Building: 213 Columbia Street

Introducing 213 Columbia Street, One of Brooklyn’s first Passiv House Rental Developments.
Located in the Columbia Street Waterfront District of Brooklyn, 213 Columbia St. is nestled between historic Brooklyn Heights to the North, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens to the East, Red Hook to the South and the East River and NY Harbor to the West. The paragon of Passiv House design, this boutique 8 unit development is a bold, stylish building infused with a modern sensibility you will fall in love with.

Angled cantilever windows overlook a stunning community garden, flooding interior spaces with natural light and displaying a serene view of calm, charm and greenery. Inside are efficient layouts that are works of art. Featuring ample room sizes, oversized bathrooms, walk in closets, and select units with formal dining areas; 213 Columbia Street offers condo quality interior finishes.

What is a Passiv House?
A Passiv House is an environmentally responsible design standard that keeps apartments at a year-round comfortable temperature while minimizing energy consumption by effectively reducing traditional heating and cooling system loads. Through the design and implementation of a continuously insulated and airtight and thermal bridge free building envelope, including Triple Glazed Doors and Windows, and coupled with the use energy efficient appliances, a system of interior and exterior air exchange (HRV/ERV) retains conditioned temperatures within the units from inbound and outbound streams. A ‘passive house’ uses only a fraction of the energy consumed by traditional heating and cooling systems.

213 Columbia is one of the first few multi-family buildings in Brooklyn to implement the principles of a ‘passive house’.

Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/realestate/zero-energy-construction-crosses-the-ocean.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1380453352-/Bb248hEgVAnBWHfeobSWA