New Orleans Rebuild Efforts Going for LEED Platinum
Posted By GlobalGreen On July 9, 2008 @ 2:47 pm In Architecture,Design for Health,Disaster-proof design,Renewable Energy,social responsibility,Sustainable Building | 3 Comments
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The opportunity to rebuild New Orleans [5] as an international example of sustainability comes in the aftermath of what is increasingly being recognized as the tipping point for global awareness of climate change and its devastating impacts. Global Green [6] is committed to helping New Orleans rebuild and to use the national and international attention on the city as a wake-up call to push urgently for solutions to global warming. Global Green is accomplishing this through many initiatives including The Holy Cross Project [7] which is going for the USGBC’s highest LEED certification [8].
The project consists of five affordable single family homes and an 18-unit apartment building for returning residents, plus a community center that will house a bank, grocery and café, offices for Global Green and the neighborhood association, and a Climate Action Center. The first completed home, which is powered by the sun, awaits its LEED Platinum certification [8]. The house gains 100% of its electric needs via solar panels, and boasts unique features such as a green roof [9], vegetated screening, salvaged flooring, geothermal heating and cooling [10], energy and resource monitoring systems, and energy efficient appliances [11].
The Global Green House is open to the public, educating hundreds of visitors each week. Beyond the Holy Cross Project, Global Green’s Public Resources Center provides one-on-one technical assistance to New Orleans residents. Global Green’s policy initiatives have helped to create generous state solar tax credits [12], green criteria in new low income housing construction and financial incentives for homeowners generating solar and wind power in New Orleans.
+ Global Green New Orleans [13]
+ Workshop/APD [14]
+ Holy Cross Project on Flickr [15]
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[5] rebuild New Orleans: http://www.rtno.org/
[6] Global Green: http://www.globalgreen.org
[7] The Holy Cross Project: http://www.globalgreen.org/neworleans/holycross/
[8] USGBC’s highest LEED certification: http://www.usgbc.org
[9] green roof: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/12/green-roofs-for-healthy-cities-awards-2008/
[10] geothermal heating and cooling: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/09/orly-to-utilize-geothermal-heating/
[11] energy efficient appliances: http://www.energystar.gov
[12] state solar tax credits: http://www.dsireusa.org/
[13] + Global Green New Orleans: http://www.globalgreen.org/neworleans
[14] + Workshop/APD: http://www.workshopapd.com/
[15] + Holy Cross Project on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25246882@N05/sets/72157605727050109/
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