By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch – Jan. 31, 2009 Port Columbus’ leaky roof creates a green possibility. Airport officials are asking for a $1.5 million green roof in its place. It’s one project among several that they hope will qualify for President Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus package. Green roofs use landscape plantings atop water-resistant membranes [...]
By Steve Bennish, Dayton Daily News – Jan. 31, 2009 Miami Valley officials are pitching a few alternative energy and conservation projects for federal funding through President Obama’s stimulus plan, but the plans lack ambition by comparison with other metros statewide. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and others have full-time employees — in some cases a staffed [...]
ONN – Jan. 22, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio — It is as simple as turning the light off when you leave the room. One Ohio county is learning just how large their carbon footprint is. “I would like to have our residents here in Franklin County saying we are the most green county in Ohio,” said [...]
By Margo Pierce, CityBeat – Jan. 21, 2009 After winning three local design awards for its space, Emersion Design is celebrating the most important “win” of them all: platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC). And they pulled it off for less money than a standard office space renovation. “The USGBC has finished [...]
By Denise Yost, NBC4i – Jan. 20, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio—Using the sun to save millions of dollars, but also spending millions to do it—that’s what the Franklin County Commissioners have in mind. The Commissioners announced Tuesday a $25 million initiative to make county buildings green—and it’s the largest green initiative by a local government in [...]
By Brian R. Ball, Business First of Columbus – Jan. 16, 2009 A 35-year-old shopping center in northwest Columbus that has been mostly vacant for years could get a new lease on life as a retail haven for customers seeking a “green” lifestyle. Developer Tom Fortin intends to recast the Benchmark Center at Henderson and [...]
Girls Discover…Going Green! is an exciting day of hands-on activities and informative sessions at COSI led by women environmental scientists. Girls meet women scientists, discover that environmental science can be an exciting and rewarding career for women, and have a great time learning and meeting new friends! Girls Discover…Going Green! participants will: – Participate in [...]
Business First of Columbus – Jan. 14, 2009 A project by the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio that makes clean fuel out of landfill gas has won Project of the Year honors from the U.S. EPA. The agency, disclosing the award this week at a conference in Baltimore, called the initiative a “win for [...]
By Amy Howell, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan. 17, 2009 Curious about LEED construction? Take a free tour of the Harold C. Schott Education Center (pictured) at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. The center is one of the few buildings in the country to earn a silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership [...]
Associated Press – Jan. 10, 2009 CLEVELAND — A group of nonprofit organizations in Cleveland has a new plan to turn part of the city’s industrial Flats area from gray to green. The group wants to build playgrounds, trails and parks along an abandoned railway and a vacant space on the west bank of the [...]