The Weekly Green

I think it would be a great injustice to my readers if I published a Weekly Green post this month and left out the grand opening of New York's first Green Depot. While Home Depot is laying off workers Green Depot is adding new employees to its roster. The green building supply store, which already has 15 locations, opened its doors to the public this month in New York City. Green Depot will contain the city's first and only zero-VOC paint bar, a resource and design center and a 3,000 square foot showroom.

Architecture firm Mapos LLC designed the space and anticipates LEED-platinum certification.

Green Depot's new location was previously home to the studios of artists Mark Rothko, Fernand Leger, and author William Burroughs.

images courtesy of Inhabitat

What is Green?
The Icon System
Green depot's icon system is designed to identify at a glance what constitutes a "green" product.

RESPONSIBLE MANUFACTURING
DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN JOBS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
WORKER PROTECTION
TRUTHFUL MARKETING

LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT
LOCAL BUSINESS STIMULANT

ENERGY-CONSERVING DESIGN
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
DAYLIGHTING
LOCAL

RECYCLED, RECLAIMED, REUSED
RAPIDLY RENEWABLE
PROTECTED/STEWARDED
NON-POLLUTING
DURABLE
WATER SAVER
WASTE REDUCER

NON-TOXIC
NON-ALLERGENIC
NO OR VERY LOW VOCs
NO COMBUSTION GASSES
NO PARTICULATES
MOLD FIGHTER
AIR PURIFIER
SOUND INSULATOR

For more information please visit their website www.greendepot.com