We are looking forward to completing our Bright 'n Green PowerWise Systems dashboard soon. What's that? It's realtime data giving each resident a constant reading from your phone or home on usage of electricity and water consumption of your apartment, as well as the building on a...
Bright 'n Green will be the only of its kind to harness all of the earth's resources to run it all the while regenerating and restoring the ecosystem around it. We will be the first building designed to get ALL of the following certifications some of...
BJ Elliott & Tom Polansky of Intelligent Power & Air Solutions (IPAS) on Bright 'n Green's Advantix Liquid Desiccant Air Quality Control system. IPAS is a veteran-owned small business with over 75 years of combined experience providing solutions to the public and private sector. Elliott says, "as...
"Like other coastal communities of Brooklyn, Brighton Beach was devastated by Sandy's waters. But a nearly finished new construction in the area, built with a focus on efficiency and sustainability, was completely unaffected. We visited the site with the project's architect to find out why...
Recently six public radio stations were awarded $3,000 grants to produce stories that bring to light often ignored public policy issues of water quality, the need to manage water through ecofriendly infrastructure and the resulting impact of current policies on their local areas. The "Think Outside the...
Passive House is a European standard of building design that achieves a 90{7330b322b9b7d58bddbbaef66cde22ad1f12db8c79c6d80901517aa2b253a342} energy reduction for projects that comply and are certified by their energy modeling called "PHPP". Any building can be made to comply, from a one family house to a 500 unit apartment building and the standards, while rigorous,...
Brooklyn Muralist and Designer, Kip Frace Jacob is on the team, bringing a fresh, urban yet "homey" feel to Bright 'n Green with his sprawling murals and interior finishes and fixture selections. Kip got his start in painting as a Graffiti Artist in New York and...
Bright 'n Green receives the 2012 City of New YOrk Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation Green Property Certification....
Bright 'n Green receives the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) National Award of Excellence. ...
Bright 'n Green preliminary design receives Honorable Mention in the 2012 Green Dot Awards....