Please Join the RCDS Environmental Committee for an….
Eco-Conversation and Green House Tour with Judy Martin
“THE CREATION OF A SUSTAINABLE HOME”
Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Time: 8:30am
Location: The Meadow Home on Grandview, Rye
Fee: FREE
RSVP: Jung Chai, jungchai@verizon.net
Join us for a morning Eco-Tour, as Judith Martin, founder and principal of Rye-based, Green Home
Consulting, guides us through a recently completed and comprehensive “green home” renovation. Learn
what you can do in your own homes to curb energy use and eliminate/limit toxins, and how you can take
steps to alter your living space with an eco-minded eye.
Ms. Martin will guide us through the Medow home, detailing their particular eco-minded renovation and
suggesting both minor and major changes we can implement within our own homes. At the Medow home,
Ms. Martin will review the many green aspects of her renovation including their high performance building
envelope, renewable energy choices, water purification system and their choice in green building materials.
Judith Martin’s Green Home Consulting, LLC, based in Rye, NY, is a building consulting firm specializing
in sustainable home-building, green remodeling, energy efficiency and toxin remediation. Under Ms.
Martin’s guidance, Green Home Consulting coordinates the green aspects of renovation and construction to
help it’s clients achieve a more energy efficient and healthier, less toxic home created with the utmost in
comfort and style. Ms. Martin regularly works with clients with allergies and other chemical sensitivities.
Her expertise includes consulting on and managing everything from gut-home renovations and new
construction projects to offering “shades of green” plans which will increase your home’s energy efficiency
and decrease your family’s exposure to home and building-related toxins.
Ms. Martin graduated summa cum laude from Boston University and earned her MBA at Columbia
Business School. Following a successful career in finance which included 12 years as a senior investment
banker with Goldman Sachs & Co. concentrating on energy companies and financial institutions, she
became increasingly interested in sustainable building. Focusing upon the impact of development and the
environment, Ms. Martin honed her expertise through extensive industry-accredited workshops,
professional affiliations, significant research and green home building educational seminars and
conferences.
Currently, Ms. Martin served as a member of the Board of the New York League of Conservation Voters,
is an Associate Member of the Westchester Global Warming Task Force, and currently is a member of The
Environmental Advocacy Group of Rye, the US Green Building Council and the Northeast Solar Energy
Association (NESEA). She is also involved in the Mt. Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center
where she is an active member of their “Greening Our Children” annual fundraiser. Ms. Martin is a past
RCDS parent.
Kindly RSVP by February 3rd to Jung Chai, jungchai@verizon.net