Green Land Sustainability
Disaster Turns a Town Green
The community was demolished by the twister’s 200 mph winds, leaving some to wonder if the final curtain had fallen on Greensburg. Amid the tornado’s ruins, others saw an opportunity for a fresh start and began pushing the idea of turning Greensburg into a green town, a model for the future. The efforts have been documented in Greensburg, a series for the Discovery network.
Sustainable Community of the Year: Kalakaua Community
It’s hard to be a vocal critic about golf in Hawaii—home to some of the world’s most picturesque and challenging courses. However, Actus Lend Lease (d.b.a. Army Hawaii Family Housing) did just that.
Developers dig deep to transform brownfield sites into vibrant properties
Even the most seasoned of developers can be scared of brownfield sites. Why? They know cleaning up the contaminants and debris on the grounds of an abandoned manufacturing site or vacant gas station is the easy part of the redevelopment process. It’s what’s underneath that poses the greatest threats.
Seal of Approval: Rose Cos relies on three green certification systems.
Jonathan Rose has created an informational PowerPoint presentation on just about everything relating to green building. He whips out his laptop to show one of his favorite slides highlighting an energy usage computer modeling program offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program.
Green Guru: Jonathan Rose
SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH Jonathan Rose and you quickly forget you are talking to a high-powered executive on the 23rd floor of his firm’s swanky Fifth Avenue headquarters in the heart of Manhattan. The city’s frequent police sirens and blaring horns fade into the distance as Rose leads you on a spiritual quest of contemplation and reflection.
