Showing posts with label Green Construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Construction. Show all posts

10.22.2010

NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition’s Annual Conference


NPCNYS’s Statewide Housing Conference
Revitalization: Building New York’s Future

Thursday & Friday October 28-29, 2010 New York Law School

On October 28 & 29, 2010 the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and The Center for Real Estate Studies and Justice Action Centers of The New York Law School will be hosting the 2010 NPCNYS’s Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development.

We will: 

  • Discuss ways we are building New York’s future by revitalizing communities throughout the State. 
  • Explore green building strategies, community revitalization efforts and more. 
  • Discover innovations in planning, development and preservation in today’s housing industry. 
  • Share ideas, tips, and approaches with fellow industry professionals and experts during our networking lunches and workshops. 
  • Tackle solutions for all areas of sustainable communities, including environmental, transportation, and health.
A great chance to network with: 
  • Affordable housing advocates 
  • Architects and planners 
  • Community development advocates 
  • Lawyers 
  • Legislators 
  • Lending industry 
  • Neighborhood groups 
  • Nonprofit housing organizations 
  • Public agencies 
  • Researchers 
  • Residential builders and developers 
  • Sustainable development experts 
  • Tenants/housing consumers 

A full schedule of events can be found http://www.npcnys.org/conference2010.html.

3.09.2010

Green Showhouse Complete in Brooklyn



If you are interested in Green construction, Natural Home magazine has created and completed a green show house for all those interested in building green homes. It is located in Boerum Hill Brooklyn so if you are in the area, please take a look.

The following are two links where you can get more information about the specificity of all the building materials they used.