Category Archives: SustainIndy

Indianapolis Scores a Touchdown from “1st & Green”

About a year ago, we wrote about SustainIndy, an innovative program to make Indianapolis a leader in innovative “green” technology for public buildings, and make existing facilities in Indianapolis more sustainable and environmentally-friendly. One of the SustainIndy initiatives established in … Continue reading

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20,000 Indiana Homes Weatherized by State with Federal Stimulus Funding

We were having a conversation the other day about how environmental issues have rapidly entered and affected our collective consciousnesses. While we still want our minivans and SUVs, we also realize the importance of owning a vehicle that gets 30 … Continue reading

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Indianapolis’ First “Green” Public Housing Apartments Available to Rent

Regular readers of this blog probably know how proud we are of Mayor Ballard and city officials for their efforts to keep Indianapolis at the forefront of the “Green” movement. Another fine example of this was the unveiling and release … Continue reading

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Indianapolis Mayor’s New Sustainability Plan for City-County Building will Save $750,000 a Year

In an effort to keep Indianapolis at the forefront of the “Urban Green Revolution” movement, Mayor Ballard unveiled a new Sustainability Upgrades Plan for the City-County Building (CCB) that will reduce the City’s environmental footprint and guarantee energy savings of … Continue reading

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Historic Indiana Building Gets a Green Upgrade

As we have discussed in previous posts about energy conservation, here is another example of an Indiana institution that decided to upgrade and update a historic building with a focus on “Green” technology rather than replace it, an extremely environment-friendly … Continue reading

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Proud to be Hoosiers from Indianapolis

We’ve recently discussed SustainIndy, Mayor Ballard’s insightful program to keep Indianapolis at the forefront of the “Urban Green Revolution.” A related program, RebuildIndy, is his $55 million initiative to repair Indy’s crumbling infrastructure. This boost to the city’s construction program … Continue reading

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SustainIndy to Hold Post-Holiday Recycling Event

In past posts, we talked about the initiatives sponsored by the SustainIndy Program to help Indianapolis lead the way in “greening” urban areas throughout the country. We thought it would be appropriate to mention one of their important programs that … Continue reading

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Local Engineering & Architectural Firm Looks to the Future as it Preserves Indy’s Past

In the past few months we have written about SustainIndy, a program created to make new commercial construction in Indianapolis more sustainable and environmentally-friendly, a great, forward-thinking initiative. But does this mean that we have to abandon our history and … Continue reading

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The Nature Conservancy Takes “Green” Building to the Next Level (SustainIndy, Pt. 3)

In our previous post, we took a look at the new HealthNet Community Medical Center, a SustainIndy “green” public works project, and some of the advanced technologies used to create this environmentally-friendly public facility. Next, we’ll look at an even … Continue reading

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Indianapolis: Building for Tomorrow Today (SustainIndy, Pt. 2)

In our previous post, we talked about SustainIndy, Indianapolis’ bold initiative to develop innovative “green” public works projects and advanced technologies to help make Indianapolis more sustainable and create environmentally-friendly public buildings and facilities. SustainIndy also focuses on the improvement … Continue reading

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