Terrazzo lands LEED

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 23, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Crosland’s mixed-use Gulch tower has been awarded silver LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Tags: commercial real estate, construction, Crosland LLC, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, sustainable development, Terrazzo, U.S. Green Building Council  

Legislating green construction

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 10, 2009 at 6:58 am

Their prospects for wholesale passage aren’t great, but the various versions of climate-change legislation include ambitious targets for lowering the energy usage of residential and commercial buildings. Baker Donelson’s construction practice breaks them down and says that, “if passed, the House bill will no doubt significantly increase the usage of the LEED rating system because all new buildings will already be meeting many of its provisions anyway.”

SEE ALSO: Our recent story on the legalities of green construction going bad, something that builders and developers will have to deal with more in the future

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Eyeing platinum in East Nashville

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on August 3, 2009 at 6:28 am

Developer Richard Amend plans a 6,000-square-feet mixed-use project at 16th Avenue and Ordway Place, but his potential neighbors aren’t hot about the concept.

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Cat Financial building lands green honor

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:31 am

The West End Avenue tower is the first private commercial building in the state to earn the LEED Gold rating, the second-highest in the pantheon of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Among the highlights of the Cat Financial Center’s green features are:

* Restructured building operation and maintenance practices to be sustainable best practices consistent with the LEED process
* Reduced consumption of electricity by 6%, water by 22% and reduced solid waste by 49%
* Installed low Mercury level fluorescent lights
* Initiated a recycling and composting program
* Formed a Sustainability Committee with employee representatives from various departments to sustain progress

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