The Green Building
The Green Building in Louisville, KY opened in the Fall of 2008 in the East Market District, the heart of NuLu.
Renovation of the 110 year old masonry structure, a former dry goods store, was commenced by owners Augusta and Gill Holland in spring 2007 when they decided to become the first commercial building in Louisville KY to go for LEED platinum certification (the US Green Building Council's designation of a sustainable building). The 15,000 square foot mixed use facility will house a street facing café called 732 Social from James Beard nominated Ton Brothers, The Green Building Gallery, event spaces, and an indoor-outdoor courtyard at the rear complete with a green wall vertical garden. The second and third floors house office studios for Sonablast! Records, Holland Brown Books and The Group Entertainment.
See the pictures from our amazing architect Doug Pierson from ferstudio to learn about all the green, environmentally friendly steps undertaken for this green building!
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Julia Christensen
Opening: December 5th, 2008 5- 9 pm
Through: January 30th, 2009
When you move out of your house, there's usually someone eager to buy it from you and make it their own. But what if you're moving out of one giant 100,000 square foot room?
In her book Big Box Reuse, and accompanying photographic exhibition, Julia Christensen takes us on a road trip across America to look at what becomes of the spaces superstores leave behind when they move out. These warehouse-like buildings have found their place in the built landscape since the first Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target stores opened in 1962.
Since the spring of 2004, Christensen has driven over 75,000 miles, visiting converted "big boxes" and meeting the people who are transforming these massive shells into useful structures for their community. She has documented what happened to the structures, the parking lots, and the surrounding communities. She has found out who wanted to reuse the buildings, why and how. What Christensen has discovered is that examining the big box building provides a wealth of information that will help us steer the future of our landscape with more informed decision-making processes. Among the things Big Box Reuse points out: despite the harmful construction of the big box, reuse is a powerful tool in the fight against the increasing dangers of sprawl. For every building that is reused, a new one does not go up; a monumental victory, as the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently indicated the energy used to destroy older buildings in addition to the energy used to build new ones could power the entire state of California for 10 years (LA Times, October 2008).
From churches, retail stores and charter schools to a courthouse, senior center and the Spam museum, Big Box Reuse shows the many practical reuses of buildings that initially seemed suited for one function.
Holiday Party at the Green Building
December 19, 2008
7-11pm
By DAVE LAVENDER
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- There really is nothing like seeing a film on the drive-in movie-sized screen at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.
The Greater Huntington Film ion wrapped up another great weekend of film last week during the fifth annual Appalachian Film Festival.
At the Saturday night awards ceremony at the Frederick, it was inspiring to listen to such prolific regional filmmakers such as Bill Richardson, of Williamson, W.Va. His "Crash Gordon," took second place in the features category.
Other winners included first place feature: "Tattered Angel," Will Benson, Cincinnati and third place: "Grilling Bobby Hicks," Tommy Wood and Marc Benton, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Documentary winners were first place: "Change Comes Knocking: The Story of the North Carolina Fund," Rebecca Cerese, Durham, N.C.; second place: "Mountain Top Removal," Michael O'Connell, Pittsboro, N.C. (Read full story)
By The Environmental Defense Fund
These tips are drawn from the Paper Printing and Publications Specifications and Guidelines, which Environmental Defense adopted in early 1998 to guide its office practices. Many of these steps can be undertaken by individual office workers, while others may be more appropriately carried out by an office manager or an organization's purchasing or procurement officer; even in the latter cases, however, motivated individuals can play an important role by bringing these preferred practices to the attention of the appropriate individual within their office, organization or company.
By Rick
The Ville Voice
While construction on what seems to be every project in town is at a standstill, it’s kind of amazing that the downtown arena just keeps rolling along. At the Arena Authority’s monthly meeting yesterday, there was plenty of buzz about efforts to add “green” features such as low-water toilets and high-efficiency heating and cooling.
Though officials said the cost of official green certification could add $3 million to the project’s cost, Jim Host wisely said the construction would move forward using green building principles and decide later whether or not it’s worth it to get officially certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Resources
The Acorn Awards Site.
Sustain Stores new online store open. Visit
Bernheim Forest Read about another Kentucky organization that has achieved the LEED Platinum certification. Visit
Sources of Green Products
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