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Weird. Sounds like they are considering only policies LABELED green. How about per capita car use v. public transportation & walking? How about per capita square footage? (Yup, small cool, is usually more energy efficient since you aren't heating and cooling all that space).
How about detached houses vs. apartments and attached houses? Might the list come out differently if they included things like this?

I love the outbox in theory, but where do you put it if you are in a small apartment? For a while I tried under my desk, but that made the desk unusable. Now I trip over it! I guess I just have to suck it up until I finish decluttering, but it makes me irrationally mad at it as I have to manoeuvre around it (unfortunately, decluttering, for me, is not a fast process). Am I the only one?

Looks great! Can you post a floor plan?

It's called "Apartment THERAPY" not Apartment Smackdown, or Apartment Fight Club. I first started visiting this site years ago bc it was a relief from the more hostile & aggressive design sites. When the atmosphere gets mean, I find myself visiting a lot less. So to me it's more than just a disincentive to share, it's a turn off to read. I strongly agree with those that point out the difference between constructive suggestions and insults.

I'm really glad you are working to address this and steer it back towards a more helpful & supportive tone. Thank you!

Looks great!

You've probably already checked this out, but just in case: parts of Greenpoint are situated over a major underground oil spill that happened long ago and never got cleaned up. I recommend you make sure you are not near the spill and that your soil is safe for growing food. If it isn't, I guess you could grow your veggies in containers?

I don't know if he goes to Manhattan, but there is still a selzer delivery guy in Brooklyn. He comes regularly to deliver more selzer and pick up the empties. The bottles are lovely old-school glass numbers, with the charger/spray nozzle thingy at the top..

No, unfortunately, I don't know this guy's name, I just admired his bottles at an aquaintance's house. Somebody must know how to find him?

Alan-propaganda or not, from a lighting design perspective, recent advances in compact fluorescents ARE different from the flickering overheads of old. For the good ones a) the human eye can't detect a flicker and b) they come in a range of color temperatures, including the same as incandescents.

AT: great plan! the more green info out there the better. And I second the suggestion that there be an emphasis on ideas that don't increase consumption, e.g., creative re-purposing of items we already have, etc.

I mentioned the "case study," not because of confusion about what it is (I'm a designer), but because it's a professional term. Non-professionals don't use their apartments to prepare for them for starting their own businesses (at least not in the sense you are talking about). The main appeal of this contest to me is seeing real-world, regular people's creative space solutions, and making them compete against professionally-designed spaces undermines that.

That said, looks like you do great work, and I like the way you approached the space and cost issues. And I appreciate your honesty. Good luck to you!