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The
Green
Line
Green
Architecture -
referred to in a broader context as
"sustainable" design is the outcome of creating
the most energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly
building possible, by using such things as double paned
windows, hay bale-insulated walls, advanced heat movement
and airflow design, low compact building location and
"sustainable" construction techniques, solar panels, garden
roofs, and renewable building materials.
Green
Garage Goes Up in Ravenswood
One of the city's latest green
projects was designed by Josh Pincus and Claudia Mendelson
of Chicago-based
MPink Design LLC, a a full range design
architectural service. The owners of a dilapidated two-car
garage needed to remove the existing building and wanted to
downsize. The current garage took up too much of the yard
needed for organic gardening.
All project decisions are
based on ecological and environmental principles. This
includes the construction and material selections of the new
garage as well as the disposal of the old. The new one-car
green garage consists of a roof deck with deep planters for
growing vegetables, and the green roof is planted with
sedum. Vines will grow up cables on the garage walls. Water
collection will occur with specific placement of rain
barrels and rain chains.
This green garage embodies a
consciousness that MPink strives to achieve in all of their
projects.
Greenway
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Lincoln
Hall Earns LEED Gold
UIC's latest major
construction project, the renovation of Lincoln Hall, was
expected to earn Silver certification under the US Green
Building Council's LEED-NC rating system. Due to factors
like the building's energy- and resource-efficient design,
use of environmentally friendly materials, and the
surrounding landscape's water conservation program, the
project was able to earn a Gold certification, making it one
of only ten Gold projects in Chicago under the same LEED-NC
(New Construction) rating system. Read more about Lincoln
Hall's Green Features at
http://sustainability.uic.edu/initiatives/buildings.html.
Net-Zero
Energy Subdivision Proposed for Chicago Suburb
Architectural
Record
A newly formed company thinks
the beacon that will attract homebuyers to its patch of dirt
in New Lenox isn't a clubhouse or walking paths, the extras
that ...
From Your
Kitchen to Michigan Avenue: Refrigerators and Art Converge
CHICAGO, August 1
/PRNewswire/ -- Beginning Monday, pedestrians
along Michigan Avenue will be in for a cool surprise when
they encounter a new art exhibit sponsored by ComEd: Fine
Art Fridges. The display, which runs through September 15,
features recycled refrigerators that have been transformed
into works of art. Fine Art Fridges depicts themes ranging
from Chicago architecture to a celebration of flowers. In
one of the pieces, artist VooDoo Larry Grobe has transformed
a vintage 1950s Philco fridge into a jazzy "VooDoo Hot Rod."
In another, Nicole Beck celebrates wildlife in a mosaic
tribute to endangered life in the Gulf of Mexico. Nine
pieces designed by Chicago-area artists will be displayed on
the sidewalk along the Magnificent Mile between Chicago
Avenue and Illinois Street.
The exhibit was created to
raise awareness for ComEd's Appliance Recycling Program,
through which ComEd will haul away your old, second working
refrigerator or freezer free of charge. In return, customers
receive $25.00 per appliance. To date, the program has
removed more than 43,000 inefficient appliances from the
market.
"Fine Art Fridges is a fresh
approach to our ongoing efforts to educate our customers
through our Smart Ideas (sm) portfolio of options that can
help customers save money by becoming more energy
efficient," said president and COO Anne Pramaggiore. "Many
households have an extra working refrigerator or freezer in
their basement or garage. What they may not know is that
older refrigerator appliances can use up to five times more
energy than their energy-efficient equivalents. Continued
usage of an older model can result in $150 per year in extra
electricity costs."
The specific Michigan Avenue
exhibit locations are:
To learn more about ComEd's
Fine Art Fridge exhibit, Refrigerator Recycling Program,
please visit:
www.comed.com. For energy saving tips, please visit
www.comed.com/smartideas.
Greening the
city, one roof at a time
Chicago
Tribune
In fact it was just the
opposite: photographs of the climate-cooling green roofs
planted atop some of Chicago's most important buildings,
including City ...
Chicago's plan
to convert an Underground ...
(ABC7.com
Green Content)
By B
Kessler | greenrightnow.com
And Ken Dunn, once
voted Chicago's greenest man. He is a renowned expert in
urban architecture and city scale composting. “Most of my
thoughts come to me in the dark of night,'' she said. “ It
is not self-evident that they will resound ...
Urban Garden &
Terraces Grace Rooftop Deck For Chicago Senior Living
Project
Senior
Housing News (blog)
... senior living
architecture and design but what happens when there is no
room to create a garden in an urban setting? In Chicago, you
head to the roof. ...
Building a
Urban Prefab: Some Things Never Change
Treehugger
In Chicago, Jeff Sommers of Square Root Architecture is
trying to build a green urban prefab. (He has designed the
C3 Prefab, shown in this post) But ...
Chicago
Following a Greener Path
By Sarah
| Powered Green's Blog
This includes the development of land conservation, efforts
driven by the Chicago Department of Environment, and many
more environmentally friendly projects. Amongst these are
the significant advances in green space and architecture ..
ENERGY SMART
HOME BUILDERS JOINS THE LEED FOR HOMES
GREEN
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Local home
builder to bring net zero energy production homes
Press Release, April 22, 2010
– New Lenox, Ill. The Alliance for Environmental
Sustainability (AES) is proud to welcome Energy Smart Home
Builders of New Lenox, IL as a participant in LEED for
Homes. LEED for Homes is a national third-party
certification system for energy efficient, healthy, green
homes. Energy Smart Home Builders, founded by Phil and Jim
Regan, are planning to develop Prairie Ridge Estates, a
community of 132 net zero energy homes using solar panels,
geothermal power, wind turbines and other technologies.
AES will be providing support
and the third-party testing and verification for the green
homes.
While net zero energy homes
have been constructed previously, this is the first planned
community of custom-designed net-zero energy single-family
homes. More importantly, it marks the first time that
thecost to develop a home of this type is comparable to
traditional construction costs. “These homes have been built
before, but at a cost of three to five times higher than
traditional construction. That is not something the average
home-buyer can afford,” said Jim Regan, president of Energy
Smart Home
Builders. “We’ve pushed the
boundaries of construction and energy efficiency and, with
our partners, are proud to have created plans for the
country’s first community of affordable sustainable homes.”
Designed by architect John
Stanton, these homes are quite different than traditional
homes and, as a result, consume energy differently and more
efficiently. “This is an incredible opportunity,” says
Stanton, “to lower – or even eliminate – utility costs for
future homeowners and reduce the impact on the environment
through smart design and construction. These homes have been
in the planning process for more than a year and we’re
excited about getting started.”
Prairie Ridge Estates will
consist of 132 LEED‐certified homes, starting at
approximately 2600 Sq ft in size, all including Energy Star
appliances, individually custom‐designed to account for
passive and active solar energy, wind directions and
enclosure issues such as window placement.
A participant in the Department of Energy
Builders Challenge and the Energy Star Program; Energy Smart
Home Builders are proposing to break ground next month and
expect construction of model homes to be completed later
this year.
For more information about Energy Smart Home
Builders or Prairie Ridge Estates of New Lenox, please visit
www.NetZeroDevelopment.com.
More thoughts
on Frank Gehry and green architecture
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
The blogosphere
continues to buzz over Frank Gehry's remarks in Chicago last
month about green architecture. Here's Fred Bernstein
responding to Susan ...
The Art Institute of
Chicago's Modern Wing
Modern Wing
Wins Green LEED Certification
Examiner.com
And we are also very
grateful to the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
and Exelon Corporation, the Green Architecture Partners of
the Modern Wing. ...
Ten years of
green roofs in Chicago: Mayor Daley's green thumb and iron
fist ...
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
So here are credits for the roofs and buildings pictured in
this story: Willis Tower energy retrofit--Adrian Smith +
Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago. ...
REAL OR
NOT, CONCERNS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
MOTIVATE
STUDENTS TO GO GREEN
Harold
Washington College Architecture Students Design Green Roof,
Establish
Legacy for Future Generations
(Press Release Chicago, March
16, 2010, IL) -- As scientists, pundits and politicians
argue over whether global warming really is something to
worry about, Architecture students at Harold Washington
College are taking steps to clear the air. They’ve designed
a Green Roof for their college. “I think it’s the right
project at the right time,” said John Madsen, Architecture
Instructor at the college. The students have 30,000 square
feet of open space to work with, creating one of the largest
green roofs in downtown Chicago.
The students’ design includes
a greenhouse, native grasses, trees, outdoor classrooms, a
composting system and a weather station. But, this project
is more about passion than architecture. “These students are
environmentally aware,” said Madsen. “They want to sow the
seeds for the next generation of students.”
The Architecture students had
just three weeks to come up with designs and plans. They
came early in the morning before classes began and gave up
their weekends to work on the project. “I’ve set the bar
really high and told them they had to perform at a
professional level,” said Madsen. “They are challenging each
other to do better.”
The students built a wooden
scale model of Harold Washington College and the surrounding
skyscrapers. They did a digital sun analysis of the rooftop,
determined how much rainfall can be expected, calculated
wind conditions, studied bird habitats and determined the
urban “heat island” effect would be greatly reduced by a
green roof. “We have a chance to reconstruct our natural
environment in Chicago,” said Eliza Bober, Architecture
Tutor at Harold Washington College.
For more information contact
Greg King, Director of Public Relations at Harold Washington
College: (312) 553-6093 or
gking20@ccc.edu
Piano's Modern
Wing in Chicago Earns LEED Silver
Architectural
Record
The Art Institute of Chicago's
Modern Wing, which already has won its share of critical
plaudits since opening last year, can now tack on another
...
Exec gladly
going green
Chicago Sun-Times
... it in a 1999 interview for the Chicago History Museum. I
have retained italicized words from the transcript: "Most
people don't understand architecture. ...
Adrian Smith +
Gordon Gill Hatch Massive Plan to DeCarbonize Chicago
Inhabitat (blog)
... architecture firm
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (AS+GG) recently completed the
investigation phase of a massive plan to “decarbonize”
Chicago's Loop. ...
South Shore
Goes Green: Green Bungalow Block Update
Construction has begun on the
HCBA’s model bungalow on the 7600 block of South Cregier,
the fourth “Green Bungalow Block” to demonstrate
cost-effective ways to “go green.”
After similar programs in Chicago Lawn, Auburn Gresham and
Hermosa, HCBA will fully restore the SouthShore model home
and make it energy efficient with generous grants from the
federal government through the City of Chicago, and our
private partners the Illinois Clean Energy Community
Foundation and Bank of America. The home will serve to
showcase affordable improvements from eco-friendly
insulation to wood restoration.
In addition to learning about possibilities for rehab,
other bungalow owners on the block will be eligible to
receive grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to make their
homes more energy-efficient. In the past, homeowners have
used these grants to replace inefficient heating and cooling
systems, repair windows, doors and roofs and add insulation
to attics, walls and basements.
“The model bungalow is a great way to show bungalow and
other historic home owners what they can do,” said Faith
Foley, Assistant Director of the Historic Chicago Bungalow
Association. “We’re excited to show the full potential of
this great bungalow and make it both affordable and energy
efficient.”
The energy savings from improvements like those in the model
bungalow can be big. In Chicago Lawn, homeowners on the
first Green Bungalow Block report savings of approximately
$100 per month on their energy bills. Each year, in
partnership with the City’s Department of Environment,
Department of Community Development and the Illinois Clean
Energy Community Foundation, the Historic Chicago Bungalow
Association helps bungalow owners across Chicago see energy
savings through energy$avers Grants.
Article from
chicagobungalow.org
A Massive Plan
to "Decarbonize" Chicago
By Andrew Price |
GOOD
Blog
The architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill are working
on a massive plan to "decarbonize" Chicago's Loop. The
project incorporates a halt in new building; a retrofit of
half of the area's existing structures; an effort to bring
...
Downtown
Waukegan Student visions put Genesee on green path
Waukegan News Sun
We're basically aiming it
toward students, (and) the mayor asked us to go green," said
Saenz as she described the architectural renderings for
visitors ...
World events
that change the game
Vancouver Sun
They have created lasting
civic spaces through an architectural legacy of buildings,
monuments, and infrastructure -- and their messages have
lived on ...
Clybourn Point
Condos Shine Brightly in Chicago's from Rada ...
By matalangit
Clybourn Point Condos Shine Brightly from Rada Architecture
Located in Chicago's growing River North district, this
mixed use development offers engaging and sustainable
Architecture Design. RADA's Clybourn Point is LEED® Silver
...
Wheeling Bank
Branch Honored For Going Green
Journal & Topics Newspapers Online
Since its opening,
architecture classes at the secondary and college levels,
teachers, and alternative energy groups have toured the bank
to see the ...
SOM's Chicago
Office Renovation Awarded LEED® SILVER Certification
Archinnovations | SOM Press release
“Given the extraordinary
importance of climate protection and the central role of
architecture in that effort, SOM demonstrates their
leadership through the LEED certification of their Chicago
office.” With offices located inside the ...
Willis Tower
looks to go green, from the rooftops on down
Chicago Tribune
In her 12 years working at architectural firms, she has
worked on buildings from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to
Chicago, including the new Trump ...
In Chicago
Parks Proposal Builds on Burnham Dream Architecture ...
Architectural Record
Seizing upon this year's 100th anniversary of Daniel
Burnham's Plan of Chicago, state legislators and open space
advocates on Thursday will make public a ...
Green Home
and Garage in Bucktown
SAM
BEARD | PROJECT MGR | CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE TODAY
| OCT 2009 - In the heart of
Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood a company called Elemental
Building is constructing what they have affectionately
dubbed the “greenest garage in Chicago” as part of a home
rehab for the speculative market.
The first stage of building
is drawing to a close with the completion of a detached
highly sustainable garage which incorporates many useful
techniques to ensure that it is as environmentally
responsible as possible. By including such things as
fly-ash concrete, which replaces portland cement with
fly-ash, a by-product of coal powered energy production; the
project is providing a responsible alternative to
inefficient disposal of the fly-ash.
The garage also incorporates
many other sustainable practices such as LED lighting,
compact fluorescent lighting, a galvanized steel skin which
is meant to last the lifetime of the structure and require
zero maintenance and FSC certified lumber which tracks the
origin of every member to ensure that there was no invasive
deforestation as a result of harvesting them. Perhaps the
most impressive aspect of this build however is the
incorporation of 40 solar panels on the roof of the garage,
providing not only a very efficient means of energy
production, but also to serve as a beautiful awning for the
rooftop deck. Another point worth mentioning is that
because the garage was completed before the house
construction really took off, the solar panels will be
providing the energy for the building of the house.
This project has taken many
of the necessary steps to make a real effort at decreasing
our impact on the environment. By opening the discussion
into what kind of difference these individual steps can
make, Elemental Building is challenging the predominant
mindset centered around make it cheap, make it fast.
Another of the most important
aspects of making green building something that everyone
will want to get on board with is finding a way not to
sacrifice anything in the realm of beautiful design. I
think Elemental Builders has prided themselves on
maintaining a high level of aesthetic appeal coupled with a
low impact, low input build.
All in all, the project can
be seen as a success in many respects, not the least of
which being its ability to create an open dialogue between
builders, architects, engineers and clients about the
possibilities involved when sustainability is a major factor
in a projects early conceptual stages.
To learn more about Elemental
Building please check out
www.elementalbuilding.org
Also in
the news concerning sustainability...
A greener
Willis Tower
Chicago-Daily.com
In her 12 years working at
architectural firms, she has worked on buildings from Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, to Chicago, including the new Trump
International Hotel and Tower. She joined Adrian Smith +
Gordon Gill in 2007...
Adrian Smith
Develops “Decarbonization” Plan for Cities
Architectural Record
A Chicago architecture firm
is producing a holistic planning approach to reduce carbon
emissions in dense urban cores. The fledgling urban planning
effort, ...
The
Architect's Newspaper
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Work on Bloomingdale Trail Begins
By archpaper.com
Design work on Bloomingdale
Trail begins, setting stage for Chicago's answer... From
Run-Off to Riches. 10.15.2009. Jeffersonville considers
innovative canal district. Miller Time. 10.15.2009. Home of
Indiana's patron of architecture ...
WHAT DOES LEED
STAND FOR AND WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION?
Leadership
in
Energy
and
Environmental
Design
LEED
is a third-party
certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark
for the design, construction and operation of high
performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and
operators the tools they need to have an immediate and
measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED
promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by
recognizing performance in five key areas of human and
environmental health: sustainable site development, water
savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor
environmental quality.
PLATINUM
69-52
PTS
GOLD
52-39
PTS
SILVER
38-33
PTS
CERTIFIED
32-26
PTS
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