Reflecting on continued progress at Global Green's Holy Cross Project (with new colors on the single-family homes completed recently), one sustainabiilty expert offered his views of the important work happening at Douglass & Andry streets in "Green Rebuilding in New Orleans". Author David Bernell, a professor at Oregon State University and a consultant for Think Energy Inc., believes this is not just about green buildings, but about greening communities everywhere.
As he writes in Renewable Energy World North America Magazine:
"The ongoing effort to rebuild and restore the city of New Orleans has prompted a number of questions about exactly how to rebuild in the city. As it has turned out, the times are ripe for rethinking how we build and organize urban spaces and a number of people – in New Orleans and around the country – have called for an approach that offers greater attention to sustainability.
Global Green enlisted the support of city leaders, local businesses and organizations and neighborhood associations to advance this idea, while attracting interest, talent and support from around the country. Their vision became the Holy Cross Project, a zero-energy, affordable housing development in the Holy Cross neighborhood of the Lower 9th Ward. When completed, the project will include five single-family homes, an 18-unit apartment building and a community center that will also serve as a sustainable design and climate action center."
Read the full article here.
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