According to an email I just got, there’s finally an alternative to U-haul for space-challenged Brooklynites. It’s Hall Street Storage and it’s calling itself Brooklyn’s first green storage space using renewable energy for 100% of its electricity.

Hall Street has self-storage and warehouse storage and is located near the Brooklyn Navy Yards and the Steiner Studios.
So what else makes them green?
According to an email that I got: they used the wood beams that were removed during renovation of its building and made them into wood shavings as a green alternative to bubble wrap for packing material.

Located in a 1918 historic building, Hall Street Storage has restored and renovated the space make it environmentally viable. They’ve re-purposed as much as possible and are using the antique wood from the remodeling of the building used by local artisans and carpenters for flooring and furniture.
To top that: This company has also formed a foundation for the further greening of Brooklyn. The owner is a Brooklyn native and, according to the email, "he’s enthusiastic about the neighborhood and about being green within it."

The great thing is that this is a company doing the right thing for the right reasons. In addition to an extensive employee education program on environmental issues, they are  giving or buying at cost things like CFL bulbs and environmental cleaners to help employees go green at home;

They are using only green cleaners itself and other environmental details that add up big when talking about a facility of this size.

About their renewable energy: it is certified by Green-E, the strictest certification for environmental standards in the country; that differs from just any renewable energy program and elevates its use quite considerably.

Apparently, the owners have become obsessed with green things, like many do when they start taking green action.  They are putting out money in a big way with their green efforts at this point (renewable energy for a building that does things like cold storage adds up to 3,200 MWh.

This is a committed green business that’s doing their business in a sincere, smart, and green way.