Project location: 168 Elm Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126
Firm: de la fleur LLC
Project Landscape Architect: Marcus de la fleur
By Kareeshma Ali
Quite often when it comes to implementation of innovative design, people shy away saying, “not in my backyard!” This “NIMBY” attitude was a big driver in the transformation of Marcus de la [...]

Location: Hannah’s Bretzel, 233 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601
Owner: Florian Pfahler
Architect: UrbanLab

By Azmina Alimohd
The restaurant industry is well-known for its wasteful habits and large carbon footprint, disposing of materials such as Styrofoam, plastic and trash. Fighting the customary commercial business practices, Hannah’s Bretzel brings a new rise to Chicago food consumers.
Hannah’s Bretzel was the first U.S. Green [...]

5354 N. Paulina
Architect: Alphonso Peluso, Vertex Architects, LLC
By Jason La Fleur, LEED AP
On a cold February day, Alphonso Peluso of Vertex Architects, LLC laughed when asked about his motivations for pursuing LEED certification. “We were doing all of the right things anyway, so we figured why not get LEED-certified as well?”
During one of Alliance for [...]

Location: Sloan Valve Company, 10500 Seymour Ave., Franklin Park, IL
Developer: Aerotecture
Builder/General Contractor (for Sloan Valve Site): Englewood Construction
By William Olson

The Chicago region has been a natural laboratory of sorts for sustainable design, having earned itself the moniker of the “Green Roofs City” and a top rating among US cities for its number of LEED-certified buildings.
Now [...]

Location: 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Owner: JBC Opportunity Fund II & III / Morgan Stanley Real Estate
Developer: The John Buck Company / Brijus Property Company
Architect: Goettsch Partners
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Hill Mechanical Group
Owner-advocate for LEED Management: Environmental Systems Design Inc.
Project Manager: Raphael Carreira—The John Buck Company
Certification: U.S. [...]

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The following contains an update. The update reflects a location change for the Rebuilding Exchange.
Celebrate the Rebuilding Exchange’s One Year Anniversary February 12th
Celebrate the Rebuilding Exchange’s first anniversary and help raise funds to support building deconstruction and reuse on February 12, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the retail warehouse, [...]