The Sacramento Habitat for Humanity earned LEED Platinum certification for this home by focusing on strategies to conserve water.
Net Zero, LEED Platinum Economical Housing
West O‘ahu Community is Model for Sustainable Living El Paso, TX (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 Kaupuni Village, constructed by Hunt Companies, Inc. as the nation’s first net-zero affordable housing project, has achieved LEED Platinum Certification in the LEED for Homes Rating System. Kaupuni Village was planned and developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) as a model for …
Get a Jump on the Season: How to build and use cold frames and low hoop tunnels
Harvest cool weather crops sooner this spring by protecting them from the weather with a cold frame or low-hoop tunnel. In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to design and build a system that will work for your vegetable garden. You will also learn strategies for using hoop tunnels and cold frames successfully, and ideas for where to find materials at low cost.
“Good government” proposal to change to 4-year terms
Dear Cincinnati Resident,
I love advocating for “green” issues on Cincinnati City Council and will continue to work hard as your environmental champion. Like you, I don’t like waste. I need your help changing the system I believe wastes everyone’s time and resources and makes our city government inefficient—running council elections every 2 years.
Schickel Design’s “City Home Cincinnati” Townhouses Sold Out Before Completion
Since 2006, Schickel Design Company has led the transformation of the 1400 block of Pleasant Street in historic Over-the-Rhine. Called City Home Cincinnati, the multi-phase project is located in an area that has long been noted for…
Green Building Tour of Cincinnati May 2, 2012
Tentative date for a tour of the Green Buildings around Cincinnati. A great way to see for yourself what the Green economy has to offer and how it is changing Cincinnati.
Corbett House Kitchen Auction June 13, 2012 Bidding Starts
June 16, 2012 preview at Everything But The House, 10 to 3 on Saturday. June 17, 2012 bidding closes at 4 p.m. June 11, 2012 bidding starts, URL available to see on line, June 20, 2012 pick up. In 2010 we salvaged the entire Corbett House kitchen for a planned LEED home project. It was designed by John deKoven Hill. The …
Cincinnati Zoo LEED Platinum Tour and Energy Modeling Presentation
Cincinnati Zoo Green Building Tour and Energy Modeling Presentation – Learn how they achieved LEED Platinum for the Entry Village.
Feb. 29, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the 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.
Boulter House Energy Audit, Tour and Energy Modeling
Mar. 28, 2012 – Historic Clifton Home Seeking LEED Certification – Two events at 1 Rawson Woods Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45220: 1. Energy Audit Noon to 4 p.m. – Performed by HOUSH The Home Energy Experts, approved contractor for the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance, – They will inspect the home and HVAC system, check combustion appliances and conduct a blower …
greensource CINCINNATI Tour & Energy Modeling Presentation
Feb. 1, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at greensource CINCINNATI, 19 East 8th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. There is no charge for the tour and presentation but we do ask you to RSVP to Green Cincinnati [email protected], 513-260-9025, 126A West 14th St., Cincinnat, OH 45202 by Jan. 25, 2012. The first hour will be a tour of the building …