U.S.G.B.C. Residential Green Building

05/27/2026

06/06/2024

Please come join me today in celebrating my efforts achieving LEED GOLD for my client Enriching Spaces, 1360 Kemper Meadow Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45240 today from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. You'll enjoy the amazing showrooms for their Miller and Knoll furniture, biophilic decoratives and the coolest office designs. And I'll be sharing my volunteer efforts in environmental sustainability for the Contemporary Arts Center, my subdivision The Windings of Layfette in Clifton, and my Green Umbrella proposal for a large solar array for Greater Cincinnati Non-Profits.

From the Green Umbrella:

Open to the Public: Cincinnati 2030 District Happy Hour

Join us for our next 2030 District/Green Umbrella Happy Hour & Building Tour at Enriching Spaces in Forest Park. Enriching Spaces is a leading designer and outfitter of healthy, beautiful, and inspiring workspaces and their showroom is a spectacular example of sustainable design.

Our event will coincide with the USGBC award ceremony to formally recognize Enriching Spaces' achievement of LEED Gold status for their facility. Following the award ceremony, the Enriching Spaces team will share several additional local LEED projects and provide tours of their beautiful space.

Learn more and register here.
https://greenumbrella.org/event/cincinnati-2030-district-happy-hour-building-tour-2/?blm_aid=1083851

05/31/2024

Hi to all my Environmental Educator friends,
I recently achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification on an office building in Forest Park and we'll be having a reception for the award presentation Thursday next week, June 6 at 4:30 pm.
At the event I'll be sharing information on the similar LEED Certification I’m working on for the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts, and a U.S. Green Building certification process for neighborhoods like my neighborhood The Windings.
You're invited to attend the free event. Register here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/greenumbrella/1254058
Attached are the posters I'll be displaying to discuss the LEED for Existing Buildings O+M, and the LEED for Communities process.
If you would like to learn more, here's a link to a page on my web site.
https://green-cincinnati.com/enriching-spaces-leed-gold-plaque-ceremony-june-6/

03/08/2023

April 8, 2023 from 11 am until 1 pm; Scott Hand, AIA, Passive House Residence also meets LEED Platinum standards, Mt. Airy, Cincinnati, OH. Registration Link.
https://www.usgbc.org/articles/usgbc-ohio-offer-leed-project-tour-series-cincinnati

With this home the project team took an extremely challenging building site and designed a custom, modern home that is one of the most sustainable residences in the region. Since the site consists of a steep hill, the architects oriented the tallest roof due south. The foundation is a three-sided retaining wall, creating a walk-out basement that is still 80′ above the street below. Designed to Passive House and LEED Platinum standards (certifications pending) the entire shell is insulated far beyond the typical building code minimums, including continuous exterior insulation that wraps from below the basement slab up over the entire roof. Let’s look at the foundation construction in detail. Out of the ground, the foundation is essentially just three concrete walls and a floor. The footprint of the house is a simple rectangle, and this is important architecturally because it’s easier to insulate and seal (also, the foundation is literally the starting point for the rest of the structure, so the simpler that this can be, the easier it is for the construction team to build it square, plumb and true). Below grade, things aren’t quite as simple. This steep site required the walls and footings to be designed as structural retaining walls, and we had to excavate down to ensure the base was sitting on solid bedrock. All in all this home is an architectural marvel.” From the architect’s blog page.

Attendees may self-report one continuing education unit of LEED General credit. Please visit this website to learn more about GBCI’s self-reporting process.

03/08/2023

February 24, 2023, 4:30 – 6:30 pm; LEED Platinum Home for sale in Blue Ash, 4617 Miller Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45242. This sleek, modern LEED Platinum Certified home is gut-rehab on a 1/4 acre lot is walking distance to downtown Blue Ash. The tax-abated home is extremely energy efficient and features a 5-kW solar array, zoned HVAC, Zehnder Whole-Home ERV, a AeroBarrier system and a durable metal roof and siding. It also boasts 9ft+ ceilings, abundant natural light, beautiful kitchen with a pantry, several bathrooms and a luxury owner’s suite, as well as a lower level with a family room, home office and guest bedroom. This home proves that an existing home can become both beautiful and energy efficient. Here’s the Zillow Listing page

Attendees may self-report one continuing education unit of LEED General credit. Please visit this website to learn more about GBCI’s self-reporting process.