[Greenbuilding] re What makes it Green?

[Gennaro Brooks-Church]

I have said that a lot about New Yorkers. I am a big fan of Brooklyn
housing. It is not as high as Manhattan (why IMO is too high) but
still high enough to allow several units per building. And the vast
majority of buildings are attached to each other. NY is the only US
area I know of that has average home sizes comparable with the rest of
the world (most of US houses of course are grotesquely over sized, the
houses I mean).

Brownstones are 100 years old and still strong. They make for
excellent green renovations.

I am basing my whole company around this and am building a green show
house from a renovated Brownstone.


Gennaro Brooks-Church
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com




On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM, MKL <mkl18 at pobox.com> wrote:
> I cant remember where or when I read it but I do recall reading that in all likelihood ,Manhattenites were probably the most Green living people in America as they largely did not drive but walked, ate the right food and lived in apartments. If I am correct in this then does this mean that a "cluster" of houses on top each other with a single footprint and single roof is a greener proposition than sprawled "single family" residences each with its own "stockade"?
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> If so then the whole debate of "single unit" Greenness and r values of this and that flies out the window surely? Maybe we should be advocating "community" "clusters" rather than mini castles for mini "emperors"? Where land for growing food is a healthy walk away from the "cluster" and cars are available on an as needed basis. As was observed on this list Greenbuilding does for some mean materials and technology but for others it means a personal commitment to a co operative existence where community implies inclusion and sustainability rather than isolated survival and defence. This has to be resolved or there really is no point at all in pretending there is any future whatsoever other than a race to the bottom of the lets make a quick buck pit.
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> Despite the list psychographics offered I would suggest that the debate on humanities relationship with its surroundings has been going on for a long time and will not be resolved easily if ever. This may be the nature of the beast.
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