Lower Price Hill Neighborhood Celebrates the Completion of New, Affordable Housing

Lower Price Hill Neighborhood Celebrates the Completion of New, Affordable Housing

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CINCINNATI, Ohio— After nearly 8 years of coordinated efforts, Community Matters, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, and residents of the Lower Price Hill neighborhood will celebrate the completion of the highly-anticipated Lower Price Hill Thrives affordable housing project. The Lower Price Hill Thrives project was created to address the lack of quality, affordable housing in the community, and with its completion, the …

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Why historic preservation is vital to building ‘green’

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From WVXU Published November 8, 2022 at 4:00 AM EST Terrace Plaza in 2021.png, Phil Armstrong, Courtesy, City Of Cincinnati This May, Cincinnati City Council voted 7-1 to deny local historic landmark status for the Terrace Plaza Hotel, saying such a designation would have limited what developers could do to the structure. Terrace Plaza opened in 1948 and was the first hotel …

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) has been awarded a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation through its Frankenthaler Climate Initiative

Contemporary Arts Center awarded Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

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Cincinnati, OH 10-26-22 – The The Frankenthaler Climate Initiative is the first grantmaking program of its kind that catalyzes climate change action at visual arts organizations. The grant will pay for an Investment Grade Audit to plan for the CAC to reach their 2030 District goal of reducing energy use by 50% by 2030. The grant initiative was established in …

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The Awakening

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2016 was the second celebration of the Awakening, the communication with the Elements and Universe allowed by Fungi. The first one for me in 2010 was not as successful as in 2016 because the communication conduits were harder to amass the required connections. This year I achieved all my goals. Next, I’ll teach others. The first life on Earth was …

Sand Battery

Sand Batteries May Be an Energy Saver

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By Mark S. Kuhar, Editor of ROCK PRODUCTS Magazine A town in Finland is using sand sand batteries to provide home heating during winter. Sand batteriehttps://green-cincinnati.com/sand-batteries-may-be-an-energy-saver/s, you say? Tens of thousands of cubic meters of sand are heated from the generation of electricity with solar panels or wind turbines. Packed tightly in insulated silos, the sand can retain this heat …

Aptera

Aptera Progress Webinar — June 2022

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On the heels of several notable supply chain agreements, a new round of fundraising, and a goal of ramping to full scale production in 2023, we’ll be hosting a live webinar and Q&A session on Tuesday, June 14th at 9:00am PT. Our Co-CEOs Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro will share details on our supply chain development, production ramp, and solar …

Bunge Residence LEED Certified Home in Cincinnati

What Do Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, IM Pei, Zaha Hadid and Annabelle Selldorf have in common with a Cincinnati LEED Platinum home?

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They were all influencers to the owners, Janet and Joe Bunge, whose design incorporates the aesthetics of all of these modernists. Janet took the lead on the project and through frequent meetings with the architect Mike Wentz and the design team at Aubrie Welsh Interiors, the home came to life. Blurring the lines between inside and outside is a major …

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Bunge Residence Virtual Tour

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LEED Platinum, New Construction, Residence in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH WHAT: LEED Platinum, Bunge Residence WHERE: Virtual Tour of Hyde Park Residence WHEN: Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022; 11 am to Noon, photos link to registration page Modern massing is paired with natural materials to create a home that balances clean lines and open spaces with traditional materials. While the house is quite modern in appearance, …