Green Builder

Hi, I am writing an article on green contracting in Bklyn. Can anyone recommend a contractor who specializes in green renovation/building in our borough? Thx, BM

by brooklynmodern
09/05/2009 1 minute 9

Hi,
I am writing an article on green contracting in Bklyn. Can anyone recommend a contractor who specializes in green renovation/building in our borough?

Thx,
BM

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  4. I was interested in reducing my heating bills and discovered NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star program on the internet. This program subsidizes energy conservation in one to four family homes in New York State.
    I called several of the participating contractors on their website and decided to have DCI perform an energy audit on my building. They tested my old heating system and discovered that it wasn’t operating safely, luckly there was so much air infiltrating my building it wasn’t a huge problem yet. They used other sofisticated equipment to test air leakage and an infared camera to see the lack of insulation. After collecting a mountain of data they where able to enter it into modeling software and then give me some exact figures on energy savings.
    We choose some of the reccomendations that we were given and the payback in energy savings was only 12 years.
    We decided to replace the boiler, add insulation to the roof and the ceiling of the basement, air seal and replace our refridgerator.
    Matt at DCI explained to us that if we reduce the heat load with the insulation and the air sealing we could install a boiler that is half the size of our old one. All in all our natural gas bill in winter is half what it was.
    DCI’s costs where competitive and we where able to get cash back from NYSERDA after the work was completed.
    Give Matt a call, he has a good approach and didn’t try to sell me anything that would’t save me money.
    You can find him at reduceyourenergyconsumption.com

  5. i was interested in reducing my heating bills and discovered NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star program on the internet. this program subsidizes energy conservation in one to four family homes in New York State.
    i called several of the participating contractors on their website and decided to have DCI perform an energy audit on my building. they tested my old heating system and discovered that it wasn’t operating safely, luckly there was so much air infiltrating my building it wasn’t a huge problem yet. they used other sofisticated equipment to test air leakage and an infared camera to see the lack of insulation. after collecting a mountain of data they where able to enter it into modeling software and then give me some exact figures on energy savings.
    We choose some of the reccomendations that we were given and the payback in energy savings was only 12 years.
    we choose to replace the boiler, add insulation to the roof and the ceiling of the basement, air seal and replace our refridgerator.
    Matt at DCI explained to us that if we reduce the heat load with the insulation and the air sealing we could install a boiler that is half the size of our old one. all in all our natural gas bill in winter is half what it was.
    DCI’s costs where competitive and we where able to get cash back from NYSERDA after the work was completed.
    Give Matt a call, he has a good approach and didn’t try to sell me anything that would’t save me money.

  7. Iron,
    I agree with you–b.s. is a part of everything. And there’s a lot of greenwashing going around.

    However, there’s probably a way to green your apartment in such a way that it’s better for your health and environment without getting ripped off.

    That’s the kind of contractor I’d like to work with.

    -bm

  8. You should expose the truth. Green building is the biggest crock of stink stew on the cooker. Keeping a perfectly functional, yet dated kitchen or bathroom is the “green” way to go. Tearing your house apart, so you can have bamboo flooring and recycled glass tiles in your new waterfall spa shower is the complete opposite of conservation.

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