3 Columbus CircleNew York City, NY10019

DESIGN + BUILD

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GARDEN WALLS

Garden or “green” walls are quickly becoming an essential amenity for the urban dweller. With cities growing ever more compact and densely populated, people appreciate the enjoyment and environmental benefits of having gardens and plants as part of their everyday indoor lives. Increased productivity, stress reduction, greater air quality, and the experience of beauty in one’s immediate surroundings are a few of the many benefits plants bring to a space.

Gaia Technologies creates custom indoor and outdoor garden walls, designed and maintained to sustain long and healthy lives while symbiotically bringing benefit to human wellness.

Hotels, Restaurants, Offices, Lobbies, Residential, Corporate, Retail, Events

Colonie Restaurant, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Our Design + Build approach fosters a creative process aimed at the development of stunning indoor floral and plant gardens as well as an overall ease of maintenance through smart planning and use of resources.

Through research and development, we design systems that provide additional benefits to all, including :

- Occupant health

- Building resource loads

- Local Food Production

Atrium Restaurant, Dumbo, Brooklyn

Private Residence, NYC

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Garden or “green” roofs are a vital resource in positively impacting the health of wellness of city dwellers. With growing interest and awareness there is an increasing demand for green roofs for multiple benefits: increased biodiversity, storm water retention and energy efficiency combine with worker productivity, health and wellness to be a valuable investment for any property.

Gaia Technologies creates custom indoor and outdoor garden roofs, designed and maintained to thrive while symbiotically bringing benefit to human wellness. Hotels, Restaurant, Office, Bar, Residential, Corporate, Retail, Parks, Events

KickStarter, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

GARDEN ROOFS

Through a “whole system” design approach, our products are thoughtfully created with the following in mind:

- Health and Wellness

- Resource and Energy Efficiency

- Plant and Wildlife ecosystems

- Sustainable materials and methodology

- Storm water retention and water mgmt..

Jane Street, West Village, NYC

Advisors

Christine Ra

Pursued her undergraduate studies at Columbia University where she was a Rabi Scholar for students who demonstrate exceptional promise in the sciences. She is the founder of RA Partners NY, a boutique real estate brokerage and advisory firm with a sustainability and community-oriented emphasis, that specializes in working with principals, investors and developers in the New York City market and from around the world.

Nathaniel Feeley

Studied Architecture at UC Berkeley and worked as a Landscape Design professional for almost a decade. Recently he has lean the Landscape Architecture and green roof division of a company in New York City for the past several years. Projects have included the design and construction of private terrace gardens, communal rooftops, and large scale green roofs and green walls.Nathaniel combines his passion of simplistic and func-tional design with his love for the outdoors and working with his hands.

FireDean Schilling

FireDean Schilling joins the Gaia team as an established NYC based green roof and green wall expert. For over 21 years, he has designed, installed, and overseen more than 100 urban landscape installations. His work has been written about in The New York Post and displayed on prominent New York City real estate websites. FireDean’s history of success is in keeping with Gaia Technologies’ own belief that space and design work best whenever keenly informed by nature.

Ricky Tucker

Received his education in Bio-Products / Systems Design & Engineering from the University of Minnesota, as well as Masters Degree of Industrial Design from Florence Design Academy in Italy. His experience as a professional snowboarder first introduced him to product development and design and has translated into his current work. Ricky has a background in prototyping and fabrication design in a variety of industries from medical products to home goods. These have prepared him to continue a lifelong passion for investigating the interaction between humans, products, systems and the environmental systems around us.

Veerle VandeweerdFormer Director of Energy and Environment, UNDP

Founder of The Gaia Institute, received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York/New York Botanical Garden Joint Program in Plant Sciences. Paul has decades of experience with enhancing, restoring, and constructing wetland and terrestrial ecosystems.

Under the Giuliani Administration, Myrvin became Chairman of the East Brooklyn Community Planning Board and Founder of the Committee to oversee the remediation of the landfill at Pennsylvania/ Fountain Avenues. The latter project is one of the largest and most successful landfill closure in New York City, at a cost of $350 million and covering over 325 acres in Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn/Queens.

Dr. Paul Mankiewicz Myrvin Garnett

TEAM

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All of our installations are carefully planned in concert with those we serve and with nature as our guide, creating beautiful installations that elevate the experience of a site.

From concept, to completion, Gaia creates each project with creativity and experience informed by over forty years combined on-site experience in horticulture design and installation.

Equally at home in the world of indigenous plants and their growers, as we are construction operatives and scientists; we deliver products and services that move beyond mere LEED certification, satisfying a new generation of sustainability that demands function, as well as the highest standards of form.

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Green Roof Benefits:

- 2.9% Average increase in worker productivity

- $13/sf Potential Real Estate Value (national average)

- 2.5%Increase in real estate value (national average)

- 30%-100% retention of stormwater during storm event up to 3.5"

- Average payback 6.2 years

Source : http://www.slideshare.net/greenpearl/adding-value-with-green-roofs-by-kirstin-weeks

NYC Green Roof Tax Abatement is $5.13/SF installed up to $200,000.