Green Roofs and Pervious Pavements: Are they right for your site?

ChuckLohreGreen Learning Station

Green Roofs and Pervious Pavements: Are they right for your site?
Public Event · ByCivic Garden Center

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
6:00pm until 8:00pm

There are exciting options on the market for keeping rain where it falls. Pervious pavements send water into a gravel bed and then the ground. Green roofs absorb rain and insulate buildings. Both types of infrastructure are visually captivating and long lasting. But will they work at your home, school or office? Learn from experts in the fields of green roofs, pervious paving and landscaping to help decide if these green infrastructure options will work on your property.
Instructors: Wes Duren, Marvin’s Organic Gardens, Steve Keller, Reading Rock, Rose Seeger, Green City Resources
Cost: $10, free for CGC volunteers

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2012 USGBC LEED for Homes Awards announced at Greenbuild

ChuckLohreLEED for Homes, U.S. Green Building Council

The projects awarded this year spotlight affordable housing. Another important feature awarded was multi-family developments. Cincinnati is lucky to have a perfect example of a Green community in Over-The_Rhine. In 1850 Cincinnati was one of a few cities worldwide in rapid expansion. It might not look it now, but in 1850 it was an example of a very high quality building and transportation system. Thanks to Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation and many other partners is strengthening the core assets of Cincinnati’s urban infrastructure by creating diverse places to live, work and play. Just like the 1850s! Maybe we’ll get an award someday from the USGBC.

Here is a Green Building – the Times Star Building

ChuckLohreTimes Star Building

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project presents the Times Star Building

Hamilton County’s first Green project, 800 Broadway, Cincinnati, OH 45202

The County purchased the Art Deco-style building (designed by the Cincinnati architectural firm Samuel Hannaford & Sons) in the late ‘80s to house county offices and Juvenile Court.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

The Times Star building is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.

North College Hill Middle-High School Achieves LEED Platinum

ChuckLohreCPS North College Hill Middle-High School

From Building Cincinnati http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2012/11/nch-school-becomes-ohios-third-countys.html NCH school becomes Ohio’s third, county’s second LEED Platinum North College Hill’s Middle-High School building has achieved LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the third education facility in the state and the second in the county to earn the honor. Completed in 2010 and designed by SFA Architects, the 198,000-square-foot building …

Here is a Green Building – Griffin Hall College of Informatics

ChuckLohreGriffin Hall College of Informatics, Northern Kentucky University

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project presents Northern Kentucky University Griffin Hall College of Informatics
500 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099

NKU’s first LEED Project inspired by namesake

The new home of the College of Informatics demonstrates more environmentally friendly computer cooling systems.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Northern Kentucky University Griffin Hall College of Informatics is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.

Here is a Green Building – Clark Montessori

ChuckLohreCPS Clark Montessori

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project presents:

CPS has the most LEED Certified schools in the U.S.
3030 Erie Avenue, Hyde Park, OH 45208

Cincinnati Public Schools worked closely with the neighborhood to create a school that blended into the site and preserved open space.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Clark Montessori is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.

Here is a Green Building – Cincinnati Zoo Entry Village

ChuckLohreCincinnati Zoo

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project presents:

The “Greenest Zoo” in the U.S.
3400 Vine Street, Clifton, OH 45220

The 1.6 Mega Watt solar panels are on track to generate at least 20 percent of the Zoo’s electricity.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Cincinnati Zoo Entry Village is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.

Here is a Green Building – EarthConnection

ChuckLohreEarthConnection

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project 

An early pioneer of sustainable building design
370 Neeb Road, Delhi, OH 45233

EarthConnection opened in 1991 as a center for learning and reflection about “living lightly” on Earth.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

EarthConnection is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.

Here is a Green Building – Fire Station No. 51, City of Cincinnati

ChuckLohreCincinnati Fire Station No. 51, City of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project 

The first City of Cincinnati LEED Gold Project
5800 Hamilton Avenue, College Hill, OH 45224

In 2007 the City of Cincinnati made a commitment to construct all new city buildings to LEED Certification.

The Green Learning Station of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati will showcase a proposed Green Building signage project in a display at Park+Vine Nov. 30 – Jan. 24, 2013. An opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 – 6 to 8 p.m. at Park+Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

The Fire Station No. 51 is one of the buildings that are part of the Cincinnati Green Building Signage Project. The following are some of the sustainable features of the building.