Greenbelt Green Building in Brooklyn Receives $15k Grant from National Grid
May 30th, 2008 by Ethan
Pictured from left to right: Victor Vientos, National Grid; Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; Gregory Merryweather, Architect; Derek Denckla, Developer, Propeller Group; and Joe Rende, National Grid
The new energy-efficient and LEED Gold-certified-(seeking) residential complex in Williamsburg — what will be the first LEED residence in Brooklyn — has attracted considerable attention from the green building community in New York and the green community. But those communities aren’t the only ones interested in the complex.
With energy demand being what it is in NYC, National Grid (formerly known as KeySpan) formed a program in 2003, called Green Cinderella, to raise awareness and to spark interest in the development of green building technology. The program selected Greenbelt as the recipient of the latest grant award of $15,000; and the check was presented to the Greenbelt team on Monday, May 12.
The check presentation was held at Greenbelt, 361 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; Joe Rende, National Grid Vice President of Energy Solution Services; Denckla; and Wendy Fleischer, Sustainability Project Manager at NYSERDA (New York State Energy Resource Development Authority) all spoke as the check was given to Denckla and his joint venture partner, Gregory Merryweather, who is also the architect of Greenbelt.
“We are delighted to have Greenbelt recognized as a high-performance, energy-efficient project,” says Denckla. Merryweather adds: “We designed Greenbelt to be a template for green building that was achievable by other architects and developers by using ‘off-the-shelf’ products: Energy Star™ appliances for apartments; high-grade insulation, windows and roofing materials; solar panels on the roof; and clean-burning, natural gas appliances for domestic hot water and a high efficiency condensing boiler for circulating hot water for radiant heat.”
David Maundrell, president of aptsandlofts.com, sees a major selling point in that the buyers of the eight Greenbelt condominium units will be paying considerably less than their neighbors for heating, cooling and common charges relating to energy use. “The building will save about 45% on those costs” he explained, which makes it even more attractive to people interested in supporting, and living in, a green structure.
Greenbelt opened in March 2008 to enormous recognition from Brooklyn’s real estate, environmental activist and artists’ communities. Over 500 people attended the opening night party, and over 2,000 have subsequently walked through the model apartments.
In addition to being a green residence, Greenbelt hosts a variety of sustainability-minded and cultural events.
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