Brooklyn Greenroof

The way to a livable future is coming to a rooftop near you.

Sloped green roof installation in NYC historic district. Keeps house cool in summer, eliminates gutter problems!

Next Wednesday and Thursday, registration is FREE, value is high. I'm going, are you?

Curbed did an article on one of our installations! (Goofy drawing below is curtesy of Curbed staff and has nothing to do with our work.) The article is part of their Green Design Handbook.

Normally, I wouldn't think herbicides, drones and tree planting would be part of the same environmental idea.

DeBlasio has endorsed Passive House: In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s policy to reduce city-wide carbon emissions 80% by 2050 in his plan One City: Built to Lasthas set the course for effective climate change mitigation and resilient adaptation. Passive House is the only building efficiency standard mentioned in the plan and the one standard that reliably and affordably delivers deep cuts in energy use proportionate to the climate challenge. Beyond creating net-zero and energy positive buildings, Passive House construction also provides increased comfort, indoor health, and climate resilience.

Hoboken, NJ is getting the idea! Green roofs are a worthy investment where flooding and stormwater issues add to the urban woes that include heavy AC usage, wildlife habitat degradation, and not enough nature on view.

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com//infographic-positive-impacts

$750,000 grant to install a huge green roof and to transform a barren 3rd floor courtyard into an oasis. Inger Yancey of Brooklyn Greenroof LLC, and Thomas Gately of Green Power Solutions, together with grant writer Diane Stanley won this Green Infrastructure Grant from the NYC DEP in 2013. We are still waiting for the red tape to be cleared away and for the contract with the city to be signed by the hospital so that we can install this major piece of stormwater infrastructure into the Bronx River watershed.

Oops, I didn't post this one! We installed this tiny but lush green roof in Brooklyn Heights a month ago.