The Green Building of NuLu

The Green Building
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.  Come on down!

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Film fest wraps up with awards ceremony

Flow the FilmBy DAVE LAVENDER
The Herald-Dispatch

HUNTINGTON -- There really is nothing like seeing a film on the drive-in movie-sized screen at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.

The Greater Huntington Film ion wrapped up another great weekend of film last week during the fifth annual Appalachian Film Festival.

At the Saturday night awards ceremony at the Frederick, it was inspiring to listen to such prolific regional filmmakers such as Bill Richardson, of Williamson, W.Va. His "Crash Gordon," took second place in the features category.

Other winners included first place feature: "Tattered Angel," Will Benson, Cincinnati and third place: "Grilling Bobby Hicks," Tommy Wood and Marc Benton, Lawrenceville, Ga.

Documentary winners were first place: "Change Comes Knocking: The Story of the North Carolina Fund," Rebecca Cerese, Durham, N.C.; second place: "Mountain Top Removal," Michael O'Connell, Pittsboro, N.C. (Read full story)

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Green is growing

Mar 14, 2008

By Diane Heilenman
The Courier Journal

Kentucky is going green, slowly.

The new Bernheim Arboretum Visitor Center in Clermont, Ky., scored a prestigious LEED Platinum certificate in December. It is one of 72 buildings nationally with that designation. A renovation of historic Lincoln Hall at Berea College earned a Silver certificate in 2004, the first LEED building in Kentucky. In between are only seven other LEED projects in Kentucky.

But the trend has started. There are 33 LEED wannabes on the list, waiting for appraisal by the U.S. Green Building Council.

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a rating system for the design, construction and operation of environmentally friendly buildings. It is the only such system in the United States.

Resources

Bernheim Forest Read about another Kentucky organization that has achieved the LEED Platinum certification. Visit

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