| From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:54:29 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "D.C. turns brownfield into 'green' ballpark" |
D.C. turns brownfield into 'green' ballpark By Lisa Lambert, Reuters Boston Globe (MA) March 29, 2008 WASHINGTON - The Washington Nationals' gleaming new baseball park that opens tomorrow night will be the first green professional stadium in the United States, the US Green Building Council said yesterday. The stadium received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification from the council yesterday for its energy-conserving and environmental design. To earn the certification, the ballpark was outfitted with energy-saving light fixtures, water-conserving plumbing, drought-resistant plants, and a green roof over the concessions area. It was also erected on a restored brownfield, and it has special systems in place to keep stormwater runoff from polluting the nearby Anacostia River. ... For the entire article, see http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/03/29/dc_turns_brownfield_into_green_ballpark/ -- 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 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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