Power to the People
At her home on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Tracy Fitz collects rainwater from the roof in huge rubber barrels as two small cats laze in the shade. The water is collected through a sophisticated system made from a modified drainpipe, which she'll use to water the plants in the yard, which include grapes, basil and budding kiwifruit.
Just down the street at 6/15 Green, a community garden at Sixth Avenue and 15th street, a pile of compost ripens in the sun, and a waterfall empties into a small goldfish pond. Two large, majestic solar panels almost smack in the middle of the garden glint in the sunlight.
Both Fitz's home and 6/15 Green are part of a more ecologically sustainable, environmentally friendly way of life which, Fitz hopes, she can guide Brooklynites towards adopting for themselves, through education and resources provided by CitySolar.
CitySolar is actually Fitz, who has been teaching and consulting since 1994. The earliest incarnation of CitySolar was formed at Manhattan's famously gritty East Village, where Fitz was a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden, and where "guerrilla" gardening first took root.
Since then, she's been educating and consulting independently, at her home and at 6/15 Green, to help New Yorkers integrate green energy into public and private spaces, giving workshops and acting as a consultant to those attempting to convert to solar power, "hopefully someday reducing our footprint to zero," she said.
She also acts as a private consultant, working with installers to help those looking to convert their homes transition more easily and cost-effectively.
"When people want something done they can call me up and I can connect them with the right thing," she said.
Fitz also helped design the Solar Arbor and the solar powered "Godzilla's Place" Ponds and Falls at 6/15 Green, where she implemented solar power in 2001 as a memorial for deceased garden member Kathleen Usadi. Currently,The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting. Fitz is working with grants from ConEd and IOBY to install an equipment box, additional solar panels, and a "green roof" to cover the panels.
6/15 is, of course, open to the public through membership, and accepts donations via a charming, handpainted "Solar Donations" box. Through "peaceful cooperation," Fitz's goal through the solar program at 6/15 Green is to offer "a place to learn and care for ourselves and the others including fish, plants, birds, worms, water, soil,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. air, and grow in our appreciation for the sun."
In an upcoming, all-day hands-on workshop, Fitz will instruct a group how to assemble a 60-watt, 12-volt solar electric panel using solar cells, wire, solder, aluminum, glass and silicon.
Fitz's own home is a model for progress. Aside from utilizing solar power where possible, and in some cases installing fixtures that operate "off the grid" —for example, a solar powered LED ceiling fixture controlled by an AC/DC switch —every crack is sealed, every empty wall or ceiling space is insulated. All the walls and ceilings are painted white, which she says reduces her need for indoor artificial light during the day.I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net.
Skylights also reduce the need for electric lighting, trash is composted, and non-potable rainwater collected from the roof is used for gardening.
Converting exclusively to green energy is, of course, not a viable option for most New Yorkers, who rent, rather than own, their own homes, and may not have the money, the means, or the permission to convert their spaces.
For this, Fitz offers up practical advice for the rest of us: "seal all leaks in your home, even cracks around electrical outlets, with caulk, to keep warm or cool air in, use fluorescent lighting insThe settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbstead of standard lightbulbs, and unplug appliances that use 'phantom power' when not in use," she advised.
She suggests converting to a high-efficiency toilet if possible, but if not, meet the environment halfway by simply following the old adage, "if it's yellow,In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards. let it mellow," and common-sense methods such as always making sure lights are turned off when leaving a room.
At her home on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Tracy Fitz collects rainwater from the roof in huge rubber barrels as two small cats laze in the shade. The water is collected through a sophisticated system made from a modified drainpipe, which she'll use to water the plants in the yard, which include grapes, basil and budding kiwifruit.
Just down the street at 6/15 Green, a community garden at Sixth Avenue and 15th street, a pile of compost ripens in the sun, and a waterfall empties into a small goldfish pond. Two large, majestic solar panels almost smack in the middle of the garden glint in the sunlight.
Both Fitz's home and 6/15 Green are part of a more ecologically sustainable, environmentally friendly way of life which, Fitz hopes, she can guide Brooklynites towards adopting for themselves, through education and resources provided by CitySolar.
CitySolar is actually Fitz, who has been teaching and consulting since 1994. The earliest incarnation of CitySolar was formed at Manhattan's famously gritty East Village, where Fitz was a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden, and where "guerrilla" gardening first took root.
Since then, she's been educating and consulting independently, at her home and at 6/15 Green, to help New Yorkers integrate green energy into public and private spaces, giving workshops and acting as a consultant to those attempting to convert to solar power, "hopefully someday reducing our footprint to zero," she said.
She also acts as a private consultant, working with installers to help those looking to convert their homes transition more easily and cost-effectively.
"When people want something done they can call me up and I can connect them with the right thing," she said.
Fitz also helped design the Solar Arbor and the solar powered "Godzilla's Place" Ponds and Falls at 6/15 Green, where she implemented solar power in 2001 as a memorial for deceased garden member Kathleen Usadi. Currently,The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting. Fitz is working with grants from ConEd and IOBY to install an equipment box, additional solar panels, and a "green roof" to cover the panels.
6/15 is, of course, open to the public through membership, and accepts donations via a charming, handpainted "Solar Donations" box. Through "peaceful cooperation," Fitz's goal through the solar program at 6/15 Green is to offer "a place to learn and care for ourselves and the others including fish, plants, birds, worms, water, soil,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. air, and grow in our appreciation for the sun."
In an upcoming, all-day hands-on workshop, Fitz will instruct a group how to assemble a 60-watt, 12-volt solar electric panel using solar cells, wire, solder, aluminum, glass and silicon.
Fitz's own home is a model for progress. Aside from utilizing solar power where possible, and in some cases installing fixtures that operate "off the grid" —for example, a solar powered LED ceiling fixture controlled by an AC/DC switch —every crack is sealed, every empty wall or ceiling space is insulated. All the walls and ceilings are painted white, which she says reduces her need for indoor artificial light during the day.I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net.
Skylights also reduce the need for electric lighting, trash is composted, and non-potable rainwater collected from the roof is used for gardening.
Converting exclusively to green energy is, of course, not a viable option for most New Yorkers, who rent, rather than own, their own homes, and may not have the money, the means, or the permission to convert their spaces.
For this, Fitz offers up practical advice for the rest of us: "seal all leaks in your home, even cracks around electrical outlets, with caulk, to keep warm or cool air in, use fluorescent lighting insThe settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbstead of standard lightbulbs, and unplug appliances that use 'phantom power' when not in use," she advised.
She suggests converting to a high-efficiency toilet if possible, but if not, meet the environment halfway by simply following the old adage, "if it's yellow,In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards. let it mellow," and common-sense methods such as always making sure lights are turned off when leaving a room.
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