[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 28, Issue 8

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Does anyone know where I could buy Dennis Livingston's "Rebuilding
Flood Damaged Homes" book? I can only find pdf copies online:
http://www.corridorrecovery.org/docs/Cleanup/Flood%20Rebuilding%20-%20Alliance%20for%20Helathy%20Homes.pdf
Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Stephen Collette
<stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca> wrote:
> 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.
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> Cheers
>
> Stephen
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> 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
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> On 2012-12-18, at 3:00 PM, greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org
> wrote:
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> Message: 2
> 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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