Radnor Townships Willows Cottage played host to a Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) event last week in which attendees from around the region watched a geothermal well-drilling demonstration and learned about the rehabilitation of the cottage.
With only a handful of green roofs adorning local buildings, the completion of Hillside Elementary Schools project this week is exciting, according to Steve Burgo, Tredyffrin Township engineer and township project manager. The project, first discussed in 2007 between Tredyffrin Township and the Valley Creek Restoration Partnership, is officially complete in time for the 2010-2011 school year.
The Education and Human Services Building is truly one of a kind.
High school students in the Green Bay School District may be able to attend the districts first charter school next year.
Jerry Yudelson recently released his 12th book “Dry Run, Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis.” He has been the keynote speaker at more than 50 building, business, industrial and development events in the past three years and will serve in a similar role when San Diego State University hosts its third annual green event Blue is the New Green: Water in the Built Environment, Friday, Aug. 27.
Architects, academics and policymakers came to Bowling Green on Saturday to see for themselves why the city is gaining a reputation for green building.
Knox Heritage opened up the Green House for tours on Saturday. The site was repurposed over 25 years ago as the “Energy House” for the 1982 World’s Fair.
After four years in the U.S. Army , Joshua Davidson was no closer to being able to do what he wanted: work in construction. The infantry, he said, taught him no skills that would open that door. But YouthBuild Racine’s GreenTech program is doing that for Davidson, 25, of Racine, and others. Davidson is one of four trainees helping to build a uniquely green home at 1211 Hamilton St.
With only a handful of green roofs adorning local buildings, the completion of Hillside Elementary Schools project this week is exciting, according to Steve Burgo, Tredyffrin Township engineer and township project manager. The project, first discussed in 2007 between Tredyffrin Township and the Valley Creek Restoration Partnership, is officially complete in time for the 2010-2011 school year.
