I am a qualified permaculture teacher and run the Hancock Permaculture Center (http://www.hancockpermaculture.org). We specialize in natural stone and environmentally friendly garden installation and design. All of our projects are “green” and we employ permaculture principles in our design.

I have completed two official permaculture courses and teach.

Service Area (Counties)

Kings, Manhattan. Other areas on application. 

Susan’s goal for every project is to combine excellent design with a deep respect for the environment.  She has worked on a number of projects that have become models of sustainable design including People’s Mutual Housing Association, the first green low income housing complex in Manhattan.  Susan has also taught at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and presented on sustainable design topics at numerous conferences and symposiums.

Some ecological aspects of Susan’s work are:
* indigenous plantings
* use of local building materials
* on site storm water management
* preserving existing vegetation
* limiting earthwork and site grading
* greenroof design
* maintaining watershed and wildlife corridors.

Service Area (Counties)

NYC, Dutchess, Putman, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Nassau, Suffolk, Western and Southern CT, Northern NJ.

Chris Benedict currently has fifty-six green multifamily projects completed, under construction, or on the boards. Her first green housing project, the substantial gut rehabilitation of eighteen small multifamily buildings in Brooklyn, New York was completed in 1998. In 1999 she was awarded Energy Professional of the Year by the International Association of Energy Engineers for the project.

299 East Third Street is a good example of Chris’s work. This thirty-eight apartment new-construction project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan uses 15% of the energy of a typical apartment building for no additional construction cost. Chris thinks holistically, outside the normal “green” box, and does not use “guidelines” and “point systems” for her designs. Her projects do not need grants or additional funding. Chris is a licensed architect in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and is not affiliated with LEED, USGBC or the AIA. 

Service Area (Counties)

New York area

As New York City’s second ever certified Eco-Broker, Emma joins the movement of professionals pushing the real estate industry toward energy-efficient, sustainable, high-end “green” design in individual apartments and throughout entire buildings. This distinction allows Emma to bring a different perspective to the table for sellers, buyers and developers alike.

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Emma specializes in residential sales in Manhattan & Brooklyn and represents both buyers and sellers.

Ergonomic and eco design approaches form the basis of our design solutions. Color, pattern, material experimentation as well as quality and longevity of finishes and construction are an integral part of Erika’s design style.  Erika is a professor specializing in eco design at Parsons School of Product Design - the New School - NYC.  She has co-developed and presented a full day seminar on “Educating the Educators: Crash Course on Eco Design” which she inaugurated at Parsons September 2003.  A long standing member of O2NY, she co-produced the successful “Assigment: Green” at the Municipal Art Society, an exhibition of the state of eco design education in six prominent NYC area design schools.  She is co-founder of The Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID) where she co-produced “Goddess in the Details: Industrial Design by Women.”

Service Area (Counties)

New York area

Gateway Plumbing & Heating routinely integrates the latest in green building technology into our residential renovations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Northern New Jersey. We are currently working with another green contractor to build an apartment in Brooklyn using only high-efficiency and sustainable materials and methods. Using the latest European and American technology, we can provide a real reduction in energy and water usage without sacrificing comfort.

Service Area (Counties)

New York, Kings and Queens counties in New York and Essex, Hudson, Union and Morris counties in New Jersey.

GreenStreet has been a pioneer and leader in the NYC metro region in high end residential green building since 1998.  GreenStreet has two LEED Accredited project managers on staff and is a member of the USGBC.  GreenStreet has successfully completed over 50 interior green renovation projects and 10 green townhouse projects.  GreenStreet is currently working on the first Health House Certified project in conjunction with the American Lung Association.  GreenStreet was the LEED Consultant for the Mark Twain Museum Education & Visitors Center in Hartford, Conn.

Service Area (Counties)

New York, Kings (Brooklyn), Westchester

Solar Energy Systems has installed over 60 solar electric systems on residential and commercial buildings since the company started in 1998. We are eligible installers with NYSERDA, NJCEP, and CCEF. We have a NABCEP certified installer on staff. We are members of NYSEIA, NESEA and ASES.

One of our key projects is on NYSERDA’s Headquarters in Albany, NY. This two-tiered photovoltaic awning system powers about half of NYSERDA’s computer load. The system will also be used to test new inverters when they come onto the market. The awning system is both active and passive, meaning that it generates electricity while also producing shade for the building’s lobby and second floor meeting room, reducing cooling requirements for those areas. In addition, the system includes a Data Acquisition System that displays real time performance data in the lobby of the NYSERDA building and on their website at www.PowerNaturally.org.

Service Area (Counties)

New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond, Nassau, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam (New York)

Hunterdon, Union, Somerset, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Warren, Hudson, Bergen (New Jersey)

Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven (Connecticut)

Sustainable design is a priority and is consciously integrated in the design process at every level.  Thread Collective has completed a 4,500sf renovation in Brooklyn—a green conversion of a warehouse to residential and commercial art studios.  Green design was considered throughout, from thermal sealing to non-toxic materials to energy efficiency and solar panels.

Current work further investigates sustainable design principles with the introduction of BIODRIVE, an educational portable greenhouse powered on 100% biodeisel, to be made available to various learning institutions; a seven condo unit building designed to meet LEED certification; the development of sustainable housing units, and a committed relationship with GreenHomeNYC. 

Our firm is fully licensed and insured in the state of New York, and is in the process of attaining LEED accredation.

Service Area (Counties)

Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Nausau, Suffolk