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September 2009
In managing this remarkable growth, we have become convinced that the best way
to strengthen our tenants, foster the creation of new jobs and be a good neighbor to
the surrounding communities is to make a significant commitment to environmental
sustainability. Consequently BNYDC, with both public and private investments and
strong support from our elected officials, has undertaken a broad range of initiatives that
has transformed the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a national model for industrial parks, with a
rapidly growing cluster of green industrial businesses, particularly manufacturers.
Message from BNYDC
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is unique. Over the past two decades, it has emerged as a safe
haven for the establishment and growth of small industrial businesses. With four million
square feet of leasable space, the Yard has been at capacity for more than five years.
As a result of this track record and continuing strong demand for industrial space, the
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNDYC) has launched the Yard’s largest
building expansion since WWII.
What follows are highlights of these initiatives as well as a directory of Navy Yard tenants
that have adopted sustainable business strategies and are committed to greening their
processes and products. While scores of the Navy Yard’s 240 tenants have moved to
green their businesses, the 29 in our Green Business Directory have made sustainability
a core component of their business approach.
Navy Yard photos from top to bottom: City’s first major installation of solar-wind street lamps; solar panels and City’s first
building-mounted wind turbines installed on the roof of the Perry Building (on track for LEED Gold); portion of Yard-wide road/
water/sewer project including significant new landscaping and improved stormwater management; bike racks made with
recycled Navy Yard railroad tracks.
BNYDC
63 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205
718.907.5900
www.brooklynnavyyard.com
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS
At the core of BNYDC’s commitment to sustainability are three key principles:
1. Be a Good Neighbor – Immediately adjacent to rapidly growing residential communities, the Navy Yard has
always been a place where Brooklynites have come to work. Of the Yard’s 5000 workers, 50% live in Brooklyn and
half of those come from the surrounding neighborhoods. Over the past six years, BNYDC has placed over 1000
people in jobs through its Employment Center. In addition, we are strongly committed to local hiring and MWBE
contracting. In construction of the Perry Building, over 40% of the dollar value of the $25 million project went to
certified MWBEs. As we look to grow the Yard by adding new buildings, businesses and thousands of new jobs
in the coming years, we want to make sure that the surrounding communities experience both economic and
environmental benefits.
2. Meet City, State and Federal Goals for Energy Efficiency and the Green Economy of the Future – The Navy
Yard’s initiatives have been informed and inspired by New York City’s PlaNYC, New York State’s 45 by 15, the State
Senate and Assembly’s State Energy Plan, as well as rapidly evolving federal goals.
3. Establish the Yard as the Destination of Choice for Green Businesses – Going Green is not only good for the
environment, but it is also good business. We expect that the existing cluster of green businesses in the Yard will
grow significantly in the coming years as a result of BNYDC’s commitment to creating a green industrial campus.
The 29 green businesses highlighted in the directory are a clear indication that the green economy of the future
has arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Sustainability Plan Components:
Buildings: Beginning in 2007, all new buildings constructed in the Navy Yard must be built to the United States
Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Silver or greater standards. In April
2009, BNYDC opened the Perry Building, the nation’s first multi-story, multi-tenanted green industrial building (on
track for LEED Gold). The Perry Building incorporates features such as building-mounted wind turbines – the first to
be installed in NYC – a rooftop solar array to provide renewable energy, the use of recycled rain water in toilets, highefficiency lighting fixtures, natural ventilation systems, solar powered trash compactors and bike racks made from
recycled Navy Yard railroad tracks. Seven other green buildings are currently complete or in design.
Adaptive Reuse of Historic Structures: The greenest building investment one can make is to preserve an existing
structure. There are over $200 million of historic preservation projects in the planning, design or construction phases
for buildings dating as far back as before the Civil War. There is no other former Navy shipyard in the nation that has
undertaken this amount of historic preservation to adaptively reuse structures for their original industrial purpose.
Energy Efficiency: In addition to new green buildings, BNYDC is improving older buildings by installing Energy Star
roofs, energy efficient windows and light bulbs, and implementing a new steam control, monitoring and distribution
system. To access additional energy to meet the Yard’s growth, BNYDC is committed to using clean and renewable
energy through on-site cogeneration and a massive solar panel installation on existing roofs. BNYDC will be working
with tenants to access government support to conduct energy audits and upgrade equipment and machinery to
improve energy efficiency. BNYDC is in the process of installing over 90 wind-solar street lamps, the first of their
kind in the nation. The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority has partnered with BNYDC on
a number of these initiatives.
Improved Water Conservation and Stormwater Management: BNYDC is in the midst of a $40 million project to
upgrade all the roads, water and sewer systems in the Yard, while expanding landscaping with water-loving plants.
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This project will significantly enhance water conservation and minimize stormwater runoff into the East River.
Public Access and Education: This summer, BNYDC will begin construction on the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at
Building 92, adaptively reusing historic Building 92, designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth architect of the US
Capitol, and building a modern addition. The Center, which will be located on the perimeter of the Yard, will be
publicly accessible and include an exhibit that celebrates both the Navy Yard’s rich history and its modern use as
a sustainable industrial park. The Center will highlight the work of our tenants, including green manufacturers, as
well as the green infrastructure improvements to the Yard. As part of our educational commitment, for the first time
in the Yard’s 200-year history, public tours are now being offered that highlight the Yard’s history as well as current
projects related to historic preservation, sustainability and economic development.
Tenant Sustainability Committee: BNYDC’s sustainability strategy has been significantly shaped by input from
tenants. Our Tenant Sustainability Committee has become one of several forums in which tenants share ideas with
BNYDC and each other, resulting in tenant-to-tenant business collaboration.
Hybrid and Low-Emission Vehicles: BNDYC is in the process of converting its fleet of vehicles to hybrids and low
diesel fuel emission vehicles. Two new low sulfur diesel 30-seat shuttle buses will be delivered in April 2009 to
allow BNYDC to increase its shuttle service to subways, encouraging the use of mass transit. In addition, BNYDC
is currently in negotiations with a yellow-grease biodiesel operator who will build a plant that will convert yellow
grease from the City’s restaurants into 5 million gallons of clean biodiesel that can be used by trucks and maritime
vessels operating in the Navy Yard. The biodiesel initiative will be a joint venture including the DOE Fund whose
formerly homeless or incarcerated workers collect the yellow grease from the City’s restaurants.
Waste Management Plan: The Navy Yard was the first Brooklyn institution to install solar powered trash compactors.
BNYDC is currently completing a Yard-wide waste management plan to further encourage recycling among
tenants. The plan includes the reuse of construction waste and wood pallets that can be integrated into the various
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commercial products of Navy Yard tenants.
Bike Lanes and Racks: As a component of the ongoing roadwork in the Yard, BNYDC is installing bike lanes and
racks to encourage greater bicycle use.
Brooklyn Greenway: The perimeter of the Navy Yard forms one of the first phases of the Brooklyn Waterfront
Greenway. BNYDC will facilitate the implementation of the Greenway by providing setbacks to allow for a new
bike and pedestrian pathway.
Taken together, these initiatives are indeed unique. However, BNYDC is at the beginning of this process not at the end. We
will periodically update and reissue this directory as we continue to find new ways to make the Navy Yard as sustainable an
environment as possible, while at the same time growing the number of green tenants. Our thanks go to Adam Friedman
and Lin Zeng of the New York Industrial Retention Network for their work in assembling this first edition.
None of these initiatives would have been possible without extraordinary public funding for basic infrastructure
improvements through the leadership of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the strong support of our federal, State and
City elected officials: President Obama; US Senators Schumer and Gillibrand; US Representatives Velázquez and Towns;
Governor Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Smith and Assembly Speaker Silver; State Senators Squadron, Montgomery,
Chair of the Brooklyn Senate Delegation and Sampson, Senate Conference Leader; State Assembly Members Jeffries and
Lentol, Chair of the Brooklyn Assembly Delegation; Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz; City Council Speaker Quinn
and Council Members Yassky, James, and Dilan, Chair of the Brooklyn City Council Delegation.
Sincerely,
Alan H. Fishman
BNYDC Board Chair
BNYDC
Andrew H. Kimball
BNYDC President & CEO
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2 Capsys Corp.
3 Bien Hecho
Hammer Time
Marc Ganzglass
North Brooklyn Millwork
275 Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architects
Ferra Designs
SurroundArt
280 Box Furniture Company
Woodside Press
5 ARES Printing & Packaging
December Box
Schematic
VOM Carpentry
12 IceStone LLC
30 Monique Luchetti
42 Duggal
74 Bridge Cleaners
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120 Terry Designs
Urban Homecraft
131 Aswoon/Susan Woods Studio
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DeVore Fidelity
Michelle Greene
Robert Martin Designs
Scott Jordon
vintageloftnyc, llc
David Zachary
Kevin McElroy
SMIT
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ARES Printing &
Packaging
Green Business Directory
Ares Printing & Packaging
George Filippidis
Building 5, Suite 224
718.858.8760
[email protected]
www.aresny.com
# of employees: 80
ARES Printing & Packaging is an FSC Certified &
Rainforest Alliance Certified pioneer of green packaging
and sustainability. They use 100% co-generated power,
recycled and recyclable materials, soy inks and are alcohol
and solvent free. ARES is a manufacturer and designer of
Paperboard, E-flute & B-flute folding cartons and displays
and home of the two largest sheet-fed printing presses in
NY State. ARES offers the entire spectrum of services inhouse, including CAD design, structural engineering, multi
color printing, specialty coating and effects, prototyping,
proofing, die-cutting, foil stamping, embossing, cellophane
windowing, folding, gluing, film laminating, hand assembly
and fulfillment. ARES serves the cosmetics, fragrance,
pharmaceutical, food/beverage, electronics, consumer
goods and personal/healthcare industries.
Reclaimed objects such as mattresses, steel tubing and
stained glass are mainstays in Susan Woods’ interior and
exterior sculptural designs, or as what the artist considers
‘functional art’. Aswoon – Susan Woods Studio works with
a multitude of designers, architects and major retailers
in creating sculptural prototypes for interior design and
architectural additions. “Green Design” in Susan Woods
Studio is the use of less harmful materials and processes
over traditional ones. Susan successfully employs creative
techniques in reducing the use of non-renewable raw
materials.
Aswoon/Susan Woods Studio
Susan Woods
718.858.7006
[email protected]
www.aswoon.com
www.susanwoodsstudio.com
# of employees: 2
Aswoon Susan Woods
A third year tenant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bien Hecho
makes customized cabinets and furniture, with much of
it from salvaged and reclaimed materials found in and
around New York City. At Bien Hecho, wood from discarded
water towers, doors, and sick trees are transformed into
well-designed chairs, tables and dressers. John Randall,
the sole proprietor of Bien Hecho, hopes to one day make
all of his pieces from these reclaimed materials, and looks
forward to increased coordination efforts in the collection
and storage of scrapped wood pieces throughout the
Navy Yard and the City.
Bien Hecho
John Randall
917.415.8272
[email protected]
www.bienhechobklyn.com
# of employees: 2
Bien Hecho
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Capsys Corp.
Bridge Cleaners
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Bridge Cleaners
Victoria Aviles
Building 74
718.625.4028
[email protected]
www.bridgecleaners.com
# of employees: 10
Capsys Corp.
Bill McShane
Building 2
718.403.0050
[email protected]
www.capsyscorp.com
# of employees: 80
Bridge Cleaners continually seeks alternative ways to
becoming a more sustainable dry cleaner. As a member
of the Green Cleaners Council, it employs wet cleaning in
its methods. It also uses water retrievers to re-circulate
excess liquids from its boilers and heaters for the cleaning
and steaming of its clothes and further invests in green
products, such as bio-degradable cleaning agents
and hydrocarbon dryers. In addition, Bridge Cleaners
distributes reusable garment bags to its customers and
embraces conservation throughout the work place.
Capsys Corp. manufactures steel framed non-combustible
modular homes entirely at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Since
1996, it has constructed over 2 million square feet of
housing units, which include hotels, multi-family buildings
and student housing that are transported in and around
the City. Capsys is currently completing modules for
Nehemiah Spring Creek Houses, an affordable housing
development in East New York.
Capsys incorporates LEED and Energy Star components
into the design of their prefabricated modules. Capsys
custom cuts elements to minimize waste and makes better
use of materials than traditional housing construction.
Using recycled materials further enables Capsys to make
more affordable and sustainable modules.
DeVore Fidelity
John DeVore
718.855.9999
[email protected]
www.devorefidelity.com
# of employees: 3
Box Furniture Company
Anthony Abbate
718.923.0809
[email protected]
www.boxfurnitureco.com
# of employees: 5
Box Furniture Company/
DeVore Fidelity
Devore Fidelity designs high-end premium speakers and
Box Furniture Company makes the speaker cabinets in
addition to its own fine furniture. Sharing their workspace,
both John Devore of Devore Fidelity and Anthony Abbate
of Box Furniture ensure their products are as sustainable
as possible. For example, Anthony uses bamboo plywood,
a rapidly renewable wood source, for many of the speaker
cabinets, recycles excess sawdust and scrap wood to
make new boards and uses mostly plant-based finishes.
John takes advantage of goods made by other Navy Yard
tenants to eliminate excess shipping. The collaborative
work between these two manufacturers help produce
high quality, environmentally sound audio equipment, as
well as a sustainable work environment.
December Box
Mark Williams
718.522.2500
[email protected]
www.decemberbox.com
# of employees: 3
December Box
Mark Williams of December Box is continuing his father
and grandfather’s legacy by earning a living at the historic
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mark is a designer, fabricator and
furniture maker working across multiple mediums. He
works mostly with solid wood that is Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) certified, as well as woods salvaged
from fallen or sick trees. Over the years, Mark has also
incorporated industrial salvage into the furniture he
makes. Wonderful cast iron pieces from machines dating
back to the Industrial Age can now be found adorning the
legs of some of Mark’s finished tables and benches.
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Elizabeth Kennedy
Landscape Architects
Duggal
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Duggal
Baldev Duggal
Building 500, Suites 4 & 5,
42-46, 62, 314 & 268
718.237.8900
[email protected]
www.duggal.com
# of employees: 50
For over 45 years, Duggal Visual Solutions has been an industry
leader in printing, computer imaging, wide format graphics, and
custom display services. In April 2008, Duggal launched EcoImaging,
a new product line offering sustainable alternatives for printing and
display materials. Duggal has also increased their UV and aqueous
printing technologies to be used in exchange for conventional
non-environmentally friendly solvent printing. EcoImaging was
introduced as part of a company-wide sustainability initiative,
which integrates recycling, waste reduction and use of recycled
materials in their production cycle. Duggal began its operations in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 2003, and continued to grow leading to
the development of a new LEED certified 60,000 square foot facility
called the Duggal Greenhouse. The Duggal Greenhouse will be a
living laboratory that combines art, commerce, and sustainability
providing a model for cutting-edge research and development in
sustainable solutions. Duggal has also designed and manufactured
the LUMI•SOLAIR, a wind-solar street lamp currently being installed
in over 90 locations in the Navy Yard.
EKLA
Elizabeth Kennedy
718.596.8837
[email protected]
www.eklastudio.com
# of employees: 8
Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architects (EKLA) works to
conserve and develop landscapes of civic significance. Best
known for its work on historic and cultural sites, EKLA has also
designed the landscaped areas at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Clinton
and Cumberland Avenue gates. The Design Commission of the
City of New York, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and
the Preservation League of New York State have recognized
EKLA’s work in sustainable design of interpretive landscape
and historic sites adaptation. The firm’s work in green roof
development, use of native and adaptive materials in historic
sites and infrastructure landscape restoration, and sustainable
storm water management have similarly been recognized for
innovation by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the
Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. Its design for a 105,000 green
roof for passive recreation is under construction and due for
completion in spring 2009.
‘Think local’ is the philosophy partners Robert Ferraroni
and Jeff Kahn have been upholding for over 19 years at
Ferra Designs, a fully equipped metal shop. From the
workers they hire, to the state-of-the-art equipment they
purchase, the owners of Ferra Designs have gone local.
One of those local purchases was the Flow Dynamic Head
Waterjet. In supporting local manufacturers, the compnay
has chosen a US made brand over a less expensive version
from abroad. The waterjet cuts metal, glass, and other
materials in fine accuracy, and at a substantially faster
speed. In doing so, the machine generates less waste
than conventional waterjets. In addition, all metal chips
and scraps the shop creates are recycled in a responsible
fashion and eventually reused. The partners continue to
be consistent in “designing with tools and materials that
are green and desirable.”
Ferra Designs Inc.
Robert Ferraroni & Jeff Kahn
718.852.8629
[email protected]
www.ferradesigns.com
# of employees: 15
Ferra Designs
Richard Weinstock, the owner of Hammer Time, has been
a woodworker for over twenty years. The tremendous size
of the New York housing market has allowed Richard to
develop a specialty in certain customized home furniture,
such as wooden radiator covers that are no longer found
in stores. To ensure that his products have minimal impact
on indoor air quality, Richard applies water-based finishes
which eliminate any gasses that arise from traditional
finishes. He also uses FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
certified wood in his products.
Hammer Time
Richard Weinstock
917.202.7123
[email protected]
www.hammertimestudios.com
# of employees: 1
Hammer Time
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Marc Ganzglass
IceStone, LLC
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IceStone LLC
Peter Strugatz & Miranda Magagnini
Building 12
718.624.4900
[email protected]
www.icestone.biz
# of employees: 60
Marc Ganzglass
Marc Ganzglass
202.297.3966
[email protected]
www.marcganzglass.com
www.lot-ek.com
# of employees: 3
IceStone’s mission is to create a product that fosters a
sustainable environment. The company manufactures
a beautiful, high design product that is used for kitchen
countertops, bathroom vanities, fireplace surrounds,
conference tables, reception areas, or anywhere you could
use mined stone. These slabs are made from 100% recycled
glass and cement which creates a highly durable concrete
surface. The product is the only surface in the world to
receive the gold level Cradle-to-Cradle certification from
McDonough Braungart Designs. IceStone’s factory is ecofriendly and filled with natural lighting. It also recycles
all its manufacturing water, uses soy-based lubricants in
its machinery and recycles its manufacturing waste into
road surfaces. The company is energy and water efficient
throughout the manufacturing process and its products
do not contain any petrochemicals or harmful materials.
A man of many hats, Marc Ganzglass is a fabricator,
engineer and project manager. Since relocating his
business to the Navy Yard in 2002 he has workd with New
York based artists, architects and institutions to realize
challenging projects, from film production to experimental
living environments. Focusing on green manufacturing
since graduate school, Marc has recently worked with Lotek, an experimental architectural design firm, to create
modular homes from used shipping containers. Works
with Lot-ek include the MDU, a modular dwelling unit
that transforms a used shipping container into a full sized
apartment that can be easily shipped around the world.
[email protected]
http://michellegreenesculpture.com
# of employees: 1
Monique Luchetti
Monique Luchetti
212.245.2355
[email protected]
# of employees: 1
Monique Luchetti
Monique Luchetti is an artist who primarily works with
recycled materials. She is often inspired by materials
that have been discarded but “have a life of their own”, as
they articulate a kind of social commentary, or convey a
personal history.  In a recent series of work, she made
exclusive use of recycled rugs.  As Monique extends her
lease at the Navy Yard, she will continue to creatively reuse
discarded materials in unconventional and artistic ways.
She strongly advocates for a coordinated Yard wide system
of waste management and recycling that will provide an
enormous opportunity for her and fellow artists, as well as
manufacturers, to conserve and reuse raw materials.
Michelle Greene
Michelle Greene
212.675.6142
Michelle Greene
Michelle Greene is an artist based at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, where she draws much of her inspiration for her
sculptures made mainly with recycled metal. She builds
her artwork around the themes of Greening and Recycling.
For a recent piece, Michelle salvaged old unused rail
tracks from the Navy Yard and transformed them into
bike racks that were installed at the Perry Building, the
Brooklyn Navy Yard’s first industrial building (on track for
LEED Gold). Michelle’s bike rack design is a reminder of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s history, as well as a symbol of its
ongoing revitalization and greening efforts.
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Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation
Debera Johnson
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.636.3690
[email protected]
http://incubator.pratt.edu
David Zachary
Incubator Space at BNY
# of businesses: 6
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David Zachary
Zachary Feltoon & David Wright
856.220.1424
[email protected]
www.DavidZachary.net
# of employees: 2
In Suite 515 of Building 280, up-and-coming entrepreneurs and designers are creating sustainable solutions
for everyday living. Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Solutions fosters the growth of promising
green manufacturers. Its move to the Brooklyn Navy Yard has provided the physical and intellectual space
for a group of young and talented graduates to develop and implement their ideas. In 2008, the fruits of
their ideas were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in an exhibition entitled “Design in the Elastic Mind”.
The growing success of the incubator is fostered by the exchange of information and ideas that take place
between these young businesses, and the guidance and resources from Pratt Design.
GreenMatter LLC, a design think tank, is one of the budding businesses at the incubator that is drawing up
eco-friendly blueprints to help other businesses become more green. David Zachary, Kevin McElroy, and
SMIT are examples of other businesses that are also currently exploring various sustainable innovations at
the incubator.
David Zachary is an Industrial Design firm headed by
David Wright and Zachary Feltoon, both graduates of
Pratt Institute. Their products consist of “good essential
designs” that are both elegant and utilitarian. The two
designers capture the potential found in discarded postmanufacturing materials, sometimes thrown out by their
Navy Yard neighbors. Their resourcefulness is evident in
their original design for the ‘DHB’ bench, pictured right,
which incorporates discarded off-cuts from a Brooklynbased window manufacturer.
SMIT
Samuel Cochran
718.399.4452
[email protected]
www.s-m-i-t.com
# of employees: 3
SMIT
SMIT stands for Sustainably Minded Interactive
Technology. It was started by siblings Samuel and Teresita
Cochran to develop new approaches and designs for solar
and wind energy. They are currently developing GROW,
a wind and solar energy system inspired by ivy, which
was first conceptualized in Samuel’s thesis project at Pratt
Institute. Similar to the way ivy sprouts alongside a wall,
GROW’s formidable mesh system could be draped over
sides of a building. As displayed at the Museum of Modern
Art, the GROW prototype demonstrated how its leaves
could be designed to capture both wind and solar power.
Kevin McElroy
Kevin McElroy
267.253.6266
[email protected]
www.kevinmcelroy.us
# of employees: 1
Kevin McElroy
Kevin McElroy specializes in product design and is
lending his expertise to help businesses become more
green. Currently, he has been helping a fellow Navy Yard
tenant, IceStone LLC, on designing sustainable display
and packaging systems while using another tenant, Ferra
Designs to make the designs’ prototypes. Kevin has redesigned IceStone’s shipping crates to use 30 percent
less wood than the company’s original version; his new
display concept incorporates recycled aluminum and
tires. These designs are more environmentally conscious,
and consequently better complements to IceStone’s own
eco-friendly products. As Kevin puts it, through smart
designs he “helps businesses realize their ideas in more
sustainable ways”.
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Robert Martin
Designs
NB Millwork
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NB Millwork
Alex Mlynarzcky & Martin Forster
718.625.2704
[email protected]
www.nbmillwork.com
# of employees: 2
Robert Martin Designs
Robert Martin
718.797.1183
[email protected]
www.robertmartindesigns.com
# of employees: 4
Alex Mlynarzcky and Martin Forster launched North
Brooklyn Millwork in 2006 with the vision to create a green
woodworking shop that incorporates sustainable practices
throughout its operations. The shop uses responsibly harvested woods for all its customized cabinetry and
furniture. NB Millwork uses cleaner materials including
seed-based oils, water-borne lacquer, and other waterbased finishes. The company reclaims discarded materials
from other Navy Yard tenants and reuses much of its own
wasted materials in packaging. Today, the shop continues
to grow based on the partners’ business philosophy: “We
think about conservation with innovative solutions”.
High-end designer furniture can be sustainable too. That
is definitely the case at Robert Martin Designs where
customers are always given eco-friendly options. The
company uses Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified
woods indigenous to the Northeast, as well as recycled
pieces extracted from abandoned log cabins, mills and
barns.
Recently, owner Robert Martin
has added the
manufacturing of durable and reusable trays made from
bamboo plywood, a rapidly renewable wood source, to
his furniture making. These one-of-a-kind trays are being
used by Mary Cleaver, a pioneer in the sustainable food
movement.
‘Waste not’ is the mantra for Scenic Corp., builders of largescale sets for television shows such as the Bad Boys of
Comedy on HBO and media events like the GLAAD Awards.
Built productions and unused materials hold great value
for the company. Yet, when it cannot reuse a particular set
or its parts, Scenic Corp. donates the items to Build it Green,
a building products salvaging outfit, or Material for the Arts,
a program that collects objects and redistributes them to
art programs and schools throughout the City. To further
reduce its waste, Scenic Corp. also gives spare materials to
local arts organizations, theaters and galleries.
Scenic Corp.
Kathleen O’Connell
Building 292
718.237.5333
[email protected]
www.scenicorp.com
# of employees: 6
Scenic Corp.
Schematic’s efforts in sustainability can be found in every
aspect of the business—from product to workshop.
Custom cabinetmaker and company owner, Eric Porter, has
exclusively used water-based and water-borne materials
in all of his commissions. In reducing big waste items in
the shop, Eric saves any unused wood for future projects
and reuses excess cardboard for packaging. Schematic has
called the Brooklyn Navy Yard home since 2004, and Eric
still continues to look for ways to be more sustainable as
he plans to upgrade equipment, improve dust collection,
and raise the overall health environment of the shop.
Schematic
Eric Porter
718.599.6093
[email protected]
http://schematicnyc.com
# of employees: 3
Schematic
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SurroundArt
Scott Jordon
Furniture
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Scott Jordon Furniture
Scott Jordon
212.620.4682
[email protected]
ScottJordon.com
# of employees: 11
SurroundArt
Gene Albertelli
718.852.4898
[email protected]
www.surroundart.com
# of employees: 50
Scott Jordan has been a green manufacturer for over 30
years. He has always felt strongly about minimizing the
amount of harmful chemicals and toxins, commonly used
in furniture production, in the furniture he makes. Scott
continually researches the materials used in his products
to ensure he does not expose his workers and customers
to harmful gases. Scott Jordon uses local sustainably
harvested woods and low Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOC) finishes in all its products.
SurroundArt specializes in a range of services that include
the installation, packaging, crating, shipping and storage
of fine arts. The company currently occupies 60,000 square
feet and has expanded into a newly constructed building
on Perry Avenue at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (on track for
LEED Gold certification). In addition to solar panels, the
building also exhibits the first wind turbines installed on an
industrial building in New York City. Its design incorporates
the use of rainwater in its toilets, energy efficient lighting
fixtures, and natural lighting and ventilation systems. The
three-story structure amasses 90,000 square feet and
will be the home of a museum resource center, or a onestop shop as an art conservation, packaging and storage
facility.
Urban Homecraft
George Evagelious
212.254.7758
[email protected]
www.urbanhomecraft.com
# of employees: 1
Urban Homecraft
George Evagelious of Urban Homecraft has developed
a particular expertise in the reclaiming and reuse of
salvaged woods. Ten years ago, as an apprentice, George
worked on the renovation of an Upper West Side home,
which included the reuse of wooden beams that George
extracted from the existing structure and then refurnished
into new kitchen cabinets, flooring and a table. Now in his
own shop, he has been commissioned to make shelves and
wall units from woods salvaged from houses undergoing
reconstruction. Furthermore, George only uses waterbased finishes and formaldehyde-free wood composites
that eliminate the offsetting of noxious gases.
Terry Design
Al Terry
917.416.4884
[email protected]
www.alterrydesign.com
# of employees: 15
Terry Design
Terry Design has evolved since it began as a general
construction company in 1989 into a specialized builder
of customized outdoor gardens and roof decks. Outdoor
contracting is a growing niche market in New York and the
company’s work has been featured in design and trade
magazines, such as Interior Design and Deck Contractor
Magazine. The shift from building rooftop open space to
sustainable construction was an obvious next step and
Terry Design has begun to use more specialized products,
including responsibly-harvested, domestic woods. In
the coming years, Terry Design plans to add green
roofs, windmills and solar panels to its growing green
repertoire.
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VOM Carpentry
vintageloftnyc llc
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vintageloftnyc llc
Mary Catalina
212.352.0275
[email protected]
www.vintageloftnyc.com
www.xpathandbags.com
# of employees: 2
VOM Carpentry
Owen Marshall
917.217.3095
[email protected]
www.vomcarpentry.com
# of employees: 1
Mary Catalina got into the vintage business to inspire
people. After starting vintageloftnyc llc 13 years ago, she
has started another venture, designer handbags made
entirely with “repurposed” fabrics. When textile items
are sent to vintageloftnyc, Mary finds a way to reuse and
incorporate them into another fashionable piece. Mary is a
part of a growing number of designers in the industry who
are finding ways to use recycled textiles. Materials from
old curtains, denim and other fabrics that are otherwise
thrown away can be found in Mary’s handbag design. To
her, “items are endlessly recyclable”.
VOM Carpentry is a strong advocate of sustainable design.
Specializing in custom woodwork for condos, apartments,
and private homes, owner Owen Marshall generally takes
on four to five large projects a year. In an effort to ensure
the processes are as sustainable as possible, Owen has
upgraded his shop to include energy efficient power tools
and dust collectors that immediately remove debris, which
reduces waste and allows for the easy disposal of wood
particles. VOM also uses Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
certified wood and water-based paint and finishes in his
products. Owen has proven to his customers that quality
does not need to be compromised in ecologically sound
products and that “the investment of time, energy and
resources in sustainable design is the best development
option for any project”.
Woodside Press
Andy Birsh
718.222.4560
[email protected]
www.woodsidepress.com
# of employees: 4
Woodside Press
Bower Publishing, or more widely known as Woodside
Press, is a traditional letterpress printing and typography
company. It specializes in small volume, high quality prints,
using both equipment and techniques that are rare in the
industry today. While some of its machines are handpowered, hand set types are reused again and again at
Woodside Press. “We work in a closed system”, owner Andy
Birsh explains. The same metal is melted down and reused
in the making of its typecasting. In addition, the company
exclusively prints on recycled paper with rubber-based
ink and uses highly miscible cleaning agents that are less
toxic. While Woodside Press employs traditional printing
methods, “it is surprisingly self-sufficient”, which translates
into less waste for the environment.
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The production of this directory was a collaboration of The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and
The New York Industrial Retention Network.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is owned by the City of New York and
managed by the not-for-profit Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. BNYDC leases space in the Yard, promotes
local economic development, develops underutilized areas and
oversees modernization of the Yard’s infrastructure. The corporation’s board of directors is comprised of leaders of Brooklyn’s economic development community. Established in 1801,
the Brooklyn Navy Yard served as one of America’s preeminent
military facilities for more than 150 years. Closed by the federal government in 1966, the City of New York subsequently assumed ownership and re-opened the Yard as an industrial park.
The New York Industrial Retention Network is a citywide
non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening manufacturing businesses, creating and saving well-paying manufacturing jobs and promoting environmentally-responsible
sustainable development.

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