The 2008 NYC Green Buildings Open House was held on Saturday, October 4. Guests visited more than 25 participating buildings in 3 bus tours, 2 bike tours, and 2 walking tours.
Bus & Bike Tours
- Brooklyn Bus Tour: 9am - 4pm
- Bronx Bus Tour: 9am - 4pm
- Manhattan Bus Tour: 9 am - 4pm
- Brooklyn Bike Tour 1: 10am - 3pm
- Brooklyn Bike Tour 2: 10am - 1pm
Walking Tours
Brought to you in collaboration with Open House New York. The walking tours are full! Please join us on a bus or bike tour!
Open Gardens
The following community gardens are also showing off their renewable energy systems to visitors:
- 6BC Botanical Garden 12 - 4 pm
- 6/15 Green Community Garden10 am - 4 pm
The 2008 event, our 6th annual tour, is sponsored by NYSERDA. The Hunts Point CAT shuttles are provided by BOEDC’s Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment.
All bus tours are on Hunts Point Clean Air Transportation (CAT) shuttles. The hybrid electric vehicles combine the use of a conventional engine and a highly efficient electric motor to provide an extremely clean transportation option. The vehicles exhibit the following emission reductions: NOx of 99.6%, PM 100%, HC 47.1% and CO 67.2%
Brooklyn Bus Tour: 9am - 4pm
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This tour is full!
$35; includes lunch and transportation
Student/NGO/NESEA members $20
Meets in Manhattan at 9:00 am at Birdbath Green Bakery
Tour will visit:
- Icehouse Apartments/Monti Building
- Greenbelt
- 439 Metropolitan Ave.
- *Lunch break*
- Green Depot
- Habana Outpost
Bronx Bus Tour: 9am - 4pm
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$35; includes lunch and transit
Students/NGO/NESEA members $20
Tour starts at the Bronx Library Center (see map below)
Tour will visit:
- Bronx Library Center
- Mount Hope Community Center
- Nos Quedamos - Parkview 1
- Green Roof at County Courthouse
- Lunch - BOEDC
- WHEDCo - Urban Horizons II
- Globus Cork
Manhattan Bus Tour: 9 am - 4pm
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This tour is full!
$35; includes lunch and transportation
Students/NGO/NESEA Members $20
Tour will meet at: 148 Lafayette
Tour will visit:
- 148 Lafayette
- New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services
- Good Housekeeping House
- Kalahari
Brooklyn Bike Tour 1: 10am - 3pm
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$25; includes lunch
Students/NGO/NESEA Members $15
Please bring your own bike, lock and helmet
Meets at BCUE at 10 am
Tour will visit:
Brooklyn Bike Tour 2: 10am - 1pm
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$25; includes lunch
Students/NGO/NESEA Members $15
Please bring your own bike, lock and helmet
Meets at BCUE at 10 am
Tour will visit: