Greenwood Heights Project Scores LEED Platinum Rating
The architecture firm of Coggan + Crawford won a Building Brooklyn Award in 2008 for the building at 270 21st Street in Greenwood Heights. They’ve now followed up with another project next door that’s notable for its environmental friendliness. The four-story, four-family building at 272 21st Street has just been awarded a LEED Platinum rating,…
The architecture firm of Coggan + Crawford won a Building Brooklyn Award in 2008 for the building at 270 21st Street in Greenwood Heights. They’ve now followed up with another project next door that’s notable for its environmental friendliness. The four-story, four-family building at 272 21st Street has just been awarded a LEED Platinum rating, the first residential project in Brooklyn to achieve that status. Very cool.
Coggan + Crawford on 21st [Brownstoner] GMAP
Photo by Danny Wicke
It didn’t seem so envornmentally friendly when they were working illegally every weekend for the past year. Construction at 8 am on a Saturday morning is not a pleasant wake-up.
“This block IS a great example of how greenwood knockdowns could turn out nice if developers cared.
However, have these units or the units in the building next door sold? I know that the brick building is occupied, and it’s not bad, but they did not put as much into developing it as the two more modern/green buildings. ”
Nice, knock em down throw them up…Great mentality.
Now, in this particular case, the building was in bad shape and would have needed a total gut…and would never-ever getting any Leed rating.
The newer brick next to it was completed in 2008 and was sold out by 2008-09. A sister site on 22nd St (between 6th/7th Aves) did not fare as well at first, but I believe is full as of this past fall.
Thank goodness I walk around the ‘nabe and have nosy friends 😉
The shiny glazed black brick is not my cup of tea, but it’s about as contextual as you can get in GREENWOOD HTS. (Park slope, geeze!) with the mixed-back of architectural styles. The same developer also has a multi-family across the street, so friends tell me, but I think the market may have gotten the best of him, as it’s now for sale.
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I conclude this is for wealthy enviro-libs to feel good about themselves.
xactly!
*rob*
Tybur6, browsed a little, even the case studies, and takeaway is that its quite a bit of work and pricey, and the net cost savings are not clearly shown.
I conclude this is for wealthy enviro-libs to feel good about themselves.
LEED Certification Info:
http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/leed.asp
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Can someone briefly explain what Platinum Leed even means
it’s the environmental version of psychobabble. a way to rip people off even more.
*rob*
Can someone briefly explain what Platinum Leed even means? Are there net cost savings involved (i.e. materials/labor – energy savings/tax breaks)?
21st street can be quite loud with its near constant truck traffic. I think fewer front facing windows is a major plus on that block.
Indeed DIBS, I agree. I like the one on the right, but I’m wondering what living there is like… not a whole lot of windows in the front. Or maybe it’s one of those places with a curtain of glass in the back yard. I guess the front of these places are the Northern exposure anyway… so it’s the back windows that “count.”