Opening Soon: The Green Building

Earlier in the week I got an email from Gill Holland about The Green Building opening this month.

In part it said:

Just went live yesterday on 15 kilowatts of solar (90 panels)!! The sun laboring for us on labor day

That is a man excited about solar energy and I'm excited that he's excited. Sometimes we need a transplant to point out how great we have it in Louisville and the potential for how we can be even better. Gill Holland is one of those people and The Green Building is a giant step toward that state of being even better. In case you aren't familiar with The Green Building here's a bit of info:

The Green Building of Nulu in Louisville, KY will open Fall 08.  NuLu is our name for the emerging arts district and restaurant row centered around East Market Street, bordered by East Main and East Jefferson streets between Clay and Shelby Streets.

Renovation of the 110 year old masonry structure, a former dry goods store, was commenced by owners Augusta and Gill Holland in spring 2007 when they decided to become the first commercial building in Louisville KY to go for LEED platinum certification (the US Green Building Council's designation of a sustainable building).  The 15,000 square foot mixed use facility will house a street facing café and event space on the ground floor, office studios on the upper two floors and an indoor-outdoor courtyard at the rear.  See the pictures from our amazing architect Doug Pierson from ferstudio to learn about all the green, environmentally friendly steps undertaken for this green building!

The gallery can, in off-hours show video-projected indie films. The Green Building of Nulu has over eighty solar panels providing almost 15,000 watts of electricity, not to mention the geothermal heating and cooling.

I'll selfishly tell you that one of the reasons I'm excited about The Green Building opening is because I'm more than ready for Gallery NuLu to relocate as I hate those rickety wooden stairs in their current location.