Here is a Green Building – Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center, University of Cincinnati

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The Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center received a National AIA Honor Award in 2006.Central Campus, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221

UC made a commitment to build to LEED Certification standards for all its new and renovated buildings.

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 Steger Center 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.

Fifth Third Bank Launches Recycling Pilot at 20 Greater Cincinnati Facilities

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Fifth Third Bank today initiated a recycling pilot project at 20 facilities in the Greater Cincinnati area, including 19 banking centers and a mid-size office building. The pilot builds upon recent expansions of recycling at Fifth Third’s Madisonville campus and downtown Cincinnati headquarters. The pilot project is helping the Bank prepare for a broader introduction of recycling to Fifth Third’s banking centers and offices in 2013.

Greensource CINCINNATI uses Schneider Electric Measurement and Verfication Equipment to reach LEED Certification

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The following is a press release about Schneider Electric most recent LEED Certified project. Greensource uses similar technology for their LEED Certification documentation.

Schneider Electric Announces LEED® Silver Certification for LaVergne, Tenn., Facility and Grand Opening of Experience Center
Silver certification commemorated during dedication event with company leaders, local dignitaries and business partners and grand opening of Schneider Electric Experience Center.

Cincinnati Bike Share – Study Recommends 35 Bike Share Stations Downtown, Uptown

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The City of Cincinnati has completed a feasibility study identifying the best way to implement a successful bike share program in the city. The study recommends 21 station locations in the Downtown/OTR area, and 14 stations in the Uptown area.

Station locations were determined through an analysis of potential demand based on where people live, work, play and shop, and the desire to travel between these places. Public input through a collaborative mapping website also played a significant role in determining the recommended station locations. The stations with the most public support included those at Washington Park, Fountain Square, Findlay Market, the Purple People Bridge, Union Terminal, and Government Square.

Cincinnati ReSource Nonprofit Help – Upgrade your agency’s furnishings

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Upgrade your agency’s furnishings or find just what you need to launch a new program. ReSource’s 23,500 sq. ft. warehouse in Sharonville, OH is packed with great inventory. Below is a sample of items just arrived.

Call us at 513.554.4944 if you have questions or visit the agency at 3610 Park 42 Drive in Sharonville. Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.

NASA Study shows common plants help reduce indoor air pollution

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Common indoor plants may provide a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. Those plants in your office or home are not only decorative, but NASA scientists are finding them to be surprisingly useful in absorbing potentially harmful gases and cleaning the air inside modern buildings.

NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) have announced the findings of a 2-year study that suggest a sophisticated pollution-absorbing device: the common indoor plant may provide a natural way of helping combat “SICK BUILDING SYNDROME”.

Elevated Indoor Carbon Dioxide Impairs Decision-Making Performance

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Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that moderately high indoor concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) can significantly impair people’s decision-making performance. The results were unexpected and may have particular implications for schools and other spaces with high occupant density.

“In our field we have always had a dogma that CO2 itself, at the levels we find in buildings, is just not important and doesn’t have any direct impacts on people,” said Berkeley Lab scientist William Fisk, a co-author of the study, which was published in Environmental Health Perspectives online last month. “So these results, which were quite unambiguous, were surprising.” The study was conducted with researchers from State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University.

ILSCO Corporation – United Nations 2012 Communication on Progress

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ILSCO Corporation participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project, effective 2012.
Improvements to reducing ILSCO Corporation’s environmental impact include the following:
• Installation of a solar array on roof of Cincinnati, OH facility
• Reduction in water consumption by 60% in Cincinnati, OH facility, reducing energy required to
process waste water
• Converting Cincinnati, OH facility to high efficiency lighting
• Electronic waste donated to local Goodwill Industries
Measurement of Outcome: ILSCO Corporation’s initial Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaire was
completed and submitted. The solar array on the roof of the Cincinnati, OH facility current offsets
approximately 2200 kW per month in the facility’s electrical consumption.

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ReSource Nonprofit Help – This week’s special … $2.00 doors … liquidating all door inventory

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Don’t see what you need to furnish your office in this flyer? Keep your eyes open next week (starting 10/15) for the first arrival of terrific office furnishings from the Omnicare relocation!

Upgrade your agency’s furnishings or find just what you need to launch a new program. ReSource’s 23,500 sq. ft. warehouse in Sharonville, OH is packed with great inventory. Below is a sample of items that just arrive.

This week’s special … $2.00 doors … liquidating all door inventory including shower doors, screen doors, etc. Get them before they are gone.

Call us at 513.554.4944 if you have questions or visit the agency at 3610 Park 42 Drive in Sharonville. Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.