The Alloy Block Downtown includes the first all-electric skyscraper and the first passive house public schools in New York. At the ground level, storefronts and public spaces are accessible to all. READ MORE
“Green Zones: Do Buyers Want Sustainable Buildings?” – Observer article
By Emily Nonko From the Observer: [caption id="attachment_4922" align="alignright" width="300"] PHOTO CREDIT: Hayes Davidson[/caption] "Last winter, Carroll Gardens resident Laura Mackall didn’t turn the heat on in her home once. “We just didn’t need it,” she said, “And the house stayed between 68 and 70 degrees all winter.” Ms. Mackall lives in a four-story rowhouse that she retrofitted as a Passive House last year. She stumbled upon the notion,…