For more ideas on how YOU can give back to the community, save time and money by reducing your resource consumption, and identify other ways to lessen your impact on the environment at home or at work, please contact me for a consultation.
 
Rolling Thunder's Green Building Division specializes in assisting clients build and/or remodel their projects while keeping Sustainability, Health, Energy Efficiency and the bottom line in mind. Our credentials include Certified Green Building Professionals/Green Point Raters from Build-it-Green.

Additional services include consulting, energy audits, green interior design, and educating contractors, consumers, and business owners about sustainability. 

Check out the preliminary version of our new Green Building video here.

Whirlpool Green Kitchen
Here's further proof that green design doesn't have to compromise on style as showcased by Whirlpools ultra sleek eco kitchen prototype, which was unveiled at Milan's Design Week.  The intelligent kitchen is inspired by a natural ecosystem and is designed to be 70% more energy efficient than a standard kitchen and 25% cheaper. How? The system takes heat from the refrigerators pump to warm the dishwasher, it calculates how much water is needed for each cooking task and then filters all the cooking and sink water and stores it later for use in the dishwasher...now that's smart. If only it could clean itself too! We like WHIRLPOOL GREEN KITCHEN.

Everybody could do with a little more sun in their interior space. Parans day lighting systems has developed a way to truly bring the sunshine indoors via cool high tech fiber optic systems. Sunlight is collected via solar panels and transferred to luminaries designed to mimic natural sunlight via fiber optic cables. Parans claim that the sun lighting could increase productivity in workplaces by 16% and reduce electricity consumption by as much as 20%. Check out the video here.

Save Power At Home: Green Your Bicycle!
Power to the pedals.  The quest for the perfectly green charging device might be over. The Ewerks power charging creation consists of a tiny generator within the wheel hub of your bicycle that produces electricity while you pedal. You could then charge your cell, camera, MP3 on the go. With multiple adaptors available, the charging possibilities are endless, so long as you have the stamina! We like E-WERK.

Gotham Greens: Rooftop Farmers Market
With Farmers Markets springing up all over town in a bid to feed the nations appetite for healthier food why not get frugally sustainable and grow your own edible garden. Whether you go all out and rip up your front lawn, or just plant a little thyme on your terrace, you'll be on your way to a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. 

Gotham Greens took the concept further, bigger and better in New York City and won the New York Green Business Competition with its plans to build a 12,000ft hydroponic roof top garden, on top of a church in Jamaica Queens. The garden will utilize 200 square feet of solar panels and recycled rainwater gathered in a huge cistern to power the water based soil free method of farming. The farm will produce 30 tons of fruits and vegetables every year and will be delivered locally in bio diesel vans. We like GOTHAM GREENS.