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 World Changing has a very cool link to an article about green building in NYC. Of course, if this can be done in NYC, it can be done anywhere.

Grist Magazine points us at the Lofty Ambitions that energized a NYC couple to renovate an 1850s Brooklyn warehouse into a 2004 green building that combines modern style with energy and resource-conscious design. This month, "Brown and Boyle will finally declare their project complete. The building houses six loft units complete with radiant heating, natural ventilation, Energy Star appliances, a rain-water collection system, a high-efficiency condensing boiler, and vast expanses of super-insulated, floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Solar energy provides nearly half of all the building's electricity."

An inspiring feat, in a city where people regularly complain that too-high costs, complex building codes and old buildings make it too difficult to go green.