Green Building Practices
LEED-certified architect and landscape architect hired to oversee design of the facility and pursue LEED certification
- Geothermal heating
- Green roofs
- Rainwater harvesting
- Natural light and day lighting
- Use of regional materials
- Use of products containing recycled products
- Use of native plants and vegetation
- Permeable pavement
- Recycling of construction materials
- Use of low or non-emitting products
- ENERGY STAR appliances
- Energy usage reductions
- Operable windows
- All site lighting will achieve International Dark Sky Association standards for dark sky friendly features
- Sound land use practices through its location on excess acreage surrounding an existing non-profit, senior-living facility
Understanding that Alzheimer’s patients like to wander, Abe’s Garden will include interior garden courtyards, connected by one looped sidewalk, allowing residents to safely wander throughout the facility & interact with one another.
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