[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 28, Issue 8

[Stephen Collette]

Hello Gennaro and all,

I recommend you search out Dennis Livingston's "Rebuilding Flood Damaged Homes" book. It came out in 2007 after Katrina. Dennis was a brilliant, brilliant man, whose passion and dedication to this topic created an amazing book. His drawings are fantastic. He unfortunately passed away last year, and is missed. 

Cheers

Stephen

Stephen Collette BBEC, LEED AP, BSSO
Your Healthy House - Indoor Environmental Testing & Building Consulting
http://www.yourhealthyhouse.ca
stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
705.652.5159








On 2012-12-18, at 3:00 PM, greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:03:05 -0500
> From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
> To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Flood resistant walls
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> I am working on my first post Sandy job here in NYC and am excited to
> see a shift in client expectations.
> We are both on the same page that there will be another flood and it
> will be larger than Sandy.
> He has a three story row house typical of Brooklyn and Red Hook.
> His first floor got two feet of water. His cellar became a swimming pool.
> My challenge is to rebuild the cellar and first floor so that when it
> floods 8 feet he will sustain minor damage.
> All mechanicals are moved up to the top of the building.
> The brick on the party walls are left exposed.
> The interior walls will have removable floor and ceiling molding that
> exposes the inside of the wall for ventilation.
> My main challenge is to find a surface for the interior walls. Sheet
> rock is not an option.
> I would like something lower embodied energy than say Dense Glass panels.
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231

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