David Bergman is a licensed architect and LEED Accredited Professional, with more than a decade of green design experience. A recent green project was the gut renovation of a NoHo/Greenwich Village loft space utilizing eco materials, energy efficient lighting and a removable fabric duct system. 

In addition to his practice, David currently teaches sustainable design at Parsons School of Design, has taught at Yale and lectures frequently. He is a board member of o2NYC, the NY chapter of an international organization of ecodesigners, and is also on the boards of several other design organizations.

Vital Design Ltd presents the future of design with innovative solutions that are exciting, unique and respectful of our planet.

Cheryl Terrace’s full-service design firm specializes in creating beautiful interiors that are environmentally friendly, safe, and natural. Cheryl’s ‘green dream team’—the best professionals in the industry—are committed to thinking creatively, solving problems efficiently, and delivering a fine-crafted look.

We have been doing green building projects since 1998. Carpistry’s existence evolved as we sought solutions to health issues in Tom’s family.

Tom’s own family home was Carpistry’s first green project in 2000, designed to alleviate his wife’s mold allergies. This is a 2,000 sq ft engineered log chalet on a mountain top in North Carolina, utilizing unused skyscraper parts collected in NYC (such as oversized windows, 8’ doors, slabs of granite, marble flooring, cherry flooring). The house was built as an exercise in mold-free living for $160/sq ft.  A whole house fan on a timer replaced AC by exaggerating mountain breezes and being 6’ in the air on sonotubes insured no basement mold.

The products that you’ll find both in the 3r Living store and online are carefully selected with the principles of reducing waste, reusing unwanted or discarded materials, and recycling in mind. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. 3r.

That means we favor manufacturers and artisans who dedicate their talents to creating clever, modern, and earth-affirming products out of unwanted everyday items. In addition, we look for fairly-traded products and those made from organic ingredients. We encourage manufacturers to use environmentally-friendly packaging and sustainable manufacturing techniques.

Greendepot (formerly E.C.O of New York) will only represent products and systems that meet our environment criteria. All products must be of high quality and superior functionality. We will not sell any product or system that we have not tested or field experienced.

All of our products must be environmentally responsible, falling into the categories of hypo-allergenic, natural, sustainable, and recycled. We select products using a cradle to cradle evaluation. Each product is analyzed with respect to its environmental impact on health issues, durability, performance, waste disposal, recyclability, resource depletion, and energy conservation and/or consumption.

A community-oriented, volunteer-run organization, GreenHomeNYC promotes environmentally sustainable urban buildings. GreenHomeNYC is a registered 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit corporation.