2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 5 Nov 2007 21:42:01 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] American Laundry Building, Norwood, Ohio
 
Norwood building certified as green
American Laundry Bldg. transformed

BY STEVE KEMME
Cincinnati Enquirer
November 5, 2007

NORWOOD - The renovated shell of an old laundry building has earned the distinction of being the first brownfield redevelopment site in Greater Cincinnati to meet the environmental certification standards of the U.S. Green Building Council.

The council, which establishes standards for environmentally sustainable construction, has awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification to the American Laundry Building on Section Avenue in Norwood.

"It's about saving resources, using recycled materials and saving energy costs," said Tom Shanks, project manager with Pedco E&A Services Inc., which redesigned the old American Laundry Machinery building along with BHDP Architecture.

...

For the entire article, see
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/NEWS01/711050380/1056/COL02

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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