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Habana Outpost: An Eco Restaurant Grows in Brooklyn

by Bridgette Meinhold, 09/07/10


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The Habana Outpost, which started in 2005, features a $40,000 solar installation on its outdoor patio. The array is grid-connected and feeds in power to surrounding buildings when the Outpost’s power demands are low. Over the years, customers have put in their two cents about other projects the eco-eatery could work on to make it more sustainable.

Since then, the restaurant has set up a bike-powered blender, a rainwater collection system, composting and recycling stations, efficient lighting, compostable plates and silverware, a garden, and wheatboard panels inside the restaurant. They also have a fascinating solar chandelier that uses sunlight focusing panels mounted outside the store to suck in light through fiber optic cables.

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2 Responses to “Habana Outpost: An Eco Restaurant Grows in Brooklyn”

  1. brie987 brie987 says:

    Wow going there this Thursday!!!!!

  2. marci1er1 marci1er1 says:

    I will like to thank all the employees from Havana Outpost, because they are very important part of this restaurant too, The idea from the solars panel and rainwater collection system is great is phenomenal for our planet. Thank you to the owner and his great team, specially Elvis Yancarlo Rosa, he is working hard for this place.

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