01:01:00', 'I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn\'t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add on craigslist.org. I got lots of qualified Architects and decided to go with Nicholas Liberis.\r\n\r\nHe turned out to be really great. He delivered high quality work on time. Here are the drawings I sent him to work from.\r\n\r\nI first of all didn\'t know if it could be done while still keeping to code. But it turns out it can be done. Here is what he sent back.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd just for fun he drew some 3D images for it. Here are three views of the same stairs.\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Stair Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '708-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-02 19:01:00', '2009-03-03 01:01:00', '', 708, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/708-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (717, 1, '2009-03-02 19:05:40', '2009-03-03 01:05:40', 'I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn\'t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add on craigslist.org. I got lots of qualified Architects and decided to go with Nicholas Liberis.\r\n\r\nHe turned out to be really great. He delivered high quality work on time. Here are the drawings I sent him to work from.\r\n\r\nI first of all didn\'t know if it could be done while still keeping to code. But it turns out it can be done. Here is what he sent back.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd just for fun he drew some 3D images for it. Here are three views of the same stairs. Here you can see the stairs in the background. In the foreground you can see the balcony of the floor above. He made a cool extention of one of the treads that could be used as an alcove to put LED lighting.\r\n\r\nHere is a close up from the back. I like the way the risers alternate between spaces.\r\n\r\nHere is a close up from the front. He picked metal hardware for the railing and support. My hardware very much depends on what I salvage. Right now I have some metal from the fire escape we took down and I have some nice beams so we\'ll see what we end up using.\r\n', 'Stair Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '708-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-02 19:05:40', '2009-03-03 01:05:40', '', 708, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/708-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (718, 1, '2009-02-23 11:03:52', '2009-02-23 17:03:52', 'I\'m trying to design some stairs. They are from the basement to the cellar. You enter on the side and it spirrals to the right 90 degrees then follows the wall down. Once it reaches the cellar floor it spirals to the right again 45 degrees.\r\n\r\nBelow is a diagram of it. The cool thing about the stairs is that the treads and risers are old railroad logs. The treads are going to be oak. The risers are going to be a mixture of all kinds of hardwood. Hopefully it will look good as well as show the great variety of salvaged wood available. I\'m getting it from M Fine Lumber in Williamsburg.\r\n\r\n', 'Stair Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '668-revision-3', '', '', '2009-02-23 11:03:52', '2009-02-23 17:03:52', '', 668, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/668-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (719, 1, '2009-03-05 17:46:38', '2009-03-05 23:46:38', 'If you saw a house without the sheet rock you would be very surprised how many electric wires there are snaking all over the place. As in the world now, our house is a huge electromagnetic jungle with electromagnetic fields both big and small crisscrossing our bodies from many directions.\r\n\r\nAs a green builder I am concerned about these fields. The evidence is still inconclusive as to what the fields actually do to your body. It has been pretty solidly proven that living next to high tension electric lines increases your chances of leukemia among other cancers. But health risks from low voltage wires like the ones in a house are still unknown.\r\n\r\nHere is my reasoning on this. High tension wires cause increased cancer because the energy wreaks severe havoc on the body. Low voltage wires, like low level noises, slight smells, vague annoying lights, and all other sorts of subtle environmental agravators may not kill you but they do increase the stress levels to your body.\r\n\r\nFor example, sitting in a rumbling car tires you out a lot more than sitting in the soothing sounds of nature for the same amount of time. A car has the grinding of the engine as well as an electromagnetic drain caused by the air hitting the car and the wheels rubbing on the road (yup, I totally made that last part up, but it sounds pretty authoritative, right).\r\n\r\nAnyway, the point is that gentle nature energy heals and jarring mechanical energy drains. All illnesses are the result of the weakest link giving out and it is usually caused by stress. i.e. if you are prone to heart attacks all you need is a little nudge from the chaos of life to push you over the edge.\r\n\r\nSooooo..... as a green builder my job is to make a house that increases the soothing elements and reduces the aggravating elements, however faint thus reducing the stress on your body and increasing your well being.\r\n\r\nAnd this brings me to house wiring.\r\n\r\nHere is the wiring job my electrician did on the first day of the job:\r\n\r\n
\r\nIt is to code and by all current standards is well done. The only problem is that on the other side of the wall is the bedroom and most probably where the person will put the bed. This means that the wire will run right along the person\'s body from head to toe. It probably won\'t give them cancer. But will it disturb their sleep? There are too many variables in life for me to ever know but I\'m not taking any chances and it costs me nothing to do it better.\r\n\r\nHere is how I had him rewire it. The cables go along the ceiling. This is the farthest they can be both from people on this floor and people on the floor above. One small reduction in EMF.\r\n
\r\nAnother point is that we are using BX cable which is clad in metal. This is required by code in NY anyway so that nobody drills a hole in the wall and punctures the wire. But the added benefit is that it thoroughly grounds the wire and reduced the electromagnetic field. I would have used BX, which is more expensive, even if it wasn\'t required by code.', 'Electrical Wiring and EMF', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'electrical-wiring-emf', '', '', '2009-03-05 17:55:52', '2009-03-05 23:55:52', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=719', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (720, 1, '2009-03-05 17:46:34', '2009-03-05 23:46:34', 'If you saw a house without the sheet rock you would be very surprised how many electric wires there are snaking all over the place. As in the world now, our house is a huge electromagnetic jungle with electromagnetic fields both big and small crisscrossing our bodies from many directions.\n\nAs a green builder I am concerned about these fields. The evidence is still inconclusive as to what the fields actually do to your body. It has been pretty solidly proven that living next to high tension electric lines increases your chances of leukemia among other cancers. But health risks from low voltage wires like the ones in a house are still unknown.\n\nHere is my reasoning on this. High tension wires cause increased cancer because the energy wreaks severe havoc on the body. Low voltage wires, like low level noises, slight smells, vague annoying lights, and all other sorts of subtle environmental agravators may not kill you but they do increase the stress levels to your body.\n\nFor example, sitting in a rumbling car tires you out a lot more than sitting in the soothing sounds of nature for the same amount of time. A car has the grinding of the engine as well as an electromagnetic drain caused by the air hitting the car and the wheels rubbing on the road (yup, I totally made that last part up, but it sounds pretty authoritative, right).\n\nAnyway, the point is that gentle nature energy heals and subtle mechanical energy drains. All illnesses are the result of the weakest link giving out and it is usually caused by stress. i.e. if you are prone to heart attacks all you need is a little nudge from the chaos of life to push you over the edge.\n\nSooooo..... as a green builder my job is to make a house that increases the soothing elements and reduces the aggravating elements, thus reducing the stress on your body and increasing your well being.\n\nAnd this brings me to house wiring.\n\nHere is the wiring job my electrician did on the first day of the job:\n\nIt is to code and by all current standard is well done. The only problem is that on the other side of the wall is the bedroom and most probably where the person will put the bed. This means that the wire will run right along the person\'s body from head to toe. I probably won\'t give them cancer. But will it disturb their sleep? There are too many variables in life for me to ever know but I\'m not taking any chances.\nHere is how I had him rewire it:\n\nAnother point is that we are using BX cable which is clad in metal. This is required by code in NY anyway so that nobody drills a hole in the wall and punctures the wire. But the added benefit is that it thoroughly grounds the wire and reduced the electromagnetic field. I would have used BX, which is more expensive, even if it wasn\'t required by code.', 'Electrical Wiring and EMF', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '719-revision', '', '', '2009-03-05 17:46:34', '2009-03-05 23:46:34', '', 719, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/719-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (721, 1, '2009-03-05 19:00:59', '2009-03-06 01:00:59', 'If you saw a house without the sheet rock you would be very surprised how many electric wires there are snaking all over the place. As in the world now, our house is a huge electromagnetic jungle with electromagnetic fields both big and small crisscrossing our bodies from many directions.\n\nAs a green builder I am concerned about these fields. The evidence is still inconclusive as to what the fields actually do to your body. It has been pretty solidly proven that living next to high tension electric lines increases your chances of leukemia among other cancers. But health risks from low voltage wires like the ones in a house are still unknown.\n\nHere is my reasoning on this. High tension wires cause increased cancer because the energy wreaks severe havoc on the body. This doesn\'t mean that low voltage wires simply cause less damage. For example, just because a tornado kills people doesn\'t mean a soft breeze is harmful. \n\nHowever I do think that white noise is not soothing toLow voltage wires, like low level noises, slight smells, vague annoying lights, and all other sorts of subtle environmental agravators may not kill you but they do increase the stress levels to your body.\n\n\n\nFor example, sitting in a rumbling car tires you out a lot more than sitting in the soothing sounds of nature for the same amount of time. A car has the grinding of the engine as well as an electromagnetic drain caused by the air hitting the car and the wheels rubbing on the road (yup, I totally made that last part up, but it sounds pretty authoritative, right).\n\nAnyway, the point is that gentle nature energy heals and jarring mechanical energy drains. All illnesses are the result of the weakest link giving out and it is usually caused by stress. i.e. if you are prone to heart attacks all you need is a little nudge from the chaos of life to push you over the edge.\n\nSooooo..... as a green builder my job is to make a house that increases the soothing elements and reduces the aggravating elements, however faint thus reducing the stress on your body and increasing your well being.\n\nAnd this brings me to house wiring.\n\nHere is the wiring job my electrician did on the first day of the job:\n\n\nIt is to code and by all current standards is well done. The only problem is that on the other side of the wall is the bedroom and most probably where the person will put the bed. This means that the wire will run right along the person\'s body from head to toe. It probably won\'t give them cancer. But will it disturb their sleep? There are too many variables in life for me to ever know but I\'m not taking any chances and it costs me nothing to do it better.\n\nHere is how I had him rewire it. The cables go along the ceiling. This is the farthest they can be both from people on this floor and people on the floor above. One small reduction in EMF.\n\nAnother point is that we are using BX cable which is clad in metal. This is required by code in NY anyway so that nobody drills a hole in the wall and punctures the wire. But the added benefit is that it thoroughly grounds the wire and reduced the electromagnetic field. I would have used BX, which is more expensive, even if it wasn\'t required by code.', 'Electrical Wiring and EMF', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '719-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-05 19:00:59', '2009-03-06 01:00:59', '', 719, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/719-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (722, 1, '2009-03-05 17:46:38', '2009-03-05 23:46:38', 'If you saw a house without the sheet rock you would be very surprised how many electric wires there are snaking all over the place. As in the world now, our house is a huge electromagnetic jungle with electromagnetic fields both big and small crisscrossing our bodies from many directions.\r\n\r\nAs a green builder I am concerned about these fields. The evidence is still inconclusive as to what the fields actually do to your body. It has been pretty solidly proven that living next to high tension electric lines increases your chances of leukemia among other cancers. But health risks from low voltage wires like the ones in a house are still unknown.\r\n\r\nHere is my reasoning on this. High tension wires cause increased cancer because the energy wreaks severe havoc on the body. Low voltage wires, like low level noises, slight smells, vague annoying lights, and all other sorts of subtle environmental agravators may not kill you but they do increase the stress levels to your body.\r\n\r\nFor example, sitting in a rumbling car tires you out a lot more than sitting in the soothing sounds of nature for the same amount of time. A car has the grinding of the engine as well as an electromagnetic drain caused by the air hitting the car and the wheels rubbing on the road (yup, I totally made that last part up, but it sounds pretty authoritative, right).\r\n\r\nAnyway, the point is that gentle nature energy heals and subtle mechanical energy drains. All illnesses are the result of the weakest link giving out and it is usually caused by stress. i.e. if you are prone to heart attacks all you need is a little nudge from the chaos of life to push you over the edge.\r\n\r\nSooooo..... as a green builder my job is to make a house that increases the soothing elements and reduces the aggravating elements, thus reducing the stress on your body and increasing your well being.\r\n\r\nAnd this brings me to house wiring.\r\n\r\nHere is the wiring job my electrician did on the first day of the job:\r\n\r\nIt is to code and by all current standard is well done. The only problem is that on the other side of the wall is the bedroom and most probably where the person will put the bed. This means that the wire will run right along the person\'s body from head to toe. I probably won\'t give them cancer. But will it disturb their sleep? There are too many variables in life for me to ever know but I\'m not taking any chances.\r\nHere is how I had him rewire it:\r\n\r\nAnother point is that we are using BX cable which is clad in metal. This is required by code in NY anyway so that nobody drills a hole in the wall and punctures the wire. But the added benefit is that it thoroughly grounds the wire and reduced the electromagnetic field. I would have used BX, which is more expensive, even if it wasn\'t required by code.', 'Electrical Wiring and EMF', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '719-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-05 17:46:38', '2009-03-05 23:46:38', '', 719, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/719-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (723, 1, '2009-03-06 09:04:11', '2009-03-06 15:04:11', 'Here is an example of the newest recessed LED lighting. There are two shown, one with a wider width than the other. By Juno. It is not cheap, coming in at around $225 US per light. They have heat sinks to keep them cool and each unit has the transformer built in. Why they put a transformer in each one instead of letting people line several lights along one transformer I don\'t know.\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (724, 1, '2009-03-06 09:03:32', '2009-03-06 15:03:32', 'Here is an example of the newest recessed LED lighting. It is not cheap, coming in at around $225 US per light. They have heat sinks to keep them cool and each unit has the transformer built in. Why they put a transformer in each one instead of letting people line several lights along one transformer I don\'t know.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n', 'LED recessed lighting ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '723-revision', '', '', '2009-03-06 09:03:32', '2009-03-06 15:03:32', '', 723, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/723-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (725, 1, '2009-03-06 09:04:11', '2009-03-06 15:04:11', 'Here is an example of the newest recessed LED lighting. It is not cheap, coming in at around $225 US per light. They have heat sinks to keep them cool and each unit has the transformer built in. Why they put a transformer in each one instead of letting people line several lights along one transformer I don\'t know.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'LED recessed lighting ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '723-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-06 09:04:11', '2009-03-06 15:04:11', '', 723, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/723-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (726, 1, '2009-03-08 12:07:34', '2009-03-08 18:07:34', 'We are renovating the facade of the top floor with similar slate that was there before. It is called Pennsylvania Black diamond cut. It actually looks grey. PA Black is a little softer than other slates but still great stuff. We bought our slate from Doug Cochran at Reclaimed Roofs, Inc.\r\n\r\nDoug is a good guy. Very sincere and a fan of green building before it was called green building. His prices are good and his service is great. I contacted about seven salvage companies and liked his the best.\r\n\r\nPrice is about $350/100 sq.ft, which is in my eyes a really good deal for something that looks amazing for the next 200 years. We nailed them in with copper nails, again because they last a long time. This kind of job is something I can really get excited about. It ain\'t the pyramids but it\'s getting close!\r\n\r\nBelow are pics of the original painted slate and the new slate we are putting on since we are raising the wall four feet. We are stripping the brown paint off the old slate so that the whole wall is the original slate color. Doug doesn\'t think stripping will be effective since PA Black is a soft slate and he thinks it has absorbed the paint. I tend to get a lot of expert opinions and then do what I want anyway :) so the verdict is not out on that yet since we\'ve not done stripping.\r\n\r\nJack Watson, one of my workers and a great green builder is taking on this job.\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (727, 1, '2009-03-08 12:07:07', '2009-03-08 18:07:07', 'We are renovating the facade of the top floor with similar slate that was there before. It is called Pennsylvania Black diamond cut. It actually looks grey. PA Black is a little softer than other slates but still great stuff. We bought our slate from Doug Cochran at Reclaimed Roofs, Inc.\n\nDoug is a good guy. Very sincere and a fan of green building before it was called green building. His prices are good and his service is great. I contacted about seven salvage companies and liked his the best.\n\nPrice is about $350/100 sq.ft, which is in my eyes a really good deal for something that looks amazing for the next 200 years. We nailed them in with copper nails, again because they last a long time. This kind of job is something I can really get excited about. \n\nBelow are pics of the original painted slate and the new slate we are putting on since we are raising the wall four feet. We are stripping the brown paint off the old slate so that the whole wall is the original slate color. Doug doesn\'t think stripping will be effective since PA Black is a soft slate and he thinks it has absorbed the paint. I tend to get a lot of expert opinions and then do what I want anyway :) so the verdict is not out on that yet since we\'ve not done stripping.\n\nJack Watson, one of my workers and a great green builder is taking on this job.\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (729, 1, '2009-03-08 14:49:04', '2009-03-08 20:49:04', 'From another blog. Hmmm... interesting.\r\n\r\nIn the last 5 years a significant portion of the arab nations have been putting in large electrified rail networks: Iran has connected all its main cities, and built promissory links to the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. Syria is developing new lines, Libya is opening lines, the southern states - Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc are planning a large high speed passenger network and freight network and of course Turkey is just about to open their first high speed link between Ankara and Istanbul.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re a large exporter of oil, why would you build an electric rail network? Surely with cheap oil you can be the last place to burn oil? I wonder whether the governments realise that supply and demand are crossing, and would rather make lots of money selling that oil whilst moving away from it themselves. ', 'a sign of the times?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sign-times', '', '', '2009-03-08 14:49:04', '2009-03-08 20:49:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=729', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (728, 1, '2009-03-08 12:07:34', '2009-03-08 18:07:34', 'We are renovating the facade of the top floor with similar slate that was there before. It is called Pennsylvania Black diamond cut. It actually looks grey. PA Black is a little softer than other slates but still great stuff. We bought our slate from Doug Cochran at Reclaimed Roofs, Inc.\r\n\r\nDoug is a good guy. Very sincere and a fan of green building before it was called green building. His prices are good and his service is great. I contacted about seven salvage companies and liked his the best.\r\n\r\nPrice is about $350/100 sq.ft, which is in my eyes a really good deal for something that looks amazing for the next 200 years. We nailed them in with copper nails, again because they last a long time. This kind of job is something I can really get excited about. It ain\'t the pyramids but it\'s getting close!\r\n\r\nBelow are pics of the original painted slate and the new slate we are putting on since we are raising the wall four feet. We are stripping the brown paint off the old slate so that the whole wall is the original slate color. Doug doesn\'t think stripping will be effective since PA Black is a soft slate and he thinks it has absorbed the paint. I tend to get a lot of expert opinions and then do what I want anyway :) so the verdict is not out on that yet since we\'ve not done stripping.\r\n\r\nJack Watson, one of my workers and a great green builder is taking on this job.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Renovating with Salvaged Slate', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '726-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-08 12:07:34', '2009-03-08 18:07:34', '', 726, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/726-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (730, 1, '2009-03-08 14:48:57', '2009-03-08 20:48:57', 'From another blog. Hmmm... interesting.\n\nIn the last 5 years a significant portion of the arab nations have been putting in large electrified rail networks: Iran has connected all its main cities, and built promissory links to the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. Syria is developing new lines, Libya is opening lines, the southern states - Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc are planning a large high speed passenger network and freight network and of course Turkey is just about to open their first high speed link between Ankara and Istanbul.\n\nIf you\'re a large exporter of oil, why would you build an electric rail network? Surely with cheap oil you can be the last place to burn oil? I wonder whether the governments realise that supply and demand are crossing, and would rather make lots of money selling that oil whilst moving away from it themselves. ', 'a sign of the times?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '729-revision', '', '', '2009-03-08 14:48:57', '2009-03-08 20:48:57', '', 729, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/729-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (731, 1, '2009-03-11 08:42:26', '2009-03-11 14:42:26', 'There is a gut renovation going on accross the street from our green show house. It is a classic renovation where a lot of money is being spent and not much thought going into how it is done. The owner is getting reamed with prices IMO.\r\n\r\nA couple weeks ago there was a dumpster full of old bricks in front of their job site. We took a bunch of the bricks but didn\'t need more and didn\'t have a place to store them at that time. \r\n\r\nSo the dumpster went on it\'s merry way to the landfill. Dumpster price to contractor: $700 aprox. He was a sub contractor hired to tear down some walls. Old bricks go for a premium over new bricks. They are actually MORE valuable. Value of bricks he threw out: $1200 aprox.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t loose any tears over it because this kind of waste happens all the time.\r\n\r\nBut then yesterday I saw they were hauling in NEW bricks! Lots of them. So this time I was annoyed. I went over and asked why they had bought new bricks when they had just thrown away perfectly good old bricks.\r\n\r\n"What old bricks!?" The guy asked. He was a sub contractor hired to build the chimneys and knew nothing about the other bricks. He was annoyed to hear they were thrown out because it could have saved him a lot of money. \r\n\r\nThis is classic construction status quo. One person is doing one thing and not communicating with another part of the job.\r\n\r\nOne sub-contractor went in and tore down a wall or two and threw out the debris. He left.\r\nAnother contractor went in and built a chimney somewhere else with new bricks.\r\nThe General Contractor didn\'t think.\r\nHad the two been put in communication they could have shared resources, saved money, saved garbage from the landfill, etc.', 'Example of How NOT to build Green', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'build-green', '', '', '2009-03-11 08:45:35', '2009-03-11 14:45:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=731', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (732, 1, '2009-03-11 08:41:45', '2009-03-11 14:41:45', 'A couple weeks ago there was a dumpster full of old bricks in front of the job site accross the street from our show house. We took a bunch of the bricks but didn\'t need more and didn\'t have a place to store them at that time. \n\nSo the dumpster went on it\'s merry way to the landfill. Dumpster price to contractor: $700 aprox. He was a sub contractor hired to tear down some walls. Old bricks go for a premium over new bricks. They are actually MORE valuable. Value of bricks he threw out: $1200 aprox.\n\nI didn\'t loose any tears over it because this kind of waste happens all the time.\n\nBut then yesterday I saw they were hauling in NEW bricks! Lots of them. So this time I was annoyed. I went over and asked why they had bought new bricks when they had just thrown away perfectly good old bricks.\n\n"What old bricks!?" The guy asked. He was a sub contractor hired to build the chimneys and knew nothing about the other bricks. He was annoyed to hear they were thrown out because it could have saved him a lot of money. \n\nThis is classic construction status quo. One person is doing one thing and not communicating with another part of the job.\n\nOne sub-contractor went in and tore down a wall or two and threw out the debris. He left.\nAnother contractor went in and built a chimney somewhere else with new bricks.\nThe General Contractor didn\'t think.\nHad the two been put in communication they could have shared resources, saved money, saved garbage from the land', 'Example of How NOT to build Green', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '731-revision', '', '', '2009-03-11 08:41:45', '2009-03-11 14:41:45', '', 731, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/731-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (733, 1, '2009-03-11 08:45:06', '2009-03-11 14:45:06', 'There is a gut renovation going on accross the street from our green show house. It is a classic renovation where a lot of money is being spent and not much thought going into how it is done. The owner is getting A couple weeks ago there was a dumpster full of old bricks in front of the job site accross the street from our show house. We took a bunch of the bricks but didn\'t need more and didn\'t have a place to store them at that time. \n\nSo the dumpster went on it\'s merry way to the landfill. Dumpster price to contractor: $700 aprox. He was a sub contractor hired to tear down some walls. Old bricks go for a premium over new bricks. They are actually MORE valuable. Value of bricks he threw out: $1200 aprox.\n\nI didn\'t loose any tears over it because this kind of waste happens all the time.\n\nBut then yesterday I saw they were hauling in NEW bricks! Lots of them. So this time I was annoyed. I went over and asked why they had bought new bricks when they had just thrown away perfectly good old bricks.\n\n"What old bricks!?" The guy asked. He was a sub contractor hired to build the chimneys and knew nothing about the other bricks. He was annoyed to hear they were thrown out because it could have saved him a lot of money. \n\nThis is classic construction status quo. One person is doing one thing and not communicating with another part of the job.\n\nOne sub-contractor went in and tore down a wall or two and threw out the debris. He left.\nAnother contractor went in and built a chimney somewhere else with new bricks.\nThe General Contractor didn\'t think.\nHad the two been put in communication they could have shared resources, saved money, saved garbage from the landfill, etc.', 'Example of How NOT to build Green', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '731-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-11 08:45:06', '2009-03-11 14:45:06', '', 731, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/731-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (734, 1, '2009-03-11 08:42:26', '2009-03-11 14:42:26', 'A couple weeks ago there was a dumpster full of old bricks in front of the job site accross the street from our show house. We took a bunch of the bricks but didn\'t need more and didn\'t have a place to store them at that time. \r\n\r\nSo the dumpster went on it\'s merry way to the landfill. Dumpster price to contractor: $700 aprox. He was a sub contractor hired to tear down some walls. Old bricks go for a premium over new bricks. They are actually MORE valuable. Value of bricks he threw out: $1200 aprox.\r\n\r\nI didn\'t loose any tears over it because this kind of waste happens all the time.\r\n\r\nBut then yesterday I saw they were hauling in NEW bricks! Lots of them. So this time I was annoyed. I went over and asked why they had bought new bricks when they had just thrown away perfectly good old bricks.\r\n\r\n"What old bricks!?" The guy asked. He was a sub contractor hired to build the chimneys and knew nothing about the other bricks. He was annoyed to hear they were thrown out because it could have saved him a lot of money. \r\n\r\nThis is classic construction status quo. One person is doing one thing and not communicating with another part of the job.\r\n\r\nOne sub-contractor went in and tore down a wall or two and threw out the debris. He left.\r\nAnother contractor went in and built a chimney somewhere else with new bricks.\r\nThe General Contractor didn\'t think.\r\nHad the two been put in communication they could have shared resources, saved money, saved garbage from the landfill, etc.', 'Example of How NOT to build Green', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '731-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-11 08:42:26', '2009-03-11 14:42:26', '', 731, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/731-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (781, 1, '2008-12-29 18:05:19', '2008-12-30 00:05:19', 'Why buy new insulation when you can get great salvaged insulation for 60% less? \r\n\r\nIt keeps it out of landfills, lessens having to make new insulation, the insulation has already off gassed any possible VOC\'s, you can use it for LEED credits, and the insulation is an amazing R6/inch (no other insulation gets that), which is great for space starved Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nIt is clearly the greenest, cheapest, and most intelligent option.\r\n\r\nFor sale is PolyISO 4x8 board. It is 1.5 inch thick natural facer (no foil) with a total of R9 insulation value. It is once used but in great shape and just as effective as the new stuff. The price is $12/sheet (60% savings).\r\n\r\nWe also have waterproof blue Extruded Polistyrene, which is great for under concrete slabs or under green roofs.\r\n\r\n\r\nContact us for details and purchase. To read more, click here.
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (774, 1, '2008-12-31 09:37:41', '2008-12-31 15:37:41', '\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nIt focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nIt invests in houses and renovates them as well as helps others renovate their homes.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving instructions on how a high efficiency boiler works in the Brooklyn Green Show House.\r\n', 'Education', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-6', '', '', '2009-04-27 16:23:16', '2009-04-27 22:23:16', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (771, 1, '2009-03-21 21:38:12', '2009-03-22 03:38:12', 'What makes a Brownstone green? Eco Brooklyn focuses on building green brownstones in Brooklyn so this is a question I ask on an ongoing basis. \r\n\r\nBelow is a changing and non-hierarchical list of what I think makes a Brownstone green. The list contains things that fulfill the following things:\r\nLess monthly costs to the owners (utilities, maintenance, etc)\r\nLess impact on the environment (energy consumption, waste creation, materials used etc)\r\nHealthier environment for tenants and neighborhood (outside greenery, indoor air quality etc)\r\n\r\nThe list is not a bullet point but rather a cloud of elements that form a fuzzy whole. You can\'t put your finger on the point when a Brownstone becomes a Green Brownstone. It is a process that changes for each building depending on budget, what the building started as, needs of tenants, the neighborhood etc.\r\n\r\nWhat Makes a Green Brownstone:\r\n\r\n- A renovated existing building, not a newly constructed building.\r\n- Not a large building, small building footprint.\r\n- Built in a dense metropolitan area.\r\n- Hyper insulated.\r\n- Renovated with salvaged materials - mostly wood and bricks.\r\n- Solar hot water heating panels.\r\n- Solar Photovoltaic panels.\r\n- High efficiency water heating unit (water tank or boiler)\r\n- Grey water and rain water collection system.\r\n- Native plant garden.\r\n- Green Roof.\r\n- Edible garden.\r\n- Beehive.\r\n- No driveway.\r\n- Close to public transportation.\r\n- Close to jobs and basic services.\r\n- Low E gas filled fiberglass frame windows.\r\n- Solar gain: large windows on south, small on north, east and west.\r\n- Window overhangs.\r\n- Solatubes.\r\n- Home run hot water pipes.\r\n- Hot water return plumbing with regulated pump.\r\n- Hyper insulated hot water pipes.\r\n- Main electric shut off switch near front door.\r\n- Bicycle storage.\r\n- Low EMF electric wiring.\r\n- Low VOC and toxins in house.\r\n- Recycling.\r\n- Dug out, vapor barrier and sun filled cellar or basement.\r\n- Soundproofed interior walls.\r\n- Only LED lighting through out.\r\n- ......let me know if I missed something.\r\n\r\nThings I left out:\r\n- On demand water heaters. These are great for some uses but not when you have radiant floor heat.\r\n- Radiant floor heat. I\'m on the fence with this. It is nice but expensive and you can heat the house very well with radiant wall panels for 1/3rd the price.\r\n- LEED certification. Being LEED certified indicates you have green features but does not indicate they fit together well nor if they were even needed in the first place.', 'What is Green Building in Brooklyn?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-building-brooklyn', '', '', '2009-03-21 21:38:12', '2009-03-22 03:38:12', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=771', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (772, 1, '2009-03-21 21:37:43', '2009-03-22 03:37:43', 'What makes a Brownstone green? Eco Brooklyn focuses on building green brownstones in Brooklyn so this is a question I ask on an ongoing basis. \n\nBelow is a changing and non-hierarchical list of what I think makes a Brownstone green. The list contains things that fulfill the following things:\nLess monthly costs to the owners (utilities, maintenance, etc)\nLess impact on the environment (energy consumption, waste creation, materials used etc)\nHealthier environment for tenants and neighborhood (outside greenery, indoor air quality etc)\n\nThe list is not a bullet point but rather a cloud of elements that form a fuzzy whole. You can\'t put your finger on the point when a Brownstone becomes a Green Brownstone. It is a process that changes for each building depending on budget, what the building started as, needs of tenants, the neighborhood etc.\n\nWhat Makes a Green Brownstone:\n\n- A renovated existing building, not a newly constructed building.\n- Not a large building, small building footprint.\n- Built in a dense metropolitan area.\n- Hyper insulated.\n- Renovated with salvaged materials - mostly wood and bricks.\n- Solar hot water heating panels.\n- Solar Photovoltaic panels.\n- High efficiency water heating unit (water tank or boiler)\n- Grey water and rain water collection system.\n- Native plant garden.\n- Green Roof.\n- Edible garden.\n- Beehive.\n- No driveway.\n- Close to public transportation.\n- Close to jobs and basic services.\n- Low E gas filled fiberglass frame windows.\n- Solar gain: large windows on south, small on north, east and west.\n- Window overhangs.\n- Solatubes.\n- Home run hot water pipes.\n- Hot water return plumbing with regulated pump.\n- Hyper insulated hot water pipes.\n- Main electric shut off switch near front door.\n- Bicycle storage.\n- Low EMF electric wiring.\n- Low VOC and toxins in house.\n- Recycling.\n- Dug out, vapor barrier and sun filled cellar or basement.\n- Soundproofed interior walls.\n- Only LED lighting through out.\n- ......let me know if I missed something.\n\nThings I left out:\n- On demand water heaters. These are great for some uses but not when you have radiant floor heat.\n- Radiant floor heat. I\'m on the fence with this. It is nice but expensive and you can heat the house very well with radiant wall panels for 1/3rd the price.\n- LEED certification. Being LEED certified indicates you have green features but does not indicate they fit together well nor if they were even needed in the first place.', 'What is Green Building?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '771-revision', '', '', '2009-03-21 21:37:43', '2009-03-22 03:37:43', '', 771, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/771-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (773, 1, '2008-11-27 13:48:26', '2008-11-27 19:48:26', 'To phone Gennaro Brooks-Church please call 347 244 3016 from 9-5. Our email is "info at ecobrooklyn dot com"\r\n\r\n[easy-contact]\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put the tar paper on. This stops any major leaks. We tape and caulk it to make it a vapor barrier of sorts. The tar paper is dunage. Dunage is material that is damaged and the store can\'t sell. So instead of throwing it out they give it to me or sell it for pennies on the dollar. They are happy to be rid of it without paying the dump truck to remove it.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put a layer of insulation. The insulation is salvaged from another building.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put the studs. They are salvaged wood that we cut down to size. We also foam seal any large gaps in the insulation. Other times we use tape. We cut the insulation to size and pack it in tight to minimize air holes.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we fill the studs with insulation.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe studs are half an inch thicker than the insulation so that when we put the insulation between the studs, the studs stick out half an inch. This allows us to put the foil over the wall and it creates an air space of half an inch. \r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put the sheet rock over that right at the end. We caulk the sheet rock and paint it to form one final seal. \r\n\r\nThese walls aren\'t letting in ANYTHING! \r\n\r\nThe temperature in NY changes steeply day to day but inside the house the temperature will remain steady. The insulation will keep us insulated from the swings of temperature. The heater will hum along at a low setting and never really have to move up or down. Of course to make up for the super sealed walls we will need to ventilate the house. We can\'t rely on normal house cracks for it to breathe.\r\n\r\nBut that is a whole different story....\r\n', 'Insulating a Brooklyn green brownstone', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'insulating-green-brownstone', '', '', '2009-03-14 21:07:38', '2009-03-15 03:07:38', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=741', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (742, 1, '2009-03-14 20:41:42', '2009-03-15 02:41:42', 'I went by a house renovation the other day. They were doing all sorts of fancy stuff - especially a super high end radiant floor heating installation. And then they were putting in 3 1/2 inch fiberglass insulation for the exterior walls.\n\nFrom the perspective of a green brownstone builder that\'s like ordering a really expensive meal and garnishing it with ketchup packets you stole from McDonald\'s. You wasted your money since it\'s just going to taste like fast food.\n\nThey are throwing away all the great heat from those expensive radiant floors through badly insulated walls. The contractor on the job knows what he is doing and by all "normal" standards he is doing a great job. But he is building by non-green standards.\n\nGreen standards require MUCH more insulation. My rule of thumb is to insulate by your latitude. Brooklyn is at 40 degrees north. Thus your Brooklyn brownstone\'s exterior walls should be R40.\n\nThat\'s a lot of insulation. Fiberglass takes up too much space so you have to go with PolyIDO if you can find it recycled. Otherwise cellulose is good. If you don\'t have qualms about using so much fossil fuel and have money to burn then spray foam is also great. If you really have money to bu\n\nThe way we are doing the green show house is with three sheets of R9 poly ISO. Each sheet is 1.5 inches thick so that is 4.5 inches of insulation with a total R value of 36. There are 12 inches of brick but that has minimal R value. This site says that each 4 inch brick is about half an R value so 12 inches would be R3. That makes our walls R39.\n\nBut we are also doing a radiant aluminum foil heat barrier which doesn\'t add R value but does stop heat (I know that sounds strange).\n\nIn cold climates you want the foil to be on the inside of the house just behind the sheet rock. That way it radiates the heat back INTO the house. In cold climates you want it just behind the outside siding so it radiates the heat AWAY from the house.\n\nOne issue with radiant heat foil is that condensation can form on the cold side of the foil. That is in the wall and can cause mold issues. But in a super insulated house that issue is greatly reduced since the heat difference on each side of the foil is minimal. \n\nIf the house wasn\'t insulated there would be a big difference in temp on each side of the foil and just like a glass of water with ice "sweats" so would the foil.\n\nAnother crucial issue with the foil is that it needs at least half an inch of air on one side of it. Otherwise it isn\'t able to radiate the heat back and it actually becomes a conductor of heat and as you know metal is a great conductor of heat. \n\nThe foil is NON-perforated, meaning it has no micro holes in it that companies put into it so that it breathes. Non-perforated foil also doubles as a vapor barrier. We don\'t need it to breather since we are supper sealing everything. The plan is for no humidity to get in there in the first place. \n\nYou either build to let things breathe (with natural materials like clay for example) or you don\'t and you have to be damn sure which way you are doing it. If you mix the two styles you have serious humidity issues. \n\nAlong the same lines we put tar paper in the mix to seal it even more.\n\nAnd one last thing. Normal construction calls for insulation to be put BETWEEN the studs. This is like putting on a nice warm jacked that has strips of wet spots on it. Those wet spots are going to feel cold if you go outside.\n\nThe studs are also pretty good at passing cold through. \n\nSo to break that we put insulation sheets BETWEEN the studs and the brick wall. Or we put it OVER the studs. Basically we mix it up because we\'re still exploring the best way. But the bottom line is that there is nowhere where cold can pass through any hard surface. It will always eventually hit insulation.\n\nIf we put the insulation OVER the studs then we put put sheet rock over the insulation and drill with long screws through the sheet rock, insulation and into the wood studs. The insulation is hardish so it creates a strong enough backing for the sheet rock. Anyway, there are details....\n\nFirst we seal up the bricks really well with cement. They have had a hundred years to deteriorate so the cement seals cracks and strengthens them. Sealing cracks is VERY important because you want everything air tight.\n\n\nThen we put the tar paper on. This stops any major leaks. We tape and caulk it to make it a vapor barrier of sorts. The tar paper is dunage. Dunage is material that is damaged and the store can\'t sell. So instead of throwing it out they give it to me or sell it for pennies on the dollar.\n\n\nThen we put a layer of insulation. The insulation is salgaved from another building.\n\n\nThen we put the studs. They are salvaged wood that we cut down to size. We also foam seal any large gaps in the insulation.\n\n\nThen we fill the studs with insulation.\n\n\nThe studs are half an inch thicker than the insulation so that when we put the insulation between the studs, the studs stick out half an inch. This allows us to put the foil over the wall and it creates an air space of half an inch for most of the area. Then we put the sheet rock over that right at the end.\n', 'Insulating a green brownstone', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '741-revision', '', '', '2009-03-14 20:41:42', '2009-03-15 02:41:42', '', 741, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/741-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (743, 1, '2009-03-14 21:07:13', '2009-03-15 03:07:13', 'I went by a house renovation the other day. They were doing all sorts of fancy stuff - especially a super high end radiant floor heating installation. And then they were putting in 3 1/2 inch fiberglass insulation for the exterior walls.\n\nFrom the perspective of a green brownstone builder that\'s like ordering a really expensive meal and garnishing it with ketchup packets you stole from McDonald\'s. You wasted your money since it\'s just going to taste like fast food anyway.\n\nAnd the same goes for them. Radiant floor heating saves money because you don\'t have to heat the house as much. But their utilities are still going to be higher than necessary because they are throwing away all the great heat from those expensive radiant floors through badly insulated walls. \n\nThe contractor on the job knows what he is doing and by all "normal" standards he is doing a great job. He is doing everything right. But he is building by non-green standards. \n\nNon-green standards are about comfort in a world where fuel is cheap and America is great. Those radiant floors will feel great under foot. The client will be happy and compared to the previous house that had bad insulation WITHOUT radiant floors he might even see his utility bill go down a bit.\n\nBut green standards require MUCH more insulation and have much higher expectations towards lowering fuel bills. My rule of thumb is to insulate by your latitude. Brooklyn is at 40 degrees north. Thus your Brooklyn brownstone\'s exterior walls should be R40.\n\nThat\'s a lot of insulation. \n\nBut what\'s cheaper, three thousand dollars of insulation now or ten thousand dollars over the next ten years? As anyone who feels the clock of time ticking will tell you, time flies. Don\'t invest your money in your utility bill. It\'s really a crappy way to save for retirement.\n\nFiberglass takes up too much space so you have to go with PolyISO if you can find it recycled. Otherwise dense packed cellulose is good but still takes up space. If you don\'t have qualms about using so much fossil fuel and have money to burn then spray foam is also great. If you really have money to burn then you can used cotton batts.\n\nThe way we are doing the Brooklyn green show house is with three sheets of R9 poly ISO. Each sheet is 1.5 inches thick so that is 4.5 inches of insulation with a total R value of 36. There are 12 inches of brick but that has minimal R value. This site says that each 4 inch brick is about half an R value so 12 inches would be R3. \n\nThat makes our walls R39.\n\nBut we are also doing a radiant aluminum foil heat barrier which doesn\'t add R value but does stop heat (I know, that sounds strange).\n\nIn cold climates you want the foil to be on the inside of the house just behind the sheet rock. That way it radiates the heat back INTO the house. In warm climates you want it just behind the outside siding so it radiates the heat AWAY from the house.\n\nOne issue with radiant heat foil is that condensation can form on the cold side of the foil. That is in the wall and can cause mold issues. But in a super insulated house that issue is greatly reduced since the heat difference on each side of the foil is minimal. \n\nIf the house wasn\'t insulated there would be a big difference in temp on each side of the foil and just like a glass of water with ice "sweats" so would the foil.\n\nAnother crucial issue with the foil is that it needs at least half an inch of air on one side of it. Otherwise it isn\'t able to radiate the heat back and it actually becomes a conductor of heat and as you know metal is a great conductor of heat. \n\nThe foil is NON-perforated, meaning it has no micro holes in it that companies put into it so that it breathes. Non-perforated foil also doubles as a vapor barrier. We don\'t need it to breather since we are supper sealing everything. The plan is for no humidity to get in there in the first place. \n\nYou either build to let things breathe (with natural materials like clay for example) or you don\'t and you have to be damn sure which way you are doing it. If you mix the two styles you have serious humidity issues. \n\nAlong the same lines we put tar paper in the mix to seal the wall even more from the elements.\n\nAnd one last thing. Normal construction calls for insulation to be put BETWEEN the studs. This is like putting on a nice warm jacked that has strips cut out of it. Those strips are going to feel cold if you go outside.\n\nThe studs are also pretty good at passing cold through. Wood is an ok conductor of heat. Metal studs are great conductors of heat.\n\nSo to break that we put insulation sheets BETWEEN the studs and the brick wall. Or we put it OVER the studs. Or we do both. Basically we mix it up because we\'re still exploring the best way. But the bottom line is that there is nowhere where cold can pass through any hard surface all the way from the outside to the inside. It will always eventually hit insulation.\n\nFirst we seal up the bricks really well with cement. They have had a hundred years to deteriorate so the cement seals cracks and strengthens them. Sealing cracks is VERY important because you want everything air tight.\n\n\nThen we put the tar paper on. This stops any major leaks. We tape and caulk it to make it a vapor barrier of sorts. The tar paper is dunage. Dunage is material that is damaged and the store can\'t sell. So instead of throwing it out they give it to me or sell it for pennies on the dollar. They are happy to be rid of it without paying the dump truck to remove it.\n\n\nThen we put a layer of insulation. The insulation is salvaged from another building.\n\n\nThen we put the studs. They are salvaged wood that we cut down to size. We also foam seal any large gaps in the insulation. Other times we use tape. We cut the insulation to size and pack it in tight to minimize air holes.\n\n\nThen we fill the studs with insulation.\n\n\nThe studs are half an inch thicker than the insulation so that when we put the insulation between the studs, the studs stick out half an inch. This allows us to put the foil over the wall and it creates an air space of half an inch. \n\n\nThen we put the sheet rock over that right at the end. We caulk the sheet rock and paint it to form one final seal. \n\nThese walls aren\'t letting in ANYTHING! \n\nThe temperature in NY changes steeply day to day but inside the house the temperature will remain steady. The insulation will keep us insulated from the swings of temperature. The heater will hum along at a low setting and never really have to move up or down. Of course to make up for the super sealed walls we will need to ventilate the house. We can\'t rely on normal house cracks for it to breathe.\n\nBut that is a whole different story....\n', 'Insulating a Brooklyn green brownstone', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '741-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-14 21:07:13', '2009-03-15 03:07:13', '', 741, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/741-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (744, 1, '2009-03-14 20:42:29', '2009-03-15 02:42:29', 'I went by a house renovation the other day. They were doing all sorts of fancy stuff - especially a super high end radiant floor heating installation. And then they were putting in 3 1/2 inch fiberglass insulation for the exterior walls.\r\n\r\nFrom the perspective of a green brownstone builder that\'s like ordering a really expensive meal and garnishing it with ketchup packets you stole from McDonald\'s. You wasted your money since it\'s just going to taste like fast food.\r\n\r\nThey are throwing away all the great heat from those expensive radiant floors through badly insulated walls. The contractor on the job knows what he is doing and by all "normal" standards he is doing a great job. But he is building by non-green standards.\r\n\r\nGreen standards require MUCH more insulation. My rule of thumb is to insulate by your latitude. Brooklyn is at 40 degrees north. Thus your Brooklyn brownstone\'s exterior walls should be R40.\r\n\r\nThat\'s a lot of insulation. Fiberglass takes up too much space so you have to go with PolyIDO if you can find it recycled. Otherwise cellulose is good. If you don\'t have qualms about using so much fossil fuel and have money to burn then spray foam is also great. If you really have money to burn then you can used cotton batts.\r\n\r\nThe way we are doing the Brooklyn green show house is with three sheets of R9 poly ISO. Each sheet is 1.5 inches thick so that is 4.5 inches of insulation with a total R value of 36. There are 12 inches of brick but that has minimal R value. This site says that each 4 inch brick is about half an R value so 12 inches would be R3. That makes our walls R39.\r\n\r\nBut we are also doing a radiant aluminum foil heat barrier which doesn\'t add R value but does stop heat (I know that sounds strange).\r\n\r\nIn cold climates you want the foil to be on the inside of the house just behind the sheet rock. That way it radiates the heat back INTO the house. In cold climates you want it just behind the outside siding so it radiates the heat AWAY from the house.\r\n\r\nOne issue with radiant heat foil is that condensation can form on the cold side of the foil. That is in the wall and can cause mold issues. But in a super insulated house that issue is greatly reduced since the heat difference on each side of the foil is minimal. \r\n\r\nIf the house wasn\'t insulated there would be a big difference in temp on each side of the foil and just like a glass of water with ice "sweats" so would the foil.\r\n\r\nAnother crucial issue with the foil is that it needs at least half an inch of air on one side of it. Otherwise it isn\'t able to radiate the heat back and it actually becomes a conductor of heat and as you know metal is a great conductor of heat. \r\n\r\nThe foil is NON-perforated, meaning it has no micro holes in it that companies put into it so that it breathes. Non-perforated foil also doubles as a vapor barrier. We don\'t need it to breather since we are supper sealing everything. The plan is for no humidity to get in there in the first place. \r\n\r\nYou either build to let things breathe (with natural materials like clay for example) or you don\'t and you have to be damn sure which way you are doing it. If you mix the two styles you have serious humidity issues. \r\n\r\nAlong the same lines we put tar paper in the mix to seal it even more.\r\n\r\nAnd one last thing. Normal construction calls for insulation to be put BETWEEN the studs. This is like putting on a nice warm jacked that has strips of wet spots on it. Those wet spots are going to feel cold if you go outside.\r\n\r\nThe studs are also pretty good at passing cold through. \r\n\r\nSo to break that we put insulation sheets BETWEEN the studs and the brick wall. Or we put it OVER the studs. Basically we mix it up because we\'re still exploring the best way. But the bottom line is that there is nowhere where cold can pass through any hard surface. It will always eventually hit insulation.\r\n\r\nIf we put the insulation OVER the studs then we put put sheet rock over the insulation and drill with long screws through the sheet rock, insulation and into the wood studs. The insulation is hardish so it creates a strong enough backing for the sheet rock. Anyway, there are details....\r\n\r\nFirst we seal up the bricks really well with cement. They have had a hundred years to deteriorate so the cement seals cracks and strengthens them. Sealing cracks is VERY important because you want everything air tight.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen we put the tar paper on. This stops any major leaks. We tape and caulk it to make it a vapor barrier of sorts. The tar paper is dunage. Dunage is material that is damaged and the store can\'t sell. So instead of throwing it out they give it to me or sell it for pennies on the dollar.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen we put a layer of insulation. The insulation is salgaved from another building.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen we put the studs. They are salvaged wood that we cut down to size. We also foam seal any large gaps in the insulation.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen we fill the studs with insulation.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe studs are half an inch thicker than the insulation so that when we put the insulation between the studs, the studs stick out half an inch. This allows us to put the foil over the wall and it creates an air space of half an inch for most of the area. Then we put the sheet rock over that right at the end.\r\n', 'Insulating a green brownstone', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '741-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-14 20:42:29', '2009-03-15 02:42:29', '', 741, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/741-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (745, 1, '2009-03-15 10:40:56', '2009-03-15 16:40:56', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\r\n\r\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\r\n\r\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\r\n\r\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \r\n\r\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is an innovative green building company but the funny thing is that a lot of our "innovative" tools are actually drawn from long standing, age old, time proven practices that "modern" society has temporarily pushed aside. \r\n\r\nThe edible garden is one of them. An edible garden is just a remembrance and revitalization of something very common and necessary in our world. Humans living in harmony with their immediate ecosystems is actually a very easy and attainable thing. \r\n\r\nIt starts with one plant and a handful of earth. It may end there too if you don\'t know what the next step is :), but one step at a time...\r\n\r\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\r\n\r\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \r\n\r\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\r\n\r\n1.\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (747, 1, '2009-03-15 10:40:24', '2009-03-15 16:40:24', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\n\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\n\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\n\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \n\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\n\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\n\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \n\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \n\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\n\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\n\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \n\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\n\n1.\n\n2. \n\n3. 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (748, 1, '2009-03-15 10:40:56', '2009-03-15 16:40:56', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\r\n\r\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\r\n\r\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\r\n\r\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \r\n\r\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\r\n\r\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\r\n\r\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \r\n\r\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\r\n\r\n1.\r\n\r\n2. \r\n\r\n3. \r\n\r\nWe\'ve decided we want a lap pool. It is fun for splashing and exercise but it might also serve as a heat sink when we need to dump hot water from the solar hot water tank during the summer.\r\n4. ', 'Edible Garden in Brooklyn', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '745-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-15 10:40:56', '2009-03-15 16:40:56', '', 745, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/745-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (749, 1, '2009-03-15 10:44:10', '2009-03-15 16:44:10', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\r\n\r\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\r\n\r\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\r\n\r\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \r\n\r\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\r\n\r\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\r\n\r\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \r\n\r\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\r\n\r\n1.\r\n\r\n\r\n2.\r\n \r\n\r\n3.\r\n \r\n\r\n4.\r\nWe\'ve decided we want a lap pool. It is fun for splashing and exercise but it might also serve as a heat sink when we need to dump hot water from the solar hot water tank during the summer.\r\n', 'Edible Garden in Brooklyn', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '745-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-15 10:44:10', '2009-03-15 16:44:10', '', 745, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/745-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (750, 1, '2009-03-15 10:52:57', '2009-03-15 16:52:57', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\n\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\n\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\n\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \n\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\n\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\n\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \n\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \n\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\n\nEco Brooklyn is an innovative green building company but the funny thing is that a lot of our "innovative" tools are actually drawn from long standing, age old, time proven practices that "modern" society has temporarily pushed aside. \n\nThe edible garden is one of them. An edible garden is just a remembrance and revitalization of something very common and necessary in our world. Humans living in harmony with their immediate ecosystems is actually a very easy and attainable thing. \n\nIt starts with one plant and a handful of earth.\n\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\n\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \n\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\n\n1.\n\n\n2.\n \n\n3.\n\n\n4.\nWe\'ve decided we want a lap pool. It is fun for splashing and exercise but it might also serve as a heat sink when we need to dump hot water from the solar hot water tank during the summer.\n', 'Edible Garden in Brooklyn', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '745-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-15 10:52:57', '2009-03-15 16:52:57', '', 745, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/745-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (751, 1, '2009-03-15 10:45:52', '2009-03-15 16:45:52', 'Our green show house in Brooklyn had a concrete back yard. It was three inches of solid impervious, heat making concrete. The death valley of back yards. Without the space.\r\n\r\nSo we tore up the concrete and sent it on it\'s heavy way. Now we have rich dark soil ready for life.\r\n\r\nWe have big plans for the garden. We want an aesthetically pleasing garden with a nice layout and beautiful foliage that attracts fauna. A haven for humans and animals alike.\r\n\r\nThus the concept of an EDIBLE GARDEN. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden is one that has all the nice qualities of an garden with the food bearing qualities of a farm. Well, not really a farm. More like a mini garden of Eden. A farm takes work. A garden of Eden is there with all its bounty while asking for very little work in return except the occasional mild pruning and affection.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden appeals to the gatherer (as in "hunter gatherer") in all of us. The joy of going out with your daughter and a bucket on Sunday morning to pick blackberries for pancakes. The delight and drama of competing with the birds over cherries.\r\n\r\nAn edible garden is not a passive beauty to be admired from afar. It is not a museum piece. It does not contain plants that look like purebred poodles that aren\'t of much use but to feed the ego of the owner. \r\n\r\nAn edible garden contains local flora that literally feed you. They feed the bugs, bees and birds. They attract squirrels, cats and ferrets. They provide food and homes. \r\n\r\nIn short an edible garden is an ecosystem.\r\n\r\nWe don\'t plan on having to water the garden in the long term. But we will have a Grey water hose (water stored from rain, showers and sinks) to keep things lush and happy if need be in the short term.\r\n\r\nWe are still toying with the design. Below are some ideas. \r\n\r\nThe whole concept, design and implementation is being done by a real master in the field. His name is Mihail Kossev and his company is Edible Home Garden. Eco Brooklyn is honored to have him as a business partner and I hope to get lots of future gardening jobs with him.\r\n\r\n1.\r\n\r\n\r\n2.\r\n \r\n\r\n3.\r\n\r\n\r\n4.\r\nWe\'ve decided we want a lap pool. It is fun for splashing and exercise but it might also serve as a heat sink when we need to dump hot water from the solar hot water tank during the summer.\r\n', 'Edible Garden in Brooklyn', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '745-revision-4', '', '', '2009-03-15 10:45:52', '2009-03-15 16:45:52', '', 745, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/745-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (752, 1, '2009-03-17 18:13:39', '2009-03-18 00:13:39', 'I had to paint the hallway of one of my tenant\'s apartments. \r\n\r\nSo I\'m in the paint isle and I have a dilemma. Normal paint is cheap. Low VOC or non VOC paint is almost twice the price. Which one do I buy?\r\n\r\nThey don\'t care if the paint is low VOC...\r\nI\'m not sure they know what VOC means...\r\nThey don\'t have kids (I have a soft spot for children\'s health).\r\nNobody will know what paint I buy...\r\nnobody except me really cares...\r\nnobody will think I\'m cool or not...\r\nthis isn\'t my home...\r\nthe rental is a business and as a business I want to keep costs low and profit high...\r\nI\'m not rolling in money right now...\r\nIt\'s just a hallway anyway...\r\n\r\n\r\nDespite my intense involvement in green I was strongly tempted to go with the cheap paint. I got a good insight into the reason people don\'t buy green when it is more expensive.\r\n\r\nBut I compromised. I bought the low VOC instead of non VOC. It was only a couple dollars more than the cheap paint and many dollars less than the non VOC.\r\n\r\nBut it was quite an insight. Like always I came away knowing that whatever choice I made I had to be sure I was ok with it. I\'m not sure anything else really matters as much.', 'Are you green when nobody is looking?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-looking', '', '', '2009-03-17 18:16:34', '2009-03-18 00:16:34', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=752', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (753, 1, '2009-03-17 18:13:02', '2009-03-18 00:13:02', 'I had to paint the hallway of one of my tenant\'s apartments. \n\nSo I\'m in the paint isle and I have a dilemma. Normal paint is cheap. Low VOC or non VOC paint is almost twice the price.\n\nThey don\'t care if the paint is low VOC...\nI\'m not sure they know what VOC means...\nThey don\'t have kids (I have a soft spot for children\' health).\nNobody will know what paint I buy...\nnobody except me really cares...\nnobody will think I\'m cool or not...\nthis isn\'t my home...\nthe rental is a business and as a business I want to keep costs low and profit high...\nI\'m not rolling in money right now...\nIt\'s just a hallway any...\n\nThere was very strong incentive to buy the cheap paint. I got a good insight into the reason people don\'t buy green when it is more expensive.\n\nDespite my intense involvement in green I was strongly tempted to go with the cheap paint.\n\nBut I compromised. I bought the low VOC instead of non VOC. It was only a couple dollars more than the cheap paint and many dollars less than the non VOC.\n\nBut it was quite an insight. Like always I came away knowing that whatever choice I made I had to be sure I was ok with it. Nobody else really matters in those moments.', 'Are you green when nobody is looking?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '752-revision', '', '', '2009-03-17 18:13:02', '2009-03-18 00:13:02', '', 752, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/752-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (754, 1, '2009-03-17 18:15:48', '2009-03-18 00:15:48', 'I had to paint the hallway of one of my tenant\'s apartments. \n\nSo I\'m in the paint isle and I have a dilemma. Normal paint is cheap. Low VOC or non VOC paint is almost twice the price. Which one do I buy?\n\nThey don\'t care if the paint is low VOC...\nI\'m not sure they know what VOC means...\nThey don\'t have kids (I have a soft spot for children\'s health).\nNobody will know what paint I buy...\nnobody except me really cares...\nnobody will think I\'m cool or not...\nthis isn\'t my home...\nthe rental is a business and as a business I want to keep costs low and profit high...\nI\'m not rolling in money right now...\nIt\'s just a hallway anyway...\n\n\nDespite my intense involvement in green I was strongly tempted to go with the cheap paint. I got a good insight into the reason people don\'t buy green when it is more expensive.\n\n\nBut I compromised. I bought the low VOC instead of non VOC. It was only a couple dollars more than the cheap paint and many dollars less than the non VOC.\n\nBut it was quite an insight. Like always I came away knowing that whatever choice I made I had to be sure I was ok with it. ', 'Are you green when nobody is looking?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '752-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-17 18:15:48', '2009-03-18 00:15:48', '', 752, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/752-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (755, 1, '2009-03-17 18:13:39', '2009-03-18 00:13:39', 'I had to paint the hallway of one of my tenant\'s apartments. \r\n\r\nSo I\'m in the paint isle and I have a dilemma. Normal paint is cheap. Low VOC or non VOC paint is almost twice the price.\r\n\r\nThey don\'t care if the paint is low VOC...\r\nI\'m not sure they know what VOC means...\r\nThey don\'t have kids (I have a soft spot for children\' health).\r\nNobody will know what paint I buy...\r\nnobody except me really cares...\r\nnobody will think I\'m cool or not...\r\nthis isn\'t my home...\r\nthe rental is a business and as a business I want to keep costs low and profit high...\r\nI\'m not rolling in money right now...\r\nIt\'s just a hallway any...\r\n\r\nThere was very strong incentive to buy the cheap paint. I got a good insight into the reason people don\'t buy green when it is more expensive.\r\n\r\nDespite my intense involvement in green I was strongly tempted to go with the cheap paint.\r\n\r\nBut I compromised. I bought the low VOC instead of non VOC. It was only a couple dollars more than the cheap paint and many dollars less than the non VOC.\r\n\r\nBut it was quite an insight. Like always I came away knowing that whatever choice I made I had to be sure I was ok with it. ', 'Are you green when nobody is looking?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '752-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-17 18:13:39', '2009-03-18 00:13:39', '', 752, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/752-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (756, 1, '2009-01-06 18:28:20', '2009-01-07 00:28:20', 'In the constant quest for a greener insulation I have considered many options.\r\n- Cellulose is good but messy and dusty.\r\n- Isonyne spray foam or Demilec spray foam is good but not that cheap and quite honestly not as green as they say. It takes huge amounts of energy and petroleum to create the main ingredient isocyanate.\r\n- Formaldehyde free fiberglass is ok but still fiberglass (scratch, scratch).\r\n- Solid foam is good and in my opinion under valued by the green community.\r\n\r\nTHEN you have RECYCLED SOLID FOAM, which I am starting to think is the way to go.\r\nI might buy it from www.InsulationDepot.com. It comes out at the same price as normal fiberglass batts but is way better R value when you air seal the boards correctly. And it is RECYCLED.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion normal (non-green) recycled materials is better than new green material. Why make more when it has already been made.\r\n\r\nALSO, foam board does off gas a little BUT almost all of that happens in the first few months or year. And since it is recycled it has already off gassed! Now that is a fantastic side benefit of recycling!\r\n\r\nFurther info I found on the web \r\n\r\nWhether it takes the form of batt, loose fill, sprayed-in foam, or rigid foam, insulation is an essential part of any housing. Insulation slows the transfer of heat (energy) from warmer areas to colder areas. It can also serve to reduce noise. Insulation effectiveness is typically measured in R-value. A higher R-value for insulation is better. A well-constructed insulation system will help reduce air infiltration and heat transfer and help control moisture. All of these factors need to come together to produce a comfortable and healthy living environment. The following analysis examines the relative economic, energy, and environmental impacts of the following insulation types: fiberglass batt, blown and loose fill cellulose, blown fiberglass, foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate or polyicynene, extruded polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, and rigid polyisocyanurate. \r\n\r\nRecommendations\r\nLoose fill, blown and batt insulation is more cost effective in walls and attics than rigid board insulation. Foamed-in-place insulation should be used when budget permits, its high R-value combined with excellent air sealing increase the overall performance of the assembly. Look for insulation materials that have stable R-values over time. \r\nExtruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation with CFC or HCFC\'s as blowing agents should not be used. Rigid insulation alternatives include: wood fiberboard, (some made entirely from recycled cellulose), expanded polystyrene (EPS), fiberglass board, or cellular glass board. \r\n\r\nInsulation Fact Sheet:\r\n| \r\n alternatives | \r\n \r\n cost/sq. ft./R (materials & labor) | \r\n \r\n energy (R- value per inch) | \r\n \r\n IAQ | \r\n \r\n\r\n expected product life (years) | \r\n \r\n life cycle thinking | \r\n \r\n practice | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass batt | \r\n \r\n .03 | \r\n \r\n 3.2 | \r\n \r\n typical | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n cellulose blown and loose fill | \r\n \r\n .02 | \r\n \r\n 3.7 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n fiberglass blown | \r\n \r\n .04 | \r\n \r\n 2.2 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n\r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n foamed-in-place polyisocyanurate\r\n or polyicynene | \r\n\r\n \r\n not ava | \r\n \r\n 3.6-5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n better | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n requires trained installer | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: extruded | \r\n \r\n 0.14 | \r\n \r\n 5.0 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 10-15 | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: expanded | \r\n \r\n 0.13 | \r\n \r\n 3.85 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15 | \r\n \r\n good | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
| \r\n rigid perimeter: polyisocyanurate | \r\n \r\n 0.09 | \r\n \r\n 7.2 | \r\n \r\n\r\n typical | \r\n \r\n 15-30 | \r\n \r\n better | \r\n \r\n standard | \r\n
\r\nVintage Slate\r\nAntique roof or wall slate . 400 pieces. Covers about 135 square feet. Beautiful and really priced to sell.\r\nSell the lot for $1500 ($3.75/piece) or by unit for $5. \r\n\r\n
\r\nHigh Grade Insulation\r\nThis option is greener and more effective than any other insulation out there, including spray foam and cellulose.\r\n\r\nFor sale is once used 4x8 PolyISO "natural facer" insulation board for $10/sheet (that\'s 75% off store price!). At only 1.5" thick it is nice and thin for space craved Brooklyn houses yet still packs a hefty R9 insulation value. Compare that to 6" of fiberglass batts! \r\n\r\nAnd since it is once used you\'re saving garbage from the landfill. Being recycled it has off gassed any potentially harmful fumes. The price is really great but price is not the only benefit since it is really a green option.\r\n\r\n
\r\nFree Metal Studs\r\nWe have about 20 or 30 salvaged studs. They are fine for any stud job. They are free but we ask for 20 cents per stud to dissuade people from bringing them to the scrap yard for cash (we want the studs to be used again, not scrapped).\r\n\r\nScrap Wood\r\nWe have lots of scrap wood. Good for art projects or whatever. Free.', 'Sale', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1028-revision-3', '', '', '2009-04-26 11:20:26', '2009-04-26 17:20:26', '', 1028, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1028-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1142, 1, '2009-05-04 17:34:09', '2009-05-04 23:34:09', '\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is the most innovative green contractor in Brooklyn. Our background is in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education where we are either students or teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base as well as educating the community. \r\n\r\nOn our team is a certified green roof installer, green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP, Green Educator and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP, educator and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but is also of highest monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in our membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\n\nAnd we\'re not alone. As one site likes to say, "The American Academy of Otolaryngology reports that sinusitis is the most common chronic medical condition in the country. This disorder of the upper airway affects 37 million Americans and leads to debilitating pain and a decline in quality-of-life."\n\nSinus infections are debilitating. Even though they happen in the sinus, they make the whole body feel like you\'ve been hit by a train. It is a real drain on the body. Your mind is fuzzy and your body is weak. The real problem is that it can be chronic to the point that you just get used to working at half mast. It can really screw up your life.\n\nI have an ongoing arsenal of medications to combat the ongoing sinus infections I get almost on a yearly basis.\n\nTo be honest I\'m not very effective at keeping the infection at bay and usually have to resort to antibiotics. And I have no idea what natural medication is more effective than another. I basically throw them all at my nose and hope one of them helps. The way I look at it I might be getting infections a lot more if I DIDN\'T do all these things. And they do give me relief.\n\nThe following list is an informal collection of things I have found to be helpful at cleaning out the sinus and keeping them infection free.\n\n\nThe Neti Pot.\n\nThis one is quite an experience if you\'ve never done it before. But it is very effective. You pass water through the sinuses. The water should be warm and clean. Put a healthy pinch of salt in the water. You can also add other disinfectants. The best are a little hydrogen peroxide, or apple cider vinigar or a little drop of grapefruit seed extract.\n\nGrapefruit seed extract. \nThis stuff tastes like crap. But it is a great natural germ killer. Put a few drops in your hot tea and gulp it down. You don\'t savor this stuff.\n\nApple cider vinegar.\nIf there ever was a cure all old wives\' remedy this would be it. Does everything from increasing longevity to increase your sex drive apparently. But again it is good at killing germs and increasing the flow of healthy fluids. Hot water, apple cider vinegar and honey is a nice drink.\n\n"Sinus Buster" nasal spray.\nTry snorting hot pepper powder and you\'ll know how this sinus spray feels. It literally has hot pepper in it and boy is it effective at cleansing out the sinus. Not for the faint of heart, or nose.\n\nDr. Shen\'s Sinus tablets, aka Pe Min Kan Wan.\nHarmless looking little brown pills. Take as many as you want. Very Asian.\n\nGinger\nGinger root, another age old medicinal. Grate it generously into hot tea, cook with it.\n\nOregano Oil\nOne of the big issues with sinus is high levels of candida in the body. Oregano oil is a great candida killer as well as general disinfectant.\n\nGarlic\nGarlic is to Europe what Ginger is to Asia. Garlic again is a disinfectant and like all the above ingredients it stimulates the glands and gets the healthy juices moving.\n\nRed Peper\nIf you\'ve ever eaten spicy food that was so strong you began sweating, your eyes teared up and you had to blow your nose, then you have already experienced a hot pepper sinus cleanse. Put it in your apple cider hot tea drink and in your food. \n\nHot water\nThe combination of humidity and heat is great for clearing sinuses. Let the shower pour over your forehead, place your towel covered head over a pot of hot water, lay with a hot wet rag over your face or sit in a Turkish steam sauna. It all does wonders for the sinus.\n\nWhat Not To Do\n\nDon\'t Expose your face to cold.\n Cold weather, cold food, cold water... it all does the opposite of the above things. It constricts your sinus passages and doesn\'t let them clear. Stay away from ice cream, cold drinks, ice, \n\nDon\'t Eat Mucus Forming Food\nIt is hard to get good food on the job site. Usually you are stuck with sandwiches from the corner deli. But as much as possible it is important to avoid dairy, sugar, refined flour (white bread, pasta etc), fried food, and other starchy things. They create mucus and clog up the sinus. Good luck with this one. It is not easy. These things are also the main culprits for candida build up in the body, another enemy of the sinus.\n\n', 'Sinus Infections and Construction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '783-revision', '', '', '2009-03-22 09:53:19', '2009-03-22 15:53:19', '', 783, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/783-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (787, 1, '2009-03-22 10:02:18', '2009-03-22 16:02:18', 'Our job sites are cleaner than most. We barely have any of the normal toxins. Formaldehyde, nasty glues, paints, thinners and all the other chemical toxins are pretty much absent from our job site.\n\nWe buy stuff that is free of those toxins when possible. And if not then we find a way not to use them. If that means cleaning the wall with a metal brush for a longer time instead of using ammonia acid then so be it.\n\nBut even so there is a lot of dust. Even good old fashioned wood can create irritants when cut. Then there is all the dust from tearing down walls, mixing concrete, cutting sheet rock, grinding metal....\n\nAll this stuff wreaks havoc on the workers\' sinuses. Sinus infections are a problem. The sinus is actually a very complex system and a lot more than an air passage through your nose. It ties all sorts of things together, from your mouth, ears, eyes, lungs and stomach. Even your brain is closely linked to how well your sinus is working.\n\n\n\nAnd we\'re not alone. As one site likes to say, "The American Academy of Otolaryngology reports that sinusitis is the most common chronic medical condition in the country. This disorder of the upper airway affects 37 million Americans and leads to debilitating pain and a decline in quality-of-life."\n\nSinus infections are debilitating. Even though they happen in the sinus, they make the whole body feel like you\'ve been hit by a train. It is a real drain on the body. Your mind is fuzzy and your body is weak. The real problem is that it can be chronic to the point that you just get used to working at half mast. It can really screw up your life.\n\nI have an ongoing arsenal of medications to combat the ongoing sinus infections I get almost on a yearly basis.\n\nTo be honest I\'m not very effective at keeping the infection at bay and usually have to resort to antibiotics. And I have no idea what natural medication is more effective than another. I basically throw them all at my nose and hope one of them helps. The way I look at it I might be getting infections a lot more if I DIDN\'T do all these things. And they do give me relief.\n\nThe following list is an informal collection of things I have found to be helpful at cleaning out the sinus and keeping them infection free.\n\n\nThe Neti Pot.\n\nThis one is quite an experience if you\'ve never done it before. But it is very effective. You pass water through the sinuses. The water should be warm and clean. Put a healthy pinch of salt in the water. You can also add other disinfectants. The best are a little hydrogen peroxide, or apple cider vinigar or a little drop of grapefruit seed extract.\n\nGrapefruit seed extract. \nThis stuff tastes like crap. But it is a great natural germ killer. Put a few drops in your hot tea and gulp it down. You don\'t savor this stuff.\n\nApple cider vinegar.\nIf there ever was a cure all old wives\' remedy this would be it. Does everything from increasing longevity to increase your sex drive apparently. But again it is good at killing germs and increasing the flow of healthy fluids. Hot water, apple cider vinegar and honey is a nice drink.\n\n"Sinus Buster" nasal spray.\nTry snorting hot pepper powder and you\'ll know how this sinus spray feels. It literally has hot pepper in it and boy is it effective at cleansing out the sinus. Not for the faint of heart, or nose.\n\nDr. Shen\'s Sinus tablets, aka Pe Min Kan Wan.\nHarmless looking little brown pills. Take as many as you want. Very Asian.\n\nGinger\nGinger root, another age old medicinal. Grate it generously into hot tea, cook with it.\n\nOregano Oil Capsules\nOne of the big issues with sinus is high levels of candida in the body. Oregano oil is a great candida killer as well as general disinfectant. Take them with food or else you\'ll get oregano heart burn.\n\nGarlic\nGarlic is to Europe what Ginger is to Asia. Garlic again is a disinfectant and like all the above ingredients it stimulates the glands and gets the healthy juices moving.\n\nRed Peper\nIf you\'ve ever eaten spicy food that was so strong you began sweating, your eyes teared up and you had to blow your nose, then you have already experienced a hot pepper sinus cleanse. Put it in your apple cider hot tea drink and in your food. \n\nHot water\nThe combination of humidity and heat is great for clearing sinuses. Let the shower pour over your forehead, place your towel covered head over a pot of hot water, lay with a hot wet rag over your face or sit in a Turkish steam sauna. It all does wonders for the sinus.\n\nWhat Not To Do\n\nDon\'t Expose your face to cold.\n Cold weather, cold food, cold water... it all does the opposite of the above things. It constricts your sinus passages and doesn\'t let them clear. Stay away from ice cream, cold drinks, ice, etc. Cover your face in cold weather.\n\nDon\'t Eat Mucus Forming Food\nIt is hard to get good food on the job site. Usually you are stuck with sandwiches from the corner deli. But as much as possible it is important to avoid dairy, sugar, refined flour (white bread, pasta etc), fried food, and other starchy things. They create mucus and clog up the sinus. Good luck with this one. It is not easy. These things are also the main culprits for candida build up in the body, another enemy of the sinus.\n\nDon\'t expose yourself to dust\nOn a job site this isn\'t easy. It means wearing a mask. Keep the area well ventilated. When possible cut outside. Constantly clean with a good vacuum. Don\'t sweap the dust back into the air. ', 'Sinus Infections and Construction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '783-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-22 10:02:18', '2009-03-22 16:02:18', '', 783, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/783-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (788, 1, '2009-03-22 09:54:08', '2009-03-22 15:54:08', 'Our job sites are cleaner than most. We barely have any of the normal toxins. Formaldehyde, nasty glues, paints, thinners and all the other chemical toxins are pretty much absent from our job site.\r\n\r\nWe buy stuff that is free of those toxins when possible. And if not then we find a way not to use them. If that means cleaning the wall with a metal brush for a longer time instead of using ammonia acid then so be it.\r\n\r\nBut even so there is a lot of dust. Even good old fashioned wood can create irritants when cut. Then there is all the dust from tearing down walls, mixing concrete, cutting sheet rock, grinding metal....\r\n\r\nAll this stuff wreaks havoc on the workers\' sinuses. Sinus infections are a problem. The sinus is actually a very complex system and a lot more than an air passage through your nose. It ties all sorts of things together, from your mouth, ears, eyes, lungs and stomach. Even your brain is closely linked to how well your sinus is working.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re not alone. As one site likes to say, "The American Academy of Otolaryngology reports that sinusitis is the most common chronic medical condition in the country. This disorder of the upper airway affects 37 million Americans and leads to debilitating pain and a decline in quality-of-life."\r\n\r\nSinus infections are debilitating. Even though they happen in the sinus, they make the whole body feel like you\'ve been hit by a train. It is a real drain on the body. Your mind is fuzzy and your body is weak. The real problem is that it can be chronic to the point that you just get used to working at half mast. It can really screw up your life.\r\n\r\nI have an ongoing arsenal of medications to combat the ongoing sinus infections I get almost on a yearly basis.\r\n\r\nTo be honest I\'m not very effective at keeping the infection at bay and usually have to resort to antibiotics. And I have no idea what natural medication is more effective than another. I basically throw them all at my nose and hope one of them helps. The way I look at it I might be getting infections a lot more if I DIDN\'T do all these things. And they do give me relief.\r\n\r\nThe following list is an informal collection of things I have found to be helpful at cleaning out the sinus and keeping them infection free.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Neti Pot.\r\n\r\nThis one is quite an experience if you\'ve never done it before. But it is very effective. You pass water through the sinuses. The water should be warm and clean. Put a healthy pinch of salt in the water. You can also add other disinfectants. The best are a little hydrogen peroxide, or apple cider vinigar or a little drop of grapefruit seed extract.\r\n\r\nGrapefruit seed extract. \r\nThis stuff tastes like crap. But it is a great natural germ killer. Put a few drops in your hot tea and gulp it down. You don\'t savor this stuff.\r\n\r\nApple cider vinegar.\r\nIf there ever was a cure all old wives\' remedy this would be it. Does everything from increasing longevity to increase your sex drive apparently. But again it is good at killing germs and increasing the flow of healthy fluids. Hot water, apple cider vinegar and honey is a nice drink.\r\n\r\n"Sinus Buster" nasal spray.\r\nTry snorting hot pepper powder and you\'ll know how this sinus spray feels. It literally has hot pepper in it and boy is it effective at cleansing out the sinus. Not for the faint of heart, or nose.\r\n\r\nDr. Shen\'s Sinus tablets, aka Pe Min Kan Wan.\r\nHarmless looking little brown pills. Take as many as you want. Very Asian.\r\n\r\nGinger\r\nGinger root, another age old medicinal. Grate it generously into hot tea, cook with it.\r\n\r\nOregano Oil\r\nOne of the big issues with sinus is high levels of candida in the body. Oregano oil is a great candida killer as well as general disinfectant.\r\n\r\nGarlic\r\nGarlic is to Europe what Ginger is to Asia. Garlic again is a disinfectant and like all the above ingredients it stimulates the glands and gets the healthy juices moving.\r\n\r\nRed Peper\r\nIf you\'ve ever eaten spicy food that was so strong you began sweating, your eyes teared up and you had to blow your nose, then you have already experienced a hot pepper sinus cleanse. Put it in your apple cider hot tea drink and in your food. \r\n\r\nHot water\r\nThe combination of humidity and heat is great for clearing sinuses. Let the shower pour over your forehead, place your towel covered head over a pot of hot water, lay with a hot wet rag over your face or sit in a Turkish steam sauna. It all does wonders for the sinus.\r\n\r\nWhat Not To Do\r\n\r\nDon\'t Expose your face to cold.\r\n Cold weather, cold food, cold water... it all does the opposite of the above things. It constricts your sinus passages and doesn\'t let them clear. Stay away from ice cream, cold drinks, ice, etc. Cover your face in cold weather.\r\n\r\nDon\'t Eat Mucus Forming Food\r\nIt is hard to get good food on the job site. Usually you are stuck with sandwiches from the corner deli. But as much as possible it is important to avoid dairy, sugar, refined flour (white bread, pasta etc), fried food, and other starchy things. They create mucus and clog up the sinus. Good luck with this one. It is not easy. These things are also the main culprits for candida build up in the body, another enemy of the sinus.\r\n\r\n', 'Sinus Infections and Construction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '783-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-22 09:54:08', '2009-03-22 15:54:08', '', 783, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/783-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (789, 1, '2009-03-22 09:59:14', '2009-03-22 15:59:14', 'Our job sites are cleaner than most. We barely have any of the normal toxins. Formaldehyde, nasty glues, paints, thinners and all the other chemical toxins are pretty much absent from our job site.\r\n\r\nWe buy stuff that is free of those toxins when possible. And if not then we find a way not to use them. If that means cleaning the wall with a metal brush for a longer time instead of using ammonia acid then so be it.\r\n\r\nBut even so there is a lot of dust. Even good old fashioned wood can create irritants when cut. Then there is all the dust from tearing down walls, mixing concrete, cutting sheet rock, grinding metal....\r\n\r\nAll this stuff wreaks havoc on the workers\' sinuses. Sinus infections are a problem. The sinus is actually a very complex system and a lot more than an air passage through your nose. It ties all sorts of things together, from your mouth, ears, eyes, lungs and stomach. Even your brain is closely linked to how well your sinus is working.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re not alone. As one site likes to say, "The American Academy of Otolaryngology reports that sinusitis is the most common chronic medical condition in the country. This disorder of the upper airway affects 37 million Americans and leads to debilitating pain and a decline in quality-of-life."\r\n\r\nSinus infections are debilitating. Even though they happen in the sinus, they make the whole body feel like you\'ve been hit by a train. It is a real drain on the body. Your mind is fuzzy and your body is weak. The real problem is that it can be chronic to the point that you just get used to working at half mast. It can really screw up your life.\r\n\r\nI have an ongoing arsenal of medications to combat the ongoing sinus infections I get almost on a yearly basis.\r\n\r\nTo be honest I\'m not very effective at keeping the infection at bay and usually have to resort to antibiotics. And I have no idea what natural medication is more effective than another. I basically throw them all at my nose and hope one of them helps. The way I look at it I might be getting infections a lot more if I DIDN\'T do all these things. And they do give me relief.\r\n\r\nThe following list is an informal collection of things I have found to be helpful at cleaning out the sinus and keeping them infection free.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Neti Pot.\r\n\r\nThis one is quite an experience if you\'ve never done it before. But it is very effective. You pass water through the sinuses. The water should be warm and clean. Put a healthy pinch of salt in the water. You can also add other disinfectants. The best are a little hydrogen peroxide, or apple cider vinigar or a little drop of grapefruit seed extract.\r\n\r\nGrapefruit seed extract. \r\nThis stuff tastes like crap. But it is a great natural germ killer. Put a few drops in your hot tea and gulp it down. You don\'t savor this stuff.\r\n\r\nApple cider vinegar.\r\nIf there ever was a cure all old wives\' remedy this would be it. Does everything from increasing longevity to increase your sex drive apparently. But again it is good at killing germs and increasing the flow of healthy fluids. Hot water, apple cider vinegar and honey is a nice drink.\r\n\r\n"Sinus Buster" nasal spray.\r\nTry snorting hot pepper powder and you\'ll know how this sinus spray feels. It literally has hot pepper in it and boy is it effective at cleansing out the sinus. Not for the faint of heart, or nose.\r\n\r\nDr. Shen\'s Sinus tablets, aka Pe Min Kan Wan.\r\nHarmless looking little brown pills. Take as many as you want. Very Asian.\r\n\r\nGinger\r\nGinger root, another age old medicinal. Grate it generously into hot tea, cook with it.\r\n\r\nOregano Oil Capsules\r\nOne of the big issues with sinus is high levels of candida in the body. Oregano oil is a great candida killer as well as general disinfectant. Take them with food or else you\'ll get oregano heart burn.\r\n\r\nGarlic\r\nGarlic is to Europe what Ginger is to Asia. Garlic again is a disinfectant and like all the above ingredients it stimulates the glands and gets the healthy juices moving.\r\n\r\nRed Peper\r\nIf you\'ve ever eaten spicy food that was so strong you began sweating, your eyes teared up and you had to blow your nose, then you have already experienced a hot pepper sinus cleanse. Put it in your apple cider hot tea drink and in your food. \r\n\r\nHot water\r\nThe combination of humidity and heat is great for clearing sinuses. Let the shower pour over your forehead, place your towel covered head over a pot of hot water, lay with a hot wet rag over your face or sit in a Turkish steam sauna. It all does wonders for the sinus.\r\n\r\nWhat Not To Do\r\n\r\nDon\'t Expose your face to cold.\r\n Cold weather, cold food, cold water... it all does the opposite of the above things. It constricts your sinus passages and doesn\'t let them clear. Stay away from ice cream, cold drinks, ice, etc. Cover your face in cold weather.\r\n\r\nDon\'t Eat Mucus Forming Food\r\nIt is hard to get good food on the job site. Usually you are stuck with sandwiches from the corner deli. But as much as possible it is important to avoid dairy, sugar, refined flour (white bread, pasta etc), fried food, and other starchy things. They create mucus and clog up the sinus. Good luck with this one. It is not easy. These things are also the main culprits for candida build up in the body, another enemy of the sinus.\r\n\r\n', 'Sinus Infections and Construction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '783-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-22 09:59:14', '2009-03-22 15:59:14', '', 783, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/783-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (790, 1, '2009-03-22 13:33:41', '2009-03-22 19:33:41', 'I stumbled across this site today while looking for the definition of "deck-to-deck partitions." I never did found out the definition because I got lost inside the Harvard site. It has all sorts of cool stuff. Especially useful for me right now is their LEED Roadmap which offers great study guides and resources.\r\n\r\nCheck site out', 'Web Site of the day: Harvard Green Building', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'web-site-day-harvard-green-building', '', '', '2009-03-22 13:33:41', '2009-03-22 19:33:41', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=790', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (791, 1, '2009-03-22 13:33:07', '2009-03-22 19:33:07', 'I stumbled across this site today while looking for the deffinition of "deck-to-deck partitions." I never did found out the definition because I got lost inside the Harvard site. It has all sorts of cool stuff. Especially useful for me right now is their LEED Roadmap which offers all sorts of great study guides and resources.\n\nCheck site out', 'Web Site of the day: Harvard Green Building', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '790-revision', '', '', '2009-03-22 13:33:07', '2009-03-22 19:33:07', '', 790, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/790-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (792, 1, '2009-03-22 14:09:56', '2009-03-22 20:09:56', 'Normal building terminology for taking out an old building structure is called "demolition." When you want to redo your brownstone\'s bathroom you have to first do a demolition of the existing bathroom.\r\n\r\nBut as a green contractor in Brooklyn we don\'t demolish anything. The term demolish does not exist in green building.\r\n\r\nWe deconstruct.\r\n\r\nDeconstruction acknowledges the fact that it was constructed in the first place. We are not demolishing that valuable work and materials. We don\'t destroy, we simply undo the elements in their current form.\r\n\r\nThat way we can take those materials and redo them somewhere else or in another form. \r\n\r\nThis is a much more efficient way of doing things in the long run. In the short run it does take longer. But according to my calculations it still saves money, among many other things.\r\n\r\nFor example it might take a laborer 20 minutes to demolish a wall. At $10/hour that is about $3 in labor cost.\r\n\r\nIt might take them one hour to deconstruct it. That is $10 in labor cost. But the salvaged materials are ten studs, six sheets of sheet rock and 40 screws that are in good enough condition to be reused elsewhere. Materials cost saved: $60 not including the money saved in dumpster fees.\r\n\r\nWhat just happened? The worker made more money (keep the money local), resources were saved, the landfill was spared, and our company and our clients saved money.\r\n\r\nIt looks so simple. But people don\'t do it (yet). Why? I think it is because they are caught up in the rat race where they think time is money. Intelligence is money. Time is infinite (whatever that means).', 'Deconstruction', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'deconstruction', '', '', '2009-03-22 14:09:56', '2009-03-22 20:09:56', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=792', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (793, 1, '2009-03-22 14:09:25', '2009-03-22 20:09:25', 'Normal building terminology for taking out an old building structure is called "demolition." When you want to redo your brownstone\'s bathroom you have to first do a demolition of the existing bathroom.\n\nBut as a green contractor in Brooklyn we don\'t demolish anything. The term demolish does not exist in green building.\n\nWe deconstruct.\n\nDeconstruction acknowledges the fact that it was constructed in the first place. We are not demolishing that valuable work and materials. We don\'t destroy, we simply undo the elements in their current form.\n\nThat way we can take those materials and redo them somewhere else or in another form. \n\nThis is a much more efficient way of doing things in the long run. In the short run it does take longer. But according to my calculations it still saves money, among many other things.\n\nFor example it might take a laborer 20 minutes to demolish a wall. At $10/hour that is about $3 in labor cost.\n\nIt might take them one hour to deconstruct it. That is $10 in labor cost. But the salvaged materials are ten studs, six sheets of sheet rock and 40 screws that are in good enough condition to be reused elsewhere. Materials cost saved: $60 not including the money saved in dumpster fees.\n\nWhat just happened? The worker made more money (keep the money local), resources were saved, the landfill was spared, and our company and our saved money\n\nIt looks so simple. But people don\'t do it yet. Why? I think it is because they are caught up in the rat race where they think time is money. Intelligence is money. Time is infinite (whatever that means).', 'Deconstruction', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '792-revision', '', '', '2009-03-22 14:09:25', '2009-03-22 20:09:25', '', 792, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/792-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (794, 1, '2009-02-22 19:57:04', '2009-02-23 01:57:04', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home, meaning all products will be used and showcased in a living home environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show to the broadest amount of people possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. We provide the services and products should anyone want to implement them in their house. We either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. Visitors are welcome to come see the work in progress. Please call for an appointment: Gennaro - 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe will feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you.\r\n\r\nSome current green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors and some bathroom walls. It is in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R60.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\n\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJames Woods - Lead Carpenter\r\nArmando Lucret - Lead Mason\r\nJuan Mendez - Lead Carpenter\r\n\r\nPeter Irfan - Site Manager\r\nMauricio Ortega - Mason\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\n\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nOvidio Salazar - Asst. Carpenter\r\n\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Building Intern\r\n', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-24', '', '', '2009-02-22 19:57:04', '2009-02-23 01:57:04', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-24/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (795, 1, '2009-03-23 10:26:02', '2009-03-23 16:26:02', 'One thing a sales person wrote to me the other day caught my eye since it is a very common theory\r\nin almost everything, especially in the western world. And that is the concept of spending more to save time. Time is money concept etc. Like many companies he used the theory to sell his green building walls.\r\n\r\nHe writes: Now, our foundations panels ARE more expensive than the foundation pour.... Time vs. cost tradeoffs of labor versus expediency.\r\n\r\nI am learning that it is better to go against this logic in increasingly more cases. I have experimented and concluded that I would rather spend a little more time and thus more money on labor cost. And likewise build a system that is cheaper in materials. It keeps the money more local, as in immediately local to the workers, and it slows the process down a little. \r\n\r\nBut because you are saving money in materials you have more money to spend on labor. So you can throw more workers on the job and speed things up that way.\r\n\r\nI understand that building is a mad race to finish, but it\'s a throwback to a different way of building. As a green contractor in Brooklyn I renovate 100 year old houses and it is amazing how much labor went into them using simple materials. Now it is the opposite: complex materials and as little labor (read time) as possible,\r\n\r\nI am increasingly concluding that more labor and less/simpler/cheaper materials is a greener way to go. I do realize this goes against the logic of the MANY companies offering very effective and time saving green products.\r\n\r\nAnd my concept of course can be merged with those products. But a lot of the time I rather build the product in house with simple materials and more labor. This is not just a cost issue. It is an extension of the the 500 mile LEED point for regional materials where you get rewarded if you shop locally, thus reducing carbon transportation footprints and keeping commerce local. \r\n\r\nBy building in house with simple materials you are taking that a step further. You can\'t get more regional than ON SITE.\r\n\r\nWe are doing this a lot at the Brooklyn Green Show House. We are making our stair treads, counter tops, flooring, and a lot more. It takes time. But it costs less. So I simply have more workers. I think it is a better trade off.', 'Time is Money?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'time-money', '', '', '2009-03-23 10:26:02', '2009-03-23 16:26:02', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=795', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (796, 1, '2009-03-23 10:25:07', '2009-03-23 16:25:07', 'One thing a sales person wrote to me the other day caught my eye since it is a very common theory\nin almost everything, especially in the western world. And that is the concept of spending more to save time. Time is money concept etc. Like many companies he used the theory to sell his green building walls.\n\nHe writes: Now, our foundations panels ARE more expensive than the foundation pour.... Time vs. cost tradeoffs of labor versus expediency.\n\nI am learning that it is better to go against this logic in increasingly more cases. I have experimented and concluded that I would rather spend a little more time and thus more money on labor cost. And likewise build a system that is cheaper in materials. It keeps the money more local, as in immediately local to the workers, and it slows the process down a little. \n\nBut because you are saving money in materials you have more money to spend on labor. So you can throw more workers on the job and speed things up that way.\n\nI understand that building is a mad race to finish, but it\'s a throwback to a different way of building. As a green contractor in Brooklyn I renovate 100 year old houses and it is amazing how much labor went into them using simple materials. Now it is the opposite: complex materials and as little labor (read time) as possible,\n\nI am increasingly concluding that more labor and less/simpler/cheaper materials is a greener way to go. I do realize this goes against the logic of the MANY companies offering very effective and time saving green products.\n\nAnd my concept of course can be merged with those products. But a lot of the time I rather build the product in house with simple materials and more labor. This is not just a cost issue. It is an extension of the the 500 mile LEED point for regional materials where you get rewarded if you shop locally, thus reducing carbon transportation footprints and keeping commerce local. \n\nBy building in house with simple materials you are taking that a step further. You can\'t get more regional than ON SITE.\n\nWe are doing this a lot at the Brooklyn Green Show House. We are making our stair treads, counter tops, ', 'Time is Money?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '795-revision', '', '', '2009-03-23 10:25:07', '2009-03-23 16:25:07', '', 795, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/795-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (797, 1, '2009-03-23 11:33:39', '2009-03-23 17:33:39', 'Berkeley,California, is one of the few places in the world where the ideals of the 60\'s went beyond drugs and loose sex and actually blossomed into some very powerful things.\r\n\r\nGreen building is one of these. Berkeley has examples of green building that carry a direct lineage back to 1960 hippie ideals. The houses are great examples of idealism embodied practically and efficiently. And the green building is in all parts of the social fabric, from the way they do city planning to the way they do health care.\r\n\r\nI say all this because I was brainstorming today with New York solar installer Rob Ashmore from Aeon Solar about a marketing plan for the Brooklyn Green Show House and he pointed out that Brooklyn is the Berkeley of the East Coast.\r\n\r\nIt struck me as a very accurate statement. I didn\'t realize this since I\'m in the eye of the storm as a Brooklyn green contractor. But it is true. The convergence of idealism that can easily be traced back to the 60\'s and current day smarts is very powerful in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nThere is a great combination of elements in Brooklyn. NY, as one of the commercial and cultural centers of the world, attracts tremendous talent. They tend to be smart, talented and energetic people. You need to be in order to survive in NY.\r\n\r\nAnd the vast majority of these people live in Brooklyn. Ever since the cultural bleaching of NY happened in the 90\'s Brooklyn has replaced it as the cool place to live. Cheaper rents, nicer architecture and easy access to transportation has made Brooklyn the choice for cool hipsters.\r\n\r\nAnd apart from the nauseating hipness of Williamsburg, Brooklyn retains a low key integrity. People tend to be very genuine.\r\n\r\nAnyway, again I find myself raving about Brooklyn. My main point here is that these people are also more green than the average person. I suspect it is because they tend to be young trendsetters and artists.\r\n\r\nAnd as such they also tend to be a little ahead of the curve. What people here are doing now is often what the rest of America will be doing in a couple years. And if what they are doing now is any indication of what is to come then the future is definitely green. \r\n\r\nSo as a green contractor in the Berkeley of the East Coast, AKA Brooklyn, I\'m happy to say things are going good and the future looks positive.\r\n\r\nBack to Rob from Aeon solar, we were marveling at how when you stand on a Brooklyn brownstone rooftop you can see miles of houses with hundreds of thousands of pristine flat roofs baking in the sun. For a green contractor and solar installer this is like casting your eyes on a field full of fruit trees in the spring time: the fruits are soon to come and abundantly so. \r\n\r\nBrooklyn is ripe for solar power and green renovations. The time, place and people couldn\'t be more synergistic.', 'Brooklyn: the Berkeley of the East Coast', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'brooklyn-berkeley-east-coast', '', '', '2009-03-23 11:33:39', '2009-03-23 17:33:39', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=797', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (798, 1, '2009-03-23 11:33:18', '2009-03-23 17:33:18', 'Berkeley,California, is one of the few places in the world where the ideals of the 60\'s went beyond drugs and loose sex and actually blossomed into some very powerful things.\n\nGreen building is one of these. Berkeley has examples of green building that carry a direct lineage back to 1960 hippie ideals. The houses are great examples of idealism embodied practically and efficiently. And the green building is in all parts of the social fabric, from the way they do city planning to the way they do health care.\n\nI say all this because I was brainstorming today with New York solar installer Rob Ashmore from Aeon Solar about a marketing plan for the Brooklyn Green Show House and he pointed out that Brooklyn is the Berkeley of the East Coast.\n\nIt struck me as a very accurate statement. I didn\'t realize this since I\'m in the eye of the storm as a Brooklyn green contractor. But it is true. The convergence of idealism that can easily be traced back to the 60\'s and current day smarts is very powerful in Brooklyn.\n\nThere is a great combination of elements in Brooklyn. NY, as one of the commercial and cultural centers of the world, attracts tremendous talent. They tend to be smart, talented and energetic people. You need to be in order to survive in NY.\n\nAnd the vast majority of these people live in Brooklyn. Ever since the cultural bleaching of NY happened in the 90\'s Brooklyn has replaced it as the cool place to live. Cheaper rents, nicer architecture and easy access to transportation has made Brooklyn the choice for cool hipsters.\n\nAnd apart from the nauseating hipness of Williamsburg, Brooklyn retains a low key integrity. People tend to be very genuine.\n\nAnyway, again I find myself raving about Brooklyn. My main point here is that these people are also more green than the average person. I suspect it is because they tend to be young trendsetters and artists.\n\nAnd as such they also tend to be a little ahead of the curve. What people here are doing now is often what the rest of America will be doing in a couple years. And if what they are doing now is any indication of what is to come then the future is definitely green. \n\nSo as a green contractor in the Berkeley of the East Coast, AKA Brooklyn, I\'m happy to say things are going good and the future looks positive.\n\nBack to Rob from Aeon solar, we were marveling at how when you stand on a Brooklyn brownstone rooftop you can see miles of houses with hundreds of thousands of pristine flat roofs baking in the sun. For a green contractor and solar installer this is like casting your eyes on a field full of fruit trees in the spring time: the fruits are soon to come and abundantly so. \n\nBrooklyn is ripe for solar power and green renovations. The time, place and people couldn\'t be more synergistic.', 'Brooklyn: the Berkeley of the East Coast', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '797-revision', '', '', '2009-03-23 11:33:18', '2009-03-23 17:33:18', '', 797, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/797-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (799, 1, '2009-03-23 14:36:20', '2009-03-23 20:36:20', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature of the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\r\n\r\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my jobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It allows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is principle driven instead of money driven.\r\n\r\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly skilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old school and return to a more old fashioned way of building. This is where you use more basic materials that are cheaper instead of paying for the convenience of pre assembled materials. \r\n\r\nIt has nothing to do with loss of speed since you simply put more workers on the job. You can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for the more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair stringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre made counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\r\n\r\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into place. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their creations.', 'Green Building is Old Building', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-building-principle-driven', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:41:53', '2009-03-23 20:41:53', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=799', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (800, 1, '2009-03-23 14:34:41', '2009-03-23 20:34:41', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an\nadd on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly\nqualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature\nof the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my\njobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It\nallows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\n\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly\nskilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old\nschool and return to a more old fashioned way of building. It has\nnothing to do with speed since you simply put more workers on the job.\nYou can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for\nthe more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair\nstringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre\nmade counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\n\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into\nplace. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their\ncreations.', 'Green Building is Principle Driven Instead of Money Driven', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-revision', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:34:41', '2009-03-23 20:34:41', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (801, 1, '2009-03-23 14:40:49', '2009-03-23 20:40:49', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature\nof the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\n\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my jobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It allows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\n\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly skilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old school and return to a more old fashioned way of building. This is where you use more basic materials that are cheaper instead of paying for the convenience of pre assembled materials. \n\nIt has nothing to do with speed since you simply put more workers on the job. You can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for the more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair stringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre\nmade counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\n\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into place. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their creations.', 'Green Building is Principle Driven Instead of Money Driven', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:40:49', '2009-03-23 20:40:49', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (802, 1, '2009-03-23 14:36:20', '2009-03-23 20:36:20', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an\r\nadd on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly\r\nqualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature\r\nof the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\r\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my\r\njobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It\r\nallows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\r\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\r\n\r\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly\r\nskilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old\r\nschool and return to a more old fashioned way of building. It has\r\nnothing to do with speed since you simply put more workers on the job.\r\nYou can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for\r\nthe more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair\r\nstringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre\r\nmade counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\r\n\r\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into\r\nplace. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their\r\ncreations.', 'Green Building is Principle Driven Instead of Money Driven', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:36:20', '2009-03-23 20:36:20', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (803, 1, '2009-03-23 14:41:08', '2009-03-23 20:41:08', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature\r\nof the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\r\n\r\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my jobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It allows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\r\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\r\n\r\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly skilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old school and return to a more old fashioned way of building. This is where you use more basic materials that are cheaper instead of paying for the convenience of pre assembled materials. \r\n\r\nIt has nothing to do with loss of speed since you simply put more workers on the job. You can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for the more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair stringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre made counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\r\n\r\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into place. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their creations.', 'Green Building is Principle Driven Instead of Money Driven', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:41:08', '2009-03-23 20:41:08', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (804, 1, '2009-03-23 14:41:23', '2009-03-23 20:41:23', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature\r\nof the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\r\n\r\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my jobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It allows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\r\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\r\n\r\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly skilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old school and return to a more old fashioned way of building. This is where you use more basic materials that are cheaper instead of paying for the convenience of pre assembled materials. \r\n\r\nIt has nothing to do with loss of speed since you simply put more workers on the job. You can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for the more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair stringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre made counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\r\n\r\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into place. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their creations.', 'Green Building is Old Building', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-revision-4', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:41:23', '2009-03-23 20:41:23', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (805, 1, '2009-03-23 14:41:41', '2009-03-23 20:41:41', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn, NY. I can post an add on Craigslist.org and get a hundred responses in an hour of highly qualified people asking very little for their work. Such is the nature of the economy, a highly skilled region and immediate technology.\r\n\r\nBut here is the kicker: I get people asking to work for free on my jobs because they love green building. There is a hunger for it. It allows them to fulfill something normal building does not. It is\r\nprinciple driven instead of money driven.\r\n\r\nAnyway, all this lends itself to the availability of a lot of highly skilled cheap workers. So for me it makes a lot of sense to get old school and return to a more old fashioned way of building. This is where you use more basic materials that are cheaper instead of paying for the convenience of pre assembled materials. \r\n\r\nIt has nothing to do with loss of speed since you simply put more workers on the job. You can afford to do this because you aren\'t spending extra money for the more convenient products. Instead of buying pre cut stair stringers you buy the wood and cut it yourself. Instead of buying pre made counters you buy the glass and concrete and mold them yourself.\r\n\r\nThe workers are no longer robots tightening the pre made widgets into place. They are artisans who get a lot more satisfaction from their creations.', 'Green Building is Old Building', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '799-revision-5', '', '', '2009-03-23 14:41:41', '2009-03-23 20:41:41', '', 799, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/799-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (806, 1, '2009-03-24 15:36:47', '2009-03-24 21:36:47', 'One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct half inch pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. This is called home run piping. \r\n\r\nIf the tube goes directly to the faucet through the shortest route then there is less area and distance for the water to go. Thus the hot water comes quicker and less water is wasted waiting for it. And once the water is turned off there is less hot water sitting in the pipe being wasted to the wall.\r\n\r\nRunning copper pipe directly to each faucet is not so smart because it is very expensive. But it is smarter than the conventional way of having a thick riser pipe with offshoots since the thick pipe wastes even more water. \r\n\r\nBut we aren\'t even allowed to do home run piping with copper. Most Brooklyn brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers have to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a huge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot water to fill up that massive one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The wasted water and heat is colossal. There is absolutely no reason to have a one inch pipe. \r\n\r\nTheir claim is to keep pressure high, but if you are running a small pipe to only one sink via a home run method then the pressure will never be drained by two people turning sinks on at the same time anyway.\r\n\r\nMy other plumbing peeve with the Brooklyn DOB is gray water. Apparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water recovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. So far it is a pain in the butt to do something that should be easy.\r\n\r\nAnd again, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE GRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Again, their reason is to keep the pressure high. Pressure for a toilet bowl?!?! So for the Brooklyn Green Show House I\'m running a one inch copper tube up four floors to feed a f*%ing toilet. That is just complete stupidity. It is a waste of copper, water and heat. It is embarrassing to have it in a green show house. Yet if I don\'t the house won\'t pass inspection.\r\n\r\nThe other option is to do things by code and after inspection change it back to a more intelligent and ecological setup. I have no problem breaking the law for moral and societal reasons. There was a time when the law had separate bathrooms for whites and blacks. Laws are not always correct.\r\n\r\nAnd if this was my personal house then I would break the laws in the interest of intelligence and ecology. But as a green show house I want to show the public what can be done within the confines of current codes. And besides, the piping method will be all over the press so it wouldn\'t be very intelligent anyway. Thus I\'m putting the one inch pipe in and using it as an example of the DOB backwardness. Hopefully that will help change policy.', 'New York and Brooklyn Building Code is out dated', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'brooklyn-building-code', '', '', '2009-03-24 18:04:01', '2009-03-25 00:04:01', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=806', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (807, 1, '2009-03-24 15:11:33', '2009-03-24 21:11:33', 'One of the frustrating things here in NY is that a lot of the code\nisn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX for household water. Running\ndirect pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. Running\ncopper pipe is not because it is very expensive. But we can\'t even do\nthat. Most brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers\nhave to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a\nhuge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot\nwater to fill up that one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The\nwasted water and heat is colossal.\nApparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water\nrecovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. And\nagain, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE\nGRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Their\nreason is to keep the pressure high. For a toilet?!?! So I\'m running a\none inch copper tube up four floors to feed a toilet. That is just\ncomplete stupidity and waste of copper.', 'New York and ', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '806-revision', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:11:33', '2009-03-24 21:11:33', '', 806, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/806-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (808, 1, '2009-03-24 15:36:40', '2009-03-24 21:36:40', 'One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. \n\nRunning copper pipe is not because it is very expensive. But we can\'t even do that. Most Brooklyn brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers have to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a huge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot water to fill up that one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The wasted water and heat is colossal.\n\nApparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water recovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. And again, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE GRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Their reason is to keep the pressure high. Pressure for a toilet?!?! So for the Brooklyn Green Show House I\'m running a one inch copper tube up four floors to feed a toilet. That is just complete stupidity. It is a waste of copper, water and heat. It is embarrassing to have it in a green show house.', 'New York and Brooklyn Building Code', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '806-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:36:40', '2009-03-24 21:36:40', '', 806, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/806-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (809, 1, '2009-03-24 15:50:29', '2009-03-24 21:50:29', 'One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct half inch pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. This is called home run piping. \n\nIf the tube goes directly to the faucet through the shortest route then there is less area and distance for the water to go. Thus the hot water comes quicker and less water is wasted waiting for it. And once the water is turned off there is less hot water sitting in the pipe being wasted to the wall.\n\nRunning copper pipe directly to each faucet is not so smart because it is very expensive. But it is smarter than the conventional way of having a thick riser pipe with offshoots since the thick pipe wastes even more water. \n\nBut we aren\'t even allowed to do home run piping with copper. Most Brooklyn brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers have to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a huge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot water to fill up that massive one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The wasted water and heat is colossal. There is absolutely no reason to have a one inch pipe. \n\nTheir claim is to keep pressure high, but if you are running a small pipe to only one sink via a home run method then the pressure will never be drained by two people turning sinks on at the same time anyway.\n\nMy other plumbing peeve with the Brooklyn DOB is gray water. Apparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water recovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. So far it is a pain in the butt to do something that should be easy.\n\nAnd again, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE GRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Again, their reason is to keep the pressure high. Pressure for a toilet bowl?!?! So for the Brooklyn Green Show House I\'m running a one inch copper tube up four floors to feed a f*%ing toilet. That is just complete stupidity. It is a waste of copper, water and heat. It is embarrassing to have it in a green show house. Yet if I don\'t the house won\'t pass inspection.\n\nThe other option is to do things by code and after inspection change it back to a more intelligent and ecological setup. I have no problem breaking the law for moral and societal reasons. There was a time when the law had separate bathrooms for whites and blacks. Laws are not always correct.\n\nAnd if this was my personal house then I would break the laws in the interest of intelligence and ecology. But as a green show house I want to show the public what can be done within the confines of current codes. And besides, the piping method will be all over the press so it wouldn\'t be So I\'m putting the one inch pipe in and using it as an example of the DOB backwardness. Hopefully that will help change policy.', 'New York and Brooklyn Building Code is out dated', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '806-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:50:29', '2009-03-24 21:50:29', '', 806, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/806-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (810, 1, '2009-03-24 15:36:47', '2009-03-24 21:36:47', 'One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. \r\n\r\nRunning copper pipe is not because it is very expensive. But we can\'t even do that. Most Brooklyn brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers have to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a huge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot water to fill up that one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The wasted water and heat is colossal.\r\n\r\nApparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water recovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. And again, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE GRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Their reason is to keep the pressure high. Pressure for a toilet?!?! So for the Brooklyn Green Show House I\'m running a one inch copper tube up four floors to feed a toilet. That is just complete stupidity. It is a waste of copper, water and heat. It is embarrassing to have it in a green show house.', 'New York and Brooklyn Building Code is out dated', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '806-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:36:47', '2009-03-24 21:36:47', '', 806, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/806-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (811, 1, '2009-03-24 15:57:03', '2009-03-24 21:57:03', '
\r\nThings are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gaining momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn - prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and colors.\r\n\r\nOne of the really exciting things about being a green roof installer in Brooklyn is that we feel like we are on the cutting edge of something that is potentially HUGE. What used to bring on strange looks ("You do WHAT on the roof??") is now gaining really wide acceptance. Now we feel like the cool kids on the block ("You install green roofs? sexy!").\r\n\r\n
\r\nAnd with the financial incentives from the government it makes real financial sense to do it. The heating and cooling costs go down. The roof maintenance and replacement costs go down. The actual air and heat on the block improves. The value of the building goes up. And there is more green space! I can\'t rave enough about it.', 'NYC Gets More Support and Funding For Green Roofs', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'nyc-support-funding-green-roofs', '', '', '2009-03-24 16:02:04', '2009-03-24 22:02:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=811', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (812, 1, '2009-03-24 15:56:56', '2009-03-24 21:56:56', 'Things are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gain momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn that are prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and colors.\n\nOne of the really exciting things about being a green roof installer in Brooklyn is that we feel like we are on the cutting edge of something that is potentially HUGE. What used to bring on strange looks ("You do WHAT on the roof??") is now gaining really wide acceptance. Now we feel like the cool kids on the block ("You install green roofs? sexy!").', 'NYC Gets More Support and Funding For Green Roofs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '811-revision', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:56:56', '2009-03-24 21:56:56', '', 811, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/811-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (813, 1, '2009-03-24 16:01:15', '2009-03-24 22:01:15', '\nThings are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gaining momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn - prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and colors.\n\nOne of the really exciting things about being a green roof installer in Brooklyn is that we feel like we are on the cutting edge of something that is potentially HUGE. What used to bring on strange looks ("You do WHAT on the roof??") is now gaining really wide acceptance. Now we feel like the cool kids on the block ("You install green roofs? sexy!").\n\n\nAnd with the financial incentives from the government it makes real financial sense to do it. The heating and cooling costs go down. The roof maintenance and replacement costs go down. The actual air and heat on the block improves. The value of the building goes up. And there is more green space! I can\'t rave enough about it.', 'NYC Gets More Support and Funding For Green Roofs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '811-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-24 16:01:15', '2009-03-24 22:01:15', '', 811, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/811-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (814, 1, '2009-03-24 15:57:03', '2009-03-24 21:57:03', 'Things are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gain momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn that are prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and colors.\r\n\r\nOne of the really exciting things about being a green roof installer in Brooklyn is that we feel like we are on the cutting edge of something that is potentially HUGE. What used to bring on strange looks ("You do WHAT on the roof??") is now gaining really wide acceptance. Now we feel like the cool kids on the block ("You install green roofs? sexy!").', 'NYC Gets More Support and Funding For Green Roofs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '811-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:57:03', '2009-03-24 21:57:03', '', 811, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/811-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (817, 1, '2009-03-24 16:00:12', '2009-03-24 22:00:12', 'Things are looking good for green roofs in Brooklyn! As this article states there is a growing interest amongst local politicians in supporting green roofs. The surge is really gaining momentum. We have so many thousands of wonderful, flat, sun filled roofs in Brooklyn - prime real estate for a verdant canopy of green and colors.\r\n\r\nOne of the really exciting things about being a green roof installer in Brooklyn is that we feel like we are on the cutting edge of something that is potentially HUGE. What used to bring on strange looks ("You do WHAT on the roof??") is now gaining really wide acceptance. Now we feel like the cool kids on the block ("You install green roofs? sexy!").\r\n\r\nAnd with the financial incentives from the government it makes real financial sense to do it. The heating and cooling costs go down. The roof maintenance and replacement costs go down. The actual air and heat on the block improves. The value of the building goes up. And there is more green space! I can\'t rave enough about it.', 'NYC Gets More Support and Funding For Green Roofs', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '811-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-24 16:00:12', '2009-03-24 22:00:12', '', 811, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/811-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (818, 1, '2009-03-24 15:50:55', '2009-03-24 21:50:55', 'One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn\'t smart. We aren\'t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct half inch pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. This is called home run piping. \r\n\r\nIf the tube goes directly to the faucet through the shortest route then there is less area and distance for the water to go. Thus the hot water comes quicker and less water is wasted waiting for it. And once the water is turned off there is less hot water sitting in the pipe being wasted to the wall.\r\n\r\nRunning copper pipe directly to each faucet is not so smart because it is very expensive. But it is smarter than the conventional way of having a thick riser pipe with offshoots since the thick pipe wastes even more water. \r\n\r\nBut we aren\'t even allowed to do home run piping with copper. Most Brooklyn brownstones are three to four stories high and the risers have to be one inch copper tubes with half inch coming off. This is a huge waste of water since you have to wait a long time for the hot water to fill up that massive one inch pipe if you live on a top floor. The wasted water and heat is colossal. There is absolutely no reason to have a one inch pipe. \r\n\r\nTheir claim is to keep pressure high, but if you are running a small pipe to only one sink via a home run method then the pressure will never be drained by two people turning sinks on at the same time anyway.\r\n\r\nMy other plumbing peeve with the Brooklyn DOB is gray water. Apparently you can get a waiver if you want to use gray water recovery. But I am still looking for this person in the DOB. So far it is a pain in the butt to do something that should be easy.\r\n\r\nAnd again, if I do find the person to sign off on it, THE RISER FROM THE GRAY WATER TANK TO THE TOILETS HAS TO BE ONE INCH BY CODE. Again, their reason is to keep the pressure high. Pressure for a toilet bowl?!?! So for the Brooklyn Green Show House I\'m running a one inch copper tube up four floors to feed a f*%ing toilet. That is just complete stupidity. It is a waste of copper, water and heat. It is embarrassing to have it in a green show house. Yet if I don\'t the house won\'t pass inspection.\r\n\r\nThe other option is to do things by code and after inspection change it back to a more intelligent and ecological setup. I have no problem breaking the law for moral and societal reasons. There was a time when the law had separate bathrooms for whites and blacks. Laws are not always correct.\r\n\r\nAnd if this was my personal house then I would break the laws in the interest of intelligence and ecology. But as a green show house I want to show the public what can be done within the confines of current codes. And besides, the piping method will be all over the press so it wouldn\'t be very intelligent anyway. Thus I\'m putting the one inch pipe in and using it as an example of the DOB backwardness. Hopefully that will help change policy.', 'New York and Brooklyn Building Code is out dated', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '806-revision-4', '', '', '2009-03-24 15:50:55', '2009-03-24 21:50:55', '', 806, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/806-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (819, 1, '2009-03-25 14:08:14', '2009-03-25 20:08:14', 'I\'ve thought up a concept called Building Forwards where you create equity for people in the future. It comes down to using time as a bank.\r\n\r\nThe perspective of time makes all the difference with how we live our lives. I had an interview with the execs at Lightolier lighting company here in Manhattan this morning and they were telling me how the government put out mandates over 15 years ago that they wanted LED to become a dominant player in lighting. Only now is that becoming a reality. For some LED is a new phenomenon. For others it is a 20 year project. It is all about perspective. \r\n\r\nAnd here is an astounding perspective on time: every single highway in the entire world is less than a hundred years old. That is a astronomically small drop in the bucket of time but it has changed the world tremendously. That is a great example of Building Backwards because it is going to take future generations a lot of time and money to undo that (yes they need to be undone).\r\n\r\nI\'m renovating the Green Show House in Brooklyn that was built a hundred years ago and I\'m building it so it won\'t need another renovation for another hundred years.\r\n\r\nFor me as a green builder and contractor it is IMPERATIVE that I build not for this generation but for the generations at least a hundred years from now. It is called Build it Forward (I just invented that phrase!). If we all did this the cost of EVERYTHING would be greatly reduced over time. Not necessarily our living time because we are paying dearly for the stupidity of our past. \r\n\r\nBut the concept of Building Forward is in my eyes the only way we can achieve that utopia of forever bathing by the pool that the past 50 years of technological improvements promised but never delivered on. We were barking up the wrong tree. The trick isn\'t to make things more efficient. The trick is to make things more durable (at least that is one of the tricks). Each time we build something that will outlive us we are creating a nest egg for our children.\r\n\r\nThe past fifty years of course had a lot of great things. One of them was the amazing efficiency we achieved in almost everything. But there is one issue with this. Making things more efficient has proven to speed things up. Nothing more. \r\n\r\nA more efficient razor means you can shave quicker. Period. It has increasingly shown that it doesn\'t change much in your life beyond that. If anything it is simply puts pressure on the rest of your life to speed up, until you are running frantically trying to keep up.\r\n\r\nFor example we now know that adding another freeway lane to a congested freeway does not solve the problem. In a couple years that lane will be congested as well. What does work is SLOWING IT DOWN! by adding other paradigms like public transport and bike lanes.\r\n\r\nSo yes we have to deal with the present problems and tackle them but I\'m not concerned weather I see the results of the big improvements. I\'m just focused on making those dayly deposits into the bank of time so that my children and their children can live off it\'s interest. The irony is that with this attitude I get great joy in the small results. Time is funny that way.\r\n\r\nHere is another way of saying it:\r\n', 'Build It Forward', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'build', '', '', '2009-03-27 18:21:46', '2009-03-28 00:21:46', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=819', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (820, 1, '2009-03-25 14:08:01', '2009-03-25 20:08:01', 'I\'ve thought up a concept called Building Forwards where you create equity for people in the future. It comes down to using time as a bank.\n\nThe perspective of time makes all the difference with how we live our lives. I had an interview with the execs at Lightolier lighting company here in Manhattan this morning and they were telling me how the government put out mandates over 15 years ago that they wanted LED to become a dominant player in lighting. Only now is that becoming a reality. For some LED is a new phenomenon. For others it is a 20 year project. It is all about perspective. \n\nAnd here is an astounding perspective on time: every single highway in the entire world is less than a hundred years old. That is a astronomically small drop in the bucket of time but it has changed the world tremendously. That is a great example of Building Backwards because it is going to take future generations a lot of time and money to undo that (yes they need to be undone).\n\nI\'m renovating the Green Show House in Brooklyn that was built a hundred years ago and I\'m building it so it won\'t need another renovation for another hundred years.\n\nFor me as a green builder and contractor it is IMPERATIVE that I build not for this generation but for the generations at least a hundred years from now. It is called Build it Forward (I just invented that phrase!). If we all did this the cost of EVERYTHING would be greatly reduced over time. Not necessarily our living time because we are paying dearly for the stupidity of our past. \n\nBut the concept of Building Forward is in my eyes the only way we can achieve that utopia of forever bathing by the pool that the past 50 years of technological improvements promised but never delivered on. We were barking up the wrong tree. The trick isn\'t to make things more efficient. The trick is to make things more durable (at least that is one of the tricks). Each time we build something that will outlive us we are creating a nest egg for our children.\n\nThe past fifty years of course had a lot of great things. One of them was the amazing efficiency we achieved in almost everything. But there is one issue with this. Making things more efficient has proven to speed things up. Nothing more. \n\nA more efficient razor means you can shave quicker. Period. It has increasingly shown that it doesn\'t change much in your life beyond that. If anything it is simply puts pressure on the rest of your life to speed up, until you are running frantically trying to keep up.\n\nFor example we now know that adding another freeway lane to a congested freeway does not solve the problem. In a couple years that lane will be congested as well. What does work is SLOWING IT DOWN! by adding other paradigms like public transport and bike lanes.\n\nSo yes we have to deal with the present problems and tackle them but I\'m not concerned weather I see the results of the big improvements. I\'m just focused on making those dayly deposits into the bank of time so that my children and their children can live off it\'s interest. The irony is that with this attitude I get great joy in the small results. Time is funny that way.\n\nHere is another way of saying it:\n', 'Build It Forward', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '819-revision', '', '', '2009-03-25 14:08:01', '2009-03-25 20:08:01', '', 819, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/819-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (821, 1, '2009-03-25 14:34:01', '2009-03-25 20:34:01', 'Because I am a green contractor in Brooklyn where there is an abundance of brownstones I can green I have the luxury of not having to build new houses. We all have to make a living and some people fall into the new homes business so I understand that.\r\n\r\nBut we need to move away from building new buildings and start improving the ones we have. And it does not matter if the new home is a green home. The act of putting a structure on open land is too damaging to the ecosystem and no amount of green building can offset that.\r\n\r\nFor me building a new green home is like building a low mileage hummer....and selling materials for a new home is like selling air fresheners for that same hummer....like I said I have the luxury to think that since I don\'t have to make a living building new homes.\r\n\r\nAnd things don\'t change over night and people have to live with what life offers them today. \r\nBut I\'m hoping that public opinion increasingly feels new buildings are decadent and unnecessary. Because with the amount of buildings we have now and the shortage of resources and green space I think for most parts of the world we can start slowing down the pace of new homes without much sacrifice.', 'Renovations vs. New Homes', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'renovations-vs-homes', '', '', '2009-03-25 14:34:01', '2009-03-25 20:34:01', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=821', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (822, 1, '2009-03-25 14:33:05', '2009-03-25 20:33:05', 'Because I am a green contractor in Brooklyn where there is an abundance of brownstones I can green I have the luxury of not having to build new houses. We all have to make a living and some people fall into the new homes business so I understand that.\n\nBut we need to move away from building new buildings and start improving the ones we have. And it does not matter if the new home is a green home. The act of putting a structure on open land is too damaging to the ecosystem and no amount of green building can offset that.\n\nFor me building a new green home is like building a low mileage hummer....and selling materials for a new home is like selling air fresheners for that same hummer....like I said I have the luxury to think that and it is unfair to say it publicly because things don\'t change over night and people have to live with what life offers them today. \nBut I\'m hoping that public opinion increasingly feels new buildings are decadent and unnecessary. Because with the amount of buildings we have now and the shortage of resources and green space I think for most parts of the world we can start slowing down the pace of new homes without much sacrifice.', 'Renovations vs. New Homes', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '821-revision', '', '', '2009-03-25 14:33:05', '2009-03-25 20:33:05', '', 821, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/821-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (823, 1, '2009-03-26 09:51:01', '2009-03-26 15:51:01', 'I am designing a set of spiral stairs for the brownstone green show house in Brooklyn. I want it to be as close to the corner where the wood meets the metal walkway so that it takes up as little as possible of the opening. \r\n\r\nThe head room is much better if the stairs spin under the metal walkway. But my main concern is that the stairs are as tight in the corner as possible so that they don\'t take up space in the opening. What is the best way? The normal way is to make a landing but this eats into the space and it makes no sense to make a landing since the metal floor itself is a landing since it is so thin at 4" (i.e. lots of head room going down.)\r\n\r\nThe distance from the floor to below the metal is 9\'2". The metal is 4" so the distance from floor to floor is 9\'6".\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (824, 1, '2009-03-26 09:49:41', '2009-03-26 15:49:41', 'I am designing a set of spiral stairs for the brownstone green show house in Brooklyn. I want it to be as close to the corner where the wood meets the metal walkway so that it takes up as little as possible of the opening. \n\nThe head room is much better if the stairs spin under the metal walkway. But my main concern is that the stairs are as tight in the corner as possible so that they don\'t take up space in the opening. What is the best way? The normal way is to make a landing but this eats into the space and it makes no sense to make a landing since the metal floor itself is a landing since it is so thin at 4" (i.e. lots of head room going down.)\n\nThe distance from the floor to below the metal is 9\'2". The metal is 4" so the distance from floor to floor is 9\'6".\n\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (826, 1, '2009-03-26 10:14:51', '2009-03-26 16:14:51', 'Here is an article by a major news agency about how dry wall imported from china is toxic.\r\n\r\nA couple things:\r\n\r\n- I\'m sure they are right about the Chinese drywall. \r\n- They claim the US dry wall is safe....I am skeptical of that. \r\n- Another thing is that since it is a story from major media the facts might not be right. It might be a scare story. \r\n\r\nEither way it is just a reminder to really be careful what you put in your house. If it smells funny to you don\'t use it, despite all the safety assurances of the company and everyone else.\r\n\r\nJust because, "Everybody uses the product without any issues." or "The company claims it is safe and can prove it." does not mean it is safe and it does not mean it won\'t harm you. \r\n\r\nThink about it. If your body is having a negative reaction to a product (bad smell, headache etc) isn\'t that enough evidence? \r\n\r\nIn today\'s society of "experts" is is easy to disregard our very own selves in the face of an "expert\'s" opinion. \r\n\r\nAnd another thing, just because they have tested a thousand people without any adverse affects, it goes against logic that every person after that (1001, 1002...) will not have any affects. \r\n\r\nMaybe you are the one person out of a thousand who is allergic to the product. We are all different. And it starts by taking control of the immediate surroundings: body and home.\r\n\r\nI\'m not saying be a hypochondriac but I am saying that it is important we reclaim authority over our immediate lives. Nobody took it away. We willingly gave it away to the so called experts because in this fast paced society it is hard to know everything. So we need advice. But the advice is only advice. We should be the ultimate decision makers of our lives and homes.\r\n ', 'Toxic Drywall and taking back our lives', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'toxic-drywall-lives', '', '', '2009-03-26 10:14:51', '2009-03-26 16:14:51', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=826', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (825, 1, '2009-03-26 09:51:01', '2009-03-26 15:51:01', 'I am designing a set of spiral stairs for the brownstone green show house in Brooklyn. I want it to be as close to the corner where the wood meets the metal walkway so that it takes up as little as possible of the opening. \r\n\r\nThe head room is much better if the stairs spin under the metal walkway. But my main concern is that the stairs are as tight in the corner as possible so that they don\'t take up space in the opening. What is the best way? The normal way is to make a landing but this eats into the space and it makes no sense to make a landing since the metal floor itself is a landing since it is so thin at 4" (i.e. lots of head room going down.)\r\n\r\nThe distance from the floor to below the metal is 9\'2". The metal is 4" so the distance from floor to floor is 9\'6".\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Building a Metal Spiral Staircase', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '823-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-26 09:51:01', '2009-03-26 15:51:01', '', 823, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/823-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (827, 1, '2009-03-26 10:14:12', '2009-03-26 16:14:12', 'Here is an article by a major news agency about how dry wall imported from china is toxic.\n\nA couple things:\n\n- I\'m sure they are right about the Chinese drywall. \n- They claim the US dry wall is safe....I am skeptical of that. \n- Another thing is that since it is a story from major media the facts might not be right. It might be a scare story. \n\nEither way it is just a reminder to really be careful what you put in your house. If it smells funny to you don\'t use it, despite all the safety assurances of the company and everyone else.\n\nJust because, "Everybody uses the product without any issues." or "The company claims it is safe and can prove it." does not mean it is safe and it does not mean it won\'t harm you. \n\nThink about it. If your body is having a negative reaction to a product (bad smell, headache etc) isn\'t that enough evidence? \n\nIn today\'s society of "experts" is is easy to disregard our very own selves in the face of an "expert\'s" opinion. \n\nAnd another thing, just because they have tested a thousand people without any adverse affects, it goes against logic that every person after that (1001, 1002...) will not have any affects. \n\nMaybe you are the one person out of a thousand who is allergic to the product. We are all different. And it starts by taking control of the immediate surroundings: body and home.\n\nI\'m not saying be a hypochondriac but I am saying that it is important we reclaim authority over our immediate lives. Nobody took it away. We willingly gave it away to the so called experts because in this fast paced society it is hard to know everything. So we need advice. But the advice is only advice. We should be the ultimate ', 'Toxic Drywall', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '826-revision', '', '', '2009-03-26 10:14:12', '2009-03-26 16:14:12', '', 826, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/826-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (828, 1, '2009-03-26 10:22:43', '2009-03-26 16:22:43', 'There are off gassing issues with most boards - plywood, OSB board, sheet rock, homasote etc. The fumes are nasty and in many case give people cancer over time. The best way to judge how bad the materials are is to go to the store and push the top couple boards aside then quickly take a deep whiff of the boards you just uncovered. \r\n\r\nMost probably a noxious smell will greet your nose, make you light headed and maybe give you a headache. But with a lot of these boards if you leave them air out for a couple weeks or even better let them in the sun you get rid of a lot of the VOC\'s. I\'m not saying they are healthy but at least you reduce headaches etc.', 'Off gassing from materials', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gassing-materials', '', '', '2009-03-26 10:22:43', '2009-03-26 16:22:43', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=828', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (829, 1, '2009-03-26 10:22:31', '2009-03-26 16:22:31', 'There are off gassing issues with most boards - plywood, OSB board, sheet rock, homasote etc. The fumes are nasty and in many case give people cancer over time. The best way to judge how bad the materials are is to go to the store and push the top couple boards aside then quickly take a deep whiff of the boards you just uncovered. \n\nMost probably a noxious smell will greet your nose, make you light headed and maybe give you a headache. But with a lot of these boards if you leave them air out for a couple weeks or even better let them in the sun you get rid of a lot of the VOC\'s. I\'m not saying they are healthy but at least you reduce headaches etc.', 'Off gassing from materials', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '828-revision', '', '', '2009-03-26 10:22:31', '2009-03-26 16:22:31', '', 828, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/828-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (831, 1, '2009-03-27 14:03:26', '2009-03-27 20:03:26', 'GreenHomeNYC Open House Tour is a great way to explore the green buildings in NY. They will be doing a tour May 9th 2009. The first stop on their Brooklyn tour will be our Eco Brooklyn Green Show House in Carroll Gardens. To sign up for their tour go to greenhomenyc.org.\r\n\r\nI did their tour last year and it was very fun and informative. GreenHomeNYC does some great work. I highly recommend taking advantage of their resources.', 'GreenHomeNYC Open House Tour', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'greenhomenyc-open-house-tour', '', '', '2009-03-27 14:03:26', '2009-03-27 20:03:26', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=831', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (832, 1, '2009-03-27 14:02:33', '2009-03-27 20:02:33', 'GreenHomeNYC Open House Tour is a great way to explore the green buildings in NY. They will be doing a tour May 9th 2009. The first stop on their Brooklyn tour will be the Eco Brooklyn Green Show House in Carroll Gardens. To sign up for their tour go to greenhomenyc.org', 'GreenHomeNYC Open House Tour', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '831-revision', '', '', '2009-03-27 14:02:33', '2009-03-27 20:02:33', '', 831, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/831-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (833, 1, '2009-03-27 14:28:23', '2009-03-27 20:28:23', 'One of the confusions about spiral staircases in Brooklyn is whether they can be the only means of egress or does there have to be another set of straight stairs as well. Some architects would say you need both.\r\n\r\nBut the truth according to my sources is that you can get away with ONLY the spiral stairs in most situations. This is great because in space craved Brooklyn it is crazy to have two stairs in a floor.\r\n\r\nAccording to the code I have seen there are three exceptions to the need for a straight stair egrees, which means you only need the spiral:\r\n\r\n1. only within dwelling units\r\nor\r\n2.from a space not more than 250 square feet in area and serving not more than five occupants\r\nor\r\n3. from galleries, catwalks and gridirons\r\n\r\nThe green show house is a dwelling unit so 1 would apply. The space is 600sq and not a gallery so 2 and three don\'t apply.\r\n\r\nHere is what one of my consultants and green minded architects, Nicholas Liberis, has to say: \r\n\r\nIts kosher, the section is from the International Building Code/New York Building Code, and the 250sf area and occupant load pertains to a non residential mezzanine application. The area and number of occupants are elaborated on because they address the non residential application of the code.\r\n\r\nFurthermore:\r\nFrom the official IBC published commentary for the International Residential Code, the explicitly Residential version of the IBC. See the highlighted below, commentary italicized.\r\n\r\nR311.5.8.1 Spiral stairways. \r\nSpiral stairways are permitted, provided the minimum width shall be 26 inches (660 mm) with each tread having a 71/ 2-inches (190mm) minimum tread depth at 12 inches from the narrower edge. All treads shall be identical, and the rise shall be no more than 9-1/ 2 inches (241 mm). A minimum headroom of 6 feet 6 inches (1982 mm) shall be provided.\r\n\r\n•:. A spiral stairway is one of several types of special\r\nstairs that the code permits. Although a spiral stair may\r\nbe difficult to use to move furniture on from one level to\r\nanother, the code places no limitations on its use\r\nwithin the egress system if it meets the size requirements\r\nof this section. A spiral stairway that meets\r\nthese requirements may provide the only means of\r\negress from a level regardless of the occupant load or\r\nsize of area served.\r\nA spiral stairway is one in which the treads radiate\r\nfrom a central pole. Such a stair must provide a clear\r\nwidth of at least 26 inches (660 mm). Each tread must\r\nbe identical and have a minimum dimension of 71/ 2\r\ninches (191 mm) at a point 12 inches (305 mm) from its\r\nnarrow end. The stair must have at least 6 feet 6\r\ninches (1981 mm) of headroom measured vertically\r\nfrom the leading edge of the tread. The rise between\r\ntreads can be as much as, but not more than, 91/ 2\r\ninches (241 mm). Commentary Figure R311.5.8.1\r\nshows the required dimensions of a spiral stairway.\r\n\r\nYou are totally able to use this stair as a means of egress.', 'Are Spiral Stairs Code in Brooklyn?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spiral-stairs-code-brooklyn', '', '', '2009-03-27 14:28:23', '2009-03-27 20:28:23', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=833', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (834, 1, '2009-03-27 14:27:31', '2009-03-27 20:27:31', 'One of the confusions about spiral staircases in Brooklyn is whether they can be the only means of egress or does there have to be another set of straight stairs as well. Some architects would say you need both.\n\nBut the truth according to my sources is that you can get away with ONLY the spiral stairs in most situations. This is great because in space craved Brooklyn it is crazy to have two stairs in a floor.\n\nAccording to the code I have seen there are three exceptions to the need for a straight stair egrees, which means you only need the spiral:\n\n1. only within dwelling units\nor\n2.from a space not more than 250 square feet in area and serving not more than five occupants\nor\n3. from galleries, catwalks and gridirons\n\nThe green show house is a dwelling unit so 1 would apply. The space is 600sq and not a gallery so 2 and three don\'t apply.\n\nHere is what one of my consultants and green minded architects, Nicholas Liberis, has to say: \n\nIts kosher, the section is from the International Building Code/New York Building Code, and the 250sf area and occupant load pertains to a non residential mezzanine application. The area and number of occupants are elaborated on because they address the non residential application of the code.\n\nFurthermore:\nFrom the official IBC published commentary for the International Residential Code, the explicitly Residential version of the IBC. See the highlighted below, commentary italicized.\n\nR311.5.8.1 Spiral stairways. \nSpiral stairways are permitted, provided the minimum width shall be 26 inches (660 mm) with each tread having a 71/ 2-inches (190mm) minimum tread depth at 12 inches from the narrower edge. All treads shall be identical, and the rise shall be no more than 9-1/ 2 inches (241 mm). A minimum headroom of 6 feet 6 inches (1982 mm) shall be provided.\n\n•:. A spiral stairway is one of several types of special\nstairs that the code permits. Although a spiral stair may\nbe difficult to use to move furniture on from one level to\nanother, the code places no limitations on its use\nwithin the egress system if it meets the size requirements\nof this section. A spiral stairway that meets\nthese requirements may provide the only means of\negress from a level regardless of the occupant load or\nsize of area served.\nA spiral stairway is one in which the treads radiate\nfrom a central pole. Such a stair must provide a clear\nwidth of at least 26 inches (660 mm). Each tread must\nbe identical and have a minimum dimension of 71/ 2\ninches (191 mm) at a point 12 inches (305 mm) from its\nnarrow end. The stair must have at least 6 feet 6\ninches (1981 mm) of headroom measured vertically\nfrom the leading edge of the tread. The rise between\ntreads can be as much as, but not more than, 91/ 2\ninches (241 mm). Commentary Figure R311.5.8.1\nshows the required dimensions of a spiral stairway.\n\nYou are totally able to use this stair as a means of egress.', 'Are Spiral Stairs Code in Brooklyn?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '833-revision', '', '', '2009-03-27 14:27:31', '2009-03-27 20:27:31', '', 833, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/833-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (835, 1, '2009-03-27 16:07:32', '2009-03-27 22:07:32', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. For example as a green contractor in Brooklyn I\'m putting a green perspective on Brownstone renovations. \r\n\r\nIt is such simple yet powerful formlua: find your passion, apply green.\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\r\n\r\nLike this personal blog\'s name "Going Green is Divine" where green has been elevated to a personal joyful decadence (but the good kind). Putting a green perspective on your life\'s passion is really the way to go.', 'Formlua: find your passion, apply green', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'web-site-day-green-divine', '', '\nhttp://ecobrooklyn.com/spiral-stairs-code-brooklyn/', '2009-03-27 16:26:04', '2009-03-27 22:26:04', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=835', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (836, 1, '2009-03-27 16:06:38', '2009-03-27 22:06:38', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. I can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\n\nSo here is a personal blog called "Green Is Divine" where green has been el', 'Web Site of the Day: Green Is Divine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '835-revision', '', '', '2009-03-27 16:06:38', '2009-03-27 22:06:38', '', 835, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/835-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (837, 1, '2009-03-27 16:12:07', '2009-03-27 22:12:07', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. For example as a green contractor in Brooklyn I\'m putting a green perspective on Brownstone renovations. \n\nIt is such simple yet powerful formlua: find your passion, apply green.\n\n I can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\n\nSo here is a personal blog called "Green Is Divine" where green has been elevated to a joyful decadence.', 'Web Site of the Day: Green Is Divine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '835-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-27 16:12:07', '2009-03-27 22:12:07', '', 835, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/835-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (838, 1, '2009-03-27 16:07:32', '2009-03-27 22:07:32', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. I can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\r\n\r\nSo here is a personal blog called "Green Is Divine" where green has been elevated to a joyful decadence.', 'Web Site of the Day: Green Is Divine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '835-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-27 16:07:32', '2009-03-27 22:07:32', '', 835, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/835-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (839, 1, '2009-03-27 16:12:35', '2009-03-27 22:12:35', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. For example as a green contractor in Brooklyn I\'m putting a green perspective on Brownstone renovations. \r\n\r\nIt is such simple yet powerful formlua: find your passion, apply green.\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\r\n\r\nSo here is a personal blog called "Green Is Divine" where green has been elevated to a personal joyful decadence (but the good kind).', 'Web Site of the Day: Green Is Divine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '835-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-27 16:12:35', '2009-03-27 22:12:35', '', 835, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/835-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (840, 1, '2009-03-27 16:13:33', '2009-03-27 22:13:33', 'I love the way people are so inspired by green. The great thing about it is that it can pretty much be applied to anything in your life and make it better. For example as a green contractor in Brooklyn I\'m putting a green perspective on Brownstone renovations. \r\n\r\nIt is such simple yet powerful formlua: find your passion, apply green.\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of anything where applying a green perspective would actually be harmful....can you?\r\n\r\nSo here is a personal blog called "Green Is Divine" where green has been elevated to a personal joyful decadence (but the good kind).', 'Formlua: find your passion, apply green', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '835-revision-4', '', '', '2009-03-27 16:13:33', '2009-03-27 22:13:33', '', 835, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/835-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (841, 1, '2009-03-21 21:39:06', '2009-03-22 03:39:06', '\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is an GREEN REAL ESTATE, RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT company in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nIt focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Attention is put on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nIt invests in houses and renovates them as well as helps others renovate their homes.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time.\r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contracting company in Brooklyn. We have a background in green real estate, development and renovation.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\nBut I was concerned the stairs took up too much of the opening.\nSo then he sent a great looking design that passes under the catwalk while giving enough head room:\n
\nThe trick is moving it under and customizing the landing. He provided a great sketch of the landing angles and how the stairs would look from below:\n\n\n\nThe cost for them to make this up is around $1,800. I think the price is a good price and their service was excellent so far. I\'ve got some decisions to make on my end though. The first is whether I\'m actually happy with a spiral staircase taking up space in the great opening. The second is the availability of salvaged metal in Brooklyn. All metal is at least 30% recycled, but if you can salvage it locally you are way ahead of the green game.', 'Building a Metal Spiral Staircase Part 2', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '856-revision', '', '', '2009-03-28 08:45:10', '2009-03-28 14:45:10', '', 856, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/856-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (863, 1, '2009-03-28 08:46:05', '2009-03-28 14:46:05', 'Now that we found out that spiral stairs are ok for resudential units in Brooklyn (is without the need for a second stairs for egress) we are continuing on our search for design and price.\r\n\r\nI contacted TheIronShop.com for design help and a quote. I showed them pictures of the space and Chris Greco was great at getting what was needed and suggesting a design. \r\n\r\nAt first he drew this:\r\n\r\nBut I was concerned the stairs took up too much of the opening.\r\nSo then he sent a great looking design that passes under the catwalk while giving enough head room:\r\n\r\nThe trick is moving it under and customizing the landing. He provided a great sketch of the landing angles and how the stairs would look from below:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe cost for them to make this up is around $1,800. I think the price is a good price and their service was excellent so far. I\'ve got some decisions to make on my end though. The first is whether I\'m actually happy with a spiral staircase taking up space in the great opening. The Iron Shop really helped me move that part along. \r\n\r\nThe second is the availability of salvaged metal in Brooklyn. All metal is at least 30% recycled, but if you can salvage it locally you are way ahead of the green game.', 'Building a Metal Spiral Staircase Part 2', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '856-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-28 08:46:05', '2009-03-28 14:46:05', '', 856, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/856-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (864, 1, '2009-03-28 13:49:30', '2009-03-28 19:49:30', 'Pulled directly from Brownstoner forum:\r\n\r\nI attended a seminar at National Grid’s offices yesterday that detailed some of the rebates and incentives currently being offered.\r\nOf particular interest (to me anyway) is the oil-to-natural gas conversion boiler being given for $699 up to 245,000 BTUs.\r\nA steam boiler of this size normally costs about $2,700 to purchase outright.\r\nOf course, installation and options are priced separately.\r\nhttp://www.burnham.com/independ_boiler.htm\r\n\r\nIf the conversion includes the installation of an indirect water heater, an additional $300 rebate is paid to the customer.\r\nhttp://www.htproducts.com/literature/lp-81.pdf\r\n\r\n\r\nMid efficiency upgrades:\r\nFor customers currently using gas for heating, a boiler upgrade to 85% efficiency or more, up to 300,000 BTUs pays a rebate of $500.\r\nBoilers 300,000-499,000 BTUs at 85% efficiency pay the customer $1,000.\r\nhttp://www.burnham.com/pvg_scg.htm\r\n\r\nHigh efficiency upgrades:\r\nHot water heating system boilers that are upgraded to 90% efficient or greater units, up to 300,000 BTUs pay a $1,000 rebate.\r\nBoilers sized 301,000-499,000 BTUs pay $1,500.\r\nhttp://www.triangletube.com/\r\nIn addition to this, the federal government is offering a 30% rebate on the installation of a boiler of this type with a cap at $1,500.\r\n\r\nIndirect-fired water heaters which are rapidly increasing in popularity, installed as part of a conversion OR an existing gas customer’s upgrade pay $300.\r\nhttp://www.htproducts.com/literature/lp-81.pdf\r\n\r\nSteam boilers rated at 82% efficiency (must have an intermittent ignition system, no pilot light) replaced as a gas-to-gas unit pay $200.\r\nhttp://www.burnham.com/independ_boiler.htm\r\n\r\nThe installation of an outdoor boiler reset control will pay the client $100.\r\nhttp://www.tekmarcontrols.com/literature/acrobat/d279.pdf\r\n\r\nReplacing steam traps in a two-pipe steam heating system will pay $25 per trap.\r\nhttp://rcwapp.itt.com/SS_F-T-FEATURES-ADV-DISADV.asp\r\n\r\nTo qualify for these rebates, it is not necessary to use a National Grid “authorized” contractor. Hiring a plumber or heating contractor licensed by the NYC DOB is all that is required.\r\nHere’s one:\r\nhttp://www.GatewayPlumbing.com', 'NY Boiler and Heater Rebates', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ny-boiler-heater-rebates', '', '', '2009-03-28 13:49:30', '2009-03-28 19:49:30', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=864', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (866, 1, '2009-03-28 14:59:56', '2009-03-28 20:59:56', 'One of my plumbers is telling me I need to run a one inch copper pipe for both hot and cold supply lines as risers up the house. Then they would have half inch pipes coming off to each fixture. A one inch pipe creates a huge waste of water and heat. But they claim it is code. I can\'t find anything that says this in the code book. What I can find is pressure requirements. So if I meet the flow rate and pressure minimums I should be OK no matter what size pipe I use? Does anyone know?\r\n\r\nAnd if yes how do I test the (psi) and (gpm)?\r\n\r\nFrom the NY code book page 31:\r\nTABLE RS 16-7 MINIMUM RATE OF FLOW AND MINIMUM REQUIRED PRESSURE DURING FLOW FOR\r\nSIZING INDIVIDUAL BRANCH SUPPLIES FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES\r\n\r\nFlow Pressure, Flow Rate\r\n(psi), (gpm)\r\n\r\nOrdinary basin faucet .............................. 8, 2.0\r\nSink faucet, 3/8 in. ................................... 8, 4.5\r\nSink faucet, 1/2 in. ................................... 8, 4.5\r\nBathtub .................................................... 8, 5.0\r\nShower ..................................................... 8 5.0', 'What size risers?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'size-risers', '', '', '2009-03-28 14:59:56', '2009-03-28 20:59:56', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=866', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (867, 1, '2009-03-28 14:59:11', '2009-03-28 20:59:11', 'One of my plumbers is telling me I need to run a one inch copper pipe for both hot and cold supply lines as risers up the house. Then they would have half inch pipes coming off to each fixture. A one inch pipe creates a huge waste of water and heat. But they claim it is code. I can\'t find anything that says this in the code book. What I can find is pressure requirements. So if I meet the flow rate and pressure minimums I should be OK no matter what size pipe I use. Is this true?\n\nAnd if yes how do I test the (psi) and (gpm)?\n\nFrom the NY code book page 31:\nTABLE RS 16-7 MINIMUM RATE OF FLOW AND MINIMUM REQUIRED PRESSURE DURING FLOW FOR\nSIZING INDIVIDUAL BRANCH SUPPLIES FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES\n\nFlow Pressure, Flow Rate\n(psi), (gpm)\n\nOrdinary basin faucet .............................. 8, 2.0\nSink faucet, 3/8 in. ................................... 8, 4.5\nSink faucet, 1/2 in. ................................... 8, 4.5\nBathtub .................................................... 8, 5.0\nShower ..................................................... 8 5.0', 'What size risers?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '866-revision', '', '', '2009-03-28 14:59:11', '2009-03-28 20:59:11', '', 866, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/866-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (868, 1, '2009-03-29 09:31:05', '2009-03-29 15:31:05', 'Green East had a trade show in partnership with the Architectural Digest Trade Show at Pier 92 this week here in New York. Green East had a small section in the back with about 20 "green" companies hocking their wares. Mildly interesting. But nothing to write home about.\r\n\r\nYou had your salvaged wood companies who can\'t believe their luck that what they have been doing for years is now considered cool. Green? Who cares! They\'re selling product.\r\n\r\nThere were the big kitchen brands like Wolf or whatever they are called. I can\'t get beyond their price tag. But apparently they have sub zero freezers which is meant to keep your food really cold and their name means high quality and all this means you should pay a lot more and feel better than other people who can\'t afford them. I think that is the "logic" but the price tag still blinds me to the subtleties. I\'m not sure why they were there, though. Maybe it is green to charge a lot of money for things so people can\'t afford it and thus consume less. \r\n\r\nThen there were the totally idiotic sales reps trying to brag about how green their booths were. Not their products but the actual BOOTH. Recycled rug and bamboo tables! Wow! They flew 3000 miles and carted their recycle rug all the way to NY to tell me this?! Eat my leather shoes you greenwashing idiots. These are the kind of guys who are studying for their "LEEDS" test (not LEED but LEEDS).\r\n\r\nThe best was this retard selling plastic film to put over glass in order to reduce the heat. Just think, your house can be cooler in the summer. When I pointed out that it is summer for three months and for the remaining nine months you WANT the heat to come into the house. Ah, he counters wisely, the film keeps 11% of the heat in....?!?#? It took me a moment to realize he was talking out of his ass and had no idea how solar gain worked.\r\n\r\nAnd besides, he adds, they do mostly high rises anyway. That makes sense. High rises are the stupidest buildings in the world when it comes to energy efficiency. They are big glass towers that consume huge amounts of energy to heat and cool. It makes sense this company would connect with those kinds of people. They are both idiots.\r\n\r\nWhat was more interesting (from an anthropologist\'s point of view) was the Architectural Digest Show. Hundreds of booths with companies who just don\'t get it. They are stuck in a perpetual photo shoot of luxury villas and beautiful people. \r\n\r\nOne booth was a designer selling wood as furniture and art. He was especially into cross cut tree trunks of the massive old growth size: Mammoth circles of wood ten feet in diameter that you hang on your massive wall or put in your massive living room. Very beautiful.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m like, Hello?!, where have you been the past 40 years? Are you not aware that cutting down big trees is a major cause of the earth\'s demise. Ecology 101?! Like what fucking planet are you from? It made me feel very preachy. I had to double check I wasn\'t wearing Birkenstocks and smelling of Patchouli. I had flash backs of anti logging rallies in the early 90\'s. I had no idea where to even start with these guys.\r\n\r\nOr how about the huge chandeliers that consume more electricity than the entire city of Las Vegas. Of course the hanging flood lights would be a wonderful addition to the entryway of your McMansion.....again where the fuck have these people been the past few years. \r\n\r\nFor these people green is a color that comes in various shades and ideally is attached to a big paint name like Ralph Lauren. Green, the concept where you are looking out for the planet, is still some wacky Green Peace term that has something to do with not shooting whales. Or was it spotted owls? I mean they still think wearing all black clothing and talking like a fag (when you are not) is cool. \r\n\r\nThe whole nauseating nightmare made me realize that the "green revolution" is an intense bright light but still very small in its spread. Like an LED. Those of us living in that light feel like it is powerful and all consuming. But there are a LOT of people outside of it\'s glare who don\'t even see it (through their Gucci sunglasses).', 'Green East Trade Show and other Sorry Occasions', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-east-trade-show-occasions', '', '', '2009-03-29 12:48:35', '2009-03-29 18:48:35', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=868', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (869, 1, '2009-03-29 09:30:20', '2009-03-29 15:30:20', 'Green East had a trade show in partnership with the Architectural Digest Trade Show at Pier 92 this week here in New York. Green East had a small section in the back. There were about 20 companies hocking their wares. Mildly interesting. But nothing to write home about.\n\nYou had your salvaged wood companies who can\'t believe their luck that what they have been doing for years is now considered cool. Green? Who cares! They\'re buying my product.\n\nThere were the big kitchen brands like Wolf or whatever they are called. I can\'t get beyond their price tag. But apparently they have sub zero freezers which is meant to keep your food really cold and their name means high quality and al this means you should pay a lot more and feel better than other people who can\'t afford them. I think that is the logic. I\'m not sure why they were there, though.\n\nThere were the totally idiotic sales reps trying to brag about how green their booths were. Not their products but the actual booth. Recycled rug and bamboo tables! Wow! Eat my leather shoes you green washing idiots.\n\nThe best was this retard selling plastic film to put over glass in order to reduce the heat. Just think, your house can be cool in the summer. When I pointed out that it is summer for three months and for the remaining nine months you WANT the heat to come into the house. Ah, he says, the film keeps 11% of the heat in....?!?#? It took me a moment to realize he was talking out of his ass and had no idea how solar gain worked.\n\nAnd besides, he adds, we do mostly high rises anyway. That makes sense. High rises are the stupidest buildings in the world when it comes to energy efficiency. They are big glass towers which consume huge amounts of energy to heat and cool. It makes sense this company would connect with those kinds of people. They are both idiots.\n\nWhat was more interesting (from an anthropologist\'s point of view) was the Architectural Digest Show. Hundreds of booths with companies who just don\'t get it. One booth was some designer selling wood as furniture and art. He was especially into cross cut tree trunks of the massive old growth size: Mammoth circles of wood ten feet in diameter. Very beautiful.\n\nBut I\'m like, Hello?!, where have you been the past 40 years? Are you not aware that cutting down big trees is a major cause of the earth\'s demise. Ecology 101?! Like what fucking planet are you from? It made me feel very preachy.\n\nOr the huge chandeliers that consume more electricity than the entire city of Las Vegas. Of course the hanging flood lights would be a wonderful addition to the entryway of your McMansion.....again where the fuck have these people been the past few years. \n\nFor these people green is a color that comes in various shades and ideally is attached to a big paint name like Ralph Lauren. Green, the concept where you are looking out for the planet, is still some wacky Green Peace term that has something to do with not shooting whales. Or was it spotted owls?\n\nIt made me realize that the "green revolution" is an intense bright light but still very small. Like an LED. Those of us living in that light feel like it is powerfull and all consuming. But there are a LOT of people outside of it\'s glare who don\'t even see it.', 'Green East Trade Show and other Sorry Occasions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '868-revision', '', '', '2009-03-29 09:30:20', '2009-03-29 15:30:20', '', 868, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/868-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (870, 1, '2009-03-29 10:03:07', '2009-03-29 16:03:07', 'I went to the VERTICAL GARDENS show at a gallery called Exit Art. It is there until May 23, 2009. The show is actually under the main exhibit area.\r\n\r\nThe FEATURED art was on the main level. You had the video of a guy having a plastic ear surgically inserted into his arm - Mr mutant ear arm. For real. The whole hospital operation and all was on show. \r\n\r\nThen you had the S&M video installation showing dominatrix women treating men as farm animals in a... farm. Guys crawling around as cows, pigs etc. Lots of animal sounds, dirty naked bodies and screaming women with guns.\r\n\r\nOf course there was the obligatory abstract wall projection of shapes and disconnected sounds with accompanying deconstructionist philosophical text and artist bio. Wow, exhibits in Koln.\r\n\r\nTHAT was the featured art. On the floor below that, in a narrow hallway that leads to a janitor\'s closet and emergency exit was the show of vertical gardens.\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re thinking I see that as symbolic, you are right. The message is that despite the intense and small world of green roofs and living walls, it still remains an underground movement for the rest of society. Body mutilations and Sado Masochism gets more attention than plants growing on walls....\r\n\r\nThe vertical garden show was interesting. Some nice Utopian drawings of garden high rises. There was a cool installation of a real living wall where the plants grew out of cloth that had nutrient water flowing slowly down it. \r\n\r\nOverall s lot of the displays felt like student senior thesis\' for architecture school before they went on to get a real job. \r\n\r\nAnd there were the occasional Christo like installations from around the world by artists who got their name in the 1970\'s and who have since carved out a niche amongst rich patrons, museums and Japanese corporations.\r\n\r\nThe crowd was mostly cool gallery goers who were stopping by on their way to some other cool event involving more body mutilations and fancy canapes. They appreciated the edgy industrial space and felt very cool to be part of it. \r\n\r\nBut these were not brownstone owners considering a green roof. There were no co-op owners debating the cost of a green wall in their garden. These were hipsters who rent in Williamsburg. They probably don\'t even own a fern.\r\n\r\nBut I think they appreciated the show as art. They stared at a lovely building with a lush garden on its roof that had big letters beside it on the wall saying, "PROPOSED IDEA FOR GREEN ROOF" and they wondered among themselves if the garden was real or not....\r\n\r\nAnyway, the whole thing was so off-off-off Broadway as to be a little pathetic for me. ', 'VERTICAL GARDENS Show....We\'re still underground', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'vertical-gardens-showwere', '', '', '2009-03-29 10:03:07', '2009-03-29 16:03:07', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=870', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (871, 1, '2009-03-29 10:02:16', '2009-03-29 16:02:16', 'I went to the VERTICAL GARDENS show at a gallery called Exit Art. It is there until May 23, 2009. The show is actually under the main exhibit area.\n\nThe FEATURED art was on the main level. You had the video of a guy having a plastic ear surgically inserted into his arm - Mr mutant ear arm. For real. The whole hospital operation and all was on show. \n\nThen you had the S&M video installation showing dominatrix women treating men as farm animals in a... farm. Guys crawling around as cows, pigs etc. Lots of animal sounds, dirty naked bodies and screaming women with guns.\n\nOf course there was the obligatory abstract wall projection of shapes and disconnected sounds with accompanying deconstructionist philosophical text and artist bio. Wow, exhibits in Koln.\n\nTHAT was the featured art. On the floor below that, in a narrow hallway that leads to a janitor\'s closet and emergency exit was the show of vertical gardens.\n\nAnd if you\'re thinking I see that as symbolic, you are right. The message is that despite the intense and small world of green roofs and living walls, it still remains an underground movement for the rest of society. Body mutilations and Sado Masochism gets more attention than plants growing on walls....\n\nThe vertical garden show was interesting. Some nice Utopian drawings of garden high rises. There was a cool installation of a real living wall where the plants grew out of cloth that had nutrient water flowing slowly down it. \n\nOverall s lot of the displays felt like student senior thesis\' for architecture school before they went on to get a real job. \n\nAnd there were the occasional Christo like installations from around the world by artists who got their name in the 1970\'s and who have since carved out a niche amongst rich patrons, museums and Japanese corporations.\n\nThe crowd was mostly cool gallery goers who were stopping by on their way to some other cool event involving more body mutilations and fancy canapes. They appreciated the edgy industrial space and felt very cool to be part of it. \n\nThese were not brownstone owners considering a green roof. There were no co-op owners debating the cost of a green wall in their garden. These were hipsters who rent in Williamsburg. They probably don\'t even own a fern.\n\nBut I think they appreciated the show as art. They stared at a lovely building with a lush garden on its roof that had big letters beside it on the wall saying, "PROPOSED IDEA FOR GREEN ROOF" and they wondered among themselves if the garden was real or not....\n\nAnyway, the whole thing was so off-off-off Broadway as to be a little pathetic for me. ', 'VERTICAL GARDENS Show....We\'re still underground', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '870-revision', '', '', '2009-03-29 10:02:16', '2009-03-29 16:02:16', '', 870, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/870-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (872, 1, '2009-03-29 12:36:22', '2009-03-29 18:36:22', 'Green East had a trade show in partnership with the Architectural Digest Trade Show at Pier 92 this week here in New York. Green East had a small section in the back with about 20 "green" companies hocking their wares. Mildly interesting. But nothing to write home about.\n\nYou had your salvaged wood companies who can\'t believe their luck that what they have been doing for years is now considered cool. Green? Who cares! They\'re selling product.\n\nThere were the big kitchen brands like Wolf or whatever they are called. I can\'t get beyond their price tag. But apparently they have sub zero freezers which is meant to keep your food really cold and their name means high quality and all this means you should pay a lot more and feel better than other people who can\'t afford them. I think that is the "logic" but the price tag still blinds me to the subtleties. I\'m not sure why they were there, though. Maybe it is green to charge a lot of money for things so people can\'t afford it and thus consume less. \n\nThen there were the totally idiotic sales reps trying to brag about how green their booths were. Not their products but the actual BOOTH. Recycled rug and bamboo tables! Wow! They flew 3000 miles and carted their recycle rug all the way to NY to tell me this?! Eat my leather shoes you greenwashing idiots. These are the kind of guys who are studying for their "LEEDS" test (not LEED but LEEDS).\n\nThe best was this retard selling plastic film to put over glass in order to reduce the heat. Just think, your house can be cooler in the summer. When I pointed out that it is summer for three months and for the remaining nine months you WANT the heat to come into the house. Ah, he counters wisely, the film keeps 11% of the heat in....?!?#? It took me a moment to realize he was talking out of his ass and had no idea how solar gain worked.\n\nAnd besides, he adds, they do mostly high rises anyway. That makes sense. High rises are the stupidest buildings in the world when it comes to energy efficiency. They are big glass towers that consume huge amounts of energy to heat and cool. It makes sense this company would connect with those kinds of people. They are both idiots.\n\nWhat was more interesting (from an anthropologist\'s point of view) was the Architectural Digest Show. Hundreds of booths with companies who just don\'t get it. They are stuck in a perpetual photo shoot of luxury villas and beautiful people. \n\nOne booth was a designer selling wood as furniture and art. He was especially into cross cut tree trunks of the massive old growth size: Mammoth circles of wood ten feet in diameter that you hang on your massive wall or put in your massive living room. Very beautiful.\n\nBut I\'m like, Hello?!, where have you been the past 40 years? Are you not aware that cutting down big trees is a major cause of the earth\'s demise. Ecology 101?! Like what fucking planet are you from? It made me feel very preachy. I had to double check I wasn\'t wearing Birkenstocks and smelling of Patchouli. I had flash backs of anti logging rallies in the early 90\'s. I had no idea where to even start with these guys.\n\nOr how about the huge chandeliers that consume more electricity than the entire city of Las Vegas. Of course the hanging flood lights would be a wonderful addition to the entryway of your McMansion.....again where the fuck have these people been the past few years. \n\nFor these people green is a color that comes in various shades and ideally is attached to a big paint name like Ralph Lauren. Green, the concept where you are looking out for the planet, is still some wacky Green Peace term that has something to do with not shooting whales. Or was it spotted owls? I mean they still think wearing all black clothing and talking like a fag (when you are not) is cool. \n\nThe whole nauseating nightmare made me realize that the "green revolution" is an intense bright light but still very small in its spread. Like an LED. Those of us living in that light feel like it is powerful and all consuming. But there are a LOT of people outside of it\'s glare who don\'t even see it.', 'Green East Trade Show and other Sorry Occasions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '868-autosave', '', '', '2009-03-29 12:36:22', '2009-03-29 18:36:22', '', 868, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/868-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (873, 1, '2009-03-29 09:31:05', '2009-03-29 15:31:05', 'Green East had a trade show in partnership with the Architectural Digest Trade Show at Pier 92 this week here in New York. Green East had a small section in the back. There were about 20 companies hocking their wares. Mildly interesting. But nothing to write home about.\r\n\r\nYou had your salvaged wood companies who can\'t believe their luck that what they have been doing for years is now considered cool. Green? Who cares! They\'re buying my product.\r\n\r\nThere were the big kitchen brands like Wolf or whatever they are called. I can\'t get beyond their price tag. But apparently they have sub zero freezers which is meant to keep your food really cold and their name means high quality and al this means you should pay a lot more and feel better than other people who can\'t afford them. I think that is the logic. I\'m not sure why they were there, though.\r\n\r\nThere were the totally idiotic sales reps trying to brag about how green their booths were. Not their products but the actual booth. Recycled rug and bamboo tables! Wow! Eat my leather shoes you green washing idiots.\r\n\r\nThe best was this retard selling plastic film to put over glass in order to reduce the heat. Just think, your house can be cool in the summer. When I pointed out that it is summer for three months and for the remaining nine months you WANT the heat to come into the house. Ah, he says, the film keeps 11% of the heat in....?!?#? It took me a moment to realize he was talking out of his ass and had no idea how solar gain worked.\r\n\r\nAnd besides, he adds, we do mostly high rises anyway. That makes sense. High rises are the stupidest buildings in the world when it comes to energy efficiency. They are big glass towers which consume huge amounts of energy to heat and cool. It makes sense this company would connect with those kinds of people. They are both idiots.\r\n\r\nWhat was more interesting (from an anthropologist\'s point of view) was the Architectural Digest Show. Hundreds of booths with companies who just don\'t get it. One booth was some designer selling wood as furniture and art. He was especially into cross cut tree trunks of the massive old growth size: Mammoth circles of wood ten feet in diameter. Very beautiful.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m like, Hello?!, where have you been the past 40 years? Are you not aware that cutting down big trees is a major cause of the earth\'s demise. Ecology 101?! Like what fucking planet are you from? It made me feel very preachy.\r\n\r\nOr the huge chandeliers that consume more electricity than the entire city of Las Vegas. Of course the hanging flood lights would be a wonderful addition to the entryway of your McMansion.....again where the fuck have these people been the past few years. \r\n\r\nFor these people green is a color that comes in various shades and ideally is attached to a big paint name like Ralph Lauren. Green, the concept where you are looking out for the planet, is still some wacky Green Peace term that has something to do with not shooting whales. Or was it spotted owls?\r\n\r\nIt made me realize that the "green revolution" is an intense bright light but still very small in its spread. Like an LED. Those of us living in that light feel like it is powerful and all consuming. But there are a LOT of people outside of it\'s glare who don\'t even see it.', 'Green East Trade Show and other Sorry Occasions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '868-revision-2', '', '', '2009-03-29 09:31:05', '2009-03-29 15:31:05', '', 868, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/868-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (874, 1, '2009-03-29 12:37:08', '2009-03-29 18:37:08', 'Green East had a trade show in partnership with the Architectural Digest Trade Show at Pier 92 this week here in New York. Green East had a small section in the back with about 20 "green" companies hocking their wares. Mildly interesting. But nothing to write home about.\r\n\r\nYou had your salvaged wood companies who can\'t believe their luck that what they have been doing for years is now considered cool. Green? Who cares! They\'re selling product.\r\n\r\nThere were the big kitchen brands like Wolf or whatever they are called. I can\'t get beyond their price tag. But apparently they have sub zero freezers which is meant to keep your food really cold and their name means high quality and all this means you should pay a lot more and feel better than other people who can\'t afford them. I think that is the "logic" but the price tag still blinds me to the subtleties. I\'m not sure why they were there, though. Maybe it is green to charge a lot of money for things so people can\'t afford it and thus consume less. \r\n\r\nThen there were the totally idiotic sales reps trying to brag about how green their booths were. Not their products but the actual BOOTH. Recycled rug and bamboo tables! Wow! They flew 3000 miles and carted their recycle rug all the way to NY to tell me this?! Eat my leather shoes you greenwashing idiots. These are the kind of guys who are studying for their "LEEDS" test (not LEED but LEEDS).\r\n\r\nThe best was this retard selling plastic film to put over glass in order to reduce the heat. Just think, your house can be cooler in the summer. When I pointed out that it is summer for three months and for the remaining nine months you WANT the heat to come into the house. Ah, he counters wisely, the film keeps 11% of the heat in....?!?#? It took me a moment to realize he was talking out of his ass and had no idea how solar gain worked.\r\n\r\nAnd besides, he adds, they do mostly high rises anyway. That makes sense. High rises are the stupidest buildings in the world when it comes to energy efficiency. They are big glass towers that consume huge amounts of energy to heat and cool. It makes sense this company would connect with those kinds of people. They are both idiots.\r\n\r\nWhat was more interesting (from an anthropologist\'s point of view) was the Architectural Digest Show. Hundreds of booths with companies who just don\'t get it. They are stuck in a perpetual photo shoot of luxury villas and beautiful people. \r\n\r\nOne booth was a designer selling wood as furniture and art. He was especially into cross cut tree trunks of the massive old growth size: Mammoth circles of wood ten feet in diameter that you hang on your massive wall or put in your massive living room. Very beautiful.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m like, Hello?!, where have you been the past 40 years? Are you not aware that cutting down big trees is a major cause of the earth\'s demise. Ecology 101?! Like what fucking planet are you from? It made me feel very preachy. I had to double check I wasn\'t wearing Birkenstocks and smelling of Patchouli. I had flash backs of anti logging rallies in the early 90\'s. I had no idea where to even start with these guys.\r\n\r\nOr how about the huge chandeliers that consume more electricity than the entire city of Las Vegas. Of course the hanging flood lights would be a wonderful addition to the entryway of your McMansion.....again where the fuck have these people been the past few years. \r\n\r\nFor these people green is a color that comes in various shades and ideally is attached to a big paint name like Ralph Lauren. Green, the concept where you are looking out for the planet, is still some wacky Green Peace term that has something to do with not shooting whales. Or was it spotted owls? I mean they still think wearing all black clothing and talking like a fag (when you are not) is cool. \r\n\r\nThe whole nauseating nightmare made me realize that the "green revolution" is an intense bright light but still very small in its spread. Like an LED. Those of us living in that light feel like it is powerful and all consuming. But there are a LOT of people outside of it\'s glare who don\'t even see it (through their Gucci sunglasses).', 'Green East Trade Show and other Sorry Occasions', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '868-revision-3', '', '', '2009-03-29 12:37:08', '2009-03-29 18:37:08', '', 868, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/868-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (875, 1, '2009-03-29 14:50:24', '2009-03-29 20:50:24', 'Here is somebody I know from chat lists etc. I Googled them and came across an article they wrote that is informative. Here it is verbatim:\r\n\r\nThe Many Shades of Green: Moving from Building Science to Sustainability\r\n\r\nJoyce Coppinger, Executive Director/Member of the Board, The Green Prairie\r\nFoundation for Sustainability, PO Box 22706, Lincoln, Nebraska 68542-2706,\r\n402.483.5135, fax 402.483.5161 The Many Shades of Green: Moving from Building Science to Sustainability
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Joyce Coppinger, Executive Director/Member of the Board, The Green Prairie
\nFoundation for Sustainability, PO Box 22706, Lincoln, Nebraska 68542-2706,
\n402.483.5135, fax 402.483.5161 <jc10508@alltel.net> www.thelaststraw.org (click on Green Prairie)
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Introduction
\nThe term "green building" has become the umbrella for many different approaches to improving building design and construction. But what do these terms and approaches really mean and how can we begin to move from Building Science to Sustainability?
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Building Science explores how heat is generated or lost in a house and how to "tighten" the building and eliminate leaks to gain energy efficiency. However, this approach often leads to a "too tight" house that can cause problems such as mold and mildew, and poor indoor air quality.
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Poor indoor air quality is listed by the EPA as the top environmental threat, yet we continue to construct buildings with windows that don\'t open, mechanical heating/cooling and ventilation systems that do allow enough exchange of fresh air or exhausting of stale or polluted indoor air, causing health problems for the building\'s occupants.
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Building codes and guidelines are often more concerned with structural issues than with the provision of healthy interior environments and indoor air quality, leading to Sick Building Syndrome or Building Related Illness.
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The US Green Building Council\'s and it\'s LEED green building programs are a step in the right direction, but there are still major changes to be made in attitude, perception and concept of planning and siting, design and construction, selection of materials and finishes, building orientation and site considerations, interior air quality if this program is to really produce buildings that are an improvement of the indoor environment and health of its occupants, as well as the reduction of the consumption of materials and products, energy and water.
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Natural building any building system places value on social and environmental sustainability, emphasizing simple, easy-to-learn techniques based on locally available, renewable resources, and leading to sustainability - any method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged using the approach of appropriate technologies: to be appropriate, technology must be connected to the place, resources, economics, culture and impacts of its use. These are the elements to keep in mind and use as our approach to sustainable building and living.
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WHAT IS BUILDING SCIENCE?
\nBuilding science is the study of how buildings function under various environmental conditions. Building scientists study how heat is generated or lost in a house and how to make houses more comfortable and healthy.
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Source: www.healthyindoorair.org - a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Indoor Environments Division, Montana State University Extension Service, Housing Program; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
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WHAT IS INDOOR AIR QUALITY?
\nIndoor Air Quality is listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top environmental threat. The major cause of indoor air pollution are the particles released into the air that come from a variety of sources. The key factors to "healthy air" is it must be clean, fresh and have the proper relative humidity.
\nOur environments fresh air is constantly mixed with pollution. We are exposed on a daily basis to organic chemicals found in the ingredients of common household products also known as volatile organic compounds. These toxins build up in our environment to unhealthy levels that stay in the air long after the activity is completed. Many building products and furnishings in our interiors "off-gas" harmful toxins over a long period of time.
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Source: www.healthylivingfoundation.org and www.epa.gov/iaq
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HOW DOES INDOOR AIR QUALITY DETERIORATE?
\nIf one or more of your office or home ventilation processes is inadequate, due to poor building design, inappropriate occupant activities, or improper maintenance or operation, the quality of indoor air may deteriorate. When that happens, occupants may suffer from Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) or Building Related Illness (BRI).
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WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING?
\n(Source: U.S. Department of Energy)
\nGreen building practices offer an opportunity to create environmentally sound and resource-efficient buildings by using an integrated approach to design.
\nTHE INTENT OF GREEN BUILDING PROGRAMS IS TO
\n• promote resource conservation, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation features;
\n• incorporate environmental impacts and waste minimization;
\n• create a healthful and comfortable environment;
\n• reduce operation and maintenance costs; and
\n• address issues such as historic preservation, access to public transportation, and other community infrastructure systems.
\nThe entire life cycle of the building and its components is considered as well as the economic and environmental impact and performance.
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Resources
\nU.S. Department of Energy, Smart Communities Network, www.sustainable.doe.gov
\nU.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org
\nU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
\nAustin Green Building Program, www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder (An Internet search will take you to other green building programs around the country)
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WHAT IS LEED?
\nSource: www.usgbc.org
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LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a rating system for new and existing commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential buildings, designed by the US Green Building Council using an extensive peer review process. Four levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned in each of five categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality.
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WHAT IS NATURAL BUILDING?
\nSource: Michael G. Smith, leader in the cob and natural building community
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Natural building is any building system which places the highest value on social and environmental sustainability. It assumes the need to minimize the environmental impact of our housing and other building needs while providing healthy, beautiful, comfortable and spiritually-uplifting homes for everyone.
\nNatural builders emphasize simple, easy-to-learn techniques based on locally-available, renewable resources. These systems rely heavily on human labor and creativity instead of on capital, high technology and specialized skills.
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Resources
\nwww.thelaststraw.org
\nwww.econest.com (light straw/clay)
\nwww.cobcottage.com
\nwww.livingpaper.com
\nwww.ecocomposite.com
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
\nsus·tain·abil·i·ty /-”stA-n&-’bi-l&-tE/ noun
\n1 : capable of being sustained
\n2 a : of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged <sustainable techniques> <sustainable agriculture> b : of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods <sustainable society>
\nDefining sustainability is difficult. It seems to have many interpretations in different aspects of society, many applications in various settings. And, it’s become an overworked term in recent years.
\nSustainability in our day-to-day lives means reducing our consumption–sensible quantities, good quality and healthy choices; recycling and reuse of everything possible; less use of all chemicals in all forms and uses as well as gas-and-oil-based products, converting to ag-based and natural products. It means getting off the grid and converting to solar and wind energy, using rainwater catchment and grey water methods to conserve this precious resource, and turning to permaculture approaches and xeriscape plantings in our surroundings. It means using what we have at hand as basic materials for building–as the prairie pioneers and many others did long ago. It means approaches for farming that are sustainable and natural rather than overuse of the land, chemical fertilization, weed control and pesticides, and irrigation levels that deplete the available resources; improved methods of forestry (coppicing, for example), less high energy use manufacturing and a movement toward small cottage industries creating products from local resources distributed to regional outlets; control of packaging–one of the highest sources of waste.
\nSustainability requires lifestyle changes. There is an element of drawing from the past to study what worked and what didn’t or won’t. Accepting the existence of an industrialized world while attempting to apply agrarian and pre-industrial ways to manufacturing needed goods and products. And accepting that we probably will not see a sustainable society in our lifetime yet dedicating ourselves to moving in that direction.
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WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY?
\nTo be appropriate, technology must be connected to the place, resources, economics, culture and impacts of its use.
\nSource: Development Center for Appropriate Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Appropriate technology is small-scale technology. It is simple enough that people can manage it directly and on a local level. Appropriate technology makes use of skills and technology that are available in a local community to supply basic human needs, such as gas and electricity, water, food, and waste disposal.
\nSource: http://lsa.colorado.edu/essence/texts/appropriate.htm
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Appropriate technology is decentralized.
\nToday, many of our basic needs are handled by huge, complex systems. These systems are managed centrally by large private corporations or the government. For example, our electricity typically comes from utility companies that operate across many states. Similarly, many of the fruits and vegetables we consume come from large-scale agricultural corporations in California or other states. In contrast, with appropriate technology, the person who produces a service or a product also becomes the consumer–the person who uses it. This has several advantages. For one, consumer/producers are more likely to care about their work. As a result, service and goods are more reliable and of higher quality. Secondly, centralized systems must invest a lot of money to purchase large, complex machinery and to employ thousands of workers. Often these systems are disrupted due to breakdowns in the technology, problems getting needed supplies, or labor strikes. When this happens, a great many people are affected. Breakdowns such as a power outage may also occur in communities that use small-scale, appropriate technology. But these local breakdowns are not nearly as difficult and time consuming to track down and repair as those that cover a broad geographic area. Thus, a simpler technology tends to be more reliable, and the effects of breakdowns do not disrupt as many lives.
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Technologically sophisticated, though simple in design.
\nIt is important to realize that use of appropriate technology does not mean turning the clock back to the 18th or 19th century. Although the technology involves simple, easy-to use and repair designs, it is based on sophisticated, 20th-century technologies. One example is the invention of photovoltaic or solar cells that convert solar energy, a renewable energy source, into electricity.
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Environmentally friendly.
\nAppropriate technology emphasizes the use of renewable resources, like the energy from the sun, wind, or water. These energy sources are available almost everywhere and need only the right technology to capture them. Unlike burning coal and oil, these local energy sources do not contribute to air and water pollution and they do not need to be transported over long distances. Food, energy, water, and waste disposal are also handled locally by ecological systems. These are systems that conserve resources by recycling organic nutrients back into the soil and reusing manufactured goods in innovative ways. Thus, appropriate technology makes it possible to satisfy our basic human needs while minimizing our impact on the environment.
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Social problems.
\nMany people are beginning to realize that neither our economy nor our population can continue to grow forever. We are running out of the natural resources necessary to sustain ourselves. In addition we are limited in our ability to deal with the social and environmental problems that result from continuous growth. There seems to be a growing dissatisfaction with the complexity and hectic lifestyle of 20th-century society. Many people would prefer to return to a simpler way of life. Appropriate technology is attractive because it makes households and industries more self-sufficient, and most things can be managed at a local level. We may have to do more hand labor instead of depending on automation to satisfy our basic needs. However, there are many advantages to simplifying our lives. By growing more of our own food and producing and buying goods in our own communities, we spend less time and money on transportation, produce less waste and consume fewer environmental resources.
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Resources
\nDevelopment Center for Appropriate Technologies, Tucson, Arizona. www.dcat.net
\nThe Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Austin, Texas. www.cmpbs.org
\nEcological Building Network, Sausalito, California. www.ecobuildnetwork.org
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', 'Person of the Day: Joyce Coppinger', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '875-revision', '', '', '2009-03-29 14:50:05', '2009-03-29 20:50:05', '', 875, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/875-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (879, 1, '2009-03-29 15:41:57', '2009-03-29 21:41:57', 'Ever wondered what size riser you need to put for your water supply? Green builders do. Here is a good list of pipe sizes, lengths and resulting pressure.\r\n\r\nWater pressure in Brooklyn is pretty good. The idea is to pick a pipe size that will give you good pressure even if a couple faucets are turned on at once. The required pressure by code in Brooklyn is 8psi. So if you have a line that feeds three faucets you want it to be able to give 24psi (3x8). That way when all three are on you won\'t feel a big loss of pressure.\r\n\r\nBut you don\'t want to put too large pipes in since that\'s just a waste of materials.\r\n\r\nIf you get low flow faucets and shower heads you will be able to get away with less pressure because each head is pulling less water from the pipe. As Brooklyn becomes greener and more water conscious these kinds of things are important considerations for a green contractor or green plumber. Clients will depend on us to think about this stuff.\r\n\r\nAnother consideration: what size heating and cooling do you need when the house is super insulated? Don\'t let the non-green plumber snow ball you into the "correct" sized boiler. They are basing their calculations on "standard" houses with pathetic amounts of insulation. Ideally you have a green plumber who knows about this.', 'Calculating Green Flow Rates', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'calculating-flow-rates', '', '', '2009-03-29 15:45:53', '2009-03-29 21:45:53', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=879', 0, 'post', '', 0) ; INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (877, 1, '2009-03-29 14:51:57', '2009-03-29 20:51:57', 'Here is somebody I know from chat lists etc. I googled them and came accross an article they wrote that is informative. Here it is verbatim:\nThe Many Shades of Green: Moving from Building Science to Sustainability\n\nJoyce Coppinger, Executive Director/Member of the Board, The Green Prairie\nFoundation for Sustainability, PO Box 22706, Lincoln, Nebraska 68542-2706,\n402.483.5135, fax 402.483.5161
The Many Shades of Green: Moving from Building Science to Sustainability
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Joyce Coppinger, Executive Director/Member of the Board, The Green Prairie
\r\nFoundation for Sustainability, PO Box 22706, Lincoln, Nebraska 68542-2706,
\r\n402.483.5135, fax 402.483.5161 <jc10508@alltel.net> www.thelaststraw.org (click on Green Prairie)
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Introduction
\r\nThe term "green building" has become the umbrella for many different approaches to improving building design and construction. But what do these terms and approaches really mean and how can we begin to move from Building Science to Sustainability?
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Building Science explores how heat is generated or lost in a house and how to "tighten" the building and eliminate leaks to gain energy efficiency. However, this approach often leads to a "too tight" house that can cause problems such as mold and mildew, and poor indoor air quality.
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Poor indoor air quality is listed by the EPA as the top environmental threat, yet we continue to construct buildings with windows that don\'t open, mechanical heating/cooling and ventilation systems that do allow enough exchange of fresh air or exhausting of stale or polluted indoor air, causing health problems for the building\'s occupants.
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Building codes and guidelines are often more concerned with structural issues than with the provision of healthy interior environments and indoor air quality, leading to Sick Building Syndrome or Building Related Illness.
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The US Green Building Council\'s and it\'s LEED green building programs are a step in the right direction, but there are still major changes to be made in attitude, perception and concept of planning and siting, design and construction, selection of materials and finishes, building orientation and site considerations, interior air quality if this program is to really produce buildings that are an improvement of the indoor environment and health of its occupants, as well as the reduction of the consumption of materials and products, energy and water.
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Natural building any building system places value on social and environmental sustainability, emphasizing simple, easy-to-learn techniques based on locally available, renewable resources, and leading to sustainability - any method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged using the approach of appropriate technologies: to be appropriate, technology must be connected to the place, resources, economics, culture and impacts of its use. These are the elements to keep in mind and use as our approach to sustainable building and living.
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WHAT IS BUILDING SCIENCE?
\r\nBuilding science is the study of how buildings function under various environmental conditions. Building scientists study how heat is generated or lost in a house and how to make houses more comfortable and healthy.
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Source: www.healthyindoorair.org - a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Indoor Environments Division, Montana State University Extension Service, Housing Program; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
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WHAT IS INDOOR AIR QUALITY?
\r\nIndoor Air Quality is listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top environmental threat. The major cause of indoor air pollution are the particles released into the air that come from a variety of sources. The key factors to "healthy air" is it must be clean, fresh and have the proper relative humidity.
\r\nOur environments fresh air is constantly mixed with pollution. We are exposed on a daily basis to organic chemicals found in the ingredients of common household products also known as volatile organic compounds. These toxins build up in our environment to unhealthy levels that stay in the air long after the activity is completed. Many building products and furnishings in our interiors "off-gas" harmful toxins over a long period of time.
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Source: www.healthylivingfoundation.org and www.epa.gov/iaq
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HOW DOES INDOOR AIR QUALITY DETERIORATE?
\r\nIf one or more of your office or home ventilation processes is inadequate, due to poor building design, inappropriate occupant activities, or improper maintenance or operation, the quality of indoor air may deteriorate. When that happens, occupants may suffer from Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) or Building Related Illness (BRI).
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WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING?
\r\n(Source: U.S. Department of Energy)
\r\nGreen building practices offer an opportunity to create environmentally sound and resource-efficient buildings by using an integrated approach to design.
\r\nTHE INTENT OF GREEN BUILDING PROGRAMS IS TO
\r\n• promote resource conservation, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation features;
\r\n• incorporate environmental impacts and waste minimization;
\r\n• create a healthful and comfortable environment;
\r\n• reduce operation and maintenance costs; and
\r\n• address issues such as historic preservation, access to public transportation, and other community infrastructure systems.
\r\nThe entire life cycle of the building and its components is considered as well as the economic and environmental impact and performance.
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Resources
\r\nU.S. Department of Energy, Smart Communities Network, www.sustainable.doe.gov
\r\nU.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org
\r\nU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
\r\nAustin Green Building Program, www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder (An Internet search will take you to other green building programs around the country)
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WHAT IS LEED?
\r\nSource: www.usgbc.org
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LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a rating system for new and existing commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential buildings, designed by the US Green Building Council using an extensive peer review process. Four levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned in each of five categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality.
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WHAT IS NATURAL BUILDING?
\r\nSource: Michael G. Smith, leader in the cob and natural building community
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Natural building is any building system which places the highest value on social and environmental sustainability. It assumes the need to minimize the environmental impact of our housing and other building needs while providing healthy, beautiful, comfortable and spiritually-uplifting homes for everyone.
\r\nNatural builders emphasize simple, easy-to-learn techniques based on locally-available, renewable resources. These systems rely heavily on human labor and creativity instead of on capital, high technology and specialized skills.
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Resources
\r\nwww.thelaststraw.org
\r\nwww.econest.com (light straw/clay)
\r\nwww.cobcottage.com
\r\nwww.livingpaper.com
\r\nwww.ecocomposite.com
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
\r\nsus·tain·abil·i·ty /-”stA-n&-’bi-l&-tE/ noun
\r\n1 : capable of being sustained
\r\n2 a : of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged <sustainable techniques> <sustainable agriculture> b : of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods <sustainable society>
\r\nDefining sustainability is difficult. It seems to have many interpretations in different aspects of society, many applications in various settings. And, it’s become an overworked term in recent years.
\r\nSustainability in our day-to-day lives means reducing our consumption–sensible quantities, good quality and healthy choices; recycling and reuse of everything possible; less use of all chemicals in all forms and uses as well as gas-and-oil-based products, converting to ag-based and natural products. It means getting off the grid and converting to solar and wind energy, using rainwater catchment and grey water methods to conserve this precious resource, and turning to permaculture approaches and xeriscape plantings in our surroundings. It means using what we have at hand as basic materials for building–as the prairie pioneers and many others did long ago. It means approaches for farming that are sustainable and natural rather than overuse of the land, chemical fertilization, weed control and pesticides, and irrigation levels that deplete the available resources; improved methods of forestry (coppicing, for example), less high energy use manufacturing and a movement toward small cottage industries creating products from local resources distributed to regional outlets; control of packaging–one of the highest sources of waste.
\r\nSustainability requires lifestyle changes. There is an element of drawing from the past to study what worked and what didn’t or won’t. Accepting the existence of an industrialized world while attempting to apply agrarian and pre-industrial ways to manufacturing needed goods and products. And accepting that we probably will not see a sustainable society in our lifetime yet dedicating ourselves to moving in that direction.
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WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY?
\r\nTo be appropriate, technology must be connected to the place, resources, economics, culture and impacts of its use.
\r\nSource: Development Center for Appropriate Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Appropriate technology is small-scale technology. It is simple enough that people can manage it directly and on a local level. Appropriate technology makes use of skills and technology that are available in a local community to supply basic human needs, such as gas and electricity, water, food, and waste disposal.
\r\nSource: http://lsa.colorado.edu/essence/texts/appropriate.htm
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Appropriate technology is decentralized.
\r\nToday, many of our basic needs are handled by huge, complex systems. These systems are managed centrally by large private corporations or the government. For example, our electricity typically comes from utility companies that operate across many states. Similarly, many of the fruits and vegetables we consume come from large-scale agricultural corporations in California or other states. In contrast, with appropriate technology, the person who produces a service or a product also becomes the consumer–the person who uses it. This has several advantages. For one, consumer/producers are more likely to care about their work. As a result, service and goods are more reliable and of higher quality. Secondly, centralized systems must invest a lot of money to purchase large, complex machinery and to employ thousands of workers. Often these systems are disrupted due to breakdowns in the technology, problems getting needed supplies, or labor strikes. When this happens, a great many people are affected. Breakdowns such as a power outage may also occur in communities that use small-scale, appropriate technology. But these local breakdowns are not nearly as difficult and time consuming to track down and repair as those that cover a broad geographic area. Thus, a simpler technology tends to be more reliable, and the effects of breakdowns do not disrupt as many lives.
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Technologically sophisticated, though simple in design.
\r\nIt is important to realize that use of appropriate technology does not mean turning the clock back to the 18th or 19th century. Although the technology involves simple, easy-to use and repair designs, it is based on sophisticated, 20th-century technologies. One example is the invention of photovoltaic or solar cells that convert solar energy, a renewable energy source, into electricity.
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Environmentally friendly.
\r\nAppropriate technology emphasizes the use of renewable resources, like the energy from the sun, wind, or water. These energy sources are available almost everywhere and need only the right technology to capture them. Unlike burning coal and oil, these local energy sources do not contribute to air and water pollution and they do not need to be transported over long distances. Food, energy, water, and waste disposal are also handled locally by ecological systems. These are systems that conserve resources by recycling organic nutrients back into the soil and reusing manufactured goods in innovative ways. Thus, appropriate technology makes it possible to satisfy our basic human needs while minimizing our impact on the environment.
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Social problems.
\r\nMany people are beginning to realize that neither our economy nor our population can continue to grow forever. We are running out of the natural resources necessary to sustain ourselves. In addition we are limited in our ability to deal with the social and environmental problems that result from continuous growth. There seems to be a growing dissatisfaction with the complexity and hectic lifestyle of 20th-century society. Many people would prefer to return to a simpler way of life. Appropriate technology is attractive because it makes households and industries more self-sufficient, and most things can be managed at a local level. We may have to do more hand labor instead of depending on automation to satisfy our basic needs. However, there are many advantages to simplifying our lives. By growing more of our own food and producing and buying goods in our own communities, we spend less time and money on transportation, produce less waste and consume fewer environmental resources.
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Resources
\r\nDevelopment Center for Appropriate Technologies, Tucson, Arizona. www.dcat.net
\r\nThe Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Austin, Texas. www.cmpbs.org
\r\nEcological Building Network, Sausalito, California. www.ecobuildnetwork.org
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\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contracting company in Brooklyn. We have a background in green real estate, development and renovation.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker® and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contractor in Brooklyn. Our is background in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contractor in Brooklyn. Our is background in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education, where we are either students and teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base. On our team is a certified in green roof installer, a green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contractor in Brooklyn. Our is background in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education, where we are either students and teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base. On our team is a certified in green roof installer, a green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP, Green Educator and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP, educator and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but it is also of highest possible monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in its membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is the most innovative green contractor in Brooklyn. Our background is in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education where we are either students or teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base as well as educating the community. \r\n\r\nOn our team is a certified green roof installer, green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP, Green Educator and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP, educator and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but is also of highest monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in our membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a green contractor in Brooklyn. Our is background in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education, where we are either students and teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base. On our team is a certified in green roof installer, a green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP, Green Educator and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP, educator and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but is also of highest monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in our membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is the most innovative green contractor in Brooklyn. Our background is in green real estate, development and renovation. We have a great team of green builders who are passionate about using old and new technologies to increase the quality of living while reducing costs and benefiting the environment.\r\n\r\nOn our team has a wide range of experience and certifications. Education where we are either students or teachers is a big part of our process. We are constantly increasing our knowledge base as well as educating the community. \r\n\r\nOn our team is a certified green roof installer, green real estate broker, radiant floor specialist, green real estate manager, solar thermal and PV installer, LEED AP, Green Educator and more.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn is the leader in Forward Building, a term coined by Eco Brooklyn founder Gennaro Brooks-Church. Eco Brooklyn focuses on building high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to both build and run. Attention is put on using recycled, sustainable and local materials. \r\n\r\nThe company is fully licensed and insured to do Home Improvement work in the state of NY. Insurance includes: Liability, Disability and Workers Compensation. Liability is up to $2 Million.\r\n\r\nAs well as doing Brownstone renovations for clients Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and "greens" them. These houses are used as New York community outreach platforms to help train local workers and educate the community in good green building techniques. \r\n\r\nWe are partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and offer an Eco Brooklyn Green Construction Certification Program for interns wanting to gain work experience in green building. \r\n\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc is run by Gennaro Brooks-Church, a NY Licensed Real Estate Broker, Certified EcoBroker®, LEED AP, educator and lifetime builder. \r\n\r\nGennaro\'s knowledge of home values means all building is done with the value of the home in mind so that not only is the building of high quality but is also of highest monetary value. Special attention is paid to long terms trends so houses are built to increase in value over time. \r\n\r\nWe adhere to the ethics outlined in our membership with Sustainable Business Network New York City. The ethical sustainable business practices are specified in the triple bottom line - People, Planet, and Profit.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nFirst we cut the tube and splice it so it lays more flat:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we put cement into it:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThen we screw it up around the pex tubing:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nHere are some ways we deemed not good because they either didn\'t stick to the subfloor or took too long:\r\n\r\nWire lath with cement:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nUsing wire to hold it up had issues with longevity:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe end result is that we think we found a good solution. Factoring in costs and labor the price of a radiant floor cement installation is cheaper. The work is not complicated and can be done by an unskilled person. It takes about twice or three times as long as installing aluminum.\r\n\r\nFor small jobs where you are making a green brownstone I think it is a good alternative to aluminum fins. And again, it might make sense for large jobs too if you have time and want to save on materials.\r\n\r\nOf course the big question is whether it will work. We have yet to set up the heating manifolds. But I\'m pretty sure they will work just as well as aluminum fins and definitely better than nothing at all. I don\'t see any issues coming up either.', 'Radiant Floor Aluminium Fin Alternative', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'radiant-floor-aluminium-fin-alternative', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:33:40', '2009-04-02 17:33:40', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=907', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (908, 1, '2009-04-02 11:30:41', '2009-04-02 17:30:41', 'We are installing radiant floor heating with pex tubes. We had a set of challenges:\nThe floor height was low or the floor already had wood flooring on top of it.\n\nIn both these cases it did not work to put pex tubing OVER the subfloor. So we had to hang it below the sub floor. This is not ideal since the heat from the tubes has farther and more to travel through in order to get to the room above. To make up for that you need hotter water temperatures and this costs more money.\n\nThe standard way of dealing with under floor pex it to attach aluminum fins to them. This draws out the heat nicely.\n\nI had issues with that route.\n1. we had to snake the pex through existing joists so straight aluminum would fit so well with our windy pex.\n2. fins are expensive.\n3. aluminum has high embodied energy.\n\nSo since Eco Brooklyn is all about innovative green technology we decided to challenge industry standards and we set out to find a cheaper, more labor intensive, less embodied energy approach. For me these three elements are key to green building.\n\nCheap is easy to relate to. Everyone likes cheap provided the quality isn\'t. Embodied energy most people can get. It basically means less impact on the environment.\n\nMore labor intensive is something people don\'t get. But for me it is very important. I have people coming to my doorstep basically begging for work with sad stories of families to feed. Why would I not find a way to employ them? The best way to do this is to reduce my materials cost so I can afford to increase my labor cost.\n\nThis means buying cheaper raw materials and assembling them on site with labor.\n\nDoing this is the most powerful way of keeping the money in the community.\n\nSo I figured I wanted something that pulled the heat out of the tubes. Cement is cheap (but labor intensive). And it is gotten locally. Pex tubes in a concrete slab work great for example.\n\nOf course attaching cement to the bottom of a floor is not easy. There were considerations:\nhumidity issues of wet cement\nweight issues of dry cement\nkeeping it attached for over 50 years\n\nWe tried many things:\nPlywood cement sandwiches that we screwed up\nMetal lath like a stucco job\nParticle board with holes in it\nWire\nChicken wire\nNylon Mesh\n\nIt took a couple days to find a solution.\n\nWhat we settled on is foam insulation for pipes that are filled with cement and then screwed up to the subfloor around the pex. At first we punctured the foam with holes to let the humidity out but then we found the screw holes were sufficient. NY isn\'t humid in the winter. We also started out by wiring it up but found that screwing it was better and more long term since the cement will dry around the screws.\n\nWe used external screws that won\'t corrode.\n\nThe foam had the right amount of rigidity and flexibility. It was naturally rounded to hold the cement. And it had the added benefit of insulating the cement from below. The heat only has one way to go once it is pulled out of the pex: UP. And that is where we want it.\n\nHere is what the final thing looks like:\n\n\n\n\nFirst we cut the tube and splice it so it lays more flat:\n\n\n\nThen we put cement into it:\n\n\n\nThen we screw it up around the pex tubing:\n\n\n\n\n\nHere are some ways we deemed not good because they either didn\'t stick to the subfloor or took too long:\n\nWire lath with cement:\n\n\n\nUsing wire to hold it up had issues with longevity:\n\n\n\nThe end result is that we think we found a good solution. Factoring in costs and labor the price of a radiant floor cement installation is cheaper. The work is not complicated and can be done by an unskilled person. It takes about twice or three times as long as installing aluminum. \n\nFor small jobs where you are making a green brownstone I think it is a good alternative to aluminum fins. And again, it might make sense for large jobs too if you have time and want to save on materials.\n\nOf course the big question is whether it will work. We have yet to set up the heating manifolds. But I\'m pretty sure they will work just as well as aluminum fins and definitely better than nothing at all. I don\'t see any issues coming up either.', 'Radiant Floor Aluminium Fin Alternative', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '907-revision', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:30:41', '2009-04-02 17:30:41', '', 907, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/907-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (909, 1, '2009-04-02 11:33:42', '2009-04-02 17:33:42', 'We are installing radiant floor heating with pex tubes. We had a set of challenges:\nThe floor height was low or the floor already had wood flooring on top of it.\n\nIn both these cases it did not work to put pex tubing OVER the subfloor. So we had to hang it below the sub floor. This is not ideal since the heat from the tubes has farther and more to travel through in order to get to the room above. To make up for that you need hotter water temperatures and this costs more money.\n\nThe standard way of dealing with under floor pex it to attach aluminum fins to them. This draws out the heat nicely.\n\nI had issues with that route.\n1. we had to snake the pex through existing joists so straight aluminum would fit so well with our windy pex.\n2. fins are expensive.\n3. aluminum has high embodied energy.\n\nSo since Eco Brooklyn is all about innovative green technology we decided to challenge industry standards and we set out to find a cheaper, more labor intensive, less embodied energy approach. For me these three elements are key to green building.\n\nCheap is easy to relate to. Everyone likes cheap provided the quality isn\'t. Embodied energy most people can get. It basically means less impact on the environment.\n\nMore labor intensive is something people don\'t get. But for me it is very important. I have people coming to my doorstep basically begging for work with sad stories of families to feed. Why would I not find a way to employ them? The best way to do this is to reduce my materials cost so I can afford to increase my labor cost.\n\nThis means buying cheaper raw materials and assembling them on site with labor.\n\nDoing this is the most powerful way of keeping the money in the community.\n\nSo I figured I wanted something that pulled the heat out of the tubes. Cement is cheap (but labor intensive). And it is gotten locally. Pex tubes in a concrete slab work great for example.\n\nOf course attaching cement to the bottom of a floor is not easy. There were considerations:\nhumidity issues of wet cement\nweight issues of dry cement\nkeeping it attached for over 50 years\n\nWe tried many things:\nPlywood cement sandwiches that we screwed up\nMetal lath like a stucco job\nParticle board with holes in it\nWire\nChicken wire\nNylon Mesh\n\nIt took a couple days to find a solution.\n\nWhat we settled on is foam insulation for pipes that are filled with cement and then screwed up to the subfloor around the pex. At first we punctured the foam with holes to let the humidity out but then we found the screw holes were sufficient. NY isn\'t humid in the winter. We also started out by wiring it up but found that screwing it was better and more long term since the cement will dry around the screws.\n\nWe used external screws that won\'t corrode.\n\nThe foam had the right amount of rigidity and flexibility. It was naturally rounded to hold the cement. And it had the added benefit of insulating the cement from below. The heat only has one way to go once it is pulled out of the pex: UP. And that is where we want it.\n\nHere is what the final thing looks like:\n\n\n\n\nFirst we cut the tube and splice it so it lays more flat:\n\n\n\nThen we put cement into it:\n\n\n\nThen we screw it up around the pex tubing:\n\n\n\n\n\nHere are some ways we deemed not good because they either didn\'t stick to the subfloor or took too long:\n\nWire lath with cement:\n\n\n\nUsing wire to hold it up had issues with longevity:\n\n\n\nThe end result is that we think we found a good solution. Factoring in costs and labor the price of a radiant floor cement installation is cheaper. The work is not complicated and can be done by an unskilled person. It takes about twice or three times as long as installing aluminum.\n\nFor small jobs where you are making a green brownstone I think it is a good alternative to aluminum fins. And again, it might make sense for large jobs too if you have time and want to save on materials.\n\nOf course the big question is whether it will work. We have yet to set up the heating manifolds. But I\'m pretty sure they will work just as well as aluminum fins and definitely better than nothing at all. I don\'t see any issues coming up either.', 'Radiant Floor Aluminium Fin Alternative', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '907-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:33:42', '2009-04-02 17:33:42', '', 907, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/907-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (910, 1, '2009-04-02 11:49:54', '2009-04-02 17:49:54', 'I\'m happy to say that NY is an exception to the rule that using wood isn\'t green\r\ndue to the Gotham Forest we have here:\r\nmillions of board feet of old growth lumber sitting in the frames of old\r\nbuildings just waiting to be harvested and reused. I simply have to drive\r\naround to dumpsters to get pretty much all the wood I need.\r\n\r\nAnd I don\'t care what sticklers for protocol say, this untested\r\nunrated ugly wood is better than the stamped wood you get today. And\r\nwe\'re just talking strength. Never mind regional materials, building\r\nreuse, recycled, salvaged, keeping from landfill etc.\r\n\r\nBut you have to tread carefully around inspectors because\r\nthis is all new and as of yet they still can\'t afford to make any\r\ndifference between an honest green builder and a dishonest builder\r\ntrying to cut corners (no pun intended) by using cheap old wood.', 'Gotham Forest Wood', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gotham-forest-wood', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:49:54', '2009-04-02 17:49:54', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=910', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (911, 1, '2009-04-02 11:49:45', '2009-04-02 17:49:45', 'I\'m happy to say that NY is an exception to the rule that using wood isn\'t green\ndue to the Gotham Forest we have here:\nmillions of board feet of old growth lumber sitting in the frames of old\nbuildings just waiting to be harvested and reused. I simply have to drive\naround to dumpsters to get pretty much all the wood I need.\n\nAnd I don\'t care what sticklers for protocol say, this untested\nunrated ugly wood is better than the stamped wood you get today. And\nwe\'re just talking strength. Never mind regional materials, building\nreuse, recycled, salvaged, keeping from landfill etc.\n\nBut you have to tread carefully around inspectors because\nthis is all new and as of yet they still can\'t afford to make any\ndifference between an honest green builder and a dishonest builder\ntrying to cut corners (no pun intended) by using cheap old wood.', 'Gotham Forest Wood', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '910-revision', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:49:45', '2009-04-02 17:49:45', '', 910, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/910-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (912, 1, '2009-04-02 11:54:52', '2009-04-02 17:54:52', 'What is manufacturer\'s\' obsession with telling me how many LEED\r\npoints I can earn by buying their product?!\r\nFrom the advertisements you\'d think every house being built is going for LEED.\r\nBut the manufacturers know they aren\'t. They are betting on people\r\nsaying, "Heck, if it good for LEEDS then it\'s good for my little\r\nhouse. Give me two!"\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big marketing game and pretty much every one is involved. I got\r\nLEED accredited the other day and when my girlfriend asked me what the\r\nbenefits were I was, "Well, I guess it looks good on my business\r\ncard." The main benefit of me studying and paying money was\r\nmarketing?!\r\n\r\nNobody is knocking on my door to certify their house. I\'m not even\r\nsure I\'ll certify my own building!\r\n\r\nBut I like to be involved in the game and right now that\'s the biggest\r\none in town. And what a racket it is.', 'LEED Marketing Mania', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'leed-marketing-mania', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:54:52', '2009-04-02 17:54:52', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=912', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (913, 1, '2009-04-02 11:53:59', '2009-04-02 17:53:59', 'What is manufacturer\'s\' obsession with telling me how many LEED\npoints I can earn by buying their product?!\nFrom the advertisements you\'d think every house being built is going for LEED.\nBut the manufacturers know they aren\'t. They are betting on people\nsaying, "Heck, if it good for LEEDS then it\'s good for my little\nhouse. Give me two!"\n\nIt\'s a big marketing game and pretty much every one is involved. I got\nLEED accredited the other day and when my girlfriend asked me what the\nbenefits were I was, "Well, I guess it looks good on my business\ncard." The main benefit of me studying and paying money was\nmarketing?!\nNobody is knocking on my door to certify their house. I\'m not even\nsure I\'ll certify my own building!\nBut I like to be involved in the game and right now that\'s the biggest\none in town.', 'LEED Marketing Mania', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '912-revision', '', '', '2009-04-02 11:53:59', '2009-04-02 17:53:59', '', 912, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/912-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (914, 1, '2009-04-03 19:53:07', '2009-04-04 01:53:07', 'I went to the LED light trade show a couple weeks ago. It was way cool. They are making real progress for residential LED lighting.\r\nOne technology that I especially liked was phosphorescent lenses that convert blue LED into visible light like a normal bulb. This varies from normal LED lights that combine the three colors to make white.\r\n\r\nThe good thing about the phosphorescent lenses is that you can use the cheapest LED which is blue. You also don\'t have to worry about getting the color mix accurate since you are only dealing with one color.\r\n\r\nThe phosphorescent lense looks really cool. It literally starts to glow when you put it near the blue LED.\r\n\r\nI think this is going to be a viable solution for greening Brooklyn brownstones. I\'m talking with Lightolier and Sony to see if we can put show case lights into the green show house.\r\n\r\nHere is the phosphorescent cap and the LED:\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (915, 1, '2009-04-03 19:52:37', '2009-04-04 01:52:37', 'I went to the LED light trade show a couple weeks ago. It was way cool. They are making real progress for residential LED lighting.\nOne technology that I especially liked was phosphorescent lenses that convert blue LED into visible light like a normal bulb. This varies from normal LED lights that combine the three colors to make white.\n\nThe good thing about the phosphorescent lenses is that you can use the cheapest LED which is blue. You also don\'t have to worry about getting the color mix accurate since you are only dealing with one color.\n\nThe phosphorescent lense looks really cool. It literally starts to glow when you put it near the blue LED.\n\nI think this is going to be a viable solution for greening Brooklyn brownstones. I\'m talking with Lightolier and Sony to see if we can put show case lights into the green show house.\n\nHere is the phosphorescent cap and the LED:\n\n\n', 'LED light tradeshow', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '914-revision', '', '', '2009-04-03 19:52:37', '2009-04-04 01:52:37', '', 914, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/914-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (916, 1, '2009-04-04 17:55:42', '2009-04-04 23:55:42', 'I love the abundance of energy emerging for green roofs in Brooklyn and New York. Installing a green roof in Brooklyn is the smartest think I can think of. When I go on a Brooklyn rooftop and see all the plane flat roofs I see a possible forest of verdant green and fauna. \r\n\r\nI see a cool rooftop landscape where the city heat has been reduced noticeably. \r\n\r\nGreen roof in Brooklyn make so much sense that I\'d say it is one of the top things in greening a brownstone. \r\n\r\nI\'m writing this because I came accross a great web site offering green roof services appropriately called NYC Green Roofing. \r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn installs green roofs so you might wonder why I\'m raving about another green roof company. The truth is that we need to work together. There are too many roofs for just one company to bring the New York green roof industry to critical mass. \r\n\r\nCritical mass is when it is adopted by the main stream and no just intelligent early adopters. Critical mass is when you see a noticeable change in city air quality, temperature and wildlife liveliness. Critical mass is also when installing green roofs really takes off as a business.\r\n\r\nSo I am happy to say I\'ve found another green roof installer who can help in this very wonderful and important job of putting green roofs on as many NY rooftops!', 'New York Green Roof Contractor - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-york-green-roof-contractor-web', '', '', '2009-04-04 17:57:06', '2009-04-04 23:57:06', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=916', 0, 'post', '', 10) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (917, 1, '2009-04-04 17:55:39', '2009-04-04 23:55:39', 'I love the abundance of energy emerging for green roofs in Brooklyn and New York. Installing a green roof in Brooklyn is the smartest think I can think of. When I go on a Brooklyn rooftop and see all the plane flat roofs I see a possible forest of verdant green and fauna. \n\nI see a cool rooftop landscape where the city heat has been reduced noticeably. \n\nGreen roof in Brooklyn make so much sense that I\'d say it is one of the top things in greening a brownstone. \n\nI\'m writing this because I came accross a great web site offering green roof services appropriately called NYC Green Roofing. \n\nEco Brooklyn installs green roofs so you might wonder why I\'m raving about another green roof company. The truth is that we need to work together. There are too many roofs for just one company to bring the New York green roof industry to critical mass. \n\nCritical mass is when it is adopted by the main stream and no just intelligent early adopters. Critical mass is when you see a noticeable change in city air quality, temperature and wildlife liveliness. Critical mass is also when installing green roofs really takes off as a business.\n\nSo I am happy to say I\'ve found another green roof installer who can help in this very wonderful and important job of putting green roofs on as many NY rooftops!', 'New York Green Roof Contractor - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '916-revision', '', '', '2009-04-04 17:55:39', '2009-04-04 23:55:39', '', 916, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/916-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (918, 1, '2009-04-04 17:55:42', '2009-04-04 23:55:42', 'I love the abundance of energy emerging for green roofs in Brooklyn and New York. Installing a green roof in Brooklyn is the smartest think I can think of. When I go on a Brooklyn rooftop and see all the plane flat roofs I see a possible forest of verdant green and fauna. \r\n\r\nI see a cool rooftop landscape where the city heat has been reduced noticeably. \r\n\r\nGreen roof in Brooklyn make so much sense that I\'d say it is one of the top things in greening a brownstone. \r\n\r\nI\'m writing this because I came accross a great web site offering green roof services appropriately called NYC Green Roofing. \r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn installs green roofs so you might wonder why I\'m raving about another green roof company. The truth is that we need to work together. There are too many roofs for just one company to bring the New York green roof industry to critical mass. \r\n\r\nCritical mass is when it is adopted by the main stream and no just intelligent early adopters. Critical mass is when you see a noticeable change in city air quality, temperature and wildlife liveliness. Critical mass is also when installing green roofs really takes off as a business.\r\n\r\nSo I am happy to say I\'ve found another green roof installer who can help in this very wonderful and important job of putting green roofs on as many NY rooftops!', 'New York Green Roof Contractor - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '916-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-04 17:55:42', '2009-04-04 23:55:42', '', 916, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/916-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (919, 1, '2009-04-04 18:46:25', '2009-04-05 00:46:25', 'Green building is all about energy efficiency, saving precious resources, green roofs and recycled cellulose insulation, right?\r\n\r\nI would actually say that those things are secondary and that there is a larger philosophy behind green building. Those things are some of the focused methods we carry out the philosophy perhaps but the overall philosophy is much more encompassing.\r\n\r\nIn fact the philosophy could be carried out in many fields. It just so happens that green building is a great synergy of money and ethics where it is very easy to carry out the philosophy.\r\n\r\nHere is my philosophy of green building: helping the world.\r\n\r\nSimple enough. But the implications are huge because it completely changes the ethics of a green building business. Ethically you are no longer simply bound by the very lax laws of what are legal or not. You can cause all sorts of harm to the world and yet still act legally.\r\n\r\nGreen building and the philosophy behind it requires a much more stringent code of ethics. Each action throughout the day has to have a resounding yes in answer to the question, "Does this help the world."\r\n\r\nAlong with this come all sorts of subtleties such as complete transparency, honesty, and goodwill, EVEN sometimes at the expense of other things such as money, efficiency. Obviously these two juxtapositions do not need to be an either or but sometimes they are in this complex world and up until now we have usually chosen money and efficiency over other options that may benefit the world more (and you less in the short term).\r\n\r\nI bring this up because a solar panel installer came by the other day to look at our roof and discuss a business partnership with Eco Brooklyn. He noticed that I had great workers and casually got one of their cards.\r\n\r\nLo and behold I find out that he is calling this worker and trying to entice him to go work for the solar company. Is this illegal? No. It happens all the time.\r\n\r\nDoes it cause stress to my company? Is it the most ethical thing? Maybe, maybe not.\r\n\r\nHere is the big question, though: Is it the best thing for the world?\r\n\r\nThat\'s maybe hard to answer at first but the easy way to see is to ask, "What if everyone acted this way?" From this perspective the answer is clear and it shows his actions were not in the worlds best interest.\r\n\r\nIs he a green builder? I don\'t think so. A green builder would not have done that. It is a small point but it is the small points that cause a revolution. I think it is so important we raise our standards in business. \r\n\r\nThe triple bottom line is probably the easiest guide. It is hard to screw up too badly following that metric.\r\n\r\n', 'Green Building Ethics', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-building-ethics', '', '', '2009-04-04 18:46:25', '2009-04-05 00:46:25', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=919', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (920, 1, '2009-04-04 18:46:18', '2009-04-05 00:46:18', 'Green building is all about energy efficiency, saving precious resources, green roofs and recycled cellulose insulation, right?\n\nI would actually say that those things are secondary and that there is a larger philosophy behind green building. Those things are some of the focused methods we carry out the philosophy perhaps but the overall philosophy is much more encompassing.\n\nIn fact the philosophy could be carried out in many fields. It just so happens that green building is a great synergy of money and ethics where it is very easy to carry out the philosophy.\n\nHere is my philosophy of green building: helping the world.\n\nSimple enough. But the implications are huge because it completely changes the ethics of a green building business. Ethically you are no longer simply bound by the very lax laws of what are legal or not. You can cause all sorts of harm to the world and yet still act legally.\n\nGreen building and the philosophy behind it requires a much more stringent code of ethics. Each action throughout the day has to have a resounding yes in answer to the question, "Does this help the world."\n\nAlong with this come all sorts of subtleties such as complete transparency, honesty, and goodwill, EVEN sometimes at the expense of other things such as money, efficiency. Obviously these two juxtapositions do not need to be an either or but sometimes they are in this complex world and up until now we have usually chosen money and efficiency over other options that may benefit the world more (and you less in the short term).\n\nI bring this up because a solar panel installer came by the other day to look at our roof and discuss a business partnership with Eco Brooklyn. He noticed that I had great workers and casually got one of their cards.\n\nLo and behold I find out that he is calling this worker and trying to entice him to go work for the solar company. Is this illegal? No. It happens all the time.\n\nDoes it cause stress to my company? Is it the most ethical thing? Maybe, maybe not.\n\nHere is the big question, though: Is it the best thing for the world?\n\nThat\'s maybe hard to answer at first but the easy way to see is to ask, "What if everyone acted this way?" From this perspective the answer is clear and it shows his actions were not in the worlds best interest.\n\nIs he a green builder? I don\'t think so. A green builder would not have done that. It is a small point but it is the small points that cause a revolution. I think it is so important we raise our standards in business. \n\nThe triple bottom line is probably the easiest guide. It is hard to screw up too badly following that metric.\n\n', 'Green Building Ethics', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '919-revision', '', '', '2009-04-04 18:46:18', '2009-04-05 00:46:18', '', 919, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/919-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (921, 1, '2009-04-06 10:56:36', '2009-04-06 16:56:36', 'All builders create waste. Green builders create a lot less because they reuse, recycle and find others to use their stuff. One of the tricks is finding places or companies that will take your stuff and channel it for another use. \r\n\r\nHere are some resources from a deconstruction article that ran a couple of years ago in a magazine.\r\n\r\nNot sure how current they are but it might be of help.\r\n\r\nNational Organizations\r\nBuilding Material Reuse Association (BMRA); www.buildingreuse.org\r\nConstruction Material Recycling Association (CMRA); www.cdrecycling.org\r\nDeconstruction Institute; www.deconstructioninstitute.com\r\nUS EPA; www.epa.gov (click on Wastes, go to the Commercial/Industrial section and click on Construction and Demolition Debris)\r\n\r\nSelected Deconstruction and Material Reuse Organizations\r\nCentennial Woods; www.centennialwoods.com\r\nThe Loading Dock; www.theloadingdoc.org\r\nThe Rebuilding Center; www.rebuildingcenter.org\r\nThe Reuse People; www.thereusepeople.org\r\nRecycle North; www.recyclenorth.org\r\nRenovators Resource; www.renovators-resource.com\r\nReSource; www.resourceyard.org\r\n\r\nMaterial Exchange/Recycling Service\r\nwww.build.recycle.netwww.builder2builder.com\r\nwww.waste-not.com\r\n', 'Deconstruction, Salvage and Recycling', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'deconstruction-salvage-recycling', '', '', '2009-04-06 10:57:06', '2009-04-06 16:57:06', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=921', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (922, 1, '2009-04-06 10:55:44', '2009-04-06 16:55:44', 'All builders create waste. Green builders create a lot less because they reuse, recycle and find others to use their stuff. One of the tricks is finding places or companies that will take your stuff and chanel it for another use. \n\nHere are some resources from a deconstruction article that ran a couple of years ago in a magazine.\n\nNot sure how current they are but it might be of help.\n\nNational Organizations\nBuilding Material Reuse Association (BMRA); www.buildingreuse.org\nConstruction Material Recycling Association (CMRA); www.cdrecycling.org\nDeconstruction Institute; www.deconstructioninstitute.com\nUS EPA; www.epa.gov (click on Wastes, go to the Commercial/Industrial section and click on Construction and Demolition Debris)\n\nSelected Deconstruction and Material Reuse Organizations\nCentennial Woods; www.centennialwoods.com\nThe Loading Dock; www.theloadingdoc.org\nThe Rebuilding Center; www.rebuildingcenter.org\nThe Reuse People; www.thereusepeople.org\nRecycle North; www.recyclenorth.org\nRenovators Resource; www.renovators-resource.com\nReSource; www.resourceyard.org\n\nMaterial Exchange/Recycling Service\nwww.build.recycle.netwww.builder2builder.com\nwww.waste-not.com\n', 'Deconstruction, Salvage and Recycling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '921-revision', '', '', '2009-04-06 10:55:44', '2009-04-06 16:55:44', '', 921, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/921-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (923, 1, '2009-04-06 10:56:36', '2009-04-06 16:56:36', 'All builders create waste. Green builders create a lot less because they reuse, recycle and find others to use their stuff. One of the tricks is finding places or companies that will take your stuff and channel it for another use. \r\n\r\nHere are some resources from a deconstruction article that ran a couple of years ago in a magazine.\r\n\r\nNot sure how current they are but it might be of help.\r\n\r\nNational Organizations\r\nBuilding Material Reuse Association (BMRA); www.buildingreuse.org\r\nConstruction Material Recycling Association (CMRA); www.cdrecycling.org\r\nDeconstruction Institute; www.deconstructioninstitute.com\r\nUS EPA; www.epa.gov (click on Wastes, go to the Commercial/Industrial section and click on Construction and Demolition Debris)\r\n\r\nSelected Deconstruction and Material Reuse Organizations\r\nCentennial Woods; www.centennialwoods.com\r\nThe Loading Dock; www.theloadingdoc.org\r\nThe Rebuilding Center; www.rebuildingcenter.org\r\nThe Reuse People; www.thereusepeople.org\r\nRecycle North; www.recyclenorth.org\r\nRenovators Resource; www.renovators-resource.com\r\nReSource; www.resourceyard.org\r\n\r\nMaterial Exchange/Recycling Service\r\nwww.build.recycle.netwww.builder2builder.com\r\nwww.waste-not.com\r\n', 'Deconstruction, Salvage and Recycling', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '921-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-06 10:56:36', '2009-04-06 16:56:36', '', 921, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/921-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (924, 1, '2009-04-07 06:26:23', '2009-04-07 12:26:23', 'There is a general disagreement in green builders. You have basically two general types (you have a lot of types but these are two big ones). \r\n\r\nYou have the scientist type who thinks that green building is about energy efficiency. Seal up the house, use energy efficient tools, lower the carbon footprint, save the world.\r\n\r\nThen you have the green builder who sees it as a moral social issue. Energy efficiency is part of it but more importantly is the aspect of creating a healthier environment where humans are happier. OK. I\'m not explaining myself, but anyway I\'m trying. The moralists don\'t see building so much as a scientific thing of increasing efficiency but more of a psychological thing of increasing human happiness.\r\n\r\nAnd this might not be the most energy efficinet thing, although usually it is.\r\n\r\nA classic example is when you look at community building in green building. The scientist will build a very energy efficient house and be done with it. The moralist will be just as concerned with how the house fits into the surrounding community. Does it match the surrounding architecture? Does it create an increased sense of connectivity between residents?\r\n\r\nThis post is more a reaction to the scientists who are more interested in measuring Btus of furnaces than how the furnace effects the social interaction of the residents.\r\n\r\nNot sure if I explained myself. But it is an important point. I guess it is an age old criticism of the scientific style.', 'Green Building - Energy or Morality?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-building-energy-morality', '', '', '2009-04-07 06:26:23', '2009-04-07 12:26:23', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=924', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (925, 1, '2009-04-07 06:25:33', '2009-04-07 12:25:33', 'There is a general disagreement in green builders. You have basically two general types (you have a lot of types but these are two big ones). \n\nYou have the scientist type who thinks that green building is about energy efficiency. Seal up the house, use energy efficient tools, lower the carbon footprint, save the world.\n\nThen you have the green builder who sees it as a moral social issue. Energy efficiency is part of it but more importantly is the aspect of creating a healthier environment where humans are happier. OK. I\'m not explaining myself, but anyway I\'m trying. The moralists don\'t see building so much as a scientific thing of increasing efficiency but more of a psychological thing of increasing human happiness.\n\nAnd this might not be the most energy efficinet thing, although usually it is.\n\nA classic example is when you look at community building in green building. The scientist will build a very energy efficient house and be done with it. The moralist will be just as concerned with how the house fits into the surrounding community. Does it match the surrounding architecture? Does it create an increased sense of connectivity between residents?\n\nThis post is more a reaction to the scientists who are more interested in measuring Btus of furnaces than how the ', 'Green Building - Energy or Morality?', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '924-revision', '', '', '2009-04-07 06:25:33', '2009-04-07 12:25:33', '', 924, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/924-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (926, 1, '2009-04-07 07:29:51', '2009-04-07 13:29:51', 'It is cool to be green. Wearing green is the new black. Green power is the new black power. It is cool to be green.\r\n\r\nBut it is important to not let the fad take over the message. Being green, like every other revolution (revolution = full turn), is about moving one rotation up the circle of evolution. \r\n\r\nChange, like child birth, death and every transformation involves moving out of your comfort zone into a new zone. And if you don\'t you will suffocate to death.\r\n\r\nSo although it is great to be green it is very important to not let it be the newest fashion statement. There is a strong message and it involves transforming huge parts of the way we currently do things. And ultimately it is a matter of life or death. \r\n\r\nGreen is the starting point for all of us. Where we personally take it in our own lives can only be decided uniquely. There is no road map, there is no right way. There is only your way. Anything else will not work.\r\n\r\nI am taking green to the brownstones of Brooklyn: Greening Brooklyn\'s brownstones as a contractor and builder is my path. It is exciting because I have no idea where it will bring me and yet sometimes I realize by taking this path I have eliminated a million other possibilities . The horizon is both wide open and completely fixed and that is a thrilling and terrifying road.\r\n\r\nIt is my road.\r\n \r\nWhere will you take green?\r\n\r\n', 'Think Different', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'think-different', '', '', '2009-04-07 07:29:51', '2009-04-07 13:29:51', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=926', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (927, 1, '2009-04-07 07:29:29', '2009-04-07 13:29:29', 'It is cool to be green. Wearing green is the new black. Green power is the new black power. It is cool to be green.\n\nBut it is important to not let the fad take over the message. Being green, like every other revolution (revolution = full turn), is about moving one rotation up the circle of evolution. \n\nChange, like child birth, death and every transformation involves moving out of your comfort zone into a new zone. And if you don\'t you will suffocate to death.\n\nSo although it is great to be green it is very important to not let it be the newest fashion statement. There is a strong message and it involves transforming huge parts of the way we currently do things. And ultimately it is a matter of life or death. \n\nGreen is the starting point for all of us. Where we personally take it in our own lives can only be decided uniquely. There is no road map, there is no right way. There is only your way. Anything else will not work.\n\nI am taking green to the brownstones of Brooklyn: Greening Brooklyn\'s brownstones as a contractor and builder is my path. It is exciting because I have no idea where it will bring me and yet sometimes I realize by taking this path I have eliminated a m . The horizon is both wide open and completely fixed and that is a thrilling and terrifying road.\n\nIt is a road.\n \nWhere will you take green?\n\n', 'Think Different', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '926-revision', '', '', '2009-04-07 07:29:29', '2009-04-07 13:29:29', '', 926, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/926-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (928, 1, '2009-04-08 15:42:58', '2009-04-08 21:42:58', 'Programmable thermostats are sometimes touted as a good way to save money. They are used to turn the heat down in the night when you are sleeping or during the day when you are at work out of the house.\r\n\r\nBut in our green show house in Brooklyn we are not using programmable thermostats. We plan on insulating so well that the house will not be affected that much by outside temperature. This means that if we did turn the heat down on a cold night it would take a lot more than one night to cool down. This means that the boiler wouldn\'t have to come on anyway.\r\n\r\nSo having a thermostat that turns the heat down at night when we sleep is pointless since the boiler won\'t have to come on until we are awake again anyway. I\'m not doing a good job at explaining the logic. \r\n\r\nThat is why I have quoted a fellow listmember who did a better job of saying what I mean:\r\n\r\n=============\r\nI was thinking about all these rocks people are throwing at Programmable Thermostats, and usually when I think it involves a model of some kind. In the 70\'s, programmable stats were touted as a cost effective way to turn down energy use, and I\'d never questioned that idea.\r\n\r\nA UADT spreadsheet calculation will say that a programmable thermostat saves a lot of money. But it doesn\'t account for mass.\r\n\r\nToday\'s model was a TRACE run simulating several buildings. While simple UADT spreadsheet calculations just consider insulation and temperature difference, TRACE is an energy simulation package that can take into account mass and thermal lag.\r\n\r\nBuilding 1: 1024 square feet, R-13 walls, R-19 roof, lightweight frame construction, wood floor over unconditioned basement, leaky double pane windows on every wall, electric heat and AC, fixed thermostat. (basically the 50\'s tract home I grew up in. )\r\n\r\nBuilding 2: Same lightweight house with a programmable thermostat, set back at night and during unoccupied times in the day. 72F/65F setback in the winter, 78F/85F setup in the summer.\r\n\r\nBuilding 3 - same size, but with heavyweight concrete walls, externally insulated at R-22, R60 roof, concrete slab with perimeter insulation, tight construction, same heat and AC, fixed thermostat.\r\n\r\nBuilding 4 - same as building 3 (both would make nice F-5 tornado shelters) but with programmable thermostat.\r\n\r\nResults were : the lightweight frame house saved about $60 a year, enough money to pay for a programmable thermostat in one year, but not any more than that. Whereas in the heavy building the programmable stat didn\'t save a watt nor a dime.\r\n\r\nThe argument is the same as the argument against turning a water heater up and down. In a massive body, turning the stat down doesn\'t change the temperature in the building. The building loses the same amount of heat, because its mass holds it at a nearly constant temperature, and you have a constant delta T across the insulation all night. Same heat loss whether you turn the stat down or not. You replace the lost heat the next day by charging up the mass.\r\n\r\nIn a lightweight building, the building really does cool off and delta T is less, therefore energy loss is less. You still replace some heat when you charge up the mass the next day, but it is less than you saved so it is a winner. But not by as much as people used to expect. I imagine that the lighter the building, the better these things would work. They might be good for trailer homes.\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a way that a programmable stat would use MORE energy, as has been asserted, but if someone will propose a scenario I might put it into these models and see how it comes out.\r\n\r\nSo, Gennarro, if you are remodeling a Brick brownstone, don\'t bother with a programmable stat, it probably won\'t help you much.\r\n\r\n--Lawrence Lile\r\n\r\n', 'Do Programmable Thermostats Save Money? No.', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'programmable-thermostats-save', '', '', '2009-04-08 15:42:58', '2009-04-08 21:42:58', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=928', 0, 'post', '', 2) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (929, 1, '2009-04-08 15:42:19', '2009-04-08 21:42:19', 'Programmable thermostats are sometimes touted as a good way to save money. They are used to turn the heat down in the night when you are sleeping or during the day when you are at work out of the house.\n\nBut in our green show house in Brooklyn we are not using programmable thermostats. We plan on insulating so well that the house will not be affected that much by outside temperature. This means that if we did turn the heat down on a cold night it would take a lot more than one night to cool down. This means that the boiler wouldn\'t have to come on anyway.\n\nSo having a thermostat that turns the heat down at night when we sleep is pointless since the boiler won\'t have to come on until we are awake again anyway. I\'m not doing a good job at explaining the logic. \n\nThat is why I have quoted a fellow listmember who did a better job of saying what I mean:\n\n=============\nI was thinking about all these rocks people are throwing at Programmable Thermostats, and usually when I think it involves a model of some kind. In the 70\'s, programmable stats were touted as a cost effective way to turn down energy use, and I\'d never questioned that idea.\n\nA UADT spreadsheet calculation will say that a programmable thermostat saves a lot of money. But it doesn\'t account for mass.\n\nToday\'s model was a TRACE run simulating several buildings. While simple UADT spreadsheet calculations just consider insulation and temperature difference, TRACE is an energy simulation package that can take into account mass and thermal lag.\n\nBuilding 1: 1024 square feet, R-13 walls, R-19 roof, lightweight frame construction, wood floor over unconditioned basement, leaky double pane windows on every wall, electric heat and AC, fixed thermostat. (basically the 50\'s tract home I grew up in. )\n\nBuilding 2: Same lightweight house with a programmable thermostat, set back at night and during unoccupied times in the day. 72F/65F setback in the winter, 78F/85F setup in the summer.\n\nBuilding 3 - same size, but with heavyweight concrete walls, externally insulated at R-22, R60 roof, concrete slab with perimeter insulation, tight construction, same heat and AC, fixed thermostat.\n\nBuilding 4 - same as building 3 (both would make nice F-5 tornado shelters) but with programmable thermostat.\n\nResults were : the lightweight frame house saved about $60 a year, enough money to pay for a programmable thermostat in one year, but not any more than that. Whereas in the heavy building the programmable stat didn\'t save a watt nor a dime.\n\nThe argument is the same as the argument against turning a water heater up and down. In a massive body, turning the stat down doesn\'t change the temperature in the building. The building loses the same amount of heat, because its mass holds it at a nearly constant temperature, and you have a constant delta T across the insulation all night. Same heat loss whether you turn the stat down or not. You replace the lost heat the next day by charging up the mass.\n\nIn a lightweight building, the building really does cool off and delta T is less, therefore energy loss is less. You still replace some heat when you charge up the mass the next day, but it is less than you saved so it is a winner. But not by as much as people used to expect. I imagine that the lighter the building, the better these things would work. They might be good for trailer homes.\n\nI can\'t think of a way that a programmable stat would use MORE energy, as has been asserted, but if someone will propose a scenario I might put it into these models and see how it comes out.\n\nSo, Gennarro, if you are remodeling a Brick brownstone, don\'t bother with a programmable stat, it probably won\'t help you much.\n\n--Lawrence Lile\n\n', 'Do Programmable Thermostats Save Money? No.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '928-revision', '', '', '2009-04-08 15:42:19', '2009-04-08 21:42:19', '', 928, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/928-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (936, 1, '2009-04-09 09:40:00', '2009-04-09 15:40:00', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering the New York community internships and certification in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn and NY area. \r\n\r\nGraduating students of our internship program receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate and are listed on our list of graduates. The internship gives students an overview of green building to better understand the career opportunities available in the industry and adds to their resume, making them a more competitive job seeker. \r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools and organizations to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nWe are currently partnered with the International Center for the Disabled and Sustainable South Bronx. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. \r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nWe welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is a plus and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\nWhat is the Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate?\r\nGreen building is not about certificates. Green building is an attitude and work ethic. But people need some way of quantifying your "level" of green building experience, for example during a job interview. \r\n\r\nSo we gave our internship program a name: The Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate. The real value is what you make out of it. For example there are tens of thousands of people who are LEED Accredited Professionals who don\'t do anything with it. They did the course to beef up their resume, not because they are green in any true way.\r\n\r\nWe suggest you take the internship if you really want to learn about green building. If you throw yourself in and become passionate about green building that is all the certification you will need. People can see that passion in a second. What\'s on your resume gets you in the door but nothing else. Your passion gets you the job. And that can\'t be faked.\r\n\r\nAlso keep in mind that one week is a short time. The internship is a great way to expose yourself to Brooklyn\'s innovative green building community.\r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving instructions on how a high efficiency boiler works in the Brooklyn Green Show House.\r\n', 'Outreach', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'education', '', '', '2009-05-16 12:45:03', '2009-05-16 18:45:03', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?page_id=936', 0, 'page', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (937, 1, '2009-04-09 09:39:17', '2009-04-09 15:39:17', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn is an educational company offering internships and certification in green building. We ally ourselves with local building schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques.\n\nOur current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate. \n\nAs well as partnerships with local educational institutions we also welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\n', 'Education', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision', '', '', '2009-04-09 09:39:17', '2009-04-09 15:39:17', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (939, 1, '2009-03-22 16:02:02', '2009-03-22 22:02:02', '\r\nOur green show house in Brooklyn, NY, highlights best green building practices for brownstone\r\nrenovations in the NY metropolitan area. All products and services are explained on our web site and in any press we get. We have an active search engine optimization campaign for the web that includes but is not limited to our own site so that the information is easily found through internet search words.\r\n\r\nIt is a real home; all products will be used and showcased in a living environment. The show house is open to the public and professionals indefinitely by appointment 9-4 M-F. Please call for an appointment: 347 244 3016.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to show as many people as possible how a real life green brownstone renovation is affordable to do and wonderful to live in. As a green contractor in Brooklyn we either do this directly via Eco Brooklyn or recommend the appropriate company.\r\n\r\nVisit the house\'s blog for ongoing details. \r\n\r\nRelevant Links for the Green Show House:\r\nBlog\r\nArchitectural Plans Small View\r\nArchitectural Plans Large Format PDF: Front view and notes --- Floor Plans ---Side View\r\n\r\nDescription\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally build around 1900. The last renovation was cheaply done in the 1950\'s so it made a lot of green sense to gut most of it. We are installing an upper triplex and a lower duplex unit,\r\n\r\nWe are rebuilding it using the strictest green concepts we know of. The main green tenet involves consuming as little as possible. We reduce the impact on the earth by reusing and salvaging all possible materials. This means less material has to be made for the job. If that is not possible we use recycled and green products.\r\n\r\nMost of our materials comes out of dumpsters and from the debris of other job sites.\r\n\r\nWe feature some green products in partnership with certain green companies we believe in. If you are interested in being involved in the project feel free to contact us. We are happy to attach your name to a service or product that contributes to the green show house.\r\n\r\nWe are also happy to assist you in any educational endeavors where a project like this would help you. For example if you are a school or organization seeking to show your students innovative green building.\r\n\r\nSome of the house\'s green elements are:\r\n\r\nAs much as possible the joists, studs, and other woods are either recycled from the structure or salvaged from other houses that were gutted. This means we are working with wood that is over 100 years old that otherwise would have been sent to the landfill.\r\n\r\nThe windows are fiberglass frame and of the highest energy efficiency. Windows are arranged to maximize solar gain on the south side and minimize heat loss on the north side.\r\n\r\nThe fire escape is recycled back into the building as walkways and stairs.\r\n\r\nThe roof has a "green roof" and bee hive. The roof and south wall have solar PV and hot water panels.\r\n\r\nRainwater is strategically routed to water the garden. The gardens, both on the roof and in the front and back of the house, will have all the required flora to recreate a wildlife sanctuary and attract local fauna. As much as possible the garden will be an edible one, both for humans and animals.\r\n\r\nRadiant heat is in all floors, some bathroom walls and in the concrete slab on the ground floor.\r\n\r\nThe floors are either buffed and colored concrete, salvaged stone and slate, salvaged wood flooring or newly made floors from salvaged beams. The bathroom floors are salvaged steel tiles for maximum heat conductivity to bare feet.\r\n\r\nAll electrical is being laid out to minimize the magnetic exposure to the occupants. Main shut off switches are located near the entrance doors to minimize usage when tenants are out. Lights are LED and a lot of the wiring is low voltage.\r\n\r\nWe are using LOTS of high R value insulation to make the house air tight and warm. All exterior wall insulation is salvaged Poly ISO board. The exterior walls are R40 and the roof is more than R70.\r\n\r\nAll interior walls and floors are hard packed cellulose insulation for both insulation and sound proofing benefits.\r\n\r\nWalls have various surface applications. Some have clay. Others have home made paints with natural pigments.\r\n\r\nThe kitchen and bathroom counters are a mixture of techniques all made in-house. We have cement and salvaged glass, resin and salvaged glass, cement and coloring, and wood.\r\n\r\nStones from the cellar that we dug out and bricks from walls we removed are re-used as retaining walls and patios. The chain link fence from the yard is used instead of rebar in the cellar concrete slab.\r\n\r\nAll appliances and the boiler are the most energy efficient we could find. \r\n\r\nWe use a gray water collection tank to collect all water from showers and bathroom sinks. The water is then passed to flush the toilets.\r\n\r\nThe list goes on as we awaken to new possibilities. It is an exciting and liberating experiment. Our budget has been drastically cut by the current banking crisis so the job is coming in below what it would cost to build a similar building using normal building techniques. Of course this building is a million times more comfortable to live in. At least we think so.\r\n\r\nProject Team\r\nThe job requires many skills and a good deal of muscle. People are brought in on a consulting basis when needed. The group can be loosely classified as, "Family, friends and Craigslist."\r\n\r\nGennaro Brooks-Church - Financing, Design, General Contractor\r\nLoretta Gendville - Financing, Design\r\nPaul Marino - Engineer\r\nJack Watson - Carpenter\r\nPedro Reyes - Electrical\r\nJames Herrera - Excavation\r\nLeo Ortega - Mason, Carpenter\r\nMartin Alvarado - Insulation\r\nDaniel Garcia Perez - Radiant Heating Installation\r\nMatthew di Francesco - Green Roof\r\nFred Seton - Radiant Heat Design\r\nAlex Lopez - Asst. Mason, Asst. Carpenter\r\nHans Dompedro - Green Plumber\r\nNY Solar - Boiler, solar hot water', 'Green Show House', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '401-revision-25', '', '', '2009-03-22 16:02:02', '2009-03-22 22:02:02', '', 401, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/401-revision-25/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (932, 1, '2009-04-09 09:24:50', '2009-04-09 15:24:50', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops, condominiums and brownstones in the New York area. As part of our underlying philosophy of Building It Forward our prices are 100% affordable, 100% green and 100% sustainable. Our focus is on full renovations, green roofs, solar PV and thermal, and green building consulting.\r\n\r\nWe have a tight team of green professionals. We can design, build, expedite and give professional tax consulting for a green job. \r\n\r\nWe work with an Engineer, Architect, Green Roof Expert, Solar Installer, High Efficiency Heating Installer, and an Accountant experienced in preparing taxes involving the many available rebates for green building.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op, condo and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\nsound proofing\r\n\r\nGreen Architectural Design\r\nGreen Tax Preparation\r\nStructural Engineering for green roofs and salvaged lumber\r\n\r\nBelow is an outline for a full Brownstone gut and rebuild along green principles:\r\n\r\nThe planning stages of a full building greening are:\r\nIn this stage you explore the possibilities and narrow them down to one plan of action. Time frame two weeks to two months.\r\n\r\n1. Start bringing together building, design, expediting and financial team based on general ideas.\r\n2. Establish overall goals and life plans in relation to the building.\r\n3. Narrow down important features wanted for the building.\r\n4. Establish budget.\r\n5. Review possible tax credits and state or local financial incentives.\r\n6. Finalize team members.\r\n7. Create team plan within budget to accomplish goals.\r\n\r\nDesign Phase\r\nIn this stage you lay the groundwork for construction in terms of getting all paperwork and design plans made up. Time frame one month to three months.\r\n\r\n1. Begin design of space.\r\n2. Get design approved with DOB.\r\n3. Get all permits in place.\r\n4. Do needed surveys and site inspections.\r\n\r\nThe construction stages of a full building greening:\r\nIn this stage you actually start building. Time frame four months to one year.\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows. Insulation along with other methods are also a large part of the soundproofing of the home.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nGreening a building in New York and Brooklyn does encompass a different approach than normal building. \r\n\r\nThe first is the important consideration of tax incentives and incentives from local organizations. These rebates can be substancial. We work with a tax consultant experienced in this area to make sure all tax incentives are taken advantage of. \r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone, condominium or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\r\n\r\nA bit about our philosophy\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'services', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:09:27', '2009-05-03 19:09:27', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?page_id=932', 0, 'page', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (933, 1, '2009-04-09 09:22:22', '2009-04-09 15:22:22', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \n\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is not like any other you\'ve seen. If we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary for doing these things but we just think it is smart. \n\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.\n\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\n\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\n\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements.\n\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\n\ngray water recycling\nsolar hot water heating\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\nmassive amounts of insulation\ngreen roofs and yards\nsalvaged materials\nlocally built materials\n\nThe stages of a full building greening:\n\nStage 1. Deconstruction\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \n\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\n\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows.\n\nStage 4. Mechanics\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\n\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\n\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \n\nCost\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\n\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\nutility bills\nbad workmanship\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\n\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision', '', '', '2009-04-09 09:22:22', '2009-04-09 15:22:22', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (941, 1, '2009-05-03 13:09:26', '2009-05-03 19:09:26', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops, condominiums and brownstones in the New York area. As part of our underlying philosophy of Building It Forward our prices are 100% affordable, 100% green and 100% sustainable. Our focus is on full renovations, green roofs, solar PV and thermal, and green building consulting.\n\nWe have a tight team of green professionals. We can design, build, expedite and give professional tax consulting for a green job. \n\nWe work with an Engineer, Architect, Green Roof Expert, Solar Installer, High Efficiency Heating Installer, and an Accountant experienced in preparing taxes involving the many available rebates for green building.\n\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op, condo and brownstone:\n\ngray water recycling\nsolar hot water heating\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\nmassive amounts of insulation\ngreen roofs and yards\nsalvaged materials\nlocally built materials\nsound proofing\n\nGreen Architectural Design\nGreen Tax Preparation\nStructural Engineering for green roofs and salvaged lumber\n\nBelow is an outline for a full Brownstone gut and rebuild along green principles:\n\nThe planning stages of a full building greening are:\nIn this stage you explore the possibilities and narrow them down to one plan of action. Time frame two weeks to two months.\n\n1. Start bringing together building, design, expediting and financial team based on general ideas.\n2. Establish overall goals and life plans in relation to the building.\n3. Narrow down important features wanted for the building.\n4. Establish budget.\n5. Review possible tax credits and state or local financial incentives.\n6. Finalize team members.\n7. Create team plan within budget to accomplish goals.\n\nDesign Phase\nIn this stage you lay the groundwork for construction in terms of getting all paperwork and design plans made up. Time frame one month to three months.\n\n1. Begin design of space.\n2. Get design approved with DOB.\n3. Get all permits in place.\n4. Do needed surveys and site inspections.\n\nThe construction stages of a full building greening:\nIn this stage you actually start building. Time frame four months to one year.\n\nStage 1. Deconstruction\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \n\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\n\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows. Insulation along with other methods are also a large part of the soundproofing of the home.\n\nStage 4. Mechanics\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\n\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\n\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \n\nCost\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\n\nGreening a building in New York and Brooklyn does encompass a different approach than normal building. \n\nThe first is the important consideration of tax incentives and incentives from local organizations. These rebates can be substancial. We work with a tax consultant experienced in this area to make sure all tax incentives are taken advantage of. \n\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\nutility bills\nbad workmanship\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\n\nA green brownstone, condominium or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\n\nA bit about our philosophy\n\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\n\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\n\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\n\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\n\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \n\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-autosave', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:09:26', '2009-05-03 19:09:26', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (942, 1, '2009-04-09 09:24:50', '2009-04-09 15:24:50', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is not like any other you\'ve seen. If we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary for doing these things but we just think it is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\n\r\nThe stages of a full building greening:\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-09 09:24:50', '2009-04-09 15:24:50', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (943, 1, '2009-04-09 18:23:44', '2009-04-10 00:23:44', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\n\r\nThe stages of a full building greening:\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-3', '', '', '2009-04-09 18:23:44', '2009-04-10 00:23:44', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (944, 1, '2009-04-09 18:30:40', '2009-04-10 00:30:40', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with quality, aesthetics and practicality\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\n\r\nThe stages of a full building greening:\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-4', '', '', '2009-04-09 18:30:40', '2009-04-10 00:30:40', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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\r\n\r\nWord on the street is that the Gowanus Canal is going to be designated a Superfund site. The canal is two blocks from the Brooklyn green show house so it is dear to our heart and very clearly part of our ecosystem.\r\n\r\nThe Gowanus is definitely a good candidate for a superfund designation. It is a common belief among the locals that those living near the canal, between Bond and Hoyt, get cancer more often than other areas in Carroll Gardens.\r\n\r\nThere have not been any studies that I know of but that is what the Italian old timers say. And for them to say the canal is toxic really means it is toxic. These are lifelong Carroll Gardens residents who grew up when it was fine to start smoking at twelve.\r\n\r\nSo what does a superfund designation mean? For one it means that the government will finally formally recognize what any moron can see: that the canal is toxic and needs some serious clean up measures. It also means there are different rules for construction and use of the site until it is cleaned up.\r\n\r\nThis effects me because it might mean that we can\'t have the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club use the canal, which is also just down the street from the green show house. You can\'t have people paddling around in a toxic superfund site.\r\n\r\nWe have spent many an hour gliding along the canal, basking in the sun and watching the city from the very interesting perspective of the canal. It is a beautiful place. The water winds around old relics of industrial industry. There are hidden inlets and unseen tunnels.\r\n\r\nYou are six feet below the city in your own forgotten world. You can imagine that the city has been abandoned and you are a future explorer discovering a lost civilization. It is a very calming experience to paddle the canal.\r\n\r\nDuring the summer when it has gone a couple days without raining and the water has had a chance to run out to sea a few times the canal is very pleasant. It doesn\'t smell and almost looks clean. You see the mussels planted by local ecology groups to help filter the water. The occasional minnow furtively kisses your canoe.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nOf course if you take a ride in the canal after a heavy rain the place smells like crap and you have all sorts of disgusting bathroom refuse like floating tampons and condoms. This is because the sewer system overflows into the canal when it gets overloaded, for example during rainstorms.\r\n\r\nThis is why we are going to such care to decrease the rain water runoff and general water use at the green show house up the street: gray water system, rainwater capture, low flow fixtures, efficinet washing machine, green roof and the myriad of other intelligent water management practices a green contractor should consider in Brooklyn brownstones.\r\n\r\nAll of this lessens the impact on the sewers. We see the direct effect of bad water management in the canal and we want to reduce it. Most people flush their toilet and are done with it. A green builder understands that there is a connection to everything. In Brooklyn a green builder understands that we have an issue with overflowing sewer systems.\r\n\r\nHopefully the green show house will become a leading example for neighbours to follow and it will help in the cleaning process of the Gowanus canal. We\'re not talking a lot of money to do these changes to a green brownstone. If anything you make the money back in time through lower water bills.\r\n\r\nIf the canal is designated a superfund site it will probably finally get funding. This will clean it up and make it a recreation resource for the community. Not just dire hard Gowanus Dredgers Canoe members will be able to enjoy it.\r\n\r\nThis will better the community and the houses around it.\r\n\r\nThe irony is that the largest critic of the superfund site is a builder. The anithesies of green builders, Toll Brothers, is vehemently opposing the superfund designation. They have bought large tracts along the Gowanus canal and want to build shitty "luxury condos" which they\'ll probably claim has "water views".\r\n\r\nThey couldn\'t care less about the toxicity of the canal. Let it rot for all they care. It does not effect their short term gains. In fact it effects their short term gains negatively. If the Gowanus is a superfund site then it has to go through all sorts of testing and clean up.\r\n\r\nThis could seriously hinder Toll Brothers\' plans to build. And they might even have to aknowledge that they plan on covering up toxic land and building over it. They might even be held responsible for cleaning up the land they bought.\r\n\r\nThe superfund designation means the Toll Brothers can\'t sweep the dirt under the rug and build like normal. They want to build fast and cheap, sell high and get the hell out of there. Making a commitment to clean up the community and plan long term for its health is not part of their business model.\r\n\r\nToll Brothers are the Walmart of the building industry. Brooklyn Green Builders and Contractors are the mom and pop stores. The good news is that Walmart isn\'t welcomed by Brooklyn residents and mom and pop stores are doing just fine here.\r\n\r\nGreen contractors and builders have a welcome community in Brooklyn and that is only going to increase.', 'Gowanus Canal to Become Superfund Site', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gowanus-canal-superfund-site', '', '', '2009-04-11 10:34:24', '2009-04-11 16:34:24', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=945', 0, 'post', '', 6) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (948, 1, '2009-04-11 10:33:29', '2009-04-11 16:33:29', '\n\nWord on the street is that the Gowanus Canal is going to be designated a Superfund site. The canal is two blocks from the Brooklyn green show house so it is dear to our heart and very clearly part of our ecosystem.\n\nThe Gowanus is definitely a good candidate for a superfund designation. It is a common belief among the locals that those living near the canal, between Bond and Hoyt, get cancer more often than other areas in Carroll Gardens.\n\nThere have not been any studies that I know of but that is what the Italian old timers say. And for them to say the canal is toxic really means it is toxic. These are lifelong Carroll Gardens residents who grew up when it was fine to start smoking at twelve.\n\nSo what does a superfund designation mean? For one it means that the government will finally formally recognize what any moron can see: that the canal is toxic and needs some serious clean up measures. It also means there are different rules for construction and use of the site until it is cleaned up.\n\nThis effects me because it might mean that we can\'t have the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club use the canal, which is also just down the street from the green show house. You can\'t have people paddling around in a toxic superfund site.\n\nWe have spent many an hour gliding along the canal, basking in the sun and watching the city from the very interesting perspective of the canal. It is a beautiful place. The water winds around old relics of industrial industry. There are hidden inlets and unseen tunnels.\n\nYou are six feet below the city in your own forgotten world. You can imagine that the city has been abandoned and you are a future explorer discovering a lost civilization. It is a very calming experience to paddle the canal.\n\nDuring the summer when it has gone a couple days without raining and the water has had a chance to run out to sea a few times the canal is very pleasant. It doesn\'t smell and almost looks clean. You see the mussels planted by local ecology groups to help filter the water. The occasional minnow furtively kisses your canoe.\n\nOf course if you take a ride in the canal after a heavy rain the place smells like crap and you have all sorts of disgusting bathroom refuse like floating tampons and condoms. This is because the sewer system overflows into the canal when it gets overloaded, for example during rainstorms.\n\nThis is why we are going to such care to decrease the rain water runoff and general water use at the green show house up the street: gray water system, rainwater capture, low flow fixtures, efficinet washing machine, green roof and the myriad of other intelligent water management practices a green contractor should consider in Brooklyn brownstones.\n\nAll of this lessens the impact on the sewers. We see the direct effect of bad water management in the canal and we want to reduce it. Most people flush their toilet and are done with it. A green builder understands that there is a connection to everything. In Brooklyn a green builder understands that we have an issue with overflowing sewer systems.\n\nHopefully the green show house will become a leading example for neighbours to follow and it will help in the cleaning process of the Gowanus canal. We\'re not talking a lot of money to do these changes to a green brownstone. If anything you make the money back in time through lower water bills.\n\nIf the canal is designated a superfund site it will probably finally get funding. This will clean it up and make it a recreation resource for the community. Not just dire hard Gowanus Dredgers Canoe members will be able to enjoy it.\n\nThis will better the community and the houses around it.\n\nThe irony is that the largest critic of the superfund site is a builder. The anithesies of green builders, Toll Brothers, is vehemently opposing the superfund designation. They have bought large tracts along the Gowanus canal and want to build shitty "luxury condos" which they\'ll probably claim has "water views".\n\nThey couldn\'t care less about the toxicity of the canal. Let it rot for all they care. It does not effect their short term gains. In fact it effects their short term gains negatively. If the Gowanus is a superfund site then it has to go through all sorts of testing and clean up.\n\nThis could seriously hinder Toll Brothers\' plans to build. And they might even have to aknowledge that they plan on covering up toxic land and building over it. They might even be held responsible for cleaning up the land they bought.\n\nThe superfund designation means the Toll Brothers can\'t sweep the dirt under the rug and build like normal. They want to build fast and cheap, sell high and get the hell out of there. Making a commitment to clean up the community and plan long term for its health is not part of their business model.\n\nToll Brothers are the Walmart of the building industry. Brooklyn Green Builders and Contractors are the mom and pop stores. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (976, 1, '2009-04-09 18:35:39', '2009-04-10 00:35:39', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\n\r\nThe stages of a full building greening:\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\r\n\r\nA bit about our philosophy\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-5', '', '', '2009-04-09 18:35:39', '2009-04-10 00:35:39', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (977, 1, '2009-04-11 19:57:51', '2009-04-12 01:57:51', '“Understanding Whole Systems means looking both larger and smaller than where our daily habits live and seeing clear through our cycles. The result is responsibility, but the process is filled with the constant delight of surprise. Neither the Earth nor our lives are flat. What happened in the 20th century? The idea of self — the thing to be kept alive — expended from the individual human to the whole Earth.” — Stewart Brand\r\n\r\nThe Essential Whole Earth Catalog - 1987 ed.\r\n\r\nThe above quote is a great example of green building philosophy. It also connects to Build It Forward philosophy where you understand your connection with past, present and future builders and their buildings.\r\n\r\nHere in Brooklyn it is easy for a green builder to see the connection of smaller and larger systems around our daily job site. Where the materials come from, where the garbage goes, who the neighbors are, where the sewage goes, where the water comes from.\r\n\r\nThese are all larger and smaller connections to the job site. \r\n\r\nThe rhythms are also a wonderful thing to explore. What time does the neighbor wake up? That can make all the difference between getting the job shut down and having a happy neighbor. A normal builder might stick to the legal work times. A green builder sticks to the legal work times AND considers the neighbor\'s schedules. You don\'t have to be bound by them, simply consider them.\r\n\r\nWho gets more referrals? Who makes a happier neighborhood?', 'Green Manifesto No. 1521', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-manifesto-no-1521', '', '', '2009-04-11 20:04:25', '2009-04-12 02:04:25', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=977', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (978, 1, '2009-04-11 19:56:56', '2009-04-12 01:56:56', '“Understanding Whole Systems means looking both larger and smaller than where our daily habits live and seeing clear through our cycles. The result is responsibility, but the process is filled with the constant delight of surprise. Neither the Earth nor our lives are flat. What happened in the 20th century? The idea of self — the thing to be kept alive — expended from the individual human to the whole Earth.” — Stewart Brand\n\nThe Essential Whole Earth Catalog - 1987 ed.\n\nThe above quote ', 'Green Manifesto No. 1521', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '977-revision', '', '', '2009-04-11 19:56:56', '2009-04-12 01:56:56', '', 977, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/977-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (979, 1, '2009-04-11 20:04:05', '2009-04-12 02:04:05', '“Understanding Whole Systems means looking both larger and smaller than where our daily habits live and seeing clear through our cycles. The result is responsibility, but the process is filled with the constant delight of surprise. Neither the Earth nor our lives are flat. What happened in the 20th century? The idea of self — the thing to be kept alive — expended from the individual human to the whole Earth.” — Stewart Brand\n\nThe Essential Whole Earth Catalog - 1987 ed.\n\nThe above quote is a great example of green building philosophy. It also connects to Build It Forward philosophy where you understand your connection with past, present and future builders and their buildings.\n\nHere in Brooklyn it is easy for a green builder to see the connection of smaller and larger systems around our daily job site. Where the materials come from, where the garbage goes, who the neighbors are, where the sewage goes, where the water comes from.\n\nThese are all larger and smaller connections to the job site. \n\nThe rhythms are also a wonderful thing to explore. What time does the neighbor wake up? That can make all the difference between getting the job shut down and having a happy neighbor. A normal builder might stick to the legal work times. A green builder sticks to the legal work times AND considers the neighbor\'s schedules. You don\'t have to be bound by them, simply consider them.\n\nWho has? Who gets more referrals?', 'Green Manifesto No. 1521', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '977-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-11 20:04:05', '2009-04-12 02:04:05', '', 977, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/977-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (980, 1, '2009-04-11 19:57:51', '2009-04-12 01:57:51', '“Understanding Whole Systems means looking both larger and smaller than where our daily habits live and seeing clear through our cycles. The result is responsibility, but the process is filled with the constant delight of surprise. Neither the Earth nor our lives are flat. What happened in the 20th century? The idea of self — the thing to be kept alive — expended from the individual human to the whole Earth.” — Stewart Brand\r\n\r\nThe Essential Whole Earth Catalog - 1987 ed.\r\n\r\nThe above quote is a great example of green building philosophy. It also connects to Build It Forward philosophy where you understand your connection with past, present and future builders and their buildings.', 'Green Manifesto No. 1521', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '977-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-11 19:57:51', '2009-04-12 01:57:51', '', 977, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/977-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (981, 1, '2009-04-12 10:14:30', '2009-04-12 16:14:30', 'Induction cookers are touted as the most green cooking tool since they consume less electricity. I found this on a wiki and thought it gave an interesting perspective. Unless you go with some of the VERY new and efficient ones you probably aren\'t much more efficient than a gas cooker:\r\n\r\nInduction cookers are getting popular and less expensive than traditional cookers. According to the Department of Energy, the efficiency of energy transfer for an induction cooktop is 90%, versus 71% for a smooth-top non-induction electrical unit, for an approximate 20% savings in energy for the same amount of heat transfer.[1] See Table 1.7 of the DoE reference.\r\n\r\nThere are cheaper single-induction-zone cooktops available largely from Asian suppliers. This is due to Asia\'s more densely populated cities, therefore making this type of induction cooker popular where living space is at a premium.[citation needed] Single-zone induction cookers are available only in few retail outlets in North America, but are widely available through online stores and auction sites; some induction units sell for as low as $60 USD in supermarkets.[citation needed] Twin burner units also made available these days and they are gradually gaining momentum in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.\r\n\r\nWhen the environment is taken into consideration, a more appropriate measure should be from the source to output. It needs to be noted that even though induction cooking is efficient, the overall efficiency from the energy source to the food is comparable to cooking with gas. Currently electricity generation efficiency from a coal or gas fired power plants(responsible for 80% of total electricity) is about 33%, and the energy lost during transmission is usually about 5%, therefore the overall source to food efficiency is 28%. While cooking using a gas burner has about 30% efficiency at the stove and the gas transmission loss is about 6%, leading to the overall efficiency for gas cooking over a range to be about 27.9%.\r\n\r\nA new simple product coming on market with heat exchange channels increases the cooking efficiency on a gas range to be 58%. This gets the overall energy efficiency to be 54%', 'Induction Cookers', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'induction-cookers', '', '', '2009-04-12 10:14:30', '2009-04-12 16:14:30', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=981', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (983, 1, '2009-04-16 18:52:36', '2009-04-17 00:52:36', 'If you are a green builder in Brooklyn you are so much more than a contractor. You are a PR person, educator, nature custodian, community outreach person and social networker. \r\n\r\nDoing normal contracting is "easy" in comparison. You post in the yellow pages and get a call. You go in, look at the existing boiler say how much the replacement boiler costs and you\'re done (sort of).\r\n\r\nBut as a green contractor you are going in and trying to explain why you are exchanging the existing boiler with a turnip (the vegetable). Or at least that is how it feels. You have to explain WHAT kind of boiler the new one is, why that kind of boiler, whether it can tie into a storage tank for solar hot water 9what solar hot water IS) and if radiant heat is involved and what that is. \r\n\r\nIt is an art to juggle the many elements while keeping it simple to the customer.\r\n\r\nThen on the other side you are educating on a larger scale via the local media. Since green in the new NY black hey come to you wanting material to fill their rags and spots. \r\n\r\nOr....if they don\'t know yet that they should be coming to you, you go to them. Here are some good sources to reach out to local Brooklyn and NY media.\r\n\r\nNew York State Newspapers:\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_New_York\r\n\r\nTelevision Stations in New York:\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_New_York\r\n\r\nRadio Stations in New York City:\r\nhttp://www.citidex.com/747.htm\r\n\r\nYou can also do a release on the large PR circuit (Business Wire), but sending directly to the media helps to get mentions in local papers, radio, and occasionally on TV as a local news story.\r\n\r\nGo to the website of the newspaper, radio or TV station, and seek out either \'newsroom\' or \'contact us\', some will also have a direct email for press releases. Always send the text in the body of the email - they do not like to receive attachments.\r\n\r\nThen you have the myriad of green blogs, but that\'s another story.', 'Media Contacts', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'media-contacts', '', '', '2009-04-16 18:52:36', '2009-04-17 00:52:36', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=983', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (984, 1, '2009-04-16 18:51:37', '2009-04-17 00:51:37', 'If you are a green builder in Brooklyn you are so much more than a contractor. You are a PR person, educator, nature custodian, community outreach person and social networker. \n\nDoing normal contracting is "easy" in comparison. You post in the yellow pages and get a call. You go in, look at the existing boiler say how much the replacement boiler costs and you\'re done (sort of).\n\nBut as a green contractor you are going in and trying to explain why you are exchanging the existing boiler with a turnip (the vegetable). Or at least that is how it feels. You have to explain WHAT kind of boiler the new one is, why that kind of boiler, whether it can tie into a storage tank for solar hot water 9what solar hot water IS) and if radiant heat is involved and what that is. \n\nIt is an art to juggle the many elements while keeping it simple to the customer.\n\nThen on the other side you are educating on a larger scale via the local media. Since green in the new NY black hey come to you wanting material to fill their rags and spots. \n\nOr....if they don\'t know yet that they should be coming to you, you go to them. Here are some good sources to reach out to local Brooklyn and NY media.\n\nGo to the website of the newspaper, radio or TV station, and seek out either \'newsroom\' or \'contact us\', some will also have a direct email for press releases. Always send the text in the body of the email - they do not like to receive attachments.\n\nNew York State Newspapers:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_New_York\n\nTelevision Stations in New York:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_New_York\n\nRadio Stations in New York City:\nhttp://www.citidex.com/747.htm\n\nYou can also do a release on the large PR circuit (Business Wire), but sending directly to the media helps to get mentions in local papers, radio, and occasionally on TV as a local news story.\n\n', 'Media Contacts', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '983-revision', '', '', '2009-04-16 18:51:37', '2009-04-17 00:51:37', '', 983, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/983-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (985, 1, '2009-04-16 18:52:37', '2009-04-17 00:52:37', 'If you are a green builder in Brooklyn you are so much more than a contractor. You are a PR person, educator, nature custodian, community outreach person and social networker. \n\nDoing normal contracting is "easy" in comparison. You post in the yellow pages and get a call. You go in, look at the existing boiler say how much the replacement boiler costs and you\'re done (sort of).\n\nBut as a green contractor you are going in and trying to explain why you are exchanging the existing boiler with a turnip (the vegetable). Or at least that is how it feels. You have to explain WHAT kind of boiler the new one is, why that kind of boiler, whether it can tie into a storage tank for solar hot water 9what solar hot water IS) and if radiant heat is involved and what that is. \n\nIt is an art to juggle the many elements while keeping it simple to the customer.\n\nThen on the other side you are educating on a larger scale via the local media. Since green in the new NY black hey come to you wanting material to fill their rags and spots. \n\nOr....if they don\'t know yet that they should be coming to you, you go to them. Here are some good sources to reach out to local Brooklyn and NY media.\n\nNew York State Newspapers:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_New_York\n\nTelevision Stations in New York:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_New_York\n\nRadio Stations in New York City:\nhttp://www.citidex.com/747.htm\n\nYou can also do a release on the large PR circuit (Business Wire), but sending directly to the media helps to get mentions in local papers, radio, and occasionally on TV as a local news story.\n\nGo to the website of the newspaper, radio or TV station, and seek out either \'newsroom\' or \'contact us\', some will also have a direct email for press releases. Always send the text in the body of the email - they do not like to receive attachments.\n\nThen you have the myriad of green blogs, but that\'s another story.', 'Media Contacts', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '983-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-16 18:52:37', '2009-04-17 00:52:37', '', 983, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/983-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (986, 1, '2009-04-16 19:07:42', '2009-04-17 01:07:42', 'For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. \r\n\r\nBuilding an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan\'s creative depths to see how green we can push ourselves.\r\n\r\nThe idea is to create a sponge lawn in front of your model home that reuses a very high amount of existing on-site materials. The current front yard is all concrete, the reasoning being that you can\'t get much lower maintenance than a garden of concrete. Put a Dwarf or two and you\'re set!\r\n\r\nOf course our idea is to reduce the amount of water that flows into the sewers or the Gowanus Canal when the stinky sewers overflow.\r\n\r\nThe details of our preliminary draft are like this: \r\n\r\n * For the walk way we leave most of the concrete down and dry lay blue stone over it on stone dust.\r\n * We harvest all the water we can from the front downspout into a seasonal rain barrel. This water runs in irrigation tubes buried under the "sponge lawn" of sedum (like on green roofs) and other groundcover plants. We\'ll put the cobble stones in the lawn, too, to help the water move, but they will be quickly covered by the plants as they mature.\r\n * We remove about 16SF of concrete for disposal and for the dry bed. After removing, we excavate another 4-5\' down and use construction debris or broken concrete to build a dry well so we get some drainage. Then we plant a tree over top of the drywell so its roots can get deep below the frost line. \r\n * The edge between the "sponge lawn" is made form long lengths of wood (or whatever other long lengths of material we can find from the construction site) or more of the stones we salvaged from digging out the basement. We embed green (the color) solar LED lights (4" x 6") into the edge so at night the landscape has a green glow to it (yea we\'re a little weird). \r\n * The diagram below shows a metal box for the trash can and we\'re going to see if we can half submerge the trash box under ground and have the top half of the box be a bench. You lift the bench and voila the stinky garbage (we would create a nice tight seal on the lid so your sitting is not disturbed by smell).\r\n\r\n\r\nThe \'big\' costs here will be:\r\n\r\n * labor\r\n * the tree\r\n * the rain barrel and tubing\r\n * sedum and other groundcover plants \r\n\r\nReally should not amount to much $, however. It would fit well into the neighborhood character too--there is no reason ecologically minded design has to class with the neighbors (unless you want it to because the neighbors are so horribly non-ecological, but our neighbors are cool). \r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (987, 1, '2009-04-16 19:07:40', '2009-04-17 01:07:40', 'For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. \n\nBuilding an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan\'s creative depths to see how green we can push ourselves.\n\nThe idea is to create a sponge lawn in front of your model home that reuses a very high amount of existing on-site materials. The current front yard is all concrete, the reasoning being that you can\'t get much lower maintenance than a garden of concrete. Put a Dwarf or two and you\'re set!\n\nThe details of our preliminary draft are like this: \n\n * For the walk way we leave most of the concrete down and dry lay blue stone over it on stone dust.\n * We harvest all the water we can from the front downspout into a seasonal rain barrel. This water runs in irrigation tubes buried under the "sponge lawn" of sedum (like on green roofs) and other groundcover plants. We\'ll put the cobble stones in the lawn, too, to help the water move, but they will be quickly covered by the plants as they mature.\n * We remove about 16SF of concrete for disposal and for the dry bed. After removing, we excavate another 4-5\' down and use construction debris or broken concrete to build a dry well so we get some drainage. Then we plant a tree over top of the drywell so its roots can get deep below the frost line. \n * The edge between the "sponge lawn" is made form long lengths of wood (or whatever other long lengths of material we can find from the construction site) or more of the stones we salvaged from digging out the basement. We embed green (the color) solar LED lights (4" x 6") into the edge so at night the landscape has a green glow to it (yea we\'re a little weird). \n * The diagram below shows a metal box for the trash can but we\'re going to see if we can half submerge the trash box under ground and have the top half of the box be a bench. You lift the bench and voila the stinky garbage (we would create a nice tight seal on the lid so your sitting is not disturbed by smell).\n\n\nThe \'big\' costs here will be:\n\n * labor\n * the tree\n * the rain barrel and tubing\n * sedum and other groundcover plants \n\nReally should not amount to much $, however. It would fit well into the neighborhood character too--there is no reason ecologically minded design has to class with the neighbors (unless you want it to because the neighbors are so horribly non-ecological, but our neighbors are cool). ', 'Front Garden is a \'Sponge Garden\'', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '986-revision', '', '', '2009-04-16 19:07:40', '2009-04-17 01:07:40', '', 986, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/986-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (989, 1, '2009-04-16 19:07:42', '2009-04-17 01:07:42', 'For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. \r\n\r\nBuilding an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan\'s creative depths to see how green we can push ourselves.\r\n\r\nThe idea is to create a sponge lawn in front of your model home that reuses a very high amount of existing on-site materials. The current front yard is all concrete, the reasoning being that you can\'t get much lower maintenance than a garden of concrete. Put a Dwarf or two and you\'re set!\r\n\r\nThe details of our preliminary draft are like this: \r\n\r\n * For the walk way we leave most of the concrete down and dry lay blue stone over it on stone dust.\r\n * We harvest all the water we can from the front downspout into a seasonal rain barrel. This water runs in irrigation tubes buried under the "sponge lawn" of sedum (like on green roofs) and other groundcover plants. We\'ll put the cobble stones in the lawn, too, to help the water move, but they will be quickly covered by the plants as they mature.\r\n * We remove about 16SF of concrete for disposal and for the dry bed. After removing, we excavate another 4-5\' down and use construction debris or broken concrete to build a dry well so we get some drainage. Then we plant a tree over top of the drywell so its roots can get deep below the frost line. \r\n * The edge between the "sponge lawn" is made form long lengths of wood (or whatever other long lengths of material we can find from the construction site) or more of the stones we salvaged from digging out the basement. We embed green (the color) solar LED lights (4" x 6") into the edge so at night the landscape has a green glow to it (yea we\'re a little weird). \r\n * The diagram below shows a metal box for the trash can but we\'re going to see if we can half submerge the trash box under ground and have the top half of the box be a bench. You lift the bench and voila the stinky garbage (we would create a nice tight seal on the lid so your sitting is not disturbed by smell).\r\n\r\n\r\nThe \'big\' costs here will be:\r\n\r\n * labor\r\n * the tree\r\n * the rain barrel and tubing\r\n * sedum and other groundcover plants \r\n\r\nReally should not amount to much $, however. It would fit well into the neighborhood character too--there is no reason ecologically minded design has to class with the neighbors (unless you want it to because the neighbors are so horribly non-ecological, but our neighbors are cool). ', 'Front Garden is a \'Sponge Garden\'', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '986-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-16 19:07:42', '2009-04-17 01:07:42', '', 986, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/986-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (990, 1, '2009-04-16 19:17:47', '2009-04-17 01:17:47', 'If they get 12 businesses that would like to take the below class, they can offer it in Brooklyn so that businesses wont have to travel to the bronx, so feel free to spread the word!\r\n\r\nSouthwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corp (SBIDC) would like to introduce you to training and professional opportunities offered through the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA).\r\n\r\nNYSERDA is a public authority with the mission of reducing energy use in New York State; it offers incentive programs for every sector to reduce energy use. NYSERDA is eager to build the capacity of the NYC contracting industry to build and renovate energy efficient homes and commercial space. For that reason, they sponsor classes that teach the basics of building science and the whole house approach to energy reduction and reimburse NYC contractors 100% of the class fees ($1,245) as long as you attend every session.\r\n\r\nNYSERDA is actively recruiting NYC professionals to participate in their Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program. As a certified Home Performance contractor, NYC homeowners will seek out your services to gain access to valuable financing incentives and the assurance of verifiable energy savings. \r\n\r\nOur introductory session on Thursday, April 30th will explain your options, more about the class and NYSERDA”s programs. We look forward to seeing you there!\r\n\r\nThis seminar will take place at SBIDC\'s Office at 241 41st Street in Brooklyn. 4pm\r\n\r\nTo RSVP or ask questions, contact Rachael Dubin at 718-965-3100, ext 108 or rdubin@sbidc.org', 'Calling All Contractors: Grow Your Business Through Green Contracting!', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'calling-contractors-grow-business', '', '', '2009-04-16 19:17:47', '2009-04-17 01:17:47', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=990', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (991, 1, '2009-04-16 19:17:43', '2009-04-17 01:17:43', 'If they get 12 businesses that would like to take the below class, they can offer it in Brooklyn so that businesses wont have to travel to the bronx, so feel free to spread the word!\n\nSouthwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corp (SBIDC) would like to introduce you to training and professional opportunities offered through the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA).\n\nNYSERDA is a public authority with the mission of reducing energy use in New York State; it offers incentive programs for every sector to reduce energy use. NYSERDA is eager to build the capacity of the NYC contracting industry to build and renovate energy efficient homes and commercial space. For that reason, they sponsor classes that teach the basics of building science and the whole house approach to energy reduction and reimburse NYC contractors 100% of the class fees ($1,245) as long as you attend every session.\n\nNYSERDA is actively recruiting NYC professionals to participate in their Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program. As a certified Home Performance contractor, NYC homeowners will seek out your services to gain access to valuable financing incentives and the assurance of verifiable energy savings. \n\nOur introductory session on Thursday, April 30th will explain your options, more about the class and NYSERDA”s programs. We look forward to seeing you there!\n\nThis seminar will take place at SBIDC\'s Office at 241 41st Street in Brooklyn. 4pm\n\nTo RSVP or ask questions, contact Rachael Dubin at 718-965-3100, ext 108 or rdubin@sbidc.org', 'Calling All Contractors: Grow Your Business Through Green Contracting!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '990-revision', '', '', '2009-04-16 19:17:43', '2009-04-17 01:17:43', '', 990, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/990-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (993, 1, '2009-04-16 19:10:32', '2009-04-17 01:10:32', 'For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. \r\n\r\nBuilding an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan\'s creative depths to see how green we can push ourselves.\r\n\r\nThe idea is to create a sponge lawn in front of your model home that reuses a very high amount of existing on-site materials. The current front yard is all concrete, the reasoning being that you can\'t get much lower maintenance than a garden of concrete. Put a Dwarf or two and you\'re set!\r\n\r\nThe details of our preliminary draft are like this: \r\n\r\n * For the walk way we leave most of the concrete down and dry lay blue stone over it on stone dust.\r\n * We harvest all the water we can from the front downspout into a seasonal rain barrel. This water runs in irrigation tubes buried under the "sponge lawn" of sedum (like on green roofs) and other groundcover plants. We\'ll put the cobble stones in the lawn, too, to help the water move, but they will be quickly covered by the plants as they mature.\r\n * We remove about 16SF of concrete for disposal and for the dry bed. After removing, we excavate another 4-5\' down and use construction debris or broken concrete to build a dry well so we get some drainage. Then we plant a tree over top of the drywell so its roots can get deep below the frost line. \r\n * The edge between the "sponge lawn" is made form long lengths of wood (or whatever other long lengths of material we can find from the construction site) or more of the stones we salvaged from digging out the basement. We embed green (the color) solar LED lights (4" x 6") into the edge so at night the landscape has a green glow to it (yea we\'re a little weird). \r\n * The diagram below shows a metal box for the trash can but we\'re going to see if we can half submerge the trash box under ground and have the top half of the box be a bench. You lift the bench and voila the stinky garbage (we would create a nice tight seal on the lid so your sitting is not disturbed by smell).\r\n\r\n\r\nThe \'big\' costs here will be:\r\n\r\n * labor\r\n * the tree\r\n * the rain barrel and tubing\r\n * sedum and other groundcover plants \r\n\r\nReally should not amount to much $, however. It would fit well into the neighborhood character too--there is no reason ecologically minded design has to class with the neighbors (unless you want it to because the neighbors are so horribly non-ecological, but our neighbors are cool). \r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (994, 1, '2009-04-17 07:01:26', '2009-04-17 13:01:26', 'For the front yard of the Brooklyn Green Show House we are working with Bryan Quinn from One Nature Design. \r\n\r\nBuilding an ecological garden in Brooklyn is pretty easy. You have lots of rain and good earth. Even lawns can survive here without water. But being a forever innovative company we are tapping into Bryan\'s creative depths to see how green we can push ourselves.\r\n\r\nThe idea is to create a sponge lawn in front of your model home that reuses a very high amount of existing on-site materials. The current front yard is all concrete, the reasoning being that you can\'t get much lower maintenance than a garden of concrete. Put a Dwarf or two and you\'re set!\r\n\r\nThe details of our preliminary draft are like this: \r\n\r\n * For the walk way we leave most of the concrete down and dry lay blue stone over it on stone dust.\r\n * We harvest all the water we can from the front downspout into a seasonal rain barrel. This water runs in irrigation tubes buried under the "sponge lawn" of sedum (like on green roofs) and other groundcover plants. We\'ll put the cobble stones in the lawn, too, to help the water move, but they will be quickly covered by the plants as they mature.\r\n * We remove about 16SF of concrete for disposal and for the dry bed. After removing, we excavate another 4-5\' down and use construction debris or broken concrete to build a dry well so we get some drainage. Then we plant a tree over top of the drywell so its roots can get deep below the frost line. \r\n * The edge between the "sponge lawn" is made form long lengths of wood (or whatever other long lengths of material we can find from the construction site) or more of the stones we salvaged from digging out the basement. We embed green (the color) solar LED lights (4" x 6") into the edge so at night the landscape has a green glow to it (yea we\'re a little weird). \r\n * The diagram below shows a metal box for the trash can and we\'re going to see if we can half submerge the trash box under ground and have the top half of the box be a bench. You lift the bench and voila the stinky garbage (we would create a nice tight seal on the lid so your sitting is not disturbed by smell).\r\n\r\n\r\nThe \'big\' costs here will be:\r\n\r\n * labor\r\n * the tree\r\n * the rain barrel and tubing\r\n * sedum and other groundcover plants \r\n\r\nReally should not amount to much $, however. It would fit well into the neighborhood character too--there is no reason ecologically minded design has to class with the neighbors (unless you want it to because the neighbors are so horribly non-ecological, but our neighbors are cool). \r\n', 'Front Garden is a \'Sponge Garden\'', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '986-revision-4', '', '', '2009-04-17 07:01:26', '2009-04-17 13:01:26', '', 986, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/986-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (995, 1, '2009-04-19 09:54:57', '2009-04-19 15:54:57', 'The NY times ran an article on the Transition Town.\r\n\r\nThe concept of a Transition Town is simple:\r\nThe world is going to crap.\r\nLets get together in a small community and get ready for it.\r\nThis means becoming a self sustainable town.\r\n\r\nIt is basically survivalist meets commune meets small town.\r\n\r\nI wonder how you would apply the Transition Town technique to Brooklyn....?', 'Transition Towns', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'transition-towns', '', '', '2009-04-19 09:54:57', '2009-04-19 15:54:57', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=995', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (996, 1, '2009-04-19 09:54:16', '2009-04-19 15:54:16', 'The NY times ran an article on the Transition Town.\n\nThe concept of a Transition Town is simple:\nThe world is going to crap.\nLets get together in a small community and get ready for it.\nThis means becoming a self sustainable town.\n\nIt is basically survivalist meets commune meets small town.\n\nI wonder how you would apply the Transition Town would apply to Brooklyn....?', 'Transition Towns', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '995-revision', '', '', '2009-04-19 09:54:16', '2009-04-19 15:54:16', '', 995, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/995-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (997, 1, '2009-04-20 19:49:07', '2009-04-21 01:49:07', 'In NY and Brooklyn it is normal to get double glazed windows. It is not normal to get triple glazing. But if you look at the attached file you will see that there is a large savings if you go with triple glazing. The attached doc also gives great explanations of how windows are rated etc. The example are not NY but you get the idea.\r\n\r\nI think all green contractors and builders in Brooklyn should install triple glazed windows. It is more expensive up front but it pays for itself way before the end life of the window.\r\n\r\n', 'Triple vs. Double Glazing in Windows', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'triple-vs-double-glazing-windows', '', '', '2009-04-20 19:49:07', '2009-04-21 01:49:07', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=997', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (999, 1, '2009-04-20 19:48:33', '2009-04-21 01:48:33', 'In NY and Brooklyn it is normal to get double glazed windows. It is not normal to get triple glazing. But if you look at the attached file you will see that there is a large savings if you go with triple glazing. The attached doc also gives great explanations of how windows are rated etc. The example are not NY but you get the idea.\n\nI think all green contractors and builders in Brooklyn should install triple glazed windows. It is more expensive up front but it pays for itself way before the end life of the window.\n\nwindows-triple-vs-double', 'Triple vs. Double Glazing in Windows', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '997-revision', '', '', '2009-04-20 19:48:33', '2009-04-21 01:48:33', '', 997, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/997-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1028, 1, '2009-04-26 11:18:55', '2009-04-26 17:18:55', 'We have some left over material we\'d like to get off our lot. It is priced to SELL.\r\n\r\n\r\nVintage Slate\r\nAntique roof or wall slate . 400 pieces. Covers about 135 square feet. Beautiful and really priced to sell.\r\nSell the lot for $1500 ($3.75/piece) or by unit for $5. \r\n\r\n\r\nHigh Grade Insulation\r\nThis option is greener and more effective than any other insulation out there, including spray foam and cellulose.\r\n\r\nFor sale is once used 4x8 PolyISO "natural facer" insulation board for $10/sheet (that\'s 75% off store price!). At only 1.5" thick it is nice and thin for space craved Brooklyn houses yet still packs a hefty R9 insulation value. Compare that to 6" of fiberglass batts! \r\n\r\nAnd since it is once used you\'re saving garbage from the landfill. Being recycled it has off gassed any potentially harmful fumes. The price is really great but price is not the only benefit since it is really a green option.\r\n\r\n\r\nFree Metal Studs\r\nWe have about 20 or 30 salvaged studs. They are fine for any stud job. They are free but we ask for 20 cents per stud to dissuade people from bringing them to the scrap yard for cash (we want the studs to be used again, not scrapped).\r\n\r\nScrap Wood\r\nWe have lots of scrap wood. Good for art projects or whatever. Free.', 'Sales', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sale', '', '', '2009-05-04 17:14:22', '2009-05-04 23:14:22', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?page_id=1028', 0, 'page', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1026, 1, '2009-04-26 08:05:29', '2009-04-26 14:05:29', 'The Green Builder Magazine is slick. The magazine certainly isn\'t green with it\'s glossy pages and radiant colors. Whoever is behind it appears to have good funding. Or they are really proffessional. Their staff is large and their sponsors are too - Dupont, Home Depot, Whirlpool...\n\nThe magazine has good content and reviews. It is very product driven - house as product. Buy this and it will be greener. It hasn\'t gotten away from the belief that buying might actually be a problem in itself, regardless of how green the product.\n\nBut because of it\'s "apparent" (I am only guessing) backers that is to be expected.\n\nThe mag is not cheap by mag standards - $39.90 when I got it. It gives you a good insight into the best of mainstream green building products - stuff coming from the big players.\n\nTheir web site oddly enough is pretty crap. It look good but has all sorts of broken links. \n\nThey are also behind the Green Builder College certification program where you take online courses to be a certified green builder. There are a couple levels of 40 hours each costing about $700 each. \n\nAgain, there is money behind this and I would be concerned that the backers could cause a conflict of interest. Is the Dupont vapor barrier REALLY the best green choice or is it because a Dupont consultant helped build the course?\n\nEither way if you understand that the course is mostly an education in how to build brand new homes (not green) in more green ways then you probably can get value out of it without continuing to destroy the world while thinking you are now a green builder and doing things the right way...if that makes sens.\n\nBottom line, the mag and the course are trying to make the existing ways of building more green so that the existing companies can continue to make money. Nobody disagrees the existing ways need to be more green. And if they are doing it then great.\n\nMy one criticism is that a lot of the existing ways should be gotten rid of completely and not simply greened. But I don\'t expect the existing companies to understand that. They are part of the old. The trick is to not fight against them but to make the new so big and powerful that the old dissolves into the background naturally.', 'Green Builder Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1024-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-26 08:05:29', '2009-04-26 14:05:29', '', 1024, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1024-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1027, 1, '2009-04-26 07:51:20', '2009-04-26 13:51:20', 'The Green Builder Magazine is slick. The magazine certainly isn\'t green with it\'s glossy pages and radiant colors. Whoever is behind it appears to have good funding. Or they are really proffessional. Their staff is large and their sponsors are too - Dupont, Home Depot, Whirlpool...\r\n\r\nThe magazine has good content and reviews. It is very product driven - house as product. Buy this and it will be greener. It hasn\'t gotten away from the belief that buying might actually be a problem in itself, regardless of how green the product.\r\n\r\nBut because of it\'s "apparent" (I am only guessing) backers that is to be expected.\r\n\r\nThe mag is not cheap by mag standards - $39.90 when I got it. It gives you a good insight into the best of mainstream green building products - stuff coming from the big players.', 'Green Builder Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1024-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-26 07:51:20', '2009-04-26 13:51:20', '', 1024, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1024-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1010, 1, '2009-04-23 09:02:49', '2009-04-23 15:02:49', 'The Brooklyn green show house has a green roof, solar panels, and solar water heater panels. Needless to say that is a lot to fit on a 600 square foot space. So we\'re looking at ways to fit it all in.\r\n\r\nConsiderations are:\r\nMake it look nice from the street and back yard. \r\nMake it wind resistent.\r\nMake it useable.\r\n\r\nHere is what we have come up with (thanks to our talented architect Nicholas Liberis):\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1015, 1, '2009-04-23 09:02:34', '2009-04-23 15:02:34', 'The Brooklyn green show house has a green roof, solar panels, and solar water heater panels. Needless to say that is a lot to fit on a 600 square foot space. So we\'re looking at ways to fit it all in.\n\nConsiderations are:\nMake it look nice from the street and back yard. \nMake it wind resistent.\nMake it useable.\n\nHere is what we have come up with (thanks to our talented architect Nicholas Liberis):\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n', 'Solar Panels on the Brownstone Roof', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1010-revision', '', '', '2009-04-23 09:02:34', '2009-04-23 15:02:34', '', 1010, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1010-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1016, 1, '2009-04-23 10:02:45', '2009-04-23 16:02:45', 'If you have ever wondered how much it would cost to install a green roof on a Brooklyn brownstone, how long it would last, how much you would save in heating and cooling, the payback and all sorts of other information then you can go to this green roof cost/benefit calculator. It is called the GreenSave Life-Cycle Cost Benefit Calculator.\r\n\r\nCompare the cost of green (vegetative) roofing with conventional roofing systems!\r\n\r\nAs my green builder colleague David Bergman pointed out, though, "It\'s created by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (which might not be objective) and the Athena Institute (which is more likely to be objective) with funding by Tremco (who probably have a vested interest)."\r\n\r\nLike all things in life it might not be black and white.\r\n', 'Green Roof Cost Calculator', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-roof-cost-calculator', '', '', '2009-04-23 10:02:45', '2009-04-23 16:02:45', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1016', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1017, 1, '2009-04-23 10:02:31', '2009-04-23 16:02:31', 'If you have ever wondered how much it would cost to install a green roof on a Brooklyn brownstone, how long it would last, how much you would save in heating and cooling, the payback and all sorts of other information then you can go to this green roof cost/benefit calculator. It is called the GreenSave Life-Cycle Cost Benefit Calculator.\n\nCompare the cost of green (vegetative) roofing with conventional roofing systems!\n\nAs my green builder colleague David Bergman pointed out, though, "It\'s created by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (which might not be objective) and the Athena Institute (which is more likely to be objective) with funding by Tremco (who probably have a vested interest)."\n\nLike all things in life it might not be black and white.\n', 'Green Roof Cost Calculator', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1016-revision', '', '', '2009-04-23 10:02:31', '2009-04-23 16:02:31', '', 1016, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1016-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1018, 1, '2009-04-24 19:24:08', '2009-04-25 01:24:08', 'Now here is a great green roof. \r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1019, 1, '2009-04-24 19:23:36', '2009-04-25 01:23:36', '', 'green roof installation maybe in brooklyn but probably not', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'green_city-734054', '', '', '2009-04-24 19:23:36', '2009-04-25 01:23:36', '', 1018, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/green_city-734054.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1021, 1, '2009-04-25 10:46:07', '2009-04-25 16:46:07', 'Home Energy Magazine is a mag for those green builders who believe the world can be saved through a more energy efficient home.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the mechanics and not really the people that will save us. Their magazine is full of reviews and pictures of houses without people. No people to be seen anywhere. Lots of pictures ductwork, rafters, windows and solitary homes sitting as if abandoned.\r\n\r\nThe magazine if for the number cruncher who believe if they can just raise the home\'s efficiency by another couple percentage points the world will be a greener place.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a technicians magazine who wants to learn about the most efficient blower door methods.', 'Home Energy Magazine Review', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'home-energy-magazine-review', '', '', '2009-04-25 10:46:07', '2009-04-25 16:46:07', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1021', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1022, 1, '2009-04-25 10:45:09', '2009-04-25 16:45:09', 'Home Energy Magazine is a mag for those green builders who believe the world can be saved through a more energy efficient home.\n\nIt\'s the mechanics and not really the people that will save us. Their magazine is full of reviews and pictures of houses without people. No people to be seen anywhere. Lots of pictures ductwork, rafters, windows and solitary homes sitting as if abandoned.\n\nThe magazine if for the number cruncher who believe if they can just raise the home\'s efficiency by another couple percentage points the world will be a greener place.\n\nIt\'s a technicians magazine who w', 'Home Energy Magazine Review', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-revision', '', '', '2009-04-25 10:45:09', '2009-04-25 16:45:09', '', 1021, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1021-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1023, 1, '2009-04-25 10:46:09', '2009-04-25 16:46:09', 'Home Energy Magazine is a mag for those green builders who believe the world can be saved through a more energy efficient home.\n\nIt\'s the mechanics and not really the people that will save us. Their magazine is full of reviews and pictures of houses without people. No people to be seen anywhere. Lots of pictures ductwork, rafters, windows and solitary homes sitting as if abandoned.\n\nThe magazine if for the number cruncher who believe if they can just raise the home\'s efficiency by another couple percentage points the world will be a greener place.\n\nIt\'s a technicians magazine who wants to learn about the most efficient blower door methods.', 'Home Energy Magazine Review', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-25 10:46:09', '2009-04-25 16:46:09', '', 1021, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1021-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1024, 1, '2009-04-26 07:51:20', '2009-04-26 13:51:20', 'The Green Builder Magazine is slick. The magazine certainly isn\'t green with it\'s glossy pages and radiant colors. Whoever is behind it appears to have good funding. Or they are really proffessional. Their staff is large and their sponsors are too - Dupont, Home Depot, Whirlpool...\r\n\r\nThe magazine has good content and reviews. It is very product driven - house as product. Buy this and it will be greener. It hasn\'t gotten away from the belief that buying might actually be a problem in itself, regardless of how green the product.\r\n\r\nBut because of it\'s "apparent" (I am only guessing) backers that is to be expected.\r\n\r\nThe mag is not cheap by mag standards - $39.90 when I got it. It gives you a good insight into the best of mainstream green building products - stuff coming from the big players.\r\n\r\nTheir web site oddly enough is pretty crap. It look good but has all sorts of broken links. \r\n\r\nThey are also behind the Green Builder College certification program where you take online courses to be a certified green builder. There are a couple levels of 40 hours each costing about $700 each. \r\n\r\nAgain, there is money behind this and I would be concerned that the backers could cause a conflict of interest. Is the Dupont vapor barrier REALLY the best green choice or is it because a Dupont consultant helped build the course?\r\n\r\nEither way if you understand that the course is mostly an education in how to build brand new homes (not green) in more green ways then you probably can get value out of the mag and class without continuing to destroy the world because you think you are now a green builder and doing things the right way...if that makes sens, I didn\'t write it very well.\r\n\r\nBottom line, the mag and the course are trying to make the existing ways of building more green so that the existing companies can continue to make money. Nobody disagrees the existing ways need to be more green. And if they are doing it then great.\r\n\r\nMy one criticism is that a lot of the existing ways should be gotten rid of completely and not simply greened. But I don\'t expect the existing companies to understand that. They are part of the old. The trick is to not fight against them but to make the new so big and powerful that the old dissolves into the background naturally.', 'Green Builder Magazine', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-builder-magazine', '', '', '2009-04-26 08:06:22', '2009-04-26 14:06:22', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1024', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1025, 1, '2009-04-26 07:51:01', '2009-04-26 13:51:01', 'The Green Builder Magazine is slick. The magazine certainly isn\'t green with it\'s glossy pages and radiant colors. Whoever is behind it appears to have good funding. Or they are really proffessional. Their staff is large and their sponsors are too - Dupont, Home Depot, Whirlpool...\n\nThe magazine has good content and reviews. It is very product driven - house as product. Buy this and it will be greener. It hasn\'t gotten away from the belief that buying might actually be a problem in itself, regardless of how green the product.\n\nBut because of it\'s "apparent" (I am only guessing) backers that is to be expected.\n\nThe mag is not cheap by mag standards - $39.90 when I got it. It gives you a good insight into the best of mainstream green building products - stuff coming from the big players.', 'Green Builder Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1024-revision', '', '', '2009-04-26 07:51:01', '2009-04-26 13:51:01', '', 1024, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1024-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1005, 1, '2009-04-22 12:47:36', '2009-04-22 18:47:36', 'Here is a press release that Industrial Nanotech sent out. It was picked up by a lot of news wires and generated calls to see the Show House.\r\n\r\nAbstract:\r\nIndustrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK) announced today that the Company\'s patented Nansulate® nanotechnology-based coatings will be showcased in a green technology show house currently being renovated in Brooklyn, New York by Eco Brooklyn. The house highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone renovations in the New York metropolitan area utilizing a variety of green technologies.\r\nIndustrial Nanotech, Inc.’s Nansulate® Energy Saving Products Featured in New York City Green Building Demonstration\r\nNaples, FL | Posted on April 13th, 2009\r\n\r\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally built around 1900. The house is being upgraded with cutting-edge green technologies to showcase cost effective ways homeowners can increase the energy efficiency of their homes in an affordable way. Several products by Industrial Nanotech will be incorporated into the home. Nansulate® HomeProtect Clear Coat will be used on the exposed brick walls to offer insulation without reducing the interior living space and allowing the natural look of the brick to show through. Nansulate® Solar, one of Industrial Nanotech\'s newest products, will be utilized for the home\'s solar thermal water heater system on both the water tank and piping to increase efficiency and on the home\'s copper water pipes for moisture and mold resistance insulation. The ecohome will also incorporate a beehive on the roof which will be coated with the Company\'s patented Nansulate® Bee Protect Hive Coatings.\r\n\r\n"I am excited to use Industrial Nanotech\'s products since they are perfectly fitted for greening a Brooklyn brownstone," stated Gennaro Brooks-Church, President of Eco Brooklyn. "They provide energy savings without a sacrifice of space, two things every Brooklyn brownstone owner is interested in maximizing. Industrial Nanotech\'s focus on non-toxic products is also a big plus."\r\n\r\nThe show house is open to the public and professionals by appointment 9-4 M-F. Please call Eco Brooklyn to schedule a visit: 347-244-3016.\r\n\r\nAbout Eco Brooklyn, Inc.\r\n\r\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a GREEN real estate, renovation & development company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Eco Brooklyn is known as the most innovative green building company in Brooklyn with its focus on using the best green techniques to build high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Emphasis is on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and renovates them and is a green focused sustainable building contractor, helping others renovate their homes.\r\n\r\nAbout Nansulate®\r\n\r\nNansulate® is the Company\'s patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance, and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate® Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.industrial-nanotech.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer.\r\n\r\n####\r\n\r\nAbout Industrial Nanotech, Inc.\r\nIndustrial Nanotech Inc. is emerging as a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and the American Solar Energy Society. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for nanotechnology.', 'Industrial Nanotech and Eco Brooklyn Partnership', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'industrial-nanotech-eco-brooklyn', '', '', '2009-04-22 12:47:36', '2009-04-22 18:47:36', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1005', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1006, 1, '2009-04-22 12:47:22', '2009-04-22 18:47:22', 'Here is a press release that Industrial Nanotech sent out. It was picked up by a lot of news wires and generated calls to see the Show House.\n\nAbstract:\nIndustrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK) announced today that the Company\'s patented Nansulate® nanotechnology-based coatings will be showcased in a green technology show house currently being renovated in Brooklyn, New York by Eco Brooklyn. The house highlights best green practices for middle class brownstone renovations in the New York metropolitan area utilizing a variety of green technologies.\nIndustrial Nanotech, Inc.’s Nansulate® Energy Saving Products Featured in New York City Green Building Demonstration\nNaples, FL | Posted on April 13th, 2009\n\nThe building is a brick row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, originally built around 1900. The house is being upgraded with cutting-edge green technologies to showcase cost effective ways homeowners can increase the energy efficiency of their homes in an affordable way. Several products by Industrial Nanotech will be incorporated into the home. Nansulate® HomeProtect Clear Coat will be used on the exposed brick walls to offer insulation without reducing the interior living space and allowing the natural look of the brick to show through. Nansulate® Solar, one of Industrial Nanotech\'s newest products, will be utilized for the home\'s solar thermal water heater system on both the water tank and piping to increase efficiency and on the home\'s copper water pipes for moisture and mold resistance insulation. The ecohome will also incorporate a beehive on the roof which will be coated with the Company\'s patented Nansulate® Bee Protect Hive Coatings.\n\n"I am excited to use Industrial Nanotech\'s products since they are perfectly fitted for greening a Brooklyn brownstone," stated Gennaro Brooks-Church, President of Eco Brooklyn. "They provide energy savings without a sacrifice of space, two things every Brooklyn brownstone owner is interested in maximizing. Industrial Nanotech\'s focus on non-toxic products is also a big plus."\n\nThe show house is open to the public and professionals by appointment 9-4 M-F. Please call Eco Brooklyn to schedule a visit: 347-244-3016.\n\nAbout Eco Brooklyn, Inc.\n\nEco Brooklyn Inc. is a GREEN real estate, renovation & development company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Eco Brooklyn is known as the most innovative green building company in Brooklyn with its focus on using the best green techniques to build high quality energy efficient structures that last a long time and cost little to run. Emphasis is on using sustainable products, recycling, and creating a structure that uses the least amount of energy possible. Eco Brooklyn invests in houses and renovates them and is a green focused sustainable building contractor, helping others renovate their homes.\n\nAbout Nansulate®\n\nNansulate® is the Company\'s patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance, and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate® Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.industrial-nanotech.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer.\n\n####\n\nAbout Industrial Nanotech, Inc.\nIndustrial Nanotech Inc. is emerging as a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and the American Solar Energy Society. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for nanotechnology.', 'Industrial Nanotech and Eco Brooklyn Partnership', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1005-revision', '', '', '2009-04-22 12:47:22', '2009-04-22 18:47:22', '', 1005, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1005-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1032, 1, '2009-04-26 11:18:38', '2009-04-26 17:18:38', 'We have some left over material we\'d like to get off our lot. It is priced to SELL.\n\n\nVintage Slate\nAntique roof or wall slate . 400 pieces. Covers about 135 square feet. Beautiful and really priced to sell.\nSell the lot for $1500 9$3.75/piece) or by unit for $5. \n\n\nHigh Grade Insulation\nThis option is greener and more effective than any other insulation out there, including spray foam and cellulose.\n\nFor sale is once used 4x8 PolyISO "natural facer" insulation board for $10/sheet (that\'s 75% off store price!). At only 1.5" thick it is nice and thin for space craved Brooklyn houses yet still packs a hefty R9 insulation value. Compare that to 6" of fiberglass batts! \n\nAnd since it is once used you\'re saving garbage from the landfill. Being recycled it has off gassed any potentially harmful fumes. The price is really great but price is not the only benefit since it is really a green option.\n\n\nFree Metal Studs\nWe have about 20 or 30 salvaged studs. They are fine for any stud job. They are free but we ask for 20 cents per stud to dissuade people from bringing them to the scrap yard for cash (we want the studs to be used again, not scrapped).\n\nScrap Wood\nWe have lots of scrap wood. Good for art projects or whatever. Free.', 'Sale', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1028-revision', '', '', '2009-04-26 11:18:38', '2009-04-26 17:18:38', '', 1028, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1028-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1033, 1, '2009-04-26 11:18:55', '2009-04-26 17:18:55', 'We have some left over material we\'d like to get off our lot. It is priced to SELL.\r\n\r\n\r\nVintage Slate\r\nAntique roof or wall slate . 400 pieces. Covers about 135 square feet. Beautiful and really priced to sell.\r\nSell the lot for $1500 9$3.75/piece) or by unit for $5. \r\n\r\n\r\nHigh Grade Insulation\r\nThis option is greener and more effective than any other insulation out there, including spray foam and cellulose.\r\n\r\nFor sale is once used 4x8 PolyISO "natural facer" insulation board for $10/sheet (that\'s 75% off store price!). At only 1.5" thick it is nice and thin for space craved Brooklyn houses yet still packs a hefty R9 insulation value. Compare that to 6" of fiberglass batts! \r\n\r\nAnd since it is once used you\'re saving garbage from the landfill. Being recycled it has off gassed any potentially harmful fumes. The price is really great but price is not the only benefit since it is really a green option.\r\n\r\n\r\nFree Metal Studs\r\nWe have about 20 or 30 salvaged studs. They are fine for any stud job. They are free but we ask for 20 cents per stud to dissuade people from bringing them to the scrap yard for cash (we want the studs to be used again, not scrapped).\r\n\r\nScrap Wood\r\nWe have lots of scrap wood. Good for art projects or whatever. Free.', 'Sale', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1028-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-26 11:18:55', '2009-04-26 17:18:55', '', 1028, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1028-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1034, 1, '2009-04-26 13:26:01', '2009-04-26 19:26:01', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\r\nJerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" product that flopped.\r\n\r\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of making Brooklyn the greenest city in America. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\r\n\r\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make the best Brooklyn green contractor. \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of good contractors with strong businesses in Brooklyn. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend with. \r\n\r\nGreen builders - real green builders who got into building for the love of green - have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \r\n\r\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nBrooklyn green builders have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. If we heed Jerry\'s advice I don\'t see why green builders (Eco Brooklyn included) can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brooklyn buildings so that they are not only the best green contractors but the best contractors, period.', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'quote-day-good-strong-strategy', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:35:49', '2009-04-26 19:35:49', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1034', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1035, 1, '2009-04-26 13:25:32', '2009-04-26 19:25:32', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\nJerry Greenfield of Ben $ Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" ice cream that flopped.\n\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of building green. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\n\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make a green builder and contractor successful in Brooklyn. \n\nThere are a lot of contractors with strong businesses. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend. \n\nGreen builders, real green builders who got into building for the love of green, have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \n\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders and contractors in Brooklyn.\n\nWe have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. I don\'t see why companies like Eco Brooklyn can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brook\n\n', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1034-revision', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:25:32', '2009-04-26 19:25:32', '', 1034, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1034-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1036, 1, '2009-04-26 13:35:49', '2009-04-26 19:35:49', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\nJerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" product that flopped.\n\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of making Brooklyn the greenest city in America. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\n\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make the best Brooklyn green contractor. \n\nThere are a lot of good contractors with strong businesses in Brooklyn. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend with. \n\nGreen builders - real green builders who got into building for the love of green - have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \n\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders in Brooklyn.\n\nBrooklyn green builders have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. If we heed Jerry\'s advice I don\'t see why green builders (Eco Brooklyn included) can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brooklyn buildings so that they are not only the best green contractors but the best contractors, period.', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1034-autosave', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:35:49', '2009-04-26 19:35:49', '', 1034, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1034-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1037, 1, '2009-04-26 13:26:01', '2009-04-26 19:26:01', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\r\nJerry Greenfield of Ben $ Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" ice cream that flopped.\r\n\r\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of building green. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\r\n\r\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make a green builder and contractor successful in Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of contractors with strong businesses. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend. \r\n\r\nGreen builders, real green builders who got into building for the love of green, have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \r\n\r\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders and contractors in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nWe have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. I don\'t see why companies like Eco Brooklyn can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brooklyn buildings.', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1034-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:26:01', '2009-04-26 19:26:01', '', 1034, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1034-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1038, 1, '2009-04-26 13:32:18', '2009-04-26 19:32:18', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\r\nJerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" product that flopped.\r\n\r\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of building green. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\r\n\r\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make the best Brooklyn green contractor. \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of good contractors with strong businesses in Brooklyn. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend with. \r\n\r\nGreen builders - real green builders who got into building for the love of green - have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \r\n\r\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nBrooklyn green builders have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. If we heed Jerry\'s advice I don\'t see why companies like Eco Brooklyn can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brooklyn buildings so that they are not only the best green contractors but the best contractors, period.', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1034-revision-3', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:32:18', '2009-04-26 19:32:18', '', 1034, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1034-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1039, 1, '2009-04-26 13:33:45', '2009-04-26 19:33:45', '\'We learned that a product doesn\'t sell just because you\'re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly."\r\nJerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry\'s, on their "Peace Pop" product that flopped.\r\n\r\nThis is an important point for those of us who got into business not from the money side but from the idea(lism) side. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn with high hopes of making Brooklyn the greenest city in America. We are idealistic and optimistic. We love green renovations, we get excited by solar panels on Brownstone green roofs.\r\n\r\nIt is important to remember that a business is just an idea without the business side. All the stuff that has nothing to do with green construction such as accounting, correct pricing, marketing, employee management....this is what will make the best Brooklyn green contractor. \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of good contractors with strong businesses in Brooklyn. They have all the business side. With time they will learn the green building side. And they will be a force to contend with. \r\n\r\nGreen builders - real green builders who got into building for the love of green - have a real advantage now. We have the surprise factor. We are riding a wave that many contractors have barely realized is important. \r\n\r\nBut that is just a little head start at the beginning of the race. To keep the lead we need to also be the best on the business side. This means offering constant good service, having a powerful marketing plan, budgeting jobs effectively, managing the construction team AS WELL as being the best green builders in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nBrooklyn green builders have the passion, the inside advantage and the skills. If we heed Jerry\'s advice I don\'t see why companies like Eco Brooklyn can\'t keep the lead in the greening of Brooklyn buildings so that they are not only the best green contractors but the best contractors, period.', 'Quote of the Day: Do good but have a strong strategy too', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1034-revision-4', '', '', '2009-04-26 13:33:45', '2009-04-26 19:33:45', '', 1034, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1034-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1040, 1, '2009-04-26 17:20:35', '2009-04-26 23:20:35', 'I was checking out some cool plant pottery at this site PedlersWaggon.com. The pottery holds water and lets it out slowly, keeping the plants fresh during times of no rain. Very cool.\r\n\r\nAnd then I noticed on the shopping cart page a little note that said:\r\n"We ask that wherever you may live to refrain from purchasing from this website between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset. (More info.)"\r\n\r\nI\'m like, "They are asking me NOT to buy from them for a whole day out of each week." That\'s not good capitalist etiquette!\r\n\r\nWhen you click "More info" you get:\r\n\r\n"In society\'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and our environmental impact, we often overlook the cultural dimensions that could make a difference.\r\n\r\nAs a family and as a business, we honor the age-old wisdom of Sabbath rest by stepping back from life\'s usual routine once a week. Sabbath-keeping is not primarily something we do, but what we don\'t do. The Hebrew definition of Sabbath implies an intermission, a day of rest, a day of not working, a day of not consuming. It is sanctified as a time of reflection, a time of refreshment, a period of rest and renewal.\r\n\r\nBy abstaining from work and activity that exploits the Earth, we feel more aware of the rejuvenation our planet needs. Plus, we regain the time to slow down, relax and have more humane lives.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Sabbath-keeping is an imitation of God who created (“worked”) the world in six days and rested on the seventh. He set the day aside and sanctified it (Genesis 2:1-3) as an eternal remembrance of His act of creation. Resting as God did and heeding His command assist his people to remember Him as Creator and Lawgiver of both His physical and spiritual laws. The Sabbath allows the faithful to reconnect deeply with God and with their identity.\r\n\r\nIn being lost to ourselves and our usual routines, we can begin to find ourselves anew by exploring solitude, time and our relationships with family. This time out of time renders each day more important. And there is hope that when the chatter of our daily tasks and concerns falls silent, we can listen with fresh ears to the voices of nature (God) around us."\r\n\r\n==========\r\n\r\nI like this. They really did a great job of explaining the connection between spirituality and green, and how over-consumption is a problem that needs to be addressed.\r\n\r\n The irony is that I\'ve just worked for 14 days straight. It is Sunday night, I\'ve just come out of a weekend of work and I\'ve got another week starting tomorrow...OY VEY!', 'PeddlersWaggon.com - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'peddlerswaggoncom-web-site', '', '', '2009-04-26 17:28:11', '2009-04-26 23:28:11', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1040', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1041, 1, '2009-04-26 17:20:15', '2009-04-26 23:20:15', 'I was checking out some cool plant pottery at this site PedlersWaggon.com. The pottery holds water and lets it out slowly, keeping the plants fresh during times of no rain. Very cool.\n\nAnd then I noticed on the shopping cart page a little note that said:\n"We ask that wherever you may live to refrain from purchasing from this website between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset. (More info.)"\n\nI\'m like, "They are asking me NOT to buy from them for a whole day out of each week." That\'s not good capitalist etiquette!\n\nWhen you click "More info" you get:\n\n"In society\'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and our environmental impact, we often overlook the cultural dimensions that could make a difference.\n\nAs a family and as a business, we honor the age-old wisdom of Sabbath rest by stepping back from life\'s usual routine once a week. Sabbath-keeping is not primarily something we do, but what we don\'t do. The Hebrew definition of Sabbath implies an intermission, a day of rest, a day of not working, a day of not consuming. It is sanctified as a time of reflection, a time of refreshment, a period of rest and renewal.\n\nBy abstaining from work and activity that exploits the Earth, we feel more aware of the rejuvenation our planet needs. Plus, we regain the time to slow down, relax and have more humane lives.\n\nAdditionally, Sabbath-keeping is an imitation of God who created (“worked”) the world in six days and rested on the seventh. He set the day aside and sanctified it (Genesis 2:1-3) as an eternal remembrance of His act of creation. Resting as God did and heeding His command assist his people to remember Him as Creator and Lawgiver of both His physical and spiritual laws. The Sabbath allows the faithful to reconnect deeply with God and with their identity.\n\nIn being lost to ourselves and our usual routines, we can begin to find ourselves anew by exploring solitude, time and our relationships with family. This time out of time renders each day more important. And there is hope that when the chatter of our daily tasks and concerns falls silent, we can listen with fresh ears to the voices of nature (God) around us."\n\n==========\n\nI like this. They really did a great job of explaining the connection between spirituality and green, and how over-consumption is a problem that needs to be addressed.\n\n The irony is that I\'ve just worked for 14 days straight. It is Sunday night, I\'ve just come out of a weekend of work and I\'m getting ready for another week of work starting tomorrow...OY VEY!', 'PeddlersWaggon.com - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1040-revision', '', '', '2009-04-26 17:20:15', '2009-04-26 23:20:15', '', 1040, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1040-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1042, 1, '2009-04-26 17:20:35', '2009-04-26 23:20:35', 'I was checking out some cool plant pottery at this site PedlersWaggon.com. The pottery holds water and lets it out slowly, keeping the plants fresh during times of no rain. Very cool.\r\n\r\nAnd then I noticed on the shopping cart page a little note that said:\r\n"We ask that wherever you may live to refrain from purchasing from this website between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset. (More info.)"\r\n\r\nI\'m like, "They are asking me NOT to buy from them for a whole day out of each week." That\'s not good capitalist etiquette!\r\n\r\nWhen you click "More info" you get:\r\n\r\n"In society\'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and our environmental impact, we often overlook the cultural dimensions that could make a difference.\r\n\r\nAs a family and as a business, we honor the age-old wisdom of Sabbath rest by stepping back from life\'s usual routine once a week. Sabbath-keeping is not primarily something we do, but what we don\'t do. The Hebrew definition of Sabbath implies an intermission, a day of rest, a day of not working, a day of not consuming. It is sanctified as a time of reflection, a time of refreshment, a period of rest and renewal.\r\n\r\nBy abstaining from work and activity that exploits the Earth, we feel more aware of the rejuvenation our planet needs. Plus, we regain the time to slow down, relax and have more humane lives.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Sabbath-keeping is an imitation of God who created (“worked”) the world in six days and rested on the seventh. He set the day aside and sanctified it (Genesis 2:1-3) as an eternal remembrance of His act of creation. Resting as God did and heeding His command assist his people to remember Him as Creator and Lawgiver of both His physical and spiritual laws. The Sabbath allows the faithful to reconnect deeply with God and with their identity.\r\n\r\nIn being lost to ourselves and our usual routines, we can begin to find ourselves anew by exploring solitude, time and our relationships with family. This time out of time renders each day more important. And there is hope that when the chatter of our daily tasks and concerns falls silent, we can listen with fresh ears to the voices of nature (God) around us."\r\n\r\n==========\r\n\r\nI like this. They really did a great job of explaining the connection between spirituality and green, and how over-consumption is a problem that needs to be addressed.\r\n\r\n The irony is that I\'ve just worked for 14 days straight. It is Sunday night, I\'ve just come out of a weekend of work and I\'ve got another week starting tomorrow...OY VEY!', 'PeddlersWaggon.com - Web site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1040-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-26 17:20:35', '2009-04-26 23:20:35', '', 1040, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1040-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1043, 1, '2009-04-26 18:17:05', '2009-04-27 00:17:05', 'This web site has some cool stuff. It is called Conservation Technology and has a very sensible approach to building green. They really get it.', 'conservationtechnology.com - site of the day', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'conservationtechnologycom-site', '', '', '2009-04-26 18:17:05', '2009-04-27 00:17:05', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1043', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1044, 1, '2009-04-26 18:16:46', '2009-04-27 00:16:46', 'This web site has some cool stuff. It is called Conservation Technology and has a very sensible approach to building green. They really get it.', 'conservationtechnology.com - site of the day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1043-revision', '', '', '2009-04-26 18:16:46', '2009-04-27 00:16:46', '', 1043, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1043-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1045, 1, '2009-04-27 11:50:38', '2009-04-27 17:50:38', 'From a chat list:\r\nFSC is a fraud. Unreliable at best, false and fraudulent at worst. Don\'t take my word for it--just ask some of the FSC-certified timber corporations--Tembec, Precious Woods, et al. Go to the Rainforest Foundation UK web site. There are a host of environmental non-profits fighting the FSC--even Rainforest Action Network, who helped found them, is backing off in disgust. The original vision was a way to help indigenous and community-run small-time ops; then the WWF stepped in and started certifying big industrial ops, some who offered promises of future reforms and some who didn\'t even bother to do that...\r\n', 'FSC is a Fraud', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fsc-fraud', '', '', '2009-04-27 11:50:38', '2009-04-27 17:50:38', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1045', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1047, 1, '2009-04-27 16:05:30', '2009-04-27 22:05:30', 'I grew up in Spain so our job site tends to have a lot of Spanish speakers. But if they are speaking Spanish at work and at home they have no way of learning English. They have the skills in terms of green building but they lack the communication skills to be able to sell it. Knowing English is a crucial tool for better fitting into NY, both socially and economically.\r\n\r\nIn order to increase the well being of our workers and their overall job qualifications we have started offering free English classes to those who don\'t have English as a first language. \r\n\r\nSo we have an English class twice a week at the local Pizzeria on the corner of Smith and 2nd (great pizza BTW). The class is led by Maria-Teresa Capelle-Burny. As the name implies she is a true Brooklyn mix and a great teacher.\r\n\r\nWe hope that this little investment will make better and happier employees too! It is part of our company philosophy of Building It Forward. We are building something now that will make things better in the future, regardless of whether benefit.\r\n\r\nOur company might not even benefit from their improved language skills but somebody will, obviously including the workers themselves and that is what is important.\r\n\r\n
\r\nmaria and two Eco Brooklyn workers, Martin and Daniel, in front of the Brooklyn Green Show House they are helping build.', 'Eco Brooklyn offers English Classes', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eco-brooklyn-offers-english-classes', '', '', '2009-04-27 16:05:30', '2009-04-27 22:05:30', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1047', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1048, 1, '2009-04-27 16:04:50', '2009-04-27 22:04:50', 'I grew up in Spain so our job site tends to have a lot of Spanish speakers. But if they are speaking Spanish at work and at home they have no way of learning English. They have the skills in terms of green building but they lack the communication skills to be able to sell it. Knowing English is a crucial tool for better fitting into NY, both socially and economically.\n\nIn order to increase the well being of our workers and their overall job qualifications we have started offering free English classes to those who don\'t have English as a first language. \n\nSo we have an English class twice a week at the local Pizzeria on the corner of Smith and 2nd (great pizza BTW). The class is led by Maria-Teresa Capelle-Burny. As the name implies she is a true Brooklyn mix and a great teacher.\n\nWe hope that this little investment will make better and happier employees too! It is part of our company philosophy of Building It Forward. We are building something now that will make things better in the future. \n\nOur company might not even benefit from their improved language skills but somebody will, obviously including the workers themselves.\n\n\n\nmaria and two Eco Brooklyn workers, Martin and Daniel, in front of the Brooklyn Green Show House they are helping build.', 'Eco Brooklyn offers English Classes', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1047-revision', '', '', '2009-04-27 16:04:50', '2009-04-27 22:04:50', '', 1047, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1047-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1050, 1, '2009-04-27 16:20:43', '2009-04-27 22:20:43', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering internships and certification in green building. Our Brooklyn Green Building Education Program educates people in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn area. Our Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate is 40 hour crash course, hands on into to green building.\r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nOne current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nAs well as green building partnerships with local educational institutions we also welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is preferred and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving Instructions on how to work a high efficiency boiler for a green Brooklyn brownstone.\r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.', 'Education', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-5', '', '', '2009-04-27 16:20:43', '2009-04-27 22:20:43', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1049, 1, '2009-04-11 12:50:47', '2009-04-11 18:50:47', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn is an educational company offering internships and certification in green building. Our Brooklyn Green Building Education Program educates people in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn area.\r\n\r\nWe ally ourselves with local building schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques.\r\n\r\nOur current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nAs well as green building partnerships with local educational institutions we also welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving Instructions on how to work a high efficiency boiler for a green Brooklyn brownstone.', 'Education', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-4', '', '', '2009-04-11 12:50:47', '2009-04-11 18:50:47', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1051, 1, '2009-04-28 18:53:39', '2009-04-29 00:53:39', 'Building a green kitchen has a lot of considerations. Energy efficiency of appliances, smart counters and of course the cabinets. \r\n\r\nIn Brooklyn a main consideration is making a nice kitchen in a small space.\r\n\r\nWe are designing our green kitchen in the Brooklyn Green Showhouse with a modern style. This will offset the very probable use of salvaged wood for the cabinets and exposed brick. \r\n\r\nAnd there are a lot in this slide show we like as well.\r\n\r\nHere are some more kitchen looks we like:\r\n\r\n[salbumthumbs= 24,3,y,n,left]\r\n\r\n', 'Small Green Kitchen for a Green Brownstone', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'small-green-kitchen-green-brownstone', '', '', '2009-04-28 19:14:12', '2009-04-29 01:14:12', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1051', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1072, 1, '2009-04-29 08:17:18', '2009-04-29 14:17:18', 'Join us for our Spring Open House Tour!\r\n\r\nIn its seventh annual tour, GreenHomeNYC offers the public a unique glimpse at the inner workings and design details comprising exemplar Green buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Guests on the tours will be hosted by the dedicated sustainability practitioners of these buildings, such as their expert architects, LEED APs, developers, engineers and owners.\r\n\r\nLearn about the challenges and accomplishments that were faced by the professionals involved with these commercial and residential buildings. There are three tour options offered on May 9th. Brooklyn will have a bus tour as well as a carbon footprint-free bike tour which features buildings in relatively close proximity of each other. The Bronx bus tour has a convenient pick up and drop off location in Manhattan this year!\r\n\r\nRegister for a tour:\r\nTour #1: Brooklyn Bicycle Tour\r\nEco Brooklyn Show House - 22 2nd Street, Brooklyn\r\nPoly Prep Lower School - 50 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn\r\nGreen on Dean - 357 Dean Street, Brooklyn\r\n3rd and Bond - 111 3rd Street, Brooklyn\r\n\r\nTour #2: Brooklyn Bus Tour\r\nAtlantic Terrace - 669 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn\r\n439 Metropolitan Ave - 429 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn\r\nQueen\'s Botanical Gardens Visitor Center - 43-50 Main Street, Queens\r\nSterling Green - 580 Sterling Place, Brooklyn\r\n\r\nTour #3: Bronx Bus Tour\r\nEl Jardin - 754 Melrose Ave, The Bronx\r\nRebuilder\'s Source - 461 Timpson Place, The Bronx\r\nGlobus Cork - 741 E. 136th Street, The Bronx\r\nGreen Decatur - 2668 Decatur Ave, The Bronx\r\nBronx Library Center - 310 East Kingsbridge Road, The Bronx\r\n\r\nAs a leading resource for the exchange of information on green building in New York City, GreenHomeNYC continues pursuing its mission of facilitating the adoption of sustainable building methods and materials with three tours of Green buildings on May 9, 2009. Visitors will learn valuable ways to go green by observing examples of: energy-saving solutions photovoltaic and solar hot water technology and integration water-saving fixtures and appliances green roofs solar heating ("passive solar") techniques allergy/asthma-sensitive building materials various of green materials including paints, insulation, carpeting, renewably- harvested wood products, reclaimed and recycled materials Tours are only $25 per person, register here.\r\n\r\nContact Information\r\nemail: info@greenhomenyc.org\r\nweb: http://www.greenhomenyc.org\r\n', 'Spring Green Buildings Open House on May 9th', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spring-green-buildings-open-house', '', '', '2009-04-29 08:17:18', '2009-04-29 14:17:18', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/spring-green-buildings-open-house/', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1073, 1, '2009-04-29 11:43:58', '2009-04-29 17:43:58', 'LEED uses the 500 mile radius as the benchmark for local materials. I don\'t know why they picked that number. But it is as good as any I guess. 500 is what you could cover in one long day if you were really hauling it. By car, that is....\r\n\r\nI don\'t think you want more than 500 miles.\r\n\r\nKeeping things local is important in construction. It takes a lot of machinery and gas to transport heavy construction materials. It puts a toll on the actual tar mac of the roads and also clogs the road traffic. There\'s nothing like driving along side an 18 wheeler to get your adrenaline going.\r\n\r\nHere is a map of a 500 mile radius around Brooklyn, New York. You can source materials all the into Canada and a good way down south. If you can\'t get the material in this 500 mile radius then maybe you should ask yourself if you should be building with it in the first place.\r\n\r\nNotice China and Europe are not on the map. I guess that knocks out your custom German cabinets and nice Chinese Bamboo...\r\n\r\nIf you want to build green then buy local. If you buy local it keeps the money local. It reduces the cost of the material (a truck guzzles a lot of gas. I reduces the carbon foot print.\r\n\r\nOr even better, don\'t buy, salvage. Local salvaging is like cleaning up neighborhood garbage but ten times better. It is more like rescuing an abandoned little kitten from certain death (yes it is that good!). If you salvage wood you save it from a rotting landfill and give a loving home, or it gives you a loving home if you build with it...\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1075, 1, '2009-04-29 11:43:52', '2009-04-29 17:43:52', 'LEED uses the 500 mile radius as the benchmark for local materials. I don\'t know why they picked that number. But it is as good as any I guess. 500 is what you could cover in one long day if you were really hauling it. By car, that is....\n\nI don\'t think you want more than 500 miles.\n\nKeeping things local is important in construction. It takes a lot of machinery and gas to transport heavy construction materials. It puts a toll on the actual tar mac of the roads and also clogs the road traffic. There\'s nothing like driving along side an 18 wheeler to get your adrenaline going.\n\nHere is a map of a 500 mile radius around Brooklyn, New York. You can source materials all the into Canada and a good way down south. If you can\'t get the material in this 500 mile radius then maybe you should ask yourself if you should be building with it in the first place.\n\nNotice China and Europe are not on the map. I guess that knocks out your custom German cabinets and nice Chinese Bamboo...\n\nIf you want to build green then buy local. If you buy local it keeps the money local. It reduces the cost of the material (a truck guzzles a lot of gas. I reduces the carbon foot print.\n\nOr even better, don\'t buy, salvage. Salvaging is like cleaning up garbage but ten times better. It is more like rescuing an abandoned kitten from certain death. If you salvage wood you save it from a rotting landfill and give a loving home, or it gives you a loving home if you build with it...\n\n\n\n', '500 Mile Radius Around New York', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1073-revision', '', '', '2009-04-29 11:43:52', '2009-04-29 17:43:52', '', 1073, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1073-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1076, 1, '2009-04-29 11:43:58', '2009-04-29 17:43:58', 'LEED uses the 500 mile radius as the benchmark for local materials. I don\'t know why they picked that number. But it is as good as any I guess. 500 is what you could cover in one long day if you were really hauling it. By car, that is....\r\n\r\nI don\'t think you want more than 500 miles.\r\n\r\nKeeping things local is important in construction. It takes a lot of machinery and gas to transport heavy construction materials. It puts a toll on the actual tar mac of the roads and also clogs the road traffic. There\'s nothing like driving along side an 18 wheeler to get your adrenaline going.\r\n\r\nHere is a map of a 500 mile radius around Brooklyn, New York. You can source materials all the into Canada and a good way down south. If you can\'t get the material in this 500 mile radius then maybe you should ask yourself if you should be building with it in the first place.\r\n\r\nNotice China and Europe are not on the map. I guess that knocks out your custom German cabinets and nice Chinese Bamboo...\r\n\r\nIf you want to build green then buy local. If you buy local it keeps the money local. It reduces the cost of the material (a truck guzzles a lot of gas. I reduces the carbon foot print.\r\n\r\nOr even better, don\'t buy, salvage. Salvaging is like cleaning up garbage but ten times better. It is more like rescuing an abandoned kitten from certain death. If you salvage wood you save it from a rotting landfill and give a loving home, or it gives you a loving home if you build with it...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '500 Mile Radius Around New York', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1073-revision-2', '', '', '2009-04-29 11:43:58', '2009-04-29 17:43:58', '', 1073, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1073-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1077, 1, '2009-05-01 17:06:17', '2009-05-01 23:06:17', 'Green Source Magazine is backed by a MAMMOTH: McGraw Hill Construction. To give you an example of how powerful they are, McGraw Hill\'s construction related web site is construction.com. Anyone who can get their hands on that web domain is a major player in the building industry, if not one of the largest.\r\n\r\nMcGraw Hill has been a big player in building information. They make good publications. If you wanted to know how to build chances were that McGraw hill had a publication for you. And when I mean build, I mean build in the old school way - with a disregard for the wellbeing of the planet and a focus on proffit.\r\n\r\nSo I don\'t look towards McGraw Hill publications for moral guidance. In fact I never forget they are a massive publisher trying to appeal to the largest audience. They are, however, one source of information.\r\n\r\nSo what does that mean for their Green Source Magazine? Did the CEO wake up one day full of remorse and decide to radically change the direction of the company? No. McGraw Hill, being a big player in construction information, has their finger on the pulse and saw where building was going, and where ever building goes money will follow.\r\n\r\nSo they are going green. Mainstream green but still green. \r\n\r\nTheir magazine is a very well put together selection of green building info. In fact if you read their articles and answer some questions in the back you can actually qualify for continuing education Learning Units if you are an Architect. McGraw Hill after all is very much about education.\r\n\r\nAnd their magazine reads that way. It is meaty. It has lots of great diagrams and insightful views on building. It is not a fluff mag. It is for builders and architects. The content is an advanced level and the diagrams are not simple. McGraw Hill, regardless of their morality (or bland lack of), can put out a good quality publication.\r\n\r\nOf course they aren\'t rocking the boat and they very much are pushing the idiotic party line: LEED is great; consume (green products) and consume some more; building is great and lets do more of it (only greener); there is no problem with new construction and now its even greater because it is green; lets shift the cult of brand names to green brand names and everything will be ok.\r\n\r\nI like Green Source. I can\'t read it when I want to turn off and look a pretty pictures because the content is denser than other magazines geared to the general public. But when I\'m in the mood for some good green talk for professionals I get into it. \r\n\r\nIt differs from Dwell in that it has a greener focus and caters to a more educated in-crowd.\r\n\r\nBut like I said, don\'t expect it to change the world. It is more of the same old, only green.', 'Green Source, Magazine of Sustainable Design', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-source-magazine-su', '', '', '2009-05-01 17:06:46', '2009-05-01 23:06:46', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1077', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1078, 1, '2009-05-01 15:27:04', '2009-05-01 21:27:04', 'Green Source Magazine is backed by a MAMMOTH: McGraw Hill Construction. To give you an example of how powerful they are, McGraw Hill\'s web site is construction.com. Anyone who can afford that web domain is a major player in the building industry, if not one of the largest.\n\nSo what does that mean for their Green Source Magazine? Firstly, MCGraw Hill Construction is responsible for many years of wanton waste and overbuilding. The destruction of the planet has been sped along by the building behind McGraw Hill and their related building monster.\n\nBut now they have a green magazine. What happened? Did the C\n\n', 'Green Source, Magazine of Sustainable Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1077-revision', '', '', '2009-05-01 15:27:04', '2009-05-01 21:27:04', '', 1077, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1077-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1079, 1, '2009-05-01 17:05:46', '2009-05-01 23:05:46', 'Green Source Magazine is backed by a MAMMOTH: McGraw Hill Construction. To give you an example of how powerful they are, McGraw Hill\'s construction related web site is construction.com. Anyone who can get their hands on that web domain is a major player in the building industry, if not one of the largest.\n\nMcGraw Hill has been a big player in building information. They make good publications. If you wanted to know how to build chances were that McGraw hill had a publication for you. And when I mean build, I mean build in the old school way - with a disregard for the wellbeing of the planet and a focus on proffit.\n\nSo I don\'t look towards McGraw Hill publications for moral guidance. In fact I never forget they are a massive publisher trying to appeal to the largest audience. They are, however, one source of information.\n\nSo what does that mean for their Green Source Magazine? Did the CEO wake up one day full of remorse and decide to radically change the direction of the company? No. McGraw Hill, being a big player in construction information, has their finger on the pulse and saw where building was going, and where ever building goes money will follow.\n\nSo they are going green. Mainstream green but still green. \n\nTheir magazine is a very well put together selection of green building info. In fact if you read their articles and answer some questions in the back you can actually qualify for continuing education Learning Units if you are an Architect. McGraw Hill after all is very much about education.\n\nAnd their magazine reads that way. It is meaty. It has lots of great diagrams and insightful views on building. It is not a fluff mag. It is for builders and architects. The content is an advanced level and the diagrams are not simple. McGraw Hill, regardless of their morality (or bland lack of), can put out a good quality publication.\n\nOf course they aren\'t rocking the boat and they very much are pushing the idiotic party line: LEED is great; consume (green products) and consume some more; building is great and lets do more of it (only greener); there is no problem with new construction and now its even greater because it is green; lets shift the cult of brand names to green brand names and everything will be ok.\n\nI like Green Source. I can\'t read it when I want to turn off and look a pretty pictures because the content is denser than other magazines geared to the general public. But when I\'m in the mood for some good green talk for professionals I get into it. \n\nIt differs from Dwell in that it has a greener focus and caters to a more educated\n\nBut like I said, don\'t expect it to change the world. It is more of the same old, only green.', 'Green Source, Magazine of Sustainable Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1077-revision-2', '', '', '2009-05-01 17:05:46', '2009-05-01 23:05:46', '', 1077, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1077-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1080, 1, '2009-05-01 17:06:17', '2009-05-01 23:06:17', 'Green Source Magazine is backed by a MAMMOTH: McGraw Hill Construction. To give you an example of how powerful they are, McGraw Hill\'s construction related web site is construction.com. Anyone who can get their hands on that web domain is a major player in the building industry, if not one of the largest.\r\n\r\nMcGraw Hill has been a big player in building information. They make good publications. If you wanted to know how to build chances were that McGraw hill had a publication for you. And when I mean build, I mean build in the old school way - with a disregard for the wellbeing of the planet and a focus on proffit.\r\n\r\nSo I don\'t look towards McGraw Hill publications for moral guidance. In fact I never forget they are a massive publisher trying to appeal to the largest audience. They are, however, one source of information.\r\n\r\nSo what does that mean for their Green Source Magazine? Did the CEO wake up one day full of remorse and decide to radically change the direction of the company? No. McGraw Hill, being a big player in construction information, has their finger on the pulse and saw where building was going, and where ever building goes money will follow.\r\n\r\nSo they are going green. Mainstream green but still green. \r\n\r\nTheir magazine is a very well put together selection of green building info. In fact if you read their articles and answer some questions in the back you can actually qualify for continuing education Learning Units if you are an Architect. McGraw Hill after all is very much about education.\r\n\r\nAnd their magazine reads that way. It is meaty. It has lots of great diagrams and insightful views on building. It is not a fluff mag. It is for builders and architects. The content is an advanced level and the diagrams are not simple. McGraw Hill, regardless of their morality (or bland lack of), can put out a good quality publication.\r\n\r\nOf course they aren\'t rocking the boat and they very much are pushing the idiotic party line: LEED is great; consume (green products) and consume some more; building is great and lets do more of it (only greener); there is no problem with new construction and now its even greater because it is green; lets shift the cult of brand names to green brand names and everything will be ok.\r\n\r\nI like Green Source. I can\'t read it when I want to turn off and look a pretty pictures because the content is denser than other magazines geared to the general public. But when I\'m in the mood for some good green talk for professionals I get into it. \r\n\r\nIt differs from Dwell in that it has a greener focus and caters to a more educated in-crowd.\r\n\r\nBut like I said, don\'t expect it to change the world. It is more of the same old, only green.', 'Green Source, Magazine of Sustainable Design', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1077-revision-3', '', '', '2009-05-01 17:06:17', '2009-05-01 23:06:17', '', 1077, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1077-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1081, 1, '2009-05-01 18:09:33', '2009-05-02 00:09:33', 'I have a love hate relationship with the local Brooklyn green building supply stores. I love that they sell green stuff, I hate that they want to sell as much of it as they can. \r\n\r\nMost people would scratch their head at that comment. "Of course they want you to buy it, what wrong with that."\r\n\r\nI have no issue with Home Depot trying to sell, sell, sell. They are old school, part of the old way of stupid building. \r\n\r\nBut when Green Depot or Bettencourt approach me with the same enthusiasm to sell it is bitter sweet. Great, lets get more green products into the world. Not great we\'re still pushing the consumer society model. \r\n\r\nIf you are buying green or buying not green you are still buying. Green for me is about buying less. Period.\r\n\r\nHere is a conversation I had with one green building store:\r\n\r\nMe: \r\nI\'m really interested in finding local clay. It seems crazy to pay all this money and waste all this energy to ship earth half way across the country (referring to American Clay, aka AC, in New Mexico). Any ideas?\r\n===\r\n\r\nThem: \r\nI\'m sure you could find it but it would be really expensive I\'m sure, and nobody around here knows how to blend it. ACs formula is unique - it took them 350 tries at least to get the blend down. now its patented. AC features "the lowest embodied energy of any engineered wall finish on the market" (i can send you empirical data if you\'d like) - by a lot!! and our role as distributor is to truck volume here at a time so as not to ship it direct from NM everytime. So it has only been in transit once.\r\n====\r\n\r\nMe:\r\n"RE: you simply can\'t find a more eficient wall finish on the market."\r\n\r\nYes but how hard are you looking? :)\r\n\r\n350 tests.....engineered.....empirical data......\r\n\r\nSir this is an ancient process. The cave men did it. The Romans did it.\r\n\r\nTake clay, put on wall. Any skilled builder can continue the age old\r\nbuilding technique.\r\n\r\nAnd a patent? What are they doing, following in the footsteps of\r\nMonsanto (who is claiming ownership over seeds)?\r\n\r\nI\'m going to do my best to prove you wrong and find local clay. I\r\ndon\'t care how great AC is, local clay is greener.\r\n\r\nBut until I find it I\'m happy to use AC and buy it from you :)\r\n=====', 'Brooklyn Green Building Supply Stores', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'brooklyn-green-building-supply', '', '', '2009-05-01 18:09:33', '2009-05-02 00:09:33', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1081', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1082, 1, '2009-05-01 18:09:25', '2009-05-02 00:09:25', 'I have a love hate relationship with the local Brooklyn green building supply stores. I love that they sell green stuff, I hate that they want to sell as much of it as they can. \n\nMost people would scratch their head at that comment. "Of course they want you to buy it, what wrong with that."\n\nI have no issue with Home Depot trying to sell, sell, sell. They are old school, part of the old way of stupid building. \n\nBut when Green Depot or Bettencourt approach me with the same enthusiasm to sell it is bitter sweet. Great, lets get more green products into the world. Not great we\'re still pushing the consumer society model. \n\nIf you are buying green or buying not green you are still buying. Green for me is about buying less. Period.\n\nHere is a conversation I had with one green building store:\n\nMe: \nI\'m really interested in finding local clay. It seems crazy to pay all this money and waste all this energy to ship earth half way across the country (referring to American Clay, aka AC, in New Mexico). Any ideas?\n===\n\nThem: \nI\'m sure you could find it but it would be really expensive I\'m sure, and nobody around here knows how to blend it. ACs formula is unique - it took them 350 tries at least to get the blend down. now its patented. AC features "the lowest embodied energy of any engineered wall finish on the market" (i can send you empirical data if you\'d like) - by a lot!! and our role as distributor is to truck volume here at a time so as not to ship it direct from NM everytime. So it has only been in transit once.\n====\n\nMe:\n"RE: you simply can\'t find a more eficient wall finish on the market."\n\nYes but how hard are you looking? :)\n\n350 tests.....engineered.....empirical data......\n\nSir this is an ancient process. The cave men did it. The Romans did it.\n\nTake clay, put on wall. Any skilled builder can continue the age old\nbuilding technique.\n\nAnd a patent? What are they doing, following in the footsteps of\nMonsanto (who is claiming ownership over seeds)?\n\nI\'m going to do my best to prove you wrong and find local clay. I\ndon\'t care how great AC is, local clay is greener.\n\nBut until I find it I\'m happy to use AC and buy it from you :)\n=====', 'Brooklyn Green Building Supply Stores', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1081-revision', '', '', '2009-05-01 18:09:25', '2009-05-02 00:09:25', '', 1081, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1081-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1083, 1, '2009-05-02 09:39:55', '2009-05-02 15:39:55', 'The Mother Earth News Magazine has a tag line: "The Original Guide To Living Wisely". It is as simple as that.\r\n\r\nStarted in 1970, when idealism was thick in the air, Mother Earth News is founded on moral principles unlike the myriad of new green magazines that are founded on the realization that green is where the money is.\r\n\r\nMother Earth News is not a green magazine since it has been around before that, even before it was cool to be green. In fact Mother Earth News endured many years when it was actually NOT cool to be green. Picture women with hairy legs, smelly armpits, too much patchouli and a bad habit of chaining themselves to trees to save owls. Wacky was a nice way of describing the image of green.\r\n\r\nBut they were standing up for what they believed in. With hippie farmer roots, the mag kept at it when the rest of the world was busy chasing the next bubble. And they continue because their readership is a loyal and real one.\r\n\r\nMother Earth articles are about a lifestyle, unlike the many mags that are about a consumer ethic. Mother Earth does not talk about what to buy but rather how to live. \r\n\r\nTheir pages are full of "how to" topics. How to do this, how to do that. It is an exploration of doing things better. It is action oriented, not product or consumer oriented. \r\n\r\nGranted, if you don\'t have a 13 acre homestead in the Midwest there are a lot of things in the magazine that you can\'t do. Like making your own chicken coop, or the best ways to raise grass fed cattle. A large part of the magazine is focused on small scale farming and DYI projects on a farm.\r\n\r\nBut don\'t let that fool you into thinking the magazine is only for homesteaders. The magazine is for anyone who realizes that green was around long before Dwell Magazine did a market analysis on readership trends. \r\n\r\nMother Earth is founded on not how to make the biggest buck but rather how to make the biggest change, and that is why they are the grandmother of the green movement in many ways. And their principles are correct. If everyone lived the Mother Earth way the world would be revolutionized. \r\n\r\nGone would be the mega farms, gone would be the need for 80% of the worlds products, gone would be mass consumerism. Not that Mother Earth is pushing for that. Change is a personal thing. Their credo is for each person to live the wisest life they can live. \r\n\r\nThe magazine is about individual people. It doesn\'t focus on large groups or companies. It focuses on individuals who might have built a great home for $35K or a professor who has proof how mushrooms can solve our toxic landfill problems. \r\n\r\nThe message is that the world is not changed overnight (they\'ve been at it for 40 years) and it is changed by individuals like you and me. Not sexy ideas, not large crowds and certainly not companies. \r\n\r\nThe world revolution is about individuals living as wisely as they can and doing simple yet revolutionary things each day for a long time. \r\n\r\nIt\'s not a sexy magazine. You won\'t see ultra sleek architecture commissioned by jet setting "trend setters". In Mother Earth you\'re more likely to see an old hippie planting turnips. But the big question is, which one has history and the future in their hands? I have my bets on turnip planting. It might involve high tech aquatics but it\'s still history tested and earth friendly.\r\n\r\nIf you follow the Mother Earth tag line at worse you live a good life. At best you change the world for the better.', 'Mother Earth News Magazine', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mother-earth-news-magazine', '', '', '2009-05-02 09:39:55', '2009-05-02 15:39:55', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1083', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1084, 1, '2009-05-02 09:39:30', '2009-05-02 15:39:30', 'The Mother Earth News Magazine has a tag line: "The Original Guide To Living Wisely". It is as simple as that.\n\nStarted in 1970, when idealism was thick in the air, Mother Earth News is founded on moral principles unlike the myriad of new green magazines that are founded on the realization that green is where the money is.\n\nMother Earth News is not a green magazine since it has been around before that, even before it was cool to be green. In fact Mother Earth News endured many years when it was actually NOT cool to be green. Picture women with hairy legs, smelly armpits, too much patchouli and a bad habit of chaining themselves to trees to save owls. Wacky was a nice way of describing the image of green.\n\nBut they were standing up for what they believed in. With hippie farmer roots, the mag kept at it when the rest of the world was busy chasing the next bubble. And they continue because their readership is a loyal and real one.\n\nMother Earth articles are about a lifestyle, unlike the many mags that are about a consumer ethic. Mother Earth does not talk about what to buy but rather how to live. \n\nTheir pages are full of "how to" topics. How to do this, how to do that. It is an exploration of doing things better. It is action oriented, not product or consumer oriented. \n\nGranted, if you don\'t have a 13 acre homestead in the Midwest there are a lot of things in the magazine that you can\'t do. Like making your own chicken coop, or the best ways to raise grass fed cattle. A large part of the magazine is focused on small scale farming and DYI projects on a farm.\n\nBut don\'t let that fool you into thinking the magazine is only for homesteaders. The magazine is for anyone who realizes that green was around long before Dwell Magazine did a market analysis on readership trends. \n\nMother Earth is founded on not how to make the biggest buck but rather how to make the biggest change, and that is why they are the grandmother of the green movement in many ways. And their principles are correct. If everyone lived the Mother Earth way the world would be revolutionized. \n\nGone would be the mega farms, gone would be the need for 80% of the worlds products, gone would be mass consumerism. Not that Mother Earth is pushing for that. Change is a personal thing. Their credo is for each person to live the wisest life they can live. \n\nThe magazine is about individual people. It doesn\'t focus on large groups or companies. It focuses on individuals who might have built a great home for $35K or a professor who has proof how mushrooms can solve our toxic landfill problems. \n\nThe message is that the world is not changed overnight (they\'ve been at it for 40 years) and it is changed by individuals like you and me. Not sexy ideas, not large crowds and certainly not companies. \n\nThe world revolution is about individuals living as wisely as they can and doing simple yet revolutionary things each day for a long time. \n\nIt\'s not a sexy magazine. You won\'t see ultra sleek architecture commissioned by jet setting "trend setters". In Mother Earth you\'re more likely to see an old hippie planting turnips. But the big question is, which one has history and the future in their hands? I have my bets on turnip planting. It might involve high tech aquatics but it\'s still history tested and earth friendly.\n\nIf you follow the Mother Earth tag line at worse you live a good life. At best you change the world for the better.', 'Mother Earth News Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1083-revision', '', '', '2009-05-02 09:39:30', '2009-05-02 15:39:30', '', 1083, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1083-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1085, 1, '2009-05-02 19:26:37', '2009-05-03 01:26:37', 'Home Power Magazine is for those of us who wonder how much energy we could generate using solar panels. If that question isn\'t interesting to you then this magazine won\'t be either.\r\n\r\nThe mag is all about getting energy from your house using solar, wind, water, and intelligent design (in that order). Most of the pages are about solar but you get the occasional articles on how to insulate or build your own water turbine.\r\n\r\nVery technical if you are novice but interesting if you know what a 3Kw Array is.\r\n\r\nThe mag is 22 years old by my calculations so it\'s reason for being is tried and true (as opposed to the new upstarts looking to get in on the green bandwagon).\r\n\r\nIt\'s a good mag and a little dry but it\'s about home energy which isn\'t exactly intense entertainment. But if you want to build an energy efficient home its your mag.', 'Home Power Magazine', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'home-power-magazine', '', '', '2009-05-02 19:26:37', '2009-05-03 01:26:37', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1085', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1086, 1, '2009-05-02 19:26:16', '2009-05-03 01:26:16', 'Home Power Magazine is for those of us who wonder how much energy we could generate using solar panels. If that question isn\'t interesting to you then this magazine won\'t be either.\n\nThe mag is all about getting energy from your house using solar, wind, water, and intelligent design (in that order). Most of the pages are about solar but you get the occasional articles on how to insulate or build your own water turbine.\n\nVery technical if you are novice but interesting if you know what a 3Kw Array is.\n\nThe mag is 22 years old by my calculations so it\'s reason for being is tried and true (as opposed to the new upstarts looking to get in on the green bandwagon).\n\nIt\'s a good mag and a little dry but it\'s about home energy which isn\'t exactly intense entertainment. But if you want to build an energy efficient home', 'Home Power Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1085-revision', '', '', '2009-05-02 19:26:16', '2009-05-03 01:26:16', '', 1085, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1085-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1087, 1, '2009-04-11 13:21:57', '2009-04-11 19:21:57', '.\r\n.\r\nEco Brooklyn devotes itself to educating and helping the New York community build greener co-ops and Brownstones.\r\n\r\nWe offer green building services that run the whole gamut of greening a brownstone or co-op, from design to building. Our building techniques push the envelope of the best and most intelligent green building for Brooklyn and NY brownstones.\r\n\r\nWe have a Brooklyn Green Show House that highlights the best green practices for a Brooklyn brownstone.\r\n\r\nOur Brooklyn Green Building Education Program offers internships and certifications in green building and renovation of Brooklyn brownstones.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n \r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a Forward Thinking Green Builder', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-80', '', '', '2009-04-11 13:21:57', '2009-04-11 19:21:57', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-80/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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[srandom=any,288,2,2,n,none,both]\r\n\r\n A newspaper calls the canal “a blot on America\'s civilization”; barges used to boat through it to kill barnacles; For half a century was a “maritime superhighway for barges bearing coal, sand, oil, and brick" 26,000 passages on the canal in that year Shipping moves to New Jersey Verrazano Bridge built, goods can enter Brooklyn by truck Pollution and smell are so bad (hydrogen sulfide), that city at one point dumped in truckloads of chlorine to neutralize the smell; hydrogen sulfide is from sewage overflow, sediment sinks to bottom and decomposes and creates bubbles of the smell Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation begins agitating for the Gowanus to continue for 25 years; VP Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto (also President of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association and owner of Scotto Funeral Home) sees San Antonio\'s Riverwalk as its model Flushing tunnel stops working City dredges canal, extracting 2000 tons of contaminated mud Real estate investor David Lefkowitz buys ½ acre plot off Carroll Street bridge, interested in redevelopment; area residents have “love-hate” relationship with canal, nervous about gentrification, like it as an icon, hate the smell Schools of killifish have been sited; along with occasional shore birds, crabs, and ducks Real estate agent says property values have risen more than 40% from 1994-1998 and is having no problem selling homes near the canal Flushing Tunnel project now to cost $10 million; DEP says will improve water quality for animal life, also will reduce stench because sewage will dissolve; others say canal must be completely dredged and sewer runoff dealt with Artist Dennis Lynch docks houseboat on the canal at Lefkowitz\'s property; Lefkowitz wants to open restaurant Film “Lavender Lake: Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” written, directed produced by Carroll Gardens resident Allison Prete Flushing tunnel reactivated -MORE INFO- Scotto wants to move onto dredging and repairing the bulkheads Ninth street drawbridge reopened to traffic after 5 years of repairs ($35 million) Brooklyn Commons entertainment complex plan goes bust after three years of talk and planning and even after $3 million invested in site cleanup, but developer Bruce Ratner filed suit in federal court because said Postal Service was already negotiating with Forest City Ratner (with an option to buy the site) when made millennium deal, after 2 years of litigation, Millenium pulls out; Buddy Scotto very disappointed Forest City Ratner would be developing it for an Ikea; community groups like Community Consulting Services are opposed to the project because of traffic (adding on to that from Home Depot and Cotsco) also Care About the Slope is involved—developing vision for what they do want; also not sure if Forest City will honor the “good faith agreements” that were made with Millenium Partners; Forest City developed the multiplex on Court Street but is said to have worked with Brooklyn Heights Association Owen Foote, creek activist, canoes on the creek; concrete is the only active industry on the Creek Ratner cuts off negotiations with Ikea, in response partially to community upset and opposition—will talk to another potential tenant; Ben Meskin, president of Care About the Slope said it would still go forward with suit against Postal Service and Forest City saying that environmental review was inadequate $270,000 in capital improvements of plants, trees, shrubs from the NYC Parks Department Commissioner Henry Stern are installed in 4 sites on the canal Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Environmental Protection dedicate $5 million to do a feasibility study for environmental cleanup of the canal; Nydia Velasquez helped secure the money Buddy Scotto notes “so far, the long-term investment in the canal has been mostly unseen. Now, it\'s about ready to bloom. We already have a kayak club and a canoe club.” DEP upgrades equipment in the flushing tunnel (spending the equivalent of $500,000) Gowanus Canal CDC and Borough President Marty Markowitz receive $100,000 in state funds to identify locations for habitat restoration and repair of bulkheads Former post office (which once was a coal processing plant) site at 2nd Ave between 9th and 12th Streets being cleaned of environmental contaminants, including benzene; to be redeveloped by Forest City Ratner into a Lowes; Gowanus Canal CDC holds meeting to discuss the project at St. Mary\'s Star of the Sea Church “Gowanus Canal has attracted hodgepodge use by kayakers” Developers planning the first apartment building son the canal; filed requests to Board of Standards and Appeals to convert manufacturing buildings into rental apartments; GCCDC supports the conversion Owner of warehouse on the canal says “at least six to seven times a week someone rings my bell asking if there are apartments available” KeySpan makes Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with DEP to study contamination at their site at Smith and 5 th Streets (a former gas plant); GCCDC hopes the site will become affordable housing after it is cleaned up; current tenant Ferrara Brothers Building Materials hopes to remain COE and DEP Gowanus Canal and Bay Ecosystem Restoration study underway; team found snails, glass eels, and juvenile shrimp; mentions that oysters have been introduced, jellyfish, bluefish, cormorants, ducks, and egrets have been spotted Red Dive, an artist group, performs “Peripheral City: Rediscovering the Gowanus Canal” Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation students doing plans for the whole canal including vertical hydroponic farm and floating walkways; Buddy Scotto likes the ideas but doesn\'t know how to implement or finance them There are three new street-end parks on DeGraw and Douglass Streets “The Gowanus Canal Conference: Perspectives on Environmental Restoration” at Brooklyn College organized by GCCDC, Corps of Engineers, and funded by a grant from Con Edison, features 200 researchers, community leaders, elected officials and environmental advocates DEP finalizes plans for $40 million upgrade to the flushing tunnel, changing from a single to a triple propeller Urban Divers begins making dives in the Gowanus Canal, including in a celebration of National Estuaries Day; and they team up with biologist and neuroscientist to analyze the effect of chemical pollutants on bio organisms in the canal Hong and Li LLC secure permits for a five story hotel on Union Street between 3 rd and 4th Aves, near a stone crushing plant and a casket maker; Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation says this is encroaching on the 400 industrial firms in the area Gowanus Village development of 350 condominiums on three acres between Carroll and 3 rd Streets is advertised by Africa Israel Investments Ltd and Boymelgreen developers\' website (in the very preliminary stages); developers applied for DEC brownfield cleanup program, but the development would require a zoning change Alex Figliolia contacts Community Board 6 to find out about buying land behind his property and along the canal; triggering an investigation of the now-filled-in 1 st Street Turning Basin; both properties are purchased by Boymelgreen, which begins a debate over the history, ownership, and jurisdiction over the basin GCCDC presents comprehensive community plan addressing restoration, development of residential and mixed-use zones, and canal access rights at public meeting at Carroll School; plan requires developers to use green technologies and is “very ambitious”; Department of City Planning is exploring the approach Urban Divers and Gowanus Dredgers hold Fifth Annual Gowanus Spring Clean-Up A newspaper calls the canal “a blot on America\'s civilization”; barges used to boat through it to kill barnacles; For half a century was a “maritime superhighway for barges bearing coal, sand, oil, and brick" 26,000 passages on the canal in that year Shipping moves to New Jersey Verrazano Bridge built, goods can enter Brooklyn by truck Pollution and smell are so bad (hydrogen sulfide), that city at one point dumped in truckloads of chlorine to neutralize the smell; hydrogen sulfide is from sewage overflow, sediment sinks to bottom and decomposes and creates bubbles of the smell Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation begins agitating for the Gowanus to continue for 25 years; VP Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto (also President of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association and owner of Scotto Funeral Home) sees San Antonio\'s Riverwalk as its model Flushing tunnel stops working City dredges canal, extracting 2000 tons of contaminated mud Real estate investor David Lefkowitz buys ½ acre plot off Carroll Street bridge, interested in redevelopment; area residents have “love-hate” relationship with canal, nervous about gentrification, like it as an icon, hate the smell Schools of killifish have been sited; along with occasional shore birds, crabs, and ducks Real estate agent says property values have risen more than 40% from 1994-1998 and is having no problem selling homes near the canal Flushing Tunnel project now to cost $10 million; DEP says will improve water quality for animal life, also will reduce stench because sewage will dissolve; others say canal must be completely dredged and sewer runoff dealt with Artist Dennis Lynch docks houseboat on the canal at Lefkowitz\'s property; Lefkowitz wants to open restaurant Film “Lavender Lake: Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” written, directed produced by Carroll Gardens resident Allison Prete Flushing tunnel reactivated -MORE INFO- Scotto wants to move onto dredging and repairing the bulkheads Ninth street drawbridge reopened to traffic after 5 years of repairs ($35 million) Brooklyn Commons entertainment complex plan goes bust after three years of talk and planning and even after $3 million invested in site cleanup, but developer Bruce Ratner filed suit in federal court because said Postal Service was already negotiating with Forest City Ratner (with an option to buy the site) when made millennium deal, after 2 years of litigation, Millenium pulls out; Buddy Scotto very disappointed Forest City Ratner would be developing it for an Ikea; community groups like Community Consulting Services are opposed to the project because of traffic (adding on to that from Home Depot and Cotsco) also Care About the Slope is involved—developing vision for what they do want; also not sure if Forest City will honor the “good faith agreements” that were made with Millenium Partners; Forest City developed the multiplex on Court Street but is said to have worked with Brooklyn Heights Association Owen Foote, creek activist, canoes on the creek; concrete is the only active industry on the Creek Ratner cuts off negotiations with Ikea, in response partially to community upset and opposition—will talk to another potential tenant; Ben Meskin, president of Care About the Slope said it would still go forward with suit against Postal Service and Forest City saying that environmental review was inadequate $270,000 in capital improvements of plants, trees, shrubs from the NYC Parks Department Commissioner Henry Stern are installed in 4 sites on the canal Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Environmental Protection dedicate $5 million to do a feasibility study for environmental cleanup of the canal; Nydia Velasquez helped secure the money Buddy Scotto notes “so far, the long-term investment in the canal has been mostly unseen. Now, it\'s about ready to bloom. We already have a kayak club and a canoe club.” DEP upgrades equipment in the flushing tunnel (spending the equivalent of $500,000) Gowanus Canal CDC and Borough President Marty Markowitz receive $100,000 in state funds to identify locations for habitat restoration and repair of bulkheads Former post office (which once was a coal processing plant) site at 2nd Ave between 9th and 12th Streets being cleaned of environmental contaminants, including benzene; to be redeveloped by Forest City Ratner into a Lowes; Gowanus Canal CDC holds meeting to discuss the project at St. Mary\'s Star of the Sea Church “Gowanus Canal has attracted hodgepodge use by kayakers” Developers planning the first apartment building son the canal; filed requests to Board of Standards and Appeals to convert manufacturing buildings into rental apartments; GCCDC supports the conversion Owner of warehouse on the canal says “at least six to seven times a week someone rings my bell asking if there are apartments available” KeySpan makes Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with DEP to study contamination at their site at Smith and 5 th Streets (a former gas plant); GCCDC hopes the site will become affordable housing after it is cleaned up; current tenant Ferrara Brothers Building Materials hopes to remain COE and DEP Gowanus Canal and Bay Ecosystem Restoration study underway; team found snails, glass eels, and juvenile shrimp; mentions that oysters have been introduced, jellyfish, bluefish, cormorants, ducks, and egrets have been spotted Red Dive, an artist group, performs “Peripheral City: Rediscovering the Gowanus Canal” Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation students doing plans for the whole canal including vertical hydroponic farm and floating walkways; Buddy Scotto likes the ideas but doesn\'t know how to implement or finance them There are three new street-end parks on DeGraw and Douglass Streets “The Gowanus Canal Conference: Perspectives on Environmental Restoration” at Brooklyn College organized by GCCDC, Corps of Engineers, and funded by a grant from Con Edison, features 200 researchers, community leaders, elected officials and environmental advocates DEP finalizes plans for $40 million upgrade to the flushing tunnel, changing from a single to a triple propeller Urban Divers begins making dives in the Gowanus Canal, including in a celebration of National Estuaries Day; and they team up with biologist and neuroscientist to analyze the effect of chemical pollutants on bio organisms in the canal Hong and Li LLC secure permits for a five story hotel on Union Street between 3 rd and 4th Aves, near a stone crushing plant and a casket maker; Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation says this is encroaching on the 400 industrial firms in the area Gowanus Village development of 350 condominiums on three acres between Carroll and 3 rd Streets is advertised by Africa Israel Investments Ltd and Boymelgreen developers\' website (in the very preliminary stages); developers applied for DEC brownfield cleanup program, but the development would require a zoning change Alex Figliolia contacts Community Board 6 to find out about buying land behind his property and along the canal; triggering an investigation of the now-filled-in 1 st Street Turning Basin; both properties are purchased by Boymelgreen, which begins a debate over the history, ownership, and jurisdiction over the basin GCCDC presents comprehensive community plan addressing restoration, development of residential and mixed-use zones, and canal access rights at public meeting at Carroll School; plan requires developers to use green technologies and is “very ambitious”; Department of City Planning is exploring the approach Urban Divers and Gowanus Dredgers hold Fifth Annual Gowanus Spring Clean-Up A newspaper calls the canal “a blot on America\'s civilization”; barges used to boat through it to kill barnacles; For half a century was a “maritime superhighway for barges bearing coal, sand, oil, and brick" 26,000 passages on the canal in that year Shipping moves to New Jersey Verrazano Bridge built, goods can enter Brooklyn by truck Pollution and smell are so bad (hydrogen sulfide), that city at one point dumped in truckloads of chlorine to neutralize the smell; hydrogen sulfide is from sewage overflow, sediment sinks to bottom and decomposes and creates bubbles of the smell Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation begins agitating for the Gowanus to continue for 25 years; VP Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto (also President of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association and owner of Scotto Funeral Home) sees San Antonio\'s Riverwalk as its model Flushing tunnel stops working City dredges canal, extracting 2000 tons of contaminated mud Real estate investor David Lefkowitz buys ½ acre plot off Carroll Street bridge, interested in redevelopment; area residents have “love-hate” relationship with canal, nervous about gentrification, like it as an icon, hate the smell Schools of killifish have been sited; along with occasional shore birds, crabs, and ducks Real estate agent says property values have risen more than 40% from 1994-1998 and is having no problem selling homes near the canal Flushing Tunnel project now to cost $10 million; DEP says will improve water quality for animal life, also will reduce stench because sewage will dissolve; others say canal must be completely dredged and sewer runoff dealt with Artist Dennis Lynch docks houseboat on the canal at Lefkowitz\'s property; Lefkowitz wants to open restaurant Film “Lavender Lake: Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” written, directed produced by Carroll Gardens resident Allison Prete Flushing tunnel reactivated -MORE INFO- Scotto wants to move onto dredging and repairing the bulkheads Ninth street drawbridge reopened to traffic after 5 years of repairs ($35 million) Brooklyn Commons entertainment complex plan goes bust after three years of talk and planning and even after $3 million invested in site cleanup, but developer Bruce Ratner filed suit in federal court because said Postal Service was already negotiating with Forest City Ratner (with an option to buy the site) when made millennium deal, after 2 years of litigation, Millenium pulls out; Buddy Scotto very disappointed Forest City Ratner would be developing it for an Ikea; community groups like Community Consulting Services are opposed to the project because of traffic (adding on to that from Home Depot and Cotsco) also Care About the Slope is involved—developing vision for what they do want; also not sure if Forest City will honor the “good faith agreements” that were made with Millenium Partners; Forest City developed the multiplex on Court Street but is said to have worked with Brooklyn Heights Association Owen Foote, creek activist, canoes on the creek; concrete is the only active industry on the Creek Ratner cuts off negotiations with Ikea, in response partially to community upset and opposition—will talk to another potential tenant; Ben Meskin, president of Care About the Slope said it would still go forward with suit against Postal Service and Forest City saying that environmental review was inadequate $270,000 in capital improvements of plants, trees, shrubs from the NYC Parks Department Commissioner Henry Stern are installed in 4 sites on the canal Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Environmental Protection dedicate $5 million to do a feasibility study for environmental cleanup of the canal; Nydia Velasquez helped secure the money Buddy Scotto notes “so far, the long-term investment in the canal has been mostly unseen. Now, it\'s about ready to bloom. We already have a kayak club and a canoe club.” DEP upgrades equipment in the flushing tunnel (spending the equivalent of $500,000) Gowanus Canal CDC and Borough President Marty Markowitz receive $100,000 in state funds to identify locations for habitat restoration and repair of bulkheads Former post office (which once was a coal processing plant) site at 2nd Ave between 9th and 12th Streets being cleaned of environmental contaminants, including benzene; to be redeveloped by Forest City Ratner into a Lowes; Gowanus Canal CDC holds meeting to discuss the project at St. Mary\'s Star of the Sea Church “Gowanus Canal has attracted hodgepodge use by kayakers” Developers planning the first apartment building son the canal; filed requests to Board of Standards and Appeals to convert manufacturing buildings into rental apartments; GCCDC supports the conversion Owner of warehouse on the canal says “at least six to seven times a week someone rings my bell asking if there are apartments available” KeySpan makes Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with DEP to study contamination at their site at Smith and 5 th Streets (a former gas plant); GCCDC hopes the site will become affordable housing after it is cleaned up; current tenant Ferrara Brothers Building Materials hopes to remain COE and DEP Gowanus Canal and Bay Ecosystem Restoration study underway; team found snails, glass eels, and juvenile shrimp; mentions that oysters have been introduced, jellyfish, bluefish, cormorants, ducks, and egrets have been spotted Red Dive, an artist group, performs “Peripheral City: Rediscovering the Gowanus Canal” Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation students doing plans for the whole canal including vertical hydroponic farm and floating walkways; Buddy Scotto likes the ideas but doesn\'t know how to implement or finance them There are three new street-end parks on DeGraw and Douglass Streets “The Gowanus Canal Conference: Perspectives on Environmental Restoration” at Brooklyn College organized by GCCDC, Corps of Engineers, and funded by a grant from Con Edison, features 200 researchers, community leaders, elected officials and environmental advocates DEP finalizes plans for $40 million upgrade to the flushing tunnel, changing from a single to a triple propeller Urban Divers begins making dives in the Gowanus Canal, including in a celebration of National Estuaries Day; and they team up with biologist and neuroscientist to analyze the effect of chemical pollutants on bio organisms in the canal Hong and Li LLC secure permits for a five story hotel on Union Street between 3 rd and 4th Aves, near a stone crushing plant and a casket maker; Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation says this is encroaching on the 400 industrial firms in the area Gowanus Village development of 350 condominiums on three acres between Carroll and 3 rd Streets is advertised by Africa Israel Investments Ltd and Boymelgreen developers\' website (in the very preliminary stages); developers applied for DEC brownfield cleanup program, but the development would require a zoning change Alex Figliolia contacts Community Board 6 to find out about buying land behind his property and along the canal; triggering an investigation of the now-filled-in 1 st Street Turning Basin; both properties are purchased by Boymelgreen, which begins a debate over the history, ownership, and jurisdiction over the basin GCCDC presents comprehensive community plan addressing restoration, development of residential and mixed-use zones, and canal access rights at public meeting at Carroll School; plan requires developers to use green technologies and is “very ambitious”; Department of City Planning is exploring the approach Urban Divers and Gowanus Dredgers hold Fifth Annual Gowanus Spring Clean-Up A newspaper calls the canal “a blot on America\'s civilization”; barges used to boat through it to kill barnacles; For half a century was a “maritime superhighway for barges bearing coal, sand, oil, and brick" 26,000 passages on the canal in that year Shipping moves to New Jersey Verrazano Bridge built, goods can enter Brooklyn by truck Pollution and smell are so bad (hydrogen sulfide), that city at one point dumped in truckloads of chlorine to neutralize the smell; hydrogen sulfide is from sewage overflow, sediment sinks to bottom and decomposes and creates bubbles of the smell Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation begins agitating for the Gowanus to continue for 25 years; VP Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto (also President of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association and owner of Scotto Funeral Home) sees San Antonio\'s Riverwalk as its model Flushing tunnel stops working City dredges canal, extracting 2000 tons of contaminated mud Real estate investor David Lefkowitz buys ½ acre plot off Carroll Street bridge, interested in redevelopment; area residents have “love-hate” relationship with canal, nervous about gentrification, like it as an icon, hate the smell Schools of killifish have been sited; along with occasional shore birds, crabs, and ducks Real estate agent says property values have risen more than 40% from 1994-1998 and is having no problem selling homes near the canal Flushing Tunnel project now to cost $10 million; DEP says will improve water quality for animal life, also will reduce stench because sewage will dissolve; others say canal must be completely dredged and sewer runoff dealt with Artist Dennis Lynch docks houseboat on the canal at Lefkowitz\'s property; Lefkowitz wants to open restaurant Film “Lavender Lake: Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” written, directed produced by Carroll Gardens resident Allison Prete Flushing tunnel reactivated -MORE INFO- Scotto wants to move onto dredging and repairing the bulkheads Ninth street drawbridge reopened to traffic after 5 years of repairs ($35 million) Brooklyn Commons entertainment complex plan goes bust after three years of talk and planning and even after $3 million invested in site cleanup, but developer Bruce Ratner filed suit in federal court because said Postal Service was already negotiating with Forest City Ratner (with an option to buy the site) when made millennium deal, after 2 years of litigation, Millenium pulls out; Buddy Scotto very disappointed Forest City Ratner would be developing it for an Ikea; community groups like Community Consulting Services are opposed to the project because of traffic (adding on to that from Home Depot and Cotsco) also Care About the Slope is involved—developing vision for what they do want; also not sure if Forest City will honor the “good faith agreements” that were made with Millenium Partners; Forest City developed the multiplex on Court Street but is said to have worked with Brooklyn Heights Association Owen Foote, creek activist, canoes on the creek; concrete is the only active industry on the Creek Ratner cuts off negotiations with Ikea, in response partially to community upset and opposition—will talk to another potential tenant; Ben Meskin, president of Care About the Slope said it would still go forward with suit against Postal Service and Forest City saying that environmental review was inadequate $270,000 in capital improvements of plants, trees, shrubs from the NYC Parks Department Commissioner Henry Stern are installed in 4 sites on the canal Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Environmental Protection dedicate $5 million to do a feasibility study for environmental cleanup of the canal; Nydia Velasquez helped secure the money Buddy Scotto notes “so far, the long-term investment in the canal has been mostly unseen. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1112, 1, '2009-05-03 08:44:21', '2009-05-03 14:44:21', 'Eco Brooklyn devotes itself to educating and helping the New York community build greener co-ops and Brownstones.\r\n\r\nWe offer green building services that run the whole gamut of greening a brownstone or co-op, from design to building. Our building techniques push the envelope of the best and most intelligent green building for Brooklyn and NY brownstones.\r\n\r\nWe have a Brooklyn Green Show House that highlights the best green practices for a Brooklyn brownstone.\r\n\r\nOur Brooklyn Green Building Education Program offers internships and certifications in green building and renovation of Brooklyn brownstones.\r\n\r\nRandom Images:\r\n[srandom=any,288,3,3,n,none,both]\r\n\r\nOur Affiliations:\r\n \r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.', 'Eco Brooklyn is a Forward Thinking Green Builder', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '8-revision-103', '', '', '2009-05-03 08:44:21', '2009-05-03 14:44:21', '', 8, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/8-revision-103/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1113, 1, '2009-05-03 09:17:01', '2009-05-03 15:17:01', 'Are you passionate about green building? Do you have building skills (metalwork, carpentry, electric, plumbing...)? Do you want to learn more in this area? Do you like to use unusual materials to build in innovative ways? Do you look at a product off the shelf and ask, "How can I built that myself better instead of buying it?"\r\n\r\nAre you driven by ideals that green building can improve the world? Do you have a burning desire to be part of that improvement?\r\n\r\nIf yes then maybe we have a job for you.\r\n\r\nWe are an innovative green building company in Brooklyn looking for green building talent. Gray water, salvaged, solar power, solar thermal, radiant floors, insulation, recycling, dumpster diving, green roof, deconstruction......these are some of our favorite things for green brownstones in Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nOur jobs are not like any other you\'ve worked on. We are pushing the envelope of green building with very exciting and good results. We\'re very idealistic in our views and apply them to action, both through lots of green building and an extensive education outreach program.\r\n\r\nAn example project is an entire gut of a brownstone. It is a large project involving seven levels from the radiant floor concrete slab to the solar PV covered pergola that sits over the green roof. We have\r\npartnerships with a couple non-profit training organizations that send us interns so it is part show house part school part home.\r\n\r\nWe are looking for passionate people to be part of a tight and long term team that is turning Brooklyn and NY into a city of green buildings. Please contact us if interested.', 'Seeking Green Builders', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'seeking-green-builders', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:17:01', '2009-05-03 15:17:01', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1113', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1114, 1, '2009-05-03 09:16:04', '2009-05-03 15:16:04', 'Are you passionate about green building? Do you have building skills (metalwork, carpentry, electric, plumbing...)? Do you want to learn more in this area? Do you like to use unusual materials to build in innovative ways? Do you look at a product off the shelf and ask, "How can I built that myself better instead of buying it?"\n\nAre you driven by ideals that green building can improve the world? Do you have a burning desire to be part of that improvement?\n\nIf yes then maybe we have a job for you. \n\nWe are an innovative green building company in Brooklyn looking for green building talent. Gray water, salvaged, solar power, solar thermal, radiant floors, insulation, recycling, dumpster diving, green roof, deconstruction......these are some of our favorite things for green brownstones in Brooklyn.\n\nOur jobs are not like any other you\'ve worked on. We are pushing the envelope of green building with very exciting and good results. We\'re very idealistic in our views and apply them to action, both through lots of green building and an extensive education outreach program.\n\nAn example project is an entire gut of a brownstone. It is a large project involving seven levels from the radiant floor concrete slab to the solar PV covered pergola that sits over the green roof. We have\npartnerships with a couple non-profit training organizations that send us interns so it is part show house part school part home.\n\nWe are looking for passionate people to be part of a tight and long term team. ', 'Seeking Green Builders', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1113-revision', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:16:04', '2009-05-03 15:16:04', '', 1113, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1113-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1115, 1, '2009-05-03 09:17:04', '2009-05-03 15:17:04', 'Are you passionate about green building? Do you have building skills (metalwork, carpentry, electric, plumbing...)? Do you want to learn more in this area? Do you like to use unusual materials to build in innovative ways? Do you look at a product off the shelf and ask, "How can I built that myself better instead of buying it?"\n\nAre you driven by ideals that green building can improve the world? Do you have a burning desire to be part of that improvement?\n\nIf yes then maybe we have a job for you.\n\nWe are an innovative green building company in Brooklyn looking for green building talent. Gray water, salvaged, solar power, solar thermal, radiant floors, insulation, recycling, dumpster diving, green roof, deconstruction......these are some of our favorite things for green brownstones in Brooklyn.\n\nOur jobs are not like any other you\'ve worked on. We are pushing the envelope of green building with very exciting and good results. We\'re very idealistic in our views and apply them to action, both through lots of green building and an extensive education outreach program.\n\nAn example project is an entire gut of a brownstone. It is a large project involving seven levels from the radiant floor concrete slab to the solar PV covered pergola that sits over the green roof. We have\npartnerships with a couple non-profit training organizations that send us interns so it is part show house part school part home.\n\nWe are looking for passionate people to be part of a tight and long term team that is turning Brooklyn and NY into a city of green buildings. Please contact us if interested.', 'Seeking Green Builders', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1113-autosave', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:17:04', '2009-05-03 15:17:04', '', 1113, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1113-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1116, 1, '2009-05-03 09:27:54', '2009-05-03 15:27:54', 'We are looking for a part time PR person to help our innovative green building company in Brooklyn. We are looking for somebody living locally with a passion for Brooklyn community, green building, the triple bottom line of People/Profit/Planet and who wants to become a PR specialist in this area.\r\n\r\nJob includes:\r\n- collecting and organizing a database of contacts (local and national green media, web sites, TV, film makers, industry pros, all newswires and local green businesses).\r\n- preparing various pitches and sending to media. Following up and making personal contact to make sure they got the pitch. Developing a relationship with the contacts to get placement.\r\n- preparing news releases and sending them out to newswires and other outlets.\r\n- finding relevant web sites to list the green building company or do link exchanges. \r\n\r\nPay is a base salary, free yoga at Area Yoga in Cobble Hill, and commission for media placement. This is a part time job.', 'Job Opening for PR Person Passionate about green', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'job-opening-pr-person-passionate', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:27:54', '2009-05-03 15:27:54', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1116', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1117, 1, '2009-05-03 09:27:01', '2009-05-03 15:27:01', 'We are looking for a part time PR person to help our innovative green building company in Brooklyn. We are looking for somebody living locally with a passion for Brooklyn community, green building, the triple bottom line of People/Profit/Planet and who wants to become a PR specialist in this area.\n\nJob includes:\n- collecting and organizing a database of contacts (local and national green media, web sites, TV, film makers, industry pros, all newswires and local green businesses).\n- preparing various pitches and sending to media. Following up and making personal contact to make sure they got the pitch. Developing a relationship with the contacts to get placement.\n- preparing news releases and sending them out to newswires and other outlets.\n- finding relevant web sites to list the green building company or do link exchanges. \n\nPay is ', 'Job Opening for PR Person Passionate about green', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1116-revision', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:27:01', '2009-05-03 15:27:01', '', 1116, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1116-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1118, 1, '2009-05-03 09:36:32', '2009-05-03 15:36:32', 'As an educational outreach green building company we are always combining education with real world green building jobs in Brooklyn. This means we have unpaid interns training on a job site that is making profit for the company.\r\n\r\nThis is a tricky situation. On one hand the interns have very little experience and need a lot of training. They can get in the way and even make costly mistakes. \r\n\r\nOn the other hand they are an unpaid helping hand that can be very useful when doing a big job.\r\n\r\nWe follow the following guidelines with interns on our job sites:\r\n1. The training is similar to that which would be given in a vocational school;\r\n2. The training is for the benefit of the trainee;\r\n3. The trainees do not displace regular employees, and work under close observation;\r\n4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees and on occasion the employer’s operations may actually be impeded.\r\n\r\nThis assures we get a steady stream of eager interns because they know they will derive benefit from the job and not simply be free slaves. \r\n\r\nOur interest in interns is primarily as an outreach tool. It keeps us connected to potential future employees and the network of connections they may have. They usually come from a non-profit training organization who also has connections. And of course the bottom line is that it is important to educate and connect with the community and this is our way of doing that.', 'Our Intern Policy', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'intern-policy', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:36:32', '2009-05-03 15:36:32', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1118', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1119, 1, '2009-05-03 09:35:57', '2009-05-03 15:35:57', 'As an educational outreach green building company we are always combining education with real world green building jobs in Brooklyn. This means we have unpaid interns training on a job site that is making profit for the company.\n\nThis is a tricky situation. On one hand the interns have very little experience and need a lot of training. They can get in the way and even make costly mistakes. \n\nOn the other hand they are an unpaid helping hand that can be very useful when doing a big job.\n\nWe follow the following guidelines with interns on our job sites:\n1. The training is similar to that which would be given in a vocational school;\n2. The training is for the benefit of the trainee;\n3. The trainees do not displace regular employees, and work under close observation;\n4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees and on occasion the employer’s operations may actually be impeded.\n\nThis assures we get a steady stream of eager interns because they know they will derive benefit from the job and not simply be free slaves. \n\nOur interest in interns is primarily as an outreach tool. It keeps us connected to potential future employees and the network of connections they may have. They usually come from a non-profit training organization who also has connections. And of course the bottom line is that it is important to educate the community and this is our way of doing that.', 'How To Treat Interns', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1118-revision', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:35:57', '2009-05-03 15:35:57', '', 1118, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1118-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1120, 1, '2009-05-03 09:45:03', '2009-05-03 15:45:03', 'I was recommended this web site by a friend of mine who thought they had commonalities with out company. The Common Fire Foundation has a lot of cool stuff going on. \r\n\r\nThey have a wonderful combination of idealism and high quality action. As you can see from their web site they are passionate about green building, not just energy efficiency, but the TRUE meaning of green building: that it is a lifestyle, a community, a people oriented, holistic process. \r\n\r\nIt is an understanding that the actual structure, the green building, is just the tool. The goal and result is what is important: the harmony and happiness of the People in the building.\r\n\r\nI recommend you check out their site and maybe pay them a visit in upstate NY. I think they have a good model for what we can do in Brooklyn. We would alter it considerably but their framework of what defines a green building and a green builder is a very good foundation to build from here in Brooklyn.', 'The Common Fire Foundation', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'common-fire-foundation', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:45:17', '2009-05-03 15:45:17', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1120', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1121, 1, '2009-05-03 09:44:07', '2009-05-03 15:44:07', 'I was recommended this web site by a friend of mine who thought they had commonalities with out company. The Common Fire Foundation has a lot of cool stuff going on. \n\nThey have a wonderful combination of idealism and high quality action. As you can see from their web site they are passionate about green building, not just energy efficiency, but the TRUE meaning of green building: that it is a lifestyle, a community, a people oriented, holistic process. \n\nIt is an understanding that the actual structure, the green building, is just the tool. The goal and result is what is important: the harmony and happiness of the People in the building.\n\nI recommend you check out their site and maybe pay them a visit in upstate NY.', 'The Common Fire Foundation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1120-revision', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:44:07', '2009-05-03 15:44:07', '', 1120, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1120-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1122, 1, '2009-05-03 09:45:03', '2009-05-03 15:45:03', 'I was recommended this web site by a friend of mine who thought they had commonalities with out company. The Common Fire Foundation has a lot of cool stuff going on. \r\n\r\nThey have a wonderful combination of idealism and high quality action. As you can see from their web site they are passionate about green building, not just energy efficiency, but the TRUE meaning of green building: that it is a lifestyle, a community, a people oriented, holistic process. \r\n\r\nIt is an understanding that the actual structure, the green building, is just the tool. The goal and result is what is important: the harmony and happiness of the People in the building.\r\n\r\nI recommend you check out their site and maybe pay them a visit in upstate NY. I think they have a good model for what we can do in Brooklyn. We would alter it considerably but their framework of what defines a green building and a green builder is a very good foundation to build from here in Brooklyn.', 'The Common Fire Foundation', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1120-revision-2', '', '', '2009-05-03 09:45:03', '2009-05-03 15:45:03', '', 1120, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1120-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1124, 1, '2009-05-03 13:04:23', '2009-05-03 19:04:23', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops, condominiums and brownstones in the New York area. We have a strong team of green professionals. We can design, build, expedite and give professional tax consulting for a green job. \r\n\r\nAll our professionals are experienced in green building. We work with an Engineer, Architect, Green Roof Expert, Solar Installer, High Efficiency Heating Installer, and an Accountant specially training in green tax preparation.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op, condo and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\nsound proofing\r\n\r\nGreen Architectural Design\r\nGreen Tax Preparation\r\nStructural Engineering for green roofs and salvaged lumber\r\n\r\nBelow is an outline for a full Brownstone gut and rebuild along green principles:\r\n\r\nThe planning stages of a full building greening are:\r\nIn this stage you explore the possibilities and narrow them down to one plan of action. Time frame two weeks to two months.\r\n\r\n1. Start bringing together building, design, expediting and financial team based on general ideas.\r\n2. Establish overall goals and life plans in relation to the building.\r\n3. Narrow down important features wanted for the building.\r\n4. Establish budget.\r\n5. Review possible tax credits and state or local financial incentives.\r\n6. Finalize team members.\r\n7. Create team plan within budget to accomplish goals.\r\n\r\nDesign Phase\r\nIn this stage you lay the groundwork for construction in terms of getting all paperwork and design plans made up. Time frame one month to three months.\r\n\r\n1. Begin design of space.\r\n2. Get design approved with DOB.\r\n3. Get all permits in place.\r\n4. Do needed surveys and site inspections.\r\n\r\nThe construction stages of a full building greening:\r\nIn this stage you actually start building. Time frame four months to one year.\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows. Insulation along with other methods are also a large part of the soundproofing of the home.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nGreening a building in New York and Brooklyn does encompass a different approach than normal building. \r\n\r\nThe first is the important consideration of tax incentives and incentives from local organizations. These rebates can be substancial. We work with a tax consultant experienced in this area to make sure all tax incentives are taken advantage of. \r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone, condominium or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\r\n\r\nA bit about our philosophy\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-7', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:04:23', '2009-05-03 19:04:23', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1123, 1, '2009-04-11 14:55:41', '2009-04-11 20:55:41', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops and brownstones in the New York area. \r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\nsound proofing\r\n\r\nThe stages of a full building greening:\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows. Insulation along with other methods are also a large part of the soundproofing of the home.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\r\n\r\nA bit about our philosophy\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-6', '', '', '2009-04-11 14:55:41', '2009-04-11 20:55:41', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1125, 1, '2009-05-03 13:06:22', '2009-05-03 19:06:22', 'Eco Brooklyn greens co-ops, condominiums and brownstones in the New York area. We have a strong team of green professionals. We can design, build, expedite and give professional tax consulting for a green job. \r\n\r\nWe work with an Engineer, Architect, Green Roof Expert, Solar Installer, High Efficiency Heating Installer, and an Accountant experienced in preparing taxes involving the many available rebates for green building.\r\n\r\nThe following aspects are the foundation of any Eco Brooklyn green co-op, condo and brownstone:\r\n\r\ngray water recycling\r\nsolar hot water heating\r\nsolar photo voltaic electricity\r\nmassive amounts of insulation\r\ngreen roofs and yards\r\nsalvaged materials\r\nlocally built materials\r\nsound proofing\r\n\r\nGreen Architectural Design\r\nGreen Tax Preparation\r\nStructural Engineering for green roofs and salvaged lumber\r\n\r\nBelow is an outline for a full Brownstone gut and rebuild along green principles:\r\n\r\nThe planning stages of a full building greening are:\r\nIn this stage you explore the possibilities and narrow them down to one plan of action. Time frame two weeks to two months.\r\n\r\n1. Start bringing together building, design, expediting and financial team based on general ideas.\r\n2. Establish overall goals and life plans in relation to the building.\r\n3. Narrow down important features wanted for the building.\r\n4. Establish budget.\r\n5. Review possible tax credits and state or local financial incentives.\r\n6. Finalize team members.\r\n7. Create team plan within budget to accomplish goals.\r\n\r\nDesign Phase\r\nIn this stage you lay the groundwork for construction in terms of getting all paperwork and design plans made up. Time frame one month to three months.\r\n\r\n1. Begin design of space.\r\n2. Get design approved with DOB.\r\n3. Get all permits in place.\r\n4. Do needed surveys and site inspections.\r\n\r\nThe construction stages of a full building greening:\r\nIn this stage you actually start building. Time frame four months to one year.\r\n\r\nStage 1. Deconstruction\r\nThis would normally be called the demolition stage but green builders don\'t demolish anything. We deconstruct the parts for future use. The Eco Brooklyn green building process attempts to reuse as much of the existing building as possible, either as components for that building or for another building. \r\n\r\nStage 2. Rebuild the bones.\r\nUsing salvaged wood and metal we strengthen the walls and floors. We also strengthen the roof in anticipation of a green roof and solar panels.\r\n\r\nStage 3. Insane Insulation.\r\nUsing salvaged insulation we seal the exterior walls and roof with massive amounts of insulation and sealant. We also install super high efficiency fiberglass framed windows. Insulation along with other methods are also a large part of the soundproofing of the home.\r\n\r\nStage 4. Mechanics\r\nWe install high efficiency heating, plumbing and electric. We connect the solar hot water, solar PV and gray water systems.\r\n\r\nStage 5. Finnish Work.\r\nUsing non-chemical and locally built materials we paint the walls, install the bathrooms and kitchens, and redo the floors. We plant the roof.\r\n\r\nStage 6. We hand over the keys.\r\nThe home should now be useful for at least a couple generations. \r\n\r\nCost\r\nThe greening of a Brooklyn brownstone or co-op should not cost more than a normal renovation. We have been able to build at the same price or lower, although this can vary job to job depending on what we can salvage.\r\n\r\nGreening a building in New York and Brooklyn does encompass a different approach than normal building. \r\n\r\nThe first is the important consideration of tax incentives and incentives from local organizations. These rebates can be substancial. We work with a tax consultant experienced in this area to make sure all tax incentives are taken advantage of. \r\n\r\nA longer perspective does need to be taken, though, since this is the whole premise of Built It Forward thinking. What is the cost of a normal renovation over ten years when you include:\r\nutility bills\r\nbad workmanship\r\nimpact on the environment from waste and over consumption\r\nhealth impact on the inhabitants from toxins and bad ventilation\r\n\r\nA green brownstone, condominium or co-op is much, much cheaper when you include the overall costs over a 5-10 year period. When viewed over more than 10 years it makes absolutely no sense NOT to build green. When viewed over a 200 year period like we do, it would be suicidal not to build otherwise since we strongly believe that the current mode of building is not sustainable and needs to be changed immediately if we have any hope of living in a healthy world.\r\n\r\nA bit about our philosophy\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op and brownstone is built along the Build It Forward principle: that we are custodians of our buildings, that they were gifted to us by past generations, and that we will be gifting them to future generations.\r\n\r\nWith this in mind the Eco Brooklyn green building process respects what has been built by past builders and adds to it as a gift to the future. All building is done with a 200 year time frame in mind.\r\n\r\nSince we are forward thinking in the building process Eco Brooklyn green buildings are built in anticipation of rising fuel, material and water costs due to increased awareness of the true costs of those elements. Our building is geared towards conserving those resources through such things as energy efficiency and water conservation.\r\n\r\nWe are not concerned with brand names and when possible prefer to build products in house. Our focus is on building sustainably with affordability, quality, aesthetics and practicality in mind.\r\n\r\nThe Eco Brooklyn green co-op or brownstone is not like any other but if we have our way it will be the norm in 5-10 years. We\'ve been called nuts and we\'ve been called visionary but we just think our way is smart. \r\n\r\nOur clients are forward thinking people who see a strong connection between the renovation of their building and the rest of the world, both past and future. They realize that renovating their brownstone or co-op can impact either negatively or positively the world and they have the power to decide which.', 'Services', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '932-revision-8', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:06:22', '2009-05-03 19:06:22', '', 932, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/932-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1126, 1, '2009-05-03 13:18:38', '2009-05-03 19:18:38', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn we need to be very aware of current tax rebates and incentives since it has an impact on the cost of any job. And the rebates are constantly changing. To stay on top of them we work closely with Steve Goldberg, a Tax Consultant who specializes in this area.\r\n\r\nSteve is an attorney with experience in all forms of real estate transactions. His specialty is real estate tax strategies and tax returns with a strong emphasis on green related real estate tax options.\r\n\r\nSteve can be reached at 646 932 4231 in New York if you have any green building tax questions. If you do a job with Eco Brooklyn Steve is part of the team to make sure that all tax deductions are considered.', 'Green Tax Accountant', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-tax-accountant', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:18:38', '2009-05-03 19:18:38', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1126', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1127, 1, '2009-05-03 13:18:33', '2009-05-03 19:18:33', 'As a green contractor in Brooklyn we need to be very aware of current tax rebates and incentives since it has an impact on the cost of any job. And the rebates are constantly changing. To stay on top of them we work closely with Steve Goldberg, a Tax Consultant who specializes in this area.\n\nSteve is an attorney with experience in all forms of real estate transactions. His specialty is real estate tax strategies and tax returns with a strong emphasis on green related real estate tax options.\n\nSteve can be reached at 646 932 4231 in New York if you have any green building tax questions. If you do a job with Eco Brooklyn Steve is part of the team to make sure that all tax deductions are considered.', 'Green Tax Accountant', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1126-revision', '', '', '2009-05-03 13:18:33', '2009-05-03 19:18:33', '', 1126, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1126-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1131, 1, '2009-05-04 13:05:47', '2009-05-04 19:05:47', 'Here is a copy of the code relating to gray water systems in New York and Brooklyn. It lays it out pretty clearly. Our green show house has a gray water system and we offer it to anyone wanting to green their brownstone. \r\n\r\nGray water systems are a crucial part of any green renovation. One of the issues we have had is getting it by the DOB. Installing it without them knowing is one thing but really not great. Having them get used to gray water systems and letting it pass without any jumping through hoops is the goal.\r\n\r\nWe want every brownstone in Brooklyn to have a gray water system. It makes a lot of sense on so many level.\r\n\r\nSo this code is a great thing to have when the Plumbing inspector comes knocking.\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1133, 1, '2009-05-04 13:03:52', '2009-05-04 19:03:52', 'Here is a copy of the code relating to gray water systems in New York and Brooklyn. It lays it out pretty clearly. Our green show house has a gray water system and we offer it to anyone wanting to green their brownstone. \n\nGray water systems are a crucial part of any green renovation. One of the issues we have had is getting it by the DOB. Installing it without them knowing is one thing but really not great. Having them get used to gray water systems and letting it pass without any jumping through hoops is the goal.\n\nWe want every brownstone in Brooklyn to have a gray water system. It makes a lot of sense on so many level.\n\nSo this code is a great thing to have when the Plumbing inspector comes knocking.', 'Gray Water System In New York', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1131-revision', '', '', '2009-05-04 13:03:52', '2009-05-04 19:03:52', '', 1131, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1131-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1134, 1, '2009-05-04 13:14:26', '2009-05-04 19:14:26', 'The Northeast Sun Magazine is put out by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association twice a year.\r\n\r\nIt is not a supper glossy magazine focused on ultra cool design. It is concerned with practical nuts and bolts sustainable energy issues for the Northeast US region. It is a good magazine to keep up to date on what is happening in this geographical area.\r\n\r\nI like the magazine because they published Henry Gifford\'s article that shows in very clear terms how LEED building\'s have terrible energy efficiency. Henry is a local NY boiler person who really knows his stuff and one of the few people criticizing LEED, which has an army of companies rooting for their success so they can say, "Buy our products, it\'ll get you LEED points".\r\n\r\nEven if you aren\'t going for LEED the companies are hoping you\'ll say, "If LEED says its good then I should buy it. It is a self fulfilling cycle.\r\n\r\nThe truth is that Henry\'s research clearly shows LEED buildings are a joke in terms of energy efficiency. And the reaction by LEED officials has been to completely deny his claims, a dubius act at best.', 'Northeast Sun Magazine', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'northeast-sun-magazine', '', '', '2009-05-04 13:22:54', '2009-05-04 19:22:54', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1134', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1136, 1, '2009-05-04 13:22:32', '2009-05-04 19:22:32', 'The Northeast Sun Magazine is put out by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association twice a year.\n\nIt is not a supper glossy magazine focused on ultra cool design. It is concerned with practical nuts and bolts sustainable energy issues for the Northeast US region. It is a good magazine to keep up to date on what is happening in this geographical area.\n\nI like the magazine because they published Henry Gifford\'s article that shows in very clear terms how LEED building\'s have terrible energy efficiency. Henry is a local NY boiler person who really knows his stuff and one of the few people criticizing LEED, which has an army of companies rooting for their success so they can say, "Buy our products, it\'ll get you LEED points".\n\nEven if you aren\'t going for LEED the companies are hoping you\'ll say, "If LEED says its good then I should buy it. It is a \n\nThe truth is that Henry\'s research clearly shows LEED buildings are a joke in terms of energy efficiency. And the reaction by LEED officials has been to completely deny his claims, a dubius act at best.', 'Northeast Sun Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1134-autosave', '', '', '2009-05-04 13:22:32', '2009-05-04 19:22:32', '', 1134, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1134-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1137, 1, '2009-05-04 13:14:26', '2009-05-04 19:14:26', 'The Northeast Sun Magazine is put out by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association twice a year.\r\n\r\nIt is not a supper glossy magazine focused on ultra cool design. It is concerned with practical nuts and bolts sustainable energy issues for the Northeast US region. It is a good magazine to keep up to date on what is happening in this geographical area.\r\n\r\nI like the magazine because they published Henry Gifford\'s article that shows in very clear terms how LEED building\'s have terrible energy efficiency. Henry is a local NY boiler person who really knows his stuff and one of the few people criticizing LEED, which seems to have an army of PR people to keep their image peachy cleam.\r\n\r\nThe truth is that Henry\'s research clearly shows LEED buildings are a joke in terms of energy efficiency. And the reaction by LEED officials has been to completely deny his claims, a dubius act at best.', 'Northeast Sun Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1134-revision-2', '', '', '2009-05-04 13:14:26', '2009-05-04 19:14:26', '', 1134, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1134-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1145, 1, '2009-05-04 18:20:40', '2009-05-05 00:20:40', 'Here is a great clip. The message I got from it is that you can influence your environment through what emanates from within you. And it can be incredibly fun. We\'re seeing this a lot with the work we are doing in green building here in Brooklyn. Green building is like laughter. \r\n\r\nLaughter has been scientifically proven to change your body chemistry. And green building does the same in similar ways.\r\n\r\nIt may seem like a strange comparison but we\'ve seen how a green building can actually change the chemistry of the people in it. The building revitalizes instead of drains: Better light, less chemical stressors, more soothing materials, better air quality - all this drastically improves people\'s mind and body.\r\n\r\nAnd this has a ripple effect. The people leave the building in a better state and interact with others in the community in a better way. \r\n\r\nThis understanding of how the physical properties of a green building directly improves the interactions of the community is so incredibly important. The clip below shows the same ripple effect but with laughter. It is also an inspiring example of how our being can effect others in a positive way.\r\n\r\n', 'We Can Influence the World', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1143-revision-2', '', '', '2009-05-04 18:20:40', '2009-05-05 00:20:40', '', 1143, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1143-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1148, 1, '2009-05-06 08:40:34', '2009-05-06 14:40:34', 'FYI Sign Up Now.\r\n\r\nGreen Buildings Open House on May 9th\r\n\r\nGreetings!\r\n\r\nHello NESEA members! Bring a friend and join us for our Spring Open House Tour.\r\n\r\nGreenHomeNYC has moved our Open House from October to May. For the next 8 hours buy one registration at full price ($25) and get up to four registrations for the same tour at a discount ($15) Sign up here! and enter coupon code: Recession Special\r\n\r\nGet inside hard to see buildings and talk to the people who created and maintain them. Join bus tours of Brooklyn or the Bronx Bus or ride along on the Brooklyn Bike Tour. All tours include a delicious lunch and the Bronx bus tour has a convenient pick up and drop off location in Manhattan this year!\r\n\r\nRegister for a tour:\r\nTour #1: Brooklyn Bicycle Tour\r\nEco Brooklyn Show House - 22 2nd Street, Brooklyn\r\nPoly Prep Lower School - 50 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn\r\nGreen on Dean - 357 Dean Street, Brooklyn\r\n3rd and Bond - 111 3rd Street, Brooklyn\r\n\r\nTour #2: Brooklyn Bus Tour\r\nAtlantic Terrace - 669 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn\r\n439 Metropolitan Ave - 429 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn\r\nQueen\'s Botanical Gardens Visitor Center - 43-50 Main Street, Queens\r\nSterling Green - 580 Sterling Place, Brooklyn\r\n\r\nTour #3: Bronx Bus Tour\r\nEl Jardin - 754 Melrose Ave, The Bronx\r\nRebuilder\'s Source - 461 Timpson Place, The Bronx\r\nGlobus Cork - 741 E. 136th Street, The Bronx\r\nGreen Decatur - 2668 Decatur Ave, The Bronx\r\nBronx Library Center - 310 East Kingsbridge Road, The Bronx\r\n\r\nGreenHomeNYC continues to pursue its mission of facilitating the adoption of sustainable building methods and materials with three tours of Green buildings on May 9th. You\'ll learn valuable ways to go green by observing examples of: energy-saving solutions photovoltaic and solar hot water technology and integration water-saving fixtures and appliances green roofs solar heating ("passive solar") techniques allergy/asthma-sensitive building materials various of green materials including paints, insulation, carpeting, renewably- harvested wood products, reclaimed and recycled materials Tours are only $25 per person, register here and enter the code Recession Special if you bring a friend.\r\n\r\nContact Information\r\nemail: info@greenhomenyc.org\r\nweb: http://www.greenhomenyc.org\r\n\r\n', 'upcoming Green House Tour in Brooklyn', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'upcoming-green-house-tour-brooklyn', '', '', '2009-05-06 08:40:34', '2009-05-06 14:40:34', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1148', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1150, 1, '2009-05-06 18:58:51', '2009-05-07 00:58:51', 'Your Green Home, A Guide to Planning a Healthy Envrironmentally Friendly New Home, by Alex Wilson, is a great intro to green building. \r\n\r\nI had to read it for my National Sustainable Building Advisor Program and i make it recommended reading for all employees and interns at our Brooklyn green building company Eco Brooklyn.\r\n\r\nAlex Wilson is a long time green writer and has been involved in many green organizations over the years. He is currently the Executive Editor of BuildingGreen.com, one of the best green building web sites out there. \r\n\r\nHis combination of good writing skills and extensive green building experience makes for a great green building writer. \r\n\r\nThe book is very well laid out from green building history and philosophy to the details of how to build a green home. The book won\'t show you how to actually build the home but it will explain the many considerations you need to think about during the construction of a green home.\r\n\r\nThe chapters in the book cover the following:\r\n\r\n * Finding the right designer and builder\r\n * Deciding where to build\r\n * Understanding building systems\r\n * Energy-efficient building design\r\n * Renewable energy systems\r\n * Selection of products and materials\r\n * Indoor environmental quality\r\n * Water efficiency\r\n * Reducing construction waste\r\n * Environmental landscaping and plantings\r\n * Costs of green building\r\n * Living in a green home\r\n\r\nThe book is mostly for detached homes, which he correctly points out isn\'t as green as an attached one, but his target audience is mainstream beginner greenies.\r\n\r\nThis isn\'t to say the book is boring for green professionals. Alex is very good at explaining things simply while keeping it meaty. After reading this book a green pro will have a much better holistic idea of green. Alex basically fills in all the gaps of basic green construction and because we all evolve differently we all have gaps.\r\n\r\nAnother good thing about the book for green pros is that you\'ll get good tools for explaining green to others. Lets face it, who hasn\'t drawn a blank when somebody puts you on the spot and says, "So what is green building?"\r\n\r\nIs it a laundry list of things like solar, gray water, recycled materials, insulation? Is it a social philosophy of making the world better? Is it the opposite of non-green building? Is it anti-consumerism? Is it buying only green products? Is is LEED certification (no)? Is it all of the above equally or are some more important?\r\n\r\nAlex gives a good framework for all this stuff and helps organize it.\r\n\r\nThe tenets in the book can easily be applied to Brooklyn brownstones. It could even be applied to a New York apartment. This is one of the great aspects of the book: it is holistic and inclusive while still staying focused. That is the real genius of green building after all.\r\n\r\n', 'Your Green Home Book, By Alex Wilson', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-home-book-alex-wilson', '', '', '2009-05-06 18:58:51', '2009-05-07 00:58:51', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1150', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1151, 1, '2009-05-06 18:57:51', '2009-05-07 00:57:51', 'Your Green Home, A Guide to Planning a Healthy Envrironmentally Friendly New Home, by Alex Wilson, is a great intro to green building. \n\nI had to read it for my National Sustainable Building Advisor Program and i make it recommended reading for all employees and interns at our Brooklyn green building company Eco Brooklyn.\n\nAlex Wilson is a long time green writer and has been involved in many green organizations over the years. He is currently the Executive Editor of BuildingGreen.com, one of the best green building web sites out there. \n\nHis combination of good writing skills and extensive green building experience makes for a great green building writer. \n\nThe book is very well laid out from green building history and philosophy to the details of how to build a green home. The book won\'t show you how to actually build the home but it will explain the many considerations you need to think about during the construction of a green home.\n\nThe chapters in the book cover the following:\n\n * Finding the right designer and builder\n * Deciding where to build\n * Understanding building systems\n * Energy-efficient building design\n * Renewable energy systems\n * Selection of products and materials\n * Indoor environmental quality\n * Water efficiency\n * Reducing construction waste\n * Environmental landscaping and plantings\n * Costs of green building\n * Living in a green home\n\nThe book is mostly for detached homes, which he correctly points out isn\'t as green as an attached one, but his target audience is mainstream beginner greenies.\n\nThis isn\'t to say the book is boring for green professionals. Alex is very good at explaining things simply while keeping it meaty. After reading this book a green pro will have a much better holistic idea of green. Alex basically fills in all the gaps of basic green construction and because we all evolve differently we all have gaps.\n\nAnother good thing about the book for green pros is that you\'ll get good tools for explaining green to others. Lets face it, who hasn\'t drawn a blank when somebody puts you on the spot and says, "So what is green building?"\n\nIs it a laundry list of things like solar, gray water, recycled materials, insulation? Is it a social philosophy of making the world better? Is it the opposite of non-green building? Is it anti-consumerism? Is it buying only green products? Is is LEED certification (no)? Is it all of the above equally or are some more important?\n\nAlex gives a good framework for all this stuff and helps organize it.\n\nThe tenets in the book can easily be applied to Brooklyn brownstones. It could even be applied to a New York apartment. This is one of the great aspects of the book: it is holi\n\n', 'Your Green Home Book, By Alex Wilson', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1150-revision', '', '', '2009-05-06 18:57:51', '2009-05-07 00:57:51', '', 1150, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1150-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1152, 1, '2009-05-06 18:58:51', '2009-05-07 00:58:51', 'Your Green Home, A Guide to Planning a Healthy Envrironmentally Friendly New Home, by Alex Wilson, is a great intro to green building. \n\nI had to read it for my National Sustainable Building Advisor Program and i make it recommended reading for all employees and interns at our Brooklyn green building company Eco Brooklyn.\n\nAlex Wilson is a long time green writer and has been involved in many green organizations over the years. He is currently the Executive Editor of BuildingGreen.com, one of the best green building web sites out there. \n\nHis combination of good writing skills and extensive green building experience makes for a great green building writer. \n\nThe book is very well laid out from green building history and philosophy to the details of how to build a green home. The book won\'t show you how to actually build the home but it will explain the many considerations you need to think about during the construction of a green home.\n\nThe chapters in the book cover the following:\n\n * Finding the right designer and builder\n * Deciding where to build\n * Understanding building systems\n * Energy-efficient building design\n * Renewable energy systems\n * Selection of products and materials\n * Indoor environmental quality\n * Water efficiency\n * Reducing construction waste\n * Environmental landscaping and plantings\n * Costs of green building\n * Living in a green home\n\nThe book is mostly for detached homes, which he correctly points out isn\'t as green as an attached one, but his target audience is mainstream beginner greenies.\n\nThis isn\'t to say the book is boring for green professionals. Alex is very good at explaining things simply while keeping it meaty. After reading this book a green pro will have a much better holistic idea of green. Alex basically fills in all the gaps of basic green construction and because we all evolve differently we all have gaps.\n\nAnother good thing about the book for green pros is that you\'ll get good tools for explaining green to others. Lets face it, who hasn\'t drawn a blank when somebody puts you on the spot and says, "So what is green building?"\n\nIs it a laundry list of things like solar, gray water, recycled materials, insulation? Is it a social philosophy of making the world better? Is it the opposite of non-green building? Is it anti-consumerism? Is it buying only green products? Is is LEED certification (no)? Is it all of the above equally or are some more important?\n\nAlex gives a good framework for all this stuff and helps organize it.\n\nThe tenets in the book can easily be applied to Brooklyn brownstones. It could even be applied to a New York apartment. This is one of the great aspects of the book: it is holistic and inclusive while still staying focused. That is the real genius of green building after all.\n\n', 'Your Green Home Book, By Alex Wilson', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1150-autosave', '', '', '2009-05-06 18:58:51', '2009-05-07 00:58:51', '', 1150, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1150-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1154, 1, '2009-05-04 17:22:44', '2009-05-04 23:22:44', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering the New York community internships and certification in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn and NY area. \r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nOne current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nWe welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is a plus and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving instructions on how a high efficiency boiler works in the Brooklyn Green Show House.\r\n', 'Outreach', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-7', '', '', '2009-05-04 17:22:44', '2009-05-04 23:22:44', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1155, 1, '2009-05-07 07:37:19', '2009-05-07 13:37:19', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering the New York community internships and certification in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn and NY area. \r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nOne current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nWe welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is a plus and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\nWhat is the Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate?\r\nGreen building is not about certificates. Some of the best green builders can barely read. Green building is an attitude and work ethic. But people need some way of quantifying your "level" of green building experience, for example during a job interview. \r\n\r\nSo we gave our internship program a name: The Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate. The real value is what you make out of it. For example there are tens of thousands of people who are LEED Accredited Proffessionals. They did the course to get the accreditation, not because they are green in any true way.\r\n\r\nWe suggest you take the internship if you really want to learn about green building. If you throw yourself in and become passionate about green building that is all the certification you will need. People can see that passion in a second. What\'s on your resume gets you in the door, whats your passion gets you the job.\r\n\r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving instructions on how a high efficiency boiler works in the Brooklyn Green Show House.\r\n', 'Outreach', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-8', '', '', '2009-05-07 07:37:19', '2009-05-07 13:37:19', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1156, 1, '2009-05-07 07:44:37', '2009-05-07 13:44:37', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering the New York community internships and certification in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn and NY area. \r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nOne current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nWe welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is a plus and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\nWhat is the Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate?\r\nGreen building is not about certificates. Green building is an attitude and work ethic. But people need some way of quantifying your "level" of green building experience, for example during a job interview. \r\n\r\nSo we gave our internship program a name: The Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate. The real value is what you make out of it. For example there are tens of thousands of people who are LEED Accredited Professionals who don\'t do anything with it. They did the course to beef up their resume, not because they are green in any true way.\r\n\r\nWe suggest you take the internship if you really want to learn about green building. If you throw yourself in and become passionate about green building that is all the certification you will need. People can see that passion in a second. What\'s on your resume gets you in the door but nothing else. Your passion gets you the job. And that can\'t be faked.\r\n\r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbove: Giving instructions on how a high efficiency boiler works in the Brooklyn Green Show House.\r\n', 'Outreach', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '936-revision-9', '', '', '2009-05-07 07:44:37', '2009-05-07 13:44:37', '', 936, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/936-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1157, 1, '2009-05-10 10:45:24', '2009-05-10 16:45:24', 'Quote of the day:\r\n\r\nThe optimist thinks, "The glass is half full."\r\nThe pessimist thinks, "The glass is half empty."\r\nThe green builder thinks, "That glass is twice as big as it needs to be."', 'Glass With Water', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'glass-water', '', '', '2009-05-10 10:45:24', '2009-05-10 16:45:24', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1157', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1158, 1, '2009-05-10 10:45:14', '2009-05-10 16:45:14', 'Quote of the day:\n\nThe optimist thinks, "The glass is half full."\nThe pessimist thinks, "The glass is half empty."\nThe green builder thinks, "That glass is twice as big as it needs to be."', 'Glass With Water', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1157-revision', '', '', '2009-05-10 10:45:14', '2009-05-10 16:45:14', '', 1157, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1157-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1159, 1, '2009-05-10 13:15:42', '2009-05-10 19:15:42', 'When I coined the concept of Built It Forward I knew what it meant but that didn\'t mean I knew how to accurately describe it to others. Today I was describing it and came across a good way:\r\n\r\nWhen you build it forward you are giving more to the world than what you are taking from it.\r\n\r\nThis would mean that it creates more resources than depletes resources from the world. It creates more community. It facilitates more nature. It gives a better living space for people.\r\n\r\nA normal builder might be able to do one or two of these things. For example they might be able to build a great home but at the expense of what resources? The builder almost always depletes more in terms of materials, nature etc than what they give back with the building.\r\n\r\nA green builder can build it forward and add to the world on all levels. This is not a small feat but it can be done. The holistic vision of a green builder can see the house from many levels and make sure that the building is giving back on all of them.\r\n\r\nThe green builder manages resources so that "old" and "wasted" materials are reused. This does two things: it means no new resources are used AND it means the world is a cleaner place since less goes to the landfill. This is a classic example of building it forward.\r\n\r\nAnother key point of Built It Forward is that the building is built with the future tenants in mind, no mater how many hundreds of years that is in the future. This means a green builder is investing more (on many levels) than what a normal builder would deem necessary.\r\n\r\nThe green builder can justify this because they understand that this investment will benefit them too. A normal builder does not have that kind of vision.', 'Build It Forward Further Defined', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'build-defined-3', '', '', '2009-05-10 13:15:42', '2009-05-10 19:15:42', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1159', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1160, 1, '2009-05-10 13:15:12', '2009-05-10 19:15:12', 'When I coined the concept of Built It Forward I knew what it meant but that didn\'t mean I knew how to accurately describe it to others. Today I was describing it and came across a good way:\n\nWhen you build it forward you are giving more to the world than what you are taking from it.\n\nThis would mean that it creates more resources than depletes resources from the world. It creates more community. It facilitates more nature. It gives a better living space for people.\n\nA normal builder might be able to do one or two of these things. For example they might be able to build a great home but at the expense of what resources? The builder almost always depletes more in terms of materials, nature etc than what they give back with the building.\n\nA green builder can build it forward and add to the world on all levels. This is not a small feat but it can be done. The holistic vision of a green builder can see the house from many levels and make sure that the building is giving back on all of them.\n\nThe green builder manages resources so that "old" and "wasted" materials are reused. This does two things: it means no new resources are used AND it means the world is a cleaner place since less goes to the landfill. This is a classic example of building it forward.\n\nAnother key point of Built It Forward is that the building is built with the future tenants in mind, no mater how many hundreds of years that is in the future. This means a green builder is investing more (on many levels) than what a normal builder would deem necessary.\n\nThe green builder can justify this because they understand that this investment ', 'Build It Forward Further Defined', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1159-revision', '', '', '2009-05-10 13:15:12', '2009-05-10 19:15:12', '', 1159, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1159-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1161, 1, '2009-05-11 13:00:55', '2009-05-11 19:00:55', 'The concept of "Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables" is an important green building practice.\r\n\r\nLets break it down.\r\n\r\nConservation\r\nThe greenest building is to NOT build in the first place. In any green building it is important to constantly ask, "Is this building step necessary? Do we really need to buy this product? Does it really require is to do that? Can we not do it? What previous step make it so that we had to do this next step and can we eliminate both steps...?"\r\n\r\nIn terms of Brooklyn brownstones, the first green question is, does the brownstone need to be gutted or simply spruced up? There is not right answer but gutting always consumes more.\r\n\r\nAnd if you have to build then the next question is, "How can we use as little materials as possible? How can we build for maximum building life so we don\'t have to build again for a very long time (100 years min for a Brooklyn Brownstone)..."\r\n\r\nEfficiency \r\nThis applies to energy efficiency. How can you make the existing structure are efficient as possible? Fill holes, file holes and then fill holes. Use spray foam, tape, insulation, caulk, molding, splashing, paint, goop, bubble gum and spit to fill absolutely every hole in the building envelope.\r\n\r\nInsulate the hell out of the house. Insulate like you are obsessive compulsive. Insulation is cheap. A couple years of energy bills are not.\r\n\r\nMake sure all your toilets and faucets are water smart and low flow.\r\n\r\nThen attack the larger things: get energy efficient appliances and heating. Get low E triple pane gas filled windows. Become more intelligent with how you use water, heat, cooling and electricity.\r\n\r\nRenewables\r\nOnce you have done all the above THEN, and only then, can you start thinking about renewables, i.e. solar PV, solar hot water, wind, water turbnines etc. \r\n\r\n===========\r\n\r\nThe basic idea is LOWER YOUR ENERGY USAGE THEN MAKE YOUR ENERGY SUPPLY GREEN. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.', 'Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'conservation-efficiency-renewables', '', '', '2009-05-11 13:00:55', '2009-05-11 19:00:55', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1161', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1162, 1, '2009-05-11 13:00:52', '2009-05-11 19:00:52', 'The concept of "Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables" is an important green building practice.\n\nLets break it down.\n\nConservation\nThe greenest building is to NOT build in the first place. In any green building it is important to constantly ask, "Is this building step necessary? Do we really need to buy this product? Does it really require is to do that? Can we not do it? What previous step make it so that we had to do this next step and can we eliminate both steps...?"\n\nIn terms of Brooklyn brownstones, the first green question is, does the brownstone need to be gutted or simply spruced up? There is not right answer but gutting always consumes more.\n\nAnd if you have to build then the next question is, "How can we use as little materials as possible? How can we build for maximum building life so we don\'t have to build again for a very long time (100 years min for a Brooklyn Brownstone)..."\n\nEfficiency \nThis applies to energy efficiency. How can you make the existing structure are efficient as possible? Fill holes, file holes and then fill holes. Use spray foam, tape, insulation, caulk, molding, splashing, paint, goop, bubble gum and spit to fill absolutely every hole in the building envelope.\n\nInsulate the hell out of the house. Insulate like you are obsessive compulsive. Insulation is cheap. A couple years of energy bills are not.\n\nMake sure all your toilets and faucets are water smart and low flow.\n\nThen attack the larger things: get energy efficient appliances and heating. Get low E triple pane gas filled windows. Become more intelligent with how you use water, heat, cooling and electricity.\n\nRenewables\nOnce you have done all the above THEN, and only then, can you start thinking about renewables, i.e. solar PV, solar hot water, wind, water turbnines etc. \n\n===========\n\nThe basic idea is LOWER YOUR ENERGY USAGE THEN MAKE YOUR ENERGY SUPPLY GREEN. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.', 'Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1161-revision', '', '', '2009-05-11 13:00:52', '2009-05-11 19:00:52', '', 1161, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1161-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1163, 1, '2009-05-12 14:04:30', '2009-05-12 20:04:30', 'Natural Home Magazine is tailored to natural minded home kind of people. It\'s a mix of DIY advice and decorating hints.\r\n\r\nGeared to the general public who might be a little handy on the weekends, an issue might have a showcase house, an organic cooking recipe, some natural products for the bathroom and an article on the best green counters.\r\n\r\nAlthough it is a lot glossier and mainstream than say Mother Earth Journal, it is a relatively good magazine in terms of green integrity and I think it gets that from it\'s midwest values of being "close to the land".\r\n\r\nIt is published by a medium sized publishing company called Ogden Publications in the media capital of the world: Topeka, Kansas. Well, maybe the media capital of the Midwest.\r\n\r\nOther magazines they publish:\r\nMother Earth News, Utne Reader, Herb Companion, Grit Magazine, Capper\'s Magazine, Motorcycle Classics Magazine, Farm Collector, Gas Engine Magazine, Good Things to Eat.\r\n\r\nThe mix of publications reads something like this:\r\n"I have an American right to my farm, healthy food, and my Harley."\r\n\r\nYou can also buy insurance and financial advice from them :). Maybe it\'s a Midwest thing but I find that funny.\r\n\r\nI enjoy the mag because it is light reading and gives me a break from the other more technical green reading I do. I can flip through the pages, skim the text, look at the pictures and feel I spent a relaxing couple minutes talking about healthy green living with a friend.', 'Natural Home Magazine', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'natural-home-magazine', '', '', '2009-05-12 14:09:28', '2009-05-12 20:09:28', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1163', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1164, 1, '2009-05-12 14:04:22', '2009-05-12 20:04:22', 'Natural Home Magazine is tailored to natural minded home kind of people. It\'s a mix of DIY advice and decorating hints.\n\nGeared to the general public who might be a little handy on the weekends, an issue might have a showcase house, an organic cooking recipe, some natural products for the bathroom and an article on the best green counters.\n\nAlthough it is a lot glossier and mainstream than say Mother Earth Journal, it is a relatively good magazine in terms of green integrity and I think it gets that from it\'s midwest values of being "close to the land".\n\nIt is published by a medium sized publishing company called Ogden Publications in the media capital of the world: Topeka, Kansas. Well, maybe the media capital of the Midwest.\n\nOther magazines they publish:\nMother Earth News, Utne Reader, Herb Companion, Grit Magazine, Capper\'s Magazine, Motorcycle Classics Magazine, Farm Collector, Gas Engine Magazine, Good Things to Eat.\n\nYou can also buy insurance and financial advice from them :). Maybe it\'s a Midwest thing but I find that funny.\n\nI enjoy the mag because it is light reading and gives me a break from the other more technical green reading I do. I can flip through the pages, skim the text, look at the pictures and feel I spent a relaxing couple minutes talking about healthy green living with a friend.\n\n', 'Natural Home Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1163-revision', '', '', '2009-05-12 14:04:22', '2009-05-12 20:04:22', '', 1163, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1163-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1165, 1, '2009-05-12 14:09:26', '2009-05-12 20:09:26', 'Natural Home Magazine is tailored to natural minded home kind of people. It\'s a mix of DIY advice and decorating hints.\n\nGeared to the general public who might be a little handy on the weekends, an issue might have a showcase house, an organic cooking recipe, some natural products for the bathroom and an article on the best green counters.\n\nAlthough it is a lot glossier and mainstream than say Mother Earth Journal, it is a relatively good magazine in terms of green integrity and I think it gets that from it\'s midwest values of being "close to the land".\n\nIt is published by a medium sized publishing company called Ogden Publications in the media capital of the world: Topeka, Kansas. Well, maybe the media capital of the Midwest.\n\nOther magazines they publish:\nMother Earth News, Utne Reader, Herb Companion, Grit Magazine, Capper\'s Magazine, Motorcycle Classics Magazine, Farm Collector, Gas Engine Magazine, Good Things to Eat.\n\nThe mix of publications reads something like this:\n"I have an American right to my farm, healthy food, and my Harley."\n\nYou can also buy insurance and financial advice from them :). Maybe it\'s a Midwest thing but I find that funny.\n\nI enjoy the mag because it is light reading and gives me a break from the other more technical green reading I do. I can flip through the pages, skim the text, look at the pictures and feel I spent a relaxing couple minutes talking about healthy green living with a friend.', 'Natural Home Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1163-autosave', '', '', '2009-05-12 14:09:26', '2009-05-12 20:09:26', '', 1163, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1163-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1166, 1, '2009-05-12 14:04:30', '2009-05-12 20:04:30', 'Natural Home Magazine is tailored to natural minded home kind of people. It\'s a mix of DIY advice and decorating hints.\r\n\r\nGeared to the general public who might be a little handy on the weekends, an issue might have a showcase house, an organic cooking recipe, some natural products for the bathroom and an article on the best green counters.\r\n\r\nAlthough it is a lot glossier and mainstream than say Mother Earth Journal, it is a relatively good magazine in terms of green integrity and I think it gets that from it\'s midwest values of being "close to the land".\r\n\r\nIt is published by a medium sized publishing company called Ogden Publications in the media capital of the world: Topeka, Kansas. Well, maybe the media capital of the Midwest.\r\n\r\nOther magazines they publish:\r\nMother Earth News, Utne Reader, Herb Companion, Grit Magazine, Capper\'s Magazine, Motorcycle Classics Magazine, Farm Collector, Gas Engine Magazine, Good Things to Eat.\r\n\r\nYou can also buy insurance and financial advice from them :). Maybe it\'s a Midwest thing but I find that funny.\r\n\r\nI enjoy the mag because it is light reading and gives me a break from the other more technical green reading I do. I can flip through the pages, skim the text, look at the pictures and feel I spent a relaxing couple minutes talking about healthy green living with a friend.', 'Natural Home Magazine', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1163-revision-2', '', '', '2009-05-12 14:04:30', '2009-05-12 20:04:30', '', 1163, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1163-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1168, 1, '2009-05-14 09:45:27', '2009-05-14 15:45:27', 'Here are two banks who supposedly offer financing for green homes in New York. I haven\'t used them (yet).\r\n Bank of America 800-900-9000 2007 Special Financing\r\nPulaski Bank Home Lending 913-338-4300 2008 Special Financing', 'Green Home Lenders', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-home-lenders', '', '', '2009-05-14 09:45:27', '2009-05-14 15:45:27', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1168', 0, 'post', '', 1) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1170, 1, '2009-05-16 09:51:18', '2009-05-16 15:51:18', 'Here is something I found on the MIT site. It had some bad links so I reproduced it here. The reason I find it useful is that it was done by a student without any financial interest in the canal. It was also done before the whole Superfund issue, so it is not polarized yet.\r\n\r\nI am trying to figure out where I stand on this Superfund thing. It seems there are roughly two lines here. The land owners for the most part don\'t want it because it will effect their land value in the short term. They claim they would rather clean it themselves.\r\n\r\nThen you have others (not sure who they are) who do want the Superfund. I am still leaning to wanting it.\r\n\r\nI am not convinced that the city will clean it up any faster than the EPA will nor that they will do as good a job. I also don\'t think the city will be able to raise the money needed, and if they do it will be out of our pockets.\r\n\r\nEither way I am ok with paying for the clean up, it is a matter of how much. I own two properties near the Gowanus, both a block away. I realize that the Superfind site might lessen their value but the long term gains are well worth it.\r\n\r\nCivil society strategies on the Gowanus Canal \r\nBy: Lindsay Campbell, MIT student\r\nIntro\r\n
\r\nThis website explores the factors shaping the strategies and tactics used and the outcomes achieved by a civil society organization that is involved in the revitalization and reuse of the Gowanus Canal. It represents one of three cases (the others being the Bronx River and Newtown Creek) that I am researching as a part of my Masters of City Planning thesis at MIT. The website was produced for a class project in Fall 2005, while the thesis research is ongoing through Spring 2006. I welcome your feedback to 
\r\n Depending on a broad swath of factors internal to the organization and external/situational factors, civil society groups select strategies rooted in conflict, collaboration, or independent action. These organizations select from “insider” strategies that cooperate with government and private firms; “outsider” strategies that depend upon advocacy and pressure tactics; and “low profile” strategies like stewardship, education, and environmental monitoring that engage with the resource, regardless of the political and policy context. Using a case study from New York City —the Gowanus Canal— this project explores the strategies and tactics used and outcomes achieved by civil society (nonprofit) organizations that are involved in the restoration, re-visioning, and reuse of industrial waterways.\r\n\r\nThough the redevelopment of the Gowanus has been in the public consciousness to some extent for 35 years, a single, coherent coalition of citizens interested in revitalization has not emerged. A number of different civil society organizations including the Gowanus Dredgers and the Gowanus Canal CDC as well as private development interests have differing visions of what the future of the Canal should be. The direct action approach of the Dredgers, which is a water recreation and stewardship group, is serving the role of the “early responder” to a waterway planning challenge by using the resource as it is today and changing public opinion about the resource without requiring a great deal of financial support or organizational bureaucracy. Both the explicit organizational philosophy and the current level of capacity of the group prevent it from becoming the leader of a coalition and advocating for broader change in land use. Their intent is to affect the hearts and minds of individual people be exposing them in a meaningful way to the resource; in effect, building a constituency for the canal. Whether the Dredgers\' view of the canal will be incorporated into its future reuse, and whether stewardship can play a lasting role in planning are open questions. \r\n\r\nGeographic Context\r\nGeographic context is critical to understanding the physical dimensions of the canal and the uses immediate surrounding it. A brief overview is provided here. More information on neighborhood characteristics can be found at the Community Board Six website or by downloading the Community District profile created by the NYC Department of City Planning.\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe Gowanus Canal is located in South Brooklyn, NY. West of the canal is the changing neighborhood of Carroll Gardens. Historically, this was a primarily Italian American neighborhood, though there are a number of newcomers. It has been through a gradual but accelerating process of gentrification, particularly along the Smith Street corridor (now Brooklyn\'s upscale restaurant row) and also along Court Street. East of the canal, Park Slope is primarily more affluent, white, a mix of gay/lesbian/straight households, families, a lot of kids, and also newcomers. But the area immediately around the Gowanus, in Red Hook, and in a number of housing projects including the Gowanus Houses in Boerum Hill became increasingly more African American and Latino populated in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. But that “Gowanus” neighborhood and its residents seem to be disappearing \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\nThe land use map and aerial photo show the mix of industrial and residential uses in close proximity with a narrow, two block industrial corridor. The canal truly penetrates into the heart of several Brooklyn neighborhoods. These views also shows the lack of open space in the area, except for in Red Hook. The playing fields in Red Hook are cut off from the other neighborhoods by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, which is elevated here as the Gowanus Expressway. The 9th Street F train is also elevated over the canal. A number of other small removable bridges cross the canal at Union St., Carroll St., and 3rd St. The Gowanus flushing tunnel pump house is located at Butler Street and the tunnel goes underground to Buttermilk Channel in the East River to circulate water and keep this dead end canal relatively fresh. \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nClick here to take a photographic tour of the Gowanus Canal.\r\n\r\nClick here to download an account of current water quality and conditions in the Gowanus Canal from the New York Department of Environmental Protection\'s Use and Standards Attainment project. \r\n\r\nHistorical Context\r\n\r\nBelow is a chronology I developed based in April 2005 off of information contained in the last 10 years of articles in the New York Times that referenced "Gowanus Canal." While my project is not primarily historical in nature, I created this chronology to help ground my understanding of recent civil society action in a timeline of events. For a narrative account of the Gowanus Canal history, with greater detail on pre-1993 history, click here to download a PDF of an account written by the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment. \r\n\r\n\r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1176, 1, '2009-05-16 09:50:21', '2009-05-16 15:50:21', 'Here is something I found on the MIT site. It had some bad links so I reproduced it here. The reason I find it useful is that it was done by a student without any financial interest in the canal. It was also done before the whole Superfund issue, so it is not polarized yet.\n\nI am trying to figure out where I stand on this Superfund thing. It seems there are roughly two lines here. The land owners for the most part don\'t want it because it will effect their land value in the short term. They claim they would rather clean it themselves.\n\nThen you have others (not sure who they are) who do want the Superfund. I am still leaning to wanting it.\n\nI am not convinced that the city will clean it up any faster than the EPA will nor that they will do as good a job. I also don\'t think the city will be able to raise the money needed, and if they do it will be out of our pockets.\n\nEither way I am ok with paying for the clean up, it is a matter of how much. I own two properties near the Gowanus, both a block away. I realize that the Superfind site might lessen their value but the long term gains are well worth it.\n\nCivil society strategies on the Gowanus Canal \nBy: Lindsay Campbell, MIT student\nIntro\n\r\n \r\n Colonial times \r\n Marshy inlet with game, fish, oysters; Gowanus oysters exported to Europe. \r\n \r\n \r\n 1860 \r\n Marsh filled in; canal is created by deepening, widening and walling a natural creek to make it navigable; it is “a passage to nowhere” ending 1.5 miles from the bay; first industry related to the building boom in Brooklyn, lots of bars, roominghouses, and sailors \r\n \r\n \r\n 1888 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1906 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1911 \r\n Flushing tunnel built to Buttermilk Channel that refreshes canal with sea water \r\n \r\n \r\n 1940 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1960 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1962 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1986 \r\n New Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant in Brooklyn Navy Yard improves water quality on the canal \r\n \r\n \r\n Dec 1993 \r\n City meets with prospective bidders on $5 million project to reactivate canal\'s flushing tunnel; city planning official thinks there is merit to Scotto\'s proposals \r\n \r\n \r\n July 1996 \r\n Barge traffic is very light especially in summer; just one remaining company at the north end: Bayside Fuel Oil and only 10 total industries on the whole thing \r\n \r\n \r\n June 1997 \r\n Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment offers first boat cruise on the canal (executive director John Muir); found dissolved oxygen at just 2.8 ppm (need 5ppm for fish life) and light can penetrate only 2 feet (need 6 for plant life) \r\n \r\n \r\n 1998 \r\n \r\n \r\n July 1998 \r\n Mayor Giuliani supports Brooklyn Commons plan, 500,000 square foot multiplex and sports center ($65 million) on the canal on 9.4 acre former post office site; Park Slope neighbors wary of traffic; Rep. Nydia Velazquez wants traffic study; site leased for $500,000/year + environmental cleanup costs; plans to use “suburban design in the middle of the city” \r\n \r\n \r\n Aug 1998 \r\n \r\n \r\n March 1999 \r\n \r\n \r\n May 1999 \r\n \r\n \r\n Sept 1999 \r\n \r\n \r\n Oct 1999 \r\n Fifth annual Gowanus Canal CDC dinner attended by 300 community residents and interested supporters; director of the Riverwalk in San Antonio invited to speak (which receives 7 million visitors/year) \r\n \r\n \r\n Summer 2000 \r\n Oyster company plants seedlings \r\n \r\n \r\n July 2000 \r\n Manhattan High School for Environmental Studies studies biodiversity on the canal, cultivated a bed of mollusks, did water quality testing, collected neighborhood oral histories; found crabs, sea robins, flounder, sea bass; monitoring information shared with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation for a study on the waterways \r\n \r\n \r\n Nov 2000 \r\n Head of the Army Corps of Engineers and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection reps tour the canal by boat, announces a $3 million study to evaluate cleanup options on the canal; Rep Nydia Velazquez was the driving force behind getting the federal government involved via their Hudson-Raritan estuary study; cost shared by COE and DEP \r\n \r\n \r\n Mar 2001 \r\n \r\n \r\n April 2001 \r\n Governor Pataki announces $270,000 grant for the Gowanus, part of $1mil for 7 sites in Brooklyn and Queen \r\n \r\n \r\n June 2001 \r\n \r\n \r\n Dec 2001 \r\n \r\n \r\n Jan 2002 \r\n Mayor Bloomberg calls for new life on New York\'s shoreline, citing “the underused waterfront of Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” \r\n \r\n \r\n Mar 2002 \r\n \r\n \r\n June 2002 \r\n \r\n \r\n July 2002 \r\n \r\n \r\n Sept 2002 \r\n \r\n \r\n Dec 2002 \r\n Lowes makes progress with community negotiations, makes concession to provide waterfront walkway; planning to open Spring 2003 \r\n \r\n \r\n Mar 2003 \r\n \r\n \r\n May 2003 \r\n \r\n \r\n Oct 2003 \r\n Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour VI features more than 70 artists \r\n \r\n \r\n Feb 2004 \r\n \r\n \r\n June 2004 \r\n \r\n \r\n Sept 2004 \r\n \r\n \r\n Nov 2004 \r\n \r\n \r\n March 2005 \r\n \r\n \r\n April 2005 \r\n \n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1179, 1, '2009-05-16 10:55:29', '2009-05-16 16:55:29', 'Here is an interesting competition and an indication of how all buildings will be built (or better, renovated) in the future. This way of thinking is a large part of Building It Forward. A lot of this thinking is due to the great book "Cradle to Cradle".\r\n\r\n====== \r\n Design competition for professionals and students.\r\n\r\n The Lifecycle Building Challenge is sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Institute of Architects, and West Coast Green.\r\n\r\n www.lifecyclebuilding.org\r\n There is a new product category this year!\r\n\r\n The competition is focused on design for adaptability, material reuse, and minimizing lifecycle impacts from products. Please contact us if you have any questions! info@lifecyclebuilding.org\r\n\r\nA bit more info from the website\r\nhttp://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/entry-info.php\r\n\r\nRegistration and participation is free. Submission deadline is August 30 2009.\r\n\r\nLifecycle building is designing buildings to facilitate disassembly and material reuse to minimize waste, energy consumption, and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Also known as design for disassembly and design for deconstruction, lifecycle building describes the idea of creating high-performance buildings today that are stocks of resources for the future.\r\n\r\n* Create designs that facilitate local building materials reuse\r\n* Consider the full lifecycle of buildings and materialsfrom resource extraction through occupancy and, finally, deconstruction and reuse\r\n* Focus on quality and creativity of designs and concepts\r\n* Develop strategies that maximize materials recovery\r\n* Reduce the overall embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of building materials through reuse\r\n* Decrease environmental and economic costs\r\n* Address real world issues\r\n\r\nEnter the third year of the Lifecycle Building Challenge competition, to shape the future of green building and facilitate local building materials reuse. Submit your innovative project, design, or idea for reducing to conserve construction and demolition materials and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by designing buildings for adaptability and disassembly.\r\n\r\nCategories:\r\n\r\nBuilding - a whole building designed for disassembly and material reuse\r\nIn addition, building entries can highlight any of the following focus areas:\r\n* existing buildings\r\n* local material sourcing\r\n\r\nProduct - a building product that facilitates design for disassembly and material reuse\r\nIn addition, product entries can highlight any of the following focus areas:\r\n* Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy\r\n* Carbon Management\r\n* Water Efficiency & Quality\r\n* Material Optimization\r\n* Public and Ecosystem Health Protection\r\n\r\nProfessionals may submit both built and design work.\r\nStudents may submit only design work.\r\nIn addition, entrants may also register for Outstanding Achievement Awards:\r\n* Best Greenhouse Gas Reduction\r\n* Best Green Job Creation\r\n* Best School Design\r\n\r\nThe award is primarily - but not solely - recognition (which, of course, can pay off in spades)...\r\nhttp://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/awards.php\r\n', 'Lifecycle Building Challenge', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lifecycle-building-challenge', '', '', '2009-05-16 10:55:29', '2009-05-16 16:55:29', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1179', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1177, 1, '2009-05-16 09:53:43', '2009-05-16 15:53:43', 'Here is something I found on the MIT site. It had some bad links so I reproduced it here. The reason I find it useful is that it was done by a student without any financial interest in the canal. It was also done before the whole Superfund issue, so it is not polarized yet.\n\nI am trying to figure out where I stand on this Superfund thing. It seems there are roughly two lines here. The land owners for the most part don\'t want it because it will effect their land value in the short term. They claim they would rather clean it themselves.\n\nThen you have others (not sure who they are) who do want the Superfund. I am still leaning to wanting it.\n\nI am not convinced that the city will clean it up any faster than the EPA will nor that they will do as good a job. I also don\'t think the city will be able to raise the money needed, and if they do it will be out of our pockets.\n\nEither way I am ok with paying for the clean up, it is a matter of how much. I own two properties near the Gowanus, both a block away. I realize that the Superfind site might lessen their value but the long term gains are well worth it.\n\nCivil society strategies on the Gowanus Canal \nBy: Lindsay Campbell, MIT student\nIntro\n\n \n Colonial times \n Marshy inlet with game, fish, oysters; Gowanus oysters exported to Europe. -IMAGE- \n \n \n 1860 \n Marsh filled in; canal is created by deepening, widening and walling a natural creek to make it navigable; it is “a passage to nowhere” ending 1.5 miles from the bay; first industry related to the building boom in Brooklyn, lots of bars, roominghouses, and sailors \n \n \n 1888 \n \n \n 1906 \n \n \n 1911 \n Flushing tunnel built to Buttermilk Channel that refreshes canal with sea water \n \n \n 1940 \n \n \n 1960 \n \n \n 1962 \n \n \n 1986 \n New Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant in Brooklyn Navy Yard improves water quality on the canal \n \n \n Dec 1993 \n City meets with prospective bidders on $5 million project to reactivate canal\'s flushing tunnel; city planning official thinks there is merit to Scotto\'s proposals \n \n \n July 1996 \n Barge traffic is very light especially in summer; just one remaining company at the north end: Bayside Fuel Oil and only 10 total industries on the whole thing -IMAGE- \n \n \n June 1997 \n Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment offers first boat cruise on the canal (executive director John Muir); found dissolved oxygen at just 2.8 ppm (need 5ppm for fish life) and light can penetrate only 2 feet (need 6 for plant life) \n \n \n 1998 \n \n \n July 1998 \n Mayor Giuliani supports Brooklyn Commons plan, 500,000 square foot multiplex and sports center ($65 million) on the canal on 9.4 acre former post office site; Park Slope neighbors wary of traffic; Rep. Nydia Velazquez wants traffic study; site leased for $500,000/year + environmental cleanup costs; plans to use “suburban design in the middle of the city” \n \n \n Aug 1998 \n \n \n March 1999 \n \n \n May 1999 \n \n \n Sept 1999 \n \n \n Oct 1999 \n Fifth annual Gowanus Canal CDC dinner attended by 300 community residents and interested supporters; director of the Riverwalk in San Antonio invited to speak (which receives 7 million visitors/year) \n \n \n Summer 2000 \n Oyster company plants seedlings \n \n \n July 2000 \n Manhattan High School for Environmental Studies studies biodiversity on the canal, cultivated a bed of mollusks, did water quality testing, collected neighborhood oral histories; found crabs, sea robins, flounder, sea bass; monitoring information shared with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation for a study on the waterways \n \n \n Nov 2000 \n Head of the Army Corps of Engineers and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection reps tour the canal by boat, announces a $3 million study to evaluate cleanup options on the canal; Rep Nydia Velazquez was the driving force behind getting the federal government involved via their Hudson-Raritan estuary study; cost shared by COE and DEP \n \n \n Mar 2001 \n \n \n April 2001 \n Governor Pataki announces $270,000 grant for the Gowanus, part of $1mil for 7 sites in Brooklyn and Queen \n \n \n June 2001 \n \n \n Dec 2001 \n \n \n Jan 2002 \n Mayor Bloomberg calls for new life on New York\'s shoreline, citing “the underused waterfront of Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” \n \n \n Mar 2002 \n \n \n June 2002 \n \n \n July 2002 \n \n \n Sept 2002 \n \n \n Dec 2002 \n Lowes makes progress with community negotiations, makes concession to provide waterfront walkway; planning to open Spring 2003 \n \n \n Mar 2003 \n \n \n May 2003 \n \n \n Oct 2003 \n Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour VI features more than 70 artists \n \n \n Feb 2004 \n \n \n June 2004 \n \n \n Sept 2004 \n \n \n Nov 2004 \n \n \n March 2005 \n \n \n April 2005 \n \n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1178, 1, '2009-05-16 09:51:18', '2009-05-16 15:51:18', 'Here is something I found on the MIT site. It had some bad links so I reproduced it here. The reason I find it useful is that it was done by a student without any financial interest in the canal. It was also done before the whole Superfund issue, so it is not polarized yet.\r\n\r\nI am trying to figure out where I stand on this Superfund thing. It seems there are roughly two lines here. The land owners for the most part don\'t want it because it will effect their land value in the short term. They claim they would rather clean it themselves.\r\n\r\nThen you have others (not sure who they are) who do want the Superfund. I am still leaning to wanting it.\r\n\r\nI am not convinced that the city will clean it up any faster than the EPA will nor that they will do as good a job. I also don\'t think the city will be able to raise the money needed, and if they do it will be out of our pockets.\r\n\r\nEither way I am ok with paying for the clean up, it is a matter of how much. I own two properties near the Gowanus, both a block away. I realize that the Superfind site might lessen their value but the long term gains are well worth it.\r\n\r\nCivil society strategies on the Gowanus Canal \r\nBy: Lindsay Campbell, MIT student\r\nIntro\r\n\n \n Colonial times \n Marshy inlet with game, fish, oysters; Gowanus oysters exported to Europe. \n \n \n 1860 \n Marsh filled in; canal is created by deepening, widening and walling a natural creek to make it navigable; it is “a passage to nowhere” ending 1.5 miles from the bay; first industry related to the building boom in Brooklyn, lots of bars, roominghouses, and sailors \n \n \n 1888 \n \n \n 1906 \n \n \n 1911 \n Flushing tunnel built to Buttermilk Channel that refreshes canal with sea water \n \n \n 1940 \n \n \n 1960 \n \n \n 1962 \n \n \n 1986 \n New Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant in Brooklyn Navy Yard improves water quality on the canal \n \n \n Dec 1993 \n City meets with prospective bidders on $5 million project to reactivate canal\'s flushing tunnel; city planning official thinks there is merit to Scotto\'s proposals \n \n \n July 1996 \n Barge traffic is very light especially in summer; just one remaining company at the north end: Bayside Fuel Oil and only 10 total industries on the whole thing -IMAGE- \n \n \n June 1997 \n Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment offers first boat cruise on the canal (executive director John Muir); found dissolved oxygen at just 2.8 ppm (need 5ppm for fish life) and light can penetrate only 2 feet (need 6 for plant life) \n \n \n 1998 \n \n \n July 1998 \n Mayor Giuliani supports Brooklyn Commons plan, 500,000 square foot multiplex and sports center ($65 million) on the canal on 9.4 acre former post office site; Park Slope neighbors wary of traffic; Rep. Nydia Velazquez wants traffic study; site leased for $500,000/year + environmental cleanup costs; plans to use “suburban design in the middle of the city” \n \n \n Aug 1998 \n \n \n March 1999 \n \n \n May 1999 \n \n \n Sept 1999 \n \n \n Oct 1999 \n Fifth annual Gowanus Canal CDC dinner attended by 300 community residents and interested supporters; director of the Riverwalk in San Antonio invited to speak (which receives 7 million visitors/year) \n \n \n Summer 2000 \n Oyster company plants seedlings \n \n \n July 2000 \n Manhattan High School for Environmental Studies studies biodiversity on the canal, cultivated a bed of mollusks, did water quality testing, collected neighborhood oral histories; found crabs, sea robins, flounder, sea bass; monitoring information shared with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation for a study on the waterways \n \n \n Nov 2000 \n Head of the Army Corps of Engineers and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection reps tour the canal by boat, announces a $3 million study to evaluate cleanup options on the canal; Rep Nydia Velazquez was the driving force behind getting the federal government involved via their Hudson-Raritan estuary study; cost shared by COE and DEP \n \n \n Mar 2001 \n \n \n April 2001 \n Governor Pataki announces $270,000 grant for the Gowanus, part of $1mil for 7 sites in Brooklyn and Queen \n \n \n June 2001 \n \n \n Dec 2001 \n \n \n Jan 2002 \n Mayor Bloomberg calls for new life on New York\'s shoreline, citing “the underused waterfront of Brooklyn\'s Gowanus Canal” \n \n \n Mar 2002 \n \n \n June 2002 \n \n \n July 2002 \n \n \n Sept 2002 \n \n \n Dec 2002 \n Lowes makes progress with community negotiations, makes concession to provide waterfront walkway; planning to open Spring 2003 \n \n \n Mar 2003 \n \n \n May 2003 \n \n \n Oct 2003 \n Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour VI features more than 70 artists \n \n \n Feb 2004 \n \n \n June 2004 \n \n \n Sept 2004 \n \n \n Nov 2004 \n \n \n March 2005 \n \n \n April 2005 \n \r\n
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1180, 1, '2009-05-16 10:55:09', '2009-05-16 16:55:09', 'Here is an interesting competition and an indication of how all buildings will be built (or better, renovated) in the future. This way of thinking is a large part of Building It Forward. A lot of this is due to the great book "Cradle to Cradle".\n====== \n Design competition for professionals and students.\n\n The Lifecycle Building Challenge is sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Institute of Architects, and West Coast Green.\n\n www.lifecyclebuilding.org\n There is a new product category this year!\n\n The competition is focused on design for adaptability, material reuse, and minimizing lifecycle impacts from products. Please contact us if you have any questions! info@lifecyclebuilding.org\n\nA bit more info from the website\nhttp://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/entry-info.php\n\nRegistration and participation is free. Submission deadline is August 30 2009.\n\nLifecycle building is designing buildings to facilitate disassembly and material reuse to minimize waste, energy consumption, and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Also known as design for disassembly and design for deconstruction, lifecycle building describes the idea of creating high-performance buildings today that are stocks of resources for the future.\n\n* Create designs that facilitate local building materials reuse\n* Consider the full lifecycle of buildings and materialsfrom resource extraction through occupancy and, finally, deconstruction and reuse\n* Focus on quality and creativity of designs and concepts\n* Develop strategies that maximize materials recovery\n* Reduce the overall embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of building materials through reuse\n* Decrease environmental and economic costs\n* Address real world issues\n\nEnter the third year of the Lifecycle Building Challenge competition, to shape the future of green building and facilitate local building materials reuse. Submit your innovative project, design, or idea for reducing to conserve construction and demolition materials and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by designing buildings for adaptability and disassembly.\n\nCategories:\n\nBuilding - a whole building designed for disassembly and material reuse\nIn addition, building entries can highlight any of the following focus areas:\n* existing buildings\n* local material sourcing\n\nProduct - a building product that facilitates design for disassembly and material reuse\nIn addition, product entries can highlight any of the following focus areas:\n* Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy\n* Carbon Management\n* Water Efficiency & Quality\n* Material Optimization\n* Public and Ecosystem Health Protection\n\nProfessionals may submit both built and design work.\nStudents may submit only design work.\nIn addition, entrants may also register for Outstanding Achievement Awards:\n* Best Greenhouse Gas Reduction\n* Best Green Job Creation\n* Best School Design\n\nThe award is primarily - but not solely - recognition (which, of course, can pay off in spades)...\nhttp://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/awards.php\n', 'Lifecycle Building Challenge', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1179-revision', '', '', '2009-05-16 10:55:09', '2009-05-16 16:55:09', '', 1179, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/1179-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ;
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1181, 1, '2009-05-07 07:48:53', '2009-05-07 13:48:53', 'As well as being a Brooklyn green contractor, Eco Brooklyn has an educational outreach program offering the New York community internships and certification in the best green building practices for brownstones and townhouses in the Brooklyn and NY area. \r\n\r\nInstitutional Training\r\nWe ally ourselves with local schools to help increase students\' exposure to green building techniques. We welcome any interested institution to contact us.\r\n\r\nOne current program is with the International Center for the Disabled. Students train with us in real world green building environments to gain experience. Graduating students receive an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate.\r\n\r\nIndividual Training\r\nWe welcome individuals looking to increase their green building experience.\r\n\r\nOur training program for individuals is a 40 hour internship in our green show house. The time investment can be over one week or spread out once a week over a month. Trainees get a crash course intro to hands on green building and an Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate upon completion. \r\n\r\nDon\'t expect to stand around because us green builders like to sweat while we learn. Recommended reading is "Your Green Home". There is no fee for the training. We simply ask you help where you can. Building experience is a plus and a passion for green building is a must. \r\n\r\nWhat is the Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate?\r\nGreen building is not about certificates. Green building is an attitude and work ethic. But people need some way of quantifying your "level" of green building experience, for example during a job interview. \r\n\r\nSo we gave our internship program a name: The Eco Brooklyn Green Building Certificate. The real value is what you make out of it. For example there are tens of thousands of people who are LEED Accredited Professionals who don\'t do anything with it. They did the course to beef up their resume, not because they are green in any true way.\r\n\r\nWe suggest you take the internship if you really want to learn about green building. If you throw yourself in and become passionate about green building that is all the certification you will need. People can see that passion in a second. What\'s on your resume gets you in the door but nothing else. Your passion gets you the job. And that can\'t be faked.\r\n\r\nAlso keep in mind that one week is a short time. The internship is a great way to expose yourself to Brooklyn\'s innovative green building community.\r\n\r\nEnglish Classes\r\nWe offer English classes to our employees who don\'t have it as a primary language. It is part of our commitment to education and our desire to integrate green building with the rest of our lives.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n Colonial times \r\n Marshy inlet with game, fish, oysters; Gowanus oysters exported to Europe. -IMAGE- \r\n \r\n \r\n 1860 \r\n Marsh filled in; canal is created by deepening, widening and walling a natural creek to make it navigable; it is “a passage to nowhere” ending 1.5 miles from the bay; first industry related to the building boom in Brooklyn, lots of bars, roominghouses, and sailors \r\n \r\n \r\n 1888 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1906 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1911 \r\n Flushing tunnel built to Buttermilk Channel that refreshes canal with sea water \r\n \r\n \r\n 1940 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1960 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1962 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1986 \r\n New Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant in Brooklyn Navy Yard improves water quality on the canal \r\n \r\n \r\n Dec 1993 \r\n City meets with prospective bidders on $5 million project to reactivate canal\'s flushing tunnel; city planning official thinks there is merit to Scotto\'s proposals \r\n \r\n \r\n July 1996 \r\n Barge traffic is very light especially in summer; just one remaining company at the north end: Bayside Fuel Oil and only 10 total industries on the whole thing -IMAGE- \r\n \r\n \r\n June 1997 \r\n Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment offers first boat cruise on the canal (executive director John Muir); found dissolved oxygen at just 2.8 ppm (need 5ppm for fish life) and light can penetrate only 2 feet (need 6 for plant life) \r\n \r\n \r\n 1998 \r\n \r\n \r\n July 1998 \r\n Mayor Giuliani supports Brooklyn Commons plan, 500,000 square foot multiplex and sports center ($65 million) on the canal on 9.4 acre former post office site; Park Slope neighbors wary of traffic; Rep. 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\r\n\r\nThis image is actually to show the benefits of fiberglass over other materials for windows (it conducts very little heat). But the image also shows that aluminium conducts three times more than metal. \r\n\r\nThus the usefulness of it in conducting heat from the pex tubes. It is also light, which is good in old brownstones with rickety old joists.', 'Why do we use aluminium for radiant floor heating?', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'aluminium-radiant-floor-heating', '', '', '2009-05-17 10:11:23', '2009-05-17 16:11:23', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1188', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1192, 1, '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'A lot of numbers are being thrown around for the cost of green roofs. If you buy a modular grown off site system it can be $45 per square foot. I\'ve even heard of systems costing $200/sq.ft.\n\nIf you install it yourself with the bare minimum of materials off the shelf it can be $5 per square foot.\n\nThe real price for most people is of course somewhere in between.\n\nConsideration number one is what kind of roof exists to start with.\n\nLets say you need to put a roof system on what is there. Lets say you want insulation (you\'d be really stupid not to). Lets say your roof can handle 6 inches of soil. Lets say you want to grow in place (much cheaper).\n\nHere is the layering you\'d need and the price per square foot for each item:\n\n1.5" PolyISO insulation - $0.80\n65 mil EPDM rubber - $0.50\nEPDM tape, glue - $0.20\n3" XEPS insulation - $2.00\nDrainage mat - \nRoot Barrier - \n6" growing medium - \nSedum and small plants - \n\n', 'Cost of a Green Roof', 0, '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', 'cost-green-roof', '', '', '2009-05-18 13:48:28', '2009-05-18 19:48:28', '', 0, 'http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=1192', 0, 'post', '', 0) ;
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# Data contents of table `wp_usermeta`
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INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (69, 3, 'admin_color', 'fresh') ;
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (70, 3, 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:11:"contributor";b:1;}') ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (10, 1, 's2_format', 'text') ;
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (11, 1, 's2_excerpt', 'excerpt') ;
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INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` VALUES (45, 2, 'rich_editing', 'true') ;
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# End of data contents of table `wp_usermeta`
# --------------------------------------------------------
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Table: `wp_users`
# --------------------------------------------------------
#
# Delete any existing table `wp_users`
#
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_users`;
#
# Table structure of table `wp_users`
#
CREATE TABLE `wp_users` (
`ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`user_login` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
`user_pass` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`user_nicename` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`user_email` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`user_url` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`user_registered` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`user_activation_key` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
`user_status` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`display_name` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
KEY `user_login_key` (`user_login`),
KEY `user_nicename` (`user_nicename`)
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#
# Data contents of table `wp_users`
#
INSERT INTO `wp_users` VALUES (1, 'admin', '$P$B2K35syztbKgLFkemCb3WGmldGB/QR/', 'admin', 'gennaro@brookschurch.com', 'http://', '2008-08-18 03:35:58', '', 0, 'Gennaro Brooks-Church') ;
INSERT INTO `wp_users` VALUES (2, 'agnesbill2009', '$P$BdpPSX6l4V40QlcBTMwMiRsfhxal9X0', 'agnesbill2009', 'agnesbill@o2.pl', '', '2009-01-01 19:36:25', '', 0, 'agnesbill2009') ;
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#
# End of data contents of table `wp_users`
# --------------------------------------------------------