LIC Gets First Green Condo

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And so it begins. The Solarium in Long Island City has been "green certified" by the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, becoming the first building to get that certification in Queens. Not only will the apartments be stocked with Energy Star appliances, low flow toilets and bamboo floors, but the building will be topped with a 6-foot-wide wind turbine, used to power the elevators and common areas. Leasing consultant VP Rick Rosa told the Daily News, "We needed to be different. Right now, being green is a fad. In five years, that fad is going to be a reality."

Solarium is definitely milking the fad for all it's worth. Prices start at $400,000 for a one-bedroom condo to $1.6 million for a three-bedroom townhouse. Developer Joe Palumbo said it costs about 15% more to construct a green building, but the savings are in the cut costs of utilities from the energy efficient heating and cooling system. However, the building has not been LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. But certification or not, the green "fad" has officially landed in Queens. Be on the lookout for at least a 60% increase in fixies, food co-ops and rooftop golfing.

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By Jaya Saxena in News on March 30, 2010 4:41 PM

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Chelsea Citizen

Green condos seem to still pop up in the trendy neighborhoods. Citizen, for example, is one of the newest condos in Chelsea/Flatiron, and expects to receive LEED Gold certification. It looks like green doesn't go out of style.

http://www.citizennyc.com
124 West 23rd Street
212-839-0124

xgeyiph772

$1 millon for a biodegradible condo? Will it start falling apart after a few years like regualar condos? Will a leaky ceiling be considered a new source of "green" water, both literally and figuratively? All this green stuff has me going crazy. Next they'll try to make me eat green brocoli and spend some green money!

grandzu

A a gas-powered alarm clock the size of a small generator can also be an energy-star appliance.

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/033010kp1.htm

JacqueMehoff

christopher x brodeur has been around for over a decade or more. Since the old NY press days. I wonder does the transplants know about this guy?

cxb

LOOK AGAIN, people. This is an AD masquerading as "news". Media was INVENTED to scam the public at large on behalf of corporations and govt. (Hearst even admitted this and yet you all still fall for their tricks.)

And then Gothamist gets pissed at me for telling the truth!

ARGH!

cxb

AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY BELIEVE THE BUILDING IS GREEN!

(Um, it's called "greenwashing". Do you STILL believe that "spring water" comes from a spring or that we invaded Iraq because of 9/11?)

I almost don't blame govt and corporations for taking advantage of you moronic sheep.

[author realizes he should go Darth Vader on your ass and join the dark side, making millions off your stupidity...]

Meat Cat

DID YOU KNOW that there is a secret cabal of Jew bankers at the center of the earth? They coordinated 9/11, the great depression, AND "The Jay Leno Show"! ! ! !

Only I know the TRUTH! but I'm far too kind-hearted to make zillions of dollars off of it, WHICH I TOTALLY COULD, YOU GUYS!

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEPLE

danimalia

I forget, do the Jews like global warming, or is that the lizard people?

cxb

Wow, you'd think Team Bloombag would have better things to do than try to smear me.

[author remembers that TEam Bloombag ignores all NYC problems and has plenty of free time]

Hey Mike, er, "MeatCat"... you trust most things govt tells you! Even your FRIENDS say that makes you a RE-TARD.

[your mother called. she apologized for reproducing.]

Hey, I probably think SANTA CLAUS was a fiction created to get kids to behave in exchange for presents!

[meatcat gets angry at CXB for letting the (meat)cat out of the bag that there's no santa!]

danimalia

Wait, does that mean the Easter Bunny isn't real either? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Meat Cat

OH SHITS HE'S ON TO ME.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

/melts

cxb

Is that the BEST comeback you could think of?

[author dreamily looks out the window and fantasizes about having opponents who are smarter and funnier...]

Now, let's get back on topic...

WHO THINKS IT'S OKAY THAT OUR MEDIA DOES ADS BUT PRETENDS THEY'RE EDITORIAL CONTENT?

WHO THINKS IT'S OKAY THAT THE MEDIA LIES TO US EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP THE RICH BLEED US DRYER AND DRYER?

FUN FACT:

it's actually a FELONY offense for most reporters / writers to deceive their readers.

("fraud" is any deception in exchange for monetary gain. REMEMBER THIS the next time someone tells you politicians are allowed to lie.)

longacre

Quit whining, start your own truth-only blog if you're so concerned about the information consumed by the stupid masses.

John Del Signore

You start toeing the line cxb. We know EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.....

cxb

Toe WHAT line?

I don't believe for a second that any of you got rich protecting Tax Hike Mike.

And no you don't have anything on me b/c I've never had a single skeleton in my closet, silly. (Um, I'm the candidate who promised in writing to have 24 TAPS on all his phones and all the phones at City Hall so ANY citizen or reporter could monitor their employees!)

(I'm the first candidate for office to list all the illegal drugs he's done on his website to DEMONSTRATE what honesty looks like!)

WHY DO YOU THINK MY OPPONENTS always have to make up stupid lies about me?