Alexander hotel achieves LEED status
The Alexander Hotel at CityWay in downtown Indianapolis has achieved LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Summit’s headquarters earns double LEED certification
Summit earned the environmental accolades by including a variety of green-friendly features, including carpeting made from recycling materials, paints with low or no volatile organic compounds, and HVAC and LED lighting systems with energy-efficient controls.
Bloomington earns green distinction for city hall
Other than bragging rights and a plaque on the wall, what’s the value of energy and environmental design certification for the city and taxpayers?
Nature Conservancy HQ gets top green certification
The Nature Conservancy's energy-efficient Indiana headquarters has been certified with a top energy rating for innovations that include three wind turbines.
Indianapolis neighborhood striving for LEED status
Designation to east-side project would go beyond building certification.
Developer says Broad Ripple hotel will have ‘green’ elements
Developer Debra Stolen Hasbrook found the site at 6520 Westfield Boulevard while running on the Monon Trail.
Federal courthouse in Indianapolis slated for green roof
Plants atop the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse are expected to cut costs in long run.
Habitat for Humanity builds green house in Cottage Home historic neighborhood
The house in the 1300 block of East Ninth Street is the first low-income home in the state to achieve platinum LEED certification.
Timber industry seeks respect, profit from ‘green’ standards
Why should bamboo imported from Asia or steel made through intensive use of energy be consider greener than locally grown
trees? timber interests ask.
Urban Land Institute chapter launches in Indianapolis
Chapter, heavily populated by developers, hopes to guide sustainable development.
Environmental consultant renovates offices to LEED standard
August Mack Environmental Inc. renovated the historic Lexington building in downtown Indianapolis with recycled components
and energy-efficient lighting.
Green construction takes root in Indiana
Six experts in green issues shared their outlook on businesses’ environmental responsibilities during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. 13.
Convention center, please go green
Wouldn’t it be great to offer the new addition to the Convention Center as an example of green-building practices?
Knauf plans state’s first ‘gold-certified’ building
in an uncommon move among Indiana manufacturers typically more preoccupied with foreign competition and deteriorating margins,
Knauf Insulation is rebuilding its research and development facility, destroyed in a fire last year, to make it 30 percent
more energy-efficient than a conventional office building of its size.
Developer with environmental bent has $20M pipeline of projects
Expensive suits and luxury cars are standard issue for most developers, but not for the owners of locally based Casa Verde
LLC. Three of four owners sport beards. They build only Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified
projects. But don’t let the hippie image mask the company’s mission: Make green by building green.
Nature Conservancy buys blighted industrial site
The Nature Conservancy has agreed to buy a blighted industrial property on the eastern edge of downtown to develop a new Indiana
headquarters. The $4.5 million project–which will revitalize or replace the former home of Nemec Heating & Supply Co. at
614 E. Ohio St.–should provide another boost to an area that has been bulking up on development, mainly residential.
MSA Round 2 plans pitched by local development teams
Two new proposals for the parking lot formerly known as Market Square Arena are shorter and less dramatic than plans for a
31-story tower that fell through last year. But each of the new sets of plans has its flourishes.