Green Cincinnati

Cincinnati Zoo Harold Schott Education Center, LEED Silver, Corner Erkenbrecher Ave. and Dury Ave., Cin., OH 45220, (Zoo address 3400 Vine St, Cin., OH 45220), get parking code from Chuck - The Center is at the corner of Erkenbrecher Ave. and Dury Ave, 45220.

We started making a list of all the most important LEED subjects and guess what? They are all at the Zoo. Enjoy:

Site
Zoo Entrance project area
Zoo Schott Center & Entrance light concrete

Water
Zoo Entrance pavers
Zoo Entrance pervious concrete
Zoo Schott Center raingardens
Zoo Go Green Garden plants
Zoo Entrance waterless urinals

Energy
Zoo Entrance solar PV
Zoo Entrance solar thermal

Material
Zoo Schott Center agrifiber, lineoleum
Zoo entrance decision to use metal structural elements

Indoor
Zoo Schott Center finishes
Zoo Schott Center operable windows
Zoo Schott Center clerestory windows

The new Go Green Garden demonstrates rain gardens and native plantings. Many of the buildings in the new planned Platinum LEED Entrance are completed. Check out the new solar PV array as well as the solar thermal hot water heaters for the rest rooms at the entrance. Continuing on the great experience of the LEED Silver Education Center the new entrance is going for LEED Platinum.
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Directions to Harold C. Schott Education Center at Dury and Erkenbrecker, 3400 Vine St., 45220. Review the Education Center and then head over to the new Entrance. LEED Final Reviews and Checklists will be available for those that contact Green Cincinnati 513-260-9025.

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is setting the lead in Green Zoos. One of their new parking lots has pervious concrete.  Zoo site.