This small flood marker is barely bigger than a brick, but it’s the most elegant and informative 1937 Flood sign we’ve seen. Located next to the entrance beneath the Colgate Clock in Clarksville, the marker gives all the relevant information. It lists the day of the flood’s peak, its flood stage, and total elevation above sea level. And it’s hardly visible walking down the sidewalk.
Local solar panel dealer and installer RegenEn Solar has announced two partnerships to help your home or business to become more environmentally friendly. RegenEn Solar has partnered with the Sustain store in St. Matthews to offer residential solar power systems to Louisville homeowners. To celebrate, the team is offering a $1,000 discount on new solar panels for your home or business if it supplies 25 percent or more of the building’s electricity. The offer is available through Earth Day on April 22nd, so you’d better act fast.
Together, RegenEn Solar and Sustain hope to educate the public on the impact of solar power on the environment. RegenEn Solar says one solar panel system supplying 100 percent of the electric power to an average home over a 25 year period is equivalent to removing 600,000 lbs. of CO2 from the atmosphere, planting 32,000 trees, or removing 700,000 miles of automobile travel. That’s quite a savings, and with their Earth Day incentives, you could save even more.
RegenEn Solar has also partnered with local “green” architect and developer Mark Isaacs to offer Eco-audits for your home or business. These audits are a combination of an energy audit and an evaluation of the building’s materials and appliances intended to save money on energy costs and ensure that you’re using the most efficient appliances and “green” building materials in your home or business. Mark Isaacs has been awarded numerous accolades in sustainable design and serves on the Governor’s High Performance Building Standards Committee overseeing energy performance on state-sponsored construction projects.
If you have been considering a solar panel system for your home or business, there’s no better time to take advantage of these savings before Earth Day. Not only will you help burn a little less coal in the Commonwealth, you’ll also save money while doing it.
Here’s a good model explaining the Idaho Stop or rolling-stop for bikes in the city. Well worth watching. (via ecovelo)
A four-story cast-iron storefront structure on First Street between Market and Jefferson Streets is getting a facelift. Once called the 222 Building, the refurbished structure will be called the Jefferson Centre.
The first phase of the project, construction of a parking garage for the building around the corner on Jefferson Street, is ongoing and the top level is expected to be poured next week. Today, scaffolding was covering the front facade of the 222 Building in preparation for construction.
The building’s old facade was, to put it mildly, uninspiring. Composed of EIFS, exterior insulated finishing system, the historic structure appears flat and the taupe color makes it dull. A new “synthetic stucco” facade will be applied above the ground floor cast-iron to create the look of brick and stone with a protruding cornice at the top. The design was handled by MRP Associates of Louisville. Construction is expected to take about four weeks.
Austin’s Inn Place, a bed & breakfast located on First Street near Breckinridge Street, hopes to see the area flourish again. Located in SoBro on the border with Old Louisville, Austin’s occupies two Victorian houses dating to the 1880s. The Inn began operating during Derby 2005 with 8 guest rooms able to serve 16 guests. Proprietor’s and realtor’s Mary & Tom Austin purchased the houses in 2004 at auction. They saw the properties as an investment and a way to contribute to the redevelopment of Downtown and Old Louisville. Since then, they have been looking to push their success farther down First Street.
It’s an historic day in Metro Louisville. We’re pleased to crown the first BS Neighborhood Derby victor. And the winner is… *drumroll*… New Albany.
