Greenway Self Park: First Wind Powered Parking Garage Opens In Chicago
Geschreven op 30-8-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Bouwen-Klussen
Greenway Self Park is the newest parking garage in Chicago and the first to generate it’s own energy with spinning vertical wind turbines.
You might generally associate parking garages with the stark cement-c0lored monotony that most people despise about urban life. Thanks to a new design by the architects of HOK however, parking garages are being viewed in a whole new green light.
Greenway Self Park is Chicago’s first earth-friendly parking facilityand offers far more than just a column of dizzying vertical turbines up it’s outer wall.
The structures array of sustainable practices also includes: local and sustainable building materials, a green roof and rainwater cisterns for irrigation, high-efficiency glass, recycling programs, energy-efficient lighting, programs to encourage the use of energy efficient vehicles, electric car charging stations, air quality initiatives, tips for Greener Living in the lobbies and Zipcar and I-Go car sharing vehicles Sources: Greenway Self Park
