Brooklyn Health House - 93 Nevins St.

93 Nevins St. is the location of 3 townhomes that will be certified by the American Lung Association Health House Program. The building is a former laundry facility that was burned out in 1980. The facade still exists, but the interior was rebuilt in its entirety. The home features solar panels, radiant floor heating (need to learn more about that) and recycled/harvested materials. To my knowledge, this is one of the few projects with solar panels in or around the city.

The blog post from brownstoner is dated - I think the project is done now.

October 9, 2006

OHNY Report: Double Your Eco-Friendly Pleasure

We stopped by the OHNY event at 453 Pacific Street to check out what will be upon completion the first buildings in New York City to be certified by the American Lung Association's Health House program. Until a fire gutted it on New Year's Eve in 1980, the building was home to laundry business. Going forward, the facade will be preserved while two new 3-bedroom townhouses--one with an entrance on Nevins and one with an entrance on Pacific--are created. Architect Tony Daniels, working with GreenStreet Construction, will be using mucho recycled, salvaged and sustainably harvested materials in the project. Solar panels on the roof and efficient radiant floor heating will also be employed. A publication called Natural Home Magazine will be tracking the building's progress over the upcoming months. Unfortunately, it seems to be one of those mags that doesn't like to put its content on the web, so maybe we'll have to follow it ourselves.
OHNY This Weekend: Lots To Do in Brooklyn! [Brownstoner] GMAP
93 Nevids and 453 Pacific [R&E Brooklyn]