SHP Leading Design

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4805 Montgomery Road- Ste 400, Cincinnati, OH 45212 Cool LEED Features: – Work spaces around the outside of the floor space for daylighting and views – Sloped ceilings to bring the daylight deep into the office – Computer controlled shades that assist in energy efficiency documentation From the SHP web site, “Utilizing daylight was a major focus. “The open floor …

Emersion Design LEED feature

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This is the eighth tour in conjunction with our LEED AP Exam course. The 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Oct. 19,  tour promotes the local Chapter of the USGBC and is open to the public at no charge. We encourage you to join the Chapter or consider company sponsporship. 1775 Mentor Avenue, Ste. 202 Cincinnati, Ohio 45212 From Emersion’s web site, …

LEED 2009: A quantum leap in inclusiveness

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The new handbook is bigger, better organized and chock full of real-life case study examples complemented with many new, easy-to-comprehend illustrations. In fact, it’s now all inclusive. For example, many of the questions concerning earlier Credit Interpretations Requests have been integrated into the handbook. And the new system recognizes built environment professions such as engineers and landscape architects offering them …

Rom-Aire Solar Air Thermal Panels

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160, 4′ x 8′ Rom-Aire air-type solar thermal panels are offered for sale. Perfect for a LEED school or commercial building. These panels use the sun to heat air as it flows through the panels. Contact Green Cincinnati. (11-30-19 301 redirect created)

UC CARE/Crawley Medical Science Building

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CARE/Crawley UC Medical Science Building, LEED Registered (going for Gold), 3255 Eden Ave., Cin., OH 45219 at the corner of Sabin and Eden Drives, parking garage across the street. LEED Highlights: – Extreme sun shade on west side of cafeteria – Partially heated or cooled atrium – Conference Room Huts in partially tempered space – Round ducts – FSC cherry …

Art Academy of Cincinnati

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Cincinnati Art Academy, LEED Certified, 1212 Jackson Street, Cin., OH 45202, 513-562-6262 LEED Highlights: – Development Density – Building Reuse: combined a warehouse and a printer’s buidlings – Innovation Credit for Urban Revitalization – Project Boundary definition – Bringing daylight down into the building via Light Monitors – Walk over and check out one of the first Cincinnati pervious paver …

Green Marketing Seminar

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Learn how to use Google, Analytics and AdWords to make your marketing the Greenest ever – Paperless and with trackable ROI. Seminar is offered by Lohre & Associates, Inc. Marketing Communications, parent company of Green Cincinnati Education Advocacy. It starts with knowing how your customers find you on the web. In this 2 hour seminar, you’ll take away your own …

Joseph Steger Student Center LEED features

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Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center on UC’s campus, LEED Certified, In the center of the campus 45221 Some significant LEED features of the Student Center – Long narrow east/west orientation – Extensive external sun shading – Light colored roof material – Final Review – adhesive and caulk lesson – Comprehensive educational posters (11-30-19 301 direct applied)

NY Times Picks on LEED

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A front page article from The New York Times (August 31, 2009) takes aim at easy criticisms of LEED, namely picking on individual points for landscapes with native plants and architecture featuring floor-to-ceiling windows. How we wish the article would have included a discussion of a basic LEED structure’s most significant attribute — the fundamental commissioning prerequisite. Photo of Dovetail …