Historic Green
I just got an email from one of the organizers of Historic Green, detailing what got done in those two weeks, and I thought y'all might be interested in seeing it. To those who supported me in this venture, financially and/or emotionally, thank you so, so much. I mostly worked on the Preservation Resource Center projects.
Historic Green accomplishments:
Historic Green volunteers changed light bulbs in 79 homes.
1910 bulbs which will save 752,540 kWh worth $87,860 to residents and 853,770 (427 tonnes) carbon reduction over the lifetime of the bulbs. 52,540 kWh is equivalent to NOT driving
1,143,870 miles in a car; removing 312 commuters from the road; planting 156 acres of trees. This, combined with the trees planted and rain-gardens built, very likely made this a carbon neutral event, though we didn't track our usage very carefully. 1,143,870 miles is equivalent to driving around the Earth's equator 46 times, or driving to the Moon and back 2 1/2 times!
Carbon offset also equals 4180 trees planted or 2 minutes, 36 seconds of
rain-forest depletion offset.
Historic Green volunteers worked with over a dozen home-owners on small projects including fence painting, yard-work and tree-planting, house painting, weatherization installation, floor removal, denailing and deconstruction, window framing, replacing rotted boards with matching materials (recovered from other projects), site-drainage consulting and design work, mucking & gutting, etc.
Here's a list of the projects we accomplished:
Greater Little Zion Church
* Bell restoration & installment
* Cleaned and organized deconstructed material on adjoining lot
Delery St. Playground
* Pest management
* Weeding & mowing
* Sanding & safety markers
* Power washing
* Wood replacement & reinforcement
* Sealant application & cap painting
* Water spigot replacement
Rain Gardens
* Village east and south edges 1 long rain garden and 2 infiltration basins
* Street drains cleared around Village for 2 blocks
* Kathy Muse - rain garden and paths
* Marna Davis - rain garden and rain barrel
Other Garden Projects
* Gravel pathways at Community garden
* Cleared 4 overgrown sites
* Rain-barrel and gutter installation
* Tree planting at curbs
* Tree site-identification for Earthday
Lower 9th Ward Village Community Center
* General organization of documents
* Movable tool-storage access stair (replacing precarious egg-crate step)
* Rain Gardens and infiltration basin
* Basket-ball court line application
* Tool organization and purchase
* WiFi installation and purchase
* Window covering design and materials
Preservation Resource Center
* 5115: gutting and non-historic element deconstruction, removal of debris from under house and in attic space, cleaned dangerous tiles from roof (savings of approx. $50,000)
* 5116: major structural repairs and reinforcement, non-historic element deconstruction and removal, reframed 3 major walls on back end,removed sinks for use by community. (savings of approx. $110,000)
* 5200: Deconstructed material processing, cleaning, and organization. Design charrette for future "historic-green" building. (savings of approx $20,000)
Alliance for Affordable Energy
* Organized new office display-space (soon to be open to the public at the Art Egg in downtown NOLA).
* Weatherization installation on 1 home
* Radiant barrier installation in approx 12 homes
Education & community outreach
* "Inconvenient Truth" presentation
* Saturday Lecture Series
* 5200 Dauphine St Charrette
* Rudy Christian preservation lecture and demonstration
* Neighborhood Association Meetings (2)
* USGBC-LA board meeting hosted
* LIVE on the LEVEE concert featuring Bernard Shaw
* Canoes on the bayou
* "Make It Right" ground breaking
* Neighborhood tours (walking and driving).
* Resident-volunteer round-table discussions
Historic Green accomplishments:
Historic Green volunteers changed light bulbs in 79 homes.
1910 bulbs which will save 752,540 kWh worth $87,860 to residents and 853,770 (427 tonnes) carbon reduction over the lifetime of the bulbs. 52,540 kWh is equivalent to NOT driving
1,143,870 miles in a car; removing 312 commuters from the road; planting 156 acres of trees. This, combined with the trees planted and rain-gardens built, very likely made this a carbon neutral event, though we didn't track our usage very carefully. 1,143,870 miles is equivalent to driving around the Earth's equator 46 times, or driving to the Moon and back 2 1/2 times!
Carbon offset also equals 4180 trees planted or 2 minutes, 36 seconds of
rain-forest depletion offset.
Historic Green volunteers worked with over a dozen home-owners on small projects including fence painting, yard-work and tree-planting, house painting, weatherization installation, floor removal, denailing and deconstruction, window framing, replacing rotted boards with matching materials (recovered from other projects), site-drainage consulting and design work, mucking & gutting, etc.
Here's a list of the projects we accomplished:
Greater Little Zion Church
* Bell restoration & installment
* Cleaned and organized deconstructed material on adjoining lot
Delery St. Playground
* Pest management
* Weeding & mowing
* Sanding & safety markers
* Power washing
* Wood replacement & reinforcement
* Sealant application & cap painting
* Water spigot replacement
Rain Gardens
* Village east and south edges 1 long rain garden and 2 infiltration basins
* Street drains cleared around Village for 2 blocks
* Kathy Muse - rain garden and paths
* Marna Davis - rain garden and rain barrel
Other Garden Projects
* Gravel pathways at Community garden
* Cleared 4 overgrown sites
* Rain-barrel and gutter installation
* Tree planting at curbs
* Tree site-identification for Earthday
Lower 9th Ward Village Community Center
* General organization of documents
* Movable tool-storage access stair (replacing precarious egg-crate step)
* Rain Gardens and infiltration basin
* Basket-ball court line application
* Tool organization and purchase
* WiFi installation and purchase
* Window covering design and materials
Preservation Resource Center
* 5115: gutting and non-historic element deconstruction, removal of debris from under house and in attic space, cleaned dangerous tiles from roof (savings of approx. $50,000)
* 5116: major structural repairs and reinforcement, non-historic element deconstruction and removal, reframed 3 major walls on back end,removed sinks for use by community. (savings of approx. $110,000)
* 5200: Deconstructed material processing, cleaning, and organization. Design charrette for future "historic-green" building. (savings of approx $20,000)
Alliance for Affordable Energy
* Organized new office display-space (soon to be open to the public at the Art Egg in downtown NOLA).
* Weatherization installation on 1 home
* Radiant barrier installation in approx 12 homes
Education & community outreach
* "Inconvenient Truth" presentation
* Saturday Lecture Series
* 5200 Dauphine St Charrette
* Rudy Christian preservation lecture and demonstration
* Neighborhood Association Meetings (2)
* USGBC-LA board meeting hosted
* LIVE on the LEVEE concert featuring Bernard Shaw
* Canoes on the bayou
* "Make It Right" ground breaking
* Neighborhood tours (walking and driving).
* Resident-volunteer round-table discussions