Beer and sustainability! Two of my favorite things! Scheduled to open in Spring 2011, The Christian Moerlein Lager house is poised to be one of Cincinnati's greenest restaurants. Part of the 45 acre Riverfront Park project, the building will be LEED Certified and include some exciting green features. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the United States Green Building Council's system for rating green buildings.
The project will be designed and built by Tisley and Associated Architects and Schumacher-Dugan construction. The majority of the infrastructure that is already in place for the Lager House has been planned and constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Because the developers of the project were chosen so recently, there aren't too many specifics about what kind of LEED certification the project will be attempting or what kind of LEED credits it will incorporate. According to Joyce Kamen, Public information Officer for the park, the Lager House will most likely receive LEED points for development density, proximity to alternative transportation, optimizing energy performance, and construction waste management. Furthermore, the restaurant will use a ground source heat pump for heating and cooling needs (Learn how it works).
That's all of the information that is currently available about the LEED aspects of the project. Hopefully this construction update video will tide everyone over until I get more specifics.
Photo by: Eira Tansey
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can't WAIT until this place opens up!
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