BX eco-friendly building on Amazon Prime
Charlotte Gardens development featured on ‘Our Corner of the Planet’
BRONX TIMES R 16 EPORTER,OCTOBER 2-8, 2020 BTR
opportunity to team
with an innovative developer
who is oriented
toward building a portfolio
of sustainable and
effi cient properties.
“We designed a completely
energy-effi cient
space,” Saric said. “We
designed a system to
treat sanitary waters
onsite to produce methane
and, using a generator,
turn that into
heat and electrical. This
piece of the design was
very challenging as we
needed to design a system
to return the excess
energy our building
creates back to NYC’s
main utility provider.
Once constructed, this
building will be almost
completely off-grid.”
The building specifi
es a super insulated
steel structure with a
high-performance envelope,
clad with solar
panels and continuous
solar panel structure
above the roof. Air tight
Passive House Certifi
ed windows and doors
will be used to provide
thermal comfort.
Less than a quarter
of energy used in New
York comes from renewable
sources. Saric believes
it is everyone’s responsibility
to educate
themselves on how they
can contribute to a more
sustainable future.
“Following Passive
House principles is one
way we improve the ecofriendliness
of our built
environment and contribute
to society,” he
said. “I’m proud to be
working with this developer
and others to lead
the way in creating a
more sustainable New
York City.”
To learn more about
the project visit NODE’s
Youtube or website.
To watch the documentary
in full, visit
Amazon Prime.
BY JASON COHEN
The design of a
two-building, sevenstory,
18,000 square
foot development in
the Bronx is garnering
nationwide attention.
“Our Corner of the
Planet”, a documentary
released this week on
Amazon Prime, featured
the 24-unit, multi-family
development and its Passive
House Pre-Certifi
ed design, which once
constructed, will be almost
a net-zero carbon
energy building.
“I was inspired to do
this documentary after
hearing about the
incredible work being
done to create a net-zero
house in New York City,”
said documentary director,
Julia St. Pierre. “It
made me wonder what
other people around
the country were doing
to improve their own
communities. Talking
with everyone in the
documentary, including
Jakov, showed me
that meaningful change
doesn’t have to come
from a nation’s leaders
to be important: it
can start with anybody,
anywhere.”
Principal architect,
Jakov Saric, a Certifi
ed Passive House Designer,
jumped at the
A rendering of the high rise.
Courtesy of Node Architecture, Engineering, Consulting P.C.
Monsignor Scanlan
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