Here is a Green Building – the Times Star Building

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Gabriel’s Place News

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By Julie Irwin Zimmerman, October 30, 2012

Troy Frasier, a former Peace Corps volunteer with farming experience, had never heard of aquaponics before he began work at Gabriel’s Place in the place matters neighborhood of Avondale.

Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines raising fish and growing plants.

When Frasier learned about the system, he thought it made perfect sense for Gabriel’s Place, a multipurpose center that opened last year with community gardens, community kitchen and weekly farmer’s market. Frasier was looking for more ways to advance the place matters goal of increasing health and wellness in a neighborhood known as a food desert.