Brooklyn's First Energy Star Condos Debut
This green thing is starting to catch on. The Energy Star program was started by the New York State to encourage and certify green building. On this three-unit ground-up project on 21st Street in the South Slope, Giancola Contracting (which has been working in Brooklyn for 80 years) teamed up with the Fort Greene-based architecture…
This green thing is starting to catch on. The Energy Star program was started by the New York State to encourage and certify green building. On this three-unit ground-up project on 21st Street in the South Slope, Giancola Contracting (which has been working in Brooklyn for 80 years) teamed up with the Fort Greene-based architecture firm Coggan Crawford Schaut to create the first Energy Star-approved condos in the borough. The tangible benefits include 30% savings on utility bills as well as improved air quality and sound-proofing. Materials used included polished structural concrete flooring, Bamtex bamboo and recycled-tire roof decking. Unit One is spoken for but Units Two and Three are asking $849,000 and $989,000, respectively.
Residences [South Slope Condo] GMAP
thank you. that was very helpful.
It would be great if all architects responded in such a manner.
Agree or disagree – we now understand your thought process.
I commend your honesty and time.
it looks like some tacky set design from some post apocalyptic movie, like “the Road Warrior”, where they had to make buildings from salvaged stuff they found around the junk yard.
pretty soon we are all going to wars for gasoline and water.
At last something with out all the cloying ornate wood carvings.
are these overpriced or i am rich. i mean i have 2400 square foot house on 18th street at best i think i could get 800k. granted it has vinyl siding and is not in the beast shape but it has a 1700 dollar rental. wow.
“my bad. EPA does recognize “energy star homes”, which are energy-efficient. however, energy star does not address things like use of toxic / hazardous building materials, or water use.”
no, but it’s a start – it seems to me its more about comfort& cost here – sound proofing and energy savings.
my bad. EPA does recognize “energy star homes”, which are energy-efficient. however, energy star does not address things like use of toxic / hazardous building materials, or water use.
i question the legitimate “greenness” of these units.
“energy star” is a program implemented by the EPA to certify energy-efficient appliances. green buildings can be certified by the u.s. green building council, on a silver-gold-platinum point scale based on what are called “LEED” standards.
i am not aware, however, of any legitimate certification for “energy star homes.” sounds like a crude sales gimmick to me.
“i wish we all lived in a retro fantasy-land like dreadnaught & anon, where we only love everything that existed before cars, and electricity and indoor plumbing like your precious brownstones. but in reality buildings built in 2006 should be completely different than those from 1906. the “i don’t like modern” people are fools.”
Nice comeback..or it would be, if that was remotely what i said. You’re having an argument with yourself. Read what i said again:
“am all for green, all for innovative design…but does modern HAVE to equal bland/minimalist”
it is not that it is a ‘new’ design, it is that i find the design aesthetically dull…like i said, innovative doesn’t have to mean the cookie cutter look we associate with modern. glass, steel, minimalist…it’s as dead as abstract art….oh and by the way ‘those precious brownstones’ are what saved brooklyn economically it was the ‘hero architects’ who were going to create utopias via design that nearly destroyed it and new york city. I guess you prefer the aesthetics of stuy town?
I don’t like modern for the most part, but (surprising myself here) I love this place. It just has a craftsman /artist (not arts & crafts style) feel to it for me. And I love the windows.