【2011-6-13】
THE Pencil Factory, a new condominium building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has many selling points. Its public spaces include a crisply contemporary lobby, a spacious gym and a roof terrace with views across the East River to Manhattan that elicit gasps.
After embracing environmentally friendly construction, Martin Dunn, a developer of affordable housing in the city, made a frustrating discovery: the energy that he hoped to save with improved insulation ......