Sustainable Design Features Include:

Sustainable Site:

Redevelop existing urban site and restore natural landscaping, Bio-swales to help with parking lot drainage, and photovoltaic controlled parking lot lighting.

Water Efficiency and Quality:

Provide locally grown drought resistant landscaping, low flow toilets and waterless urinals, and occupancy sensors on sinks.

Indoor Air Quality:

Permanent energy performance monitoring system, carbon dioxide controls for increased ventilation effectiveness, operable windows for ventilation, and low and no VOC emitting materials including carpets, adhesives, paints and finishes.

Energy and Atmosphere:

Light reflective roof, green roof using original Ohio prairie grasses, photovoltaic panels for renewable energy, day lighting sensors on electric lights, high performance building envelope to reduce energy consumption by 30%, geothermal heat pump heating and cooling system, recycled content metal studs and gypsum, and the installation of certified, recycled and locally harvested renewable woods.

Tenants will enjoy high air quality indoors with a carbon dioxide monitoring system and non-toxic finishes. A central computer system allows each tenant to graphically understand how energy is being used throughout the building.

One of the many spectacular features of this project is the rooftop. The green roof is covered with photovoltaic panels, landscape pavers and a planted area which includes several prairie grasses now endangered in Ohio. This innovative green roof, planted by volunteers from the Holden Arboretum, offers a spectacular view of the downtown Cleveland skyline.

In the image on the left you can see the unique features of the building's inviting rooftop including a series of photovoltaic panels, and a garden planted with native Ohio grasses.

 

 

Originally constructed in 1891, the Lorain Street Savings and Trust Company served as a bank for many years. This stately building was restored and renovated to house several of Cleveland's nonprofit environmental organizations.

The exterior renovation focused on both green design principles and also careful preservation this historic building. . The building has been thoroughly cleaned and the windows have been replaced to match the existing historic profiles and feature high performance glazings. A geothermal heating and cooling system was built underneath the resurfaced parking lot with bio-swales to help control site drainage.