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Strategy: Renewable Materials
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500 Hyacinth Place
New Homes for Chicago
Enterprise Foundation - Green Communities
Home Depot Foundation
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Lake Street Landscape Supply
FSC certified wood
Initial Cost Premium:
$$
Applicable to Rehab, New Construction, or Both:
Both
Difficulty:
Easy
Maintenance Considerations:
Same as conventional.
Rapidly renewable materials
Initial Cost Premium:
$$
Applicable to Rehab, New Construction, or Both:
Both
Difficulty:
Easy
Maintenance Considerations:
Varies, typically same as conventional
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The City’s green roof program, which reduces storm-water runoff, resulted in more than 80 public and private green roof projects that total more than one million square feet.
- City of Chicago - Conserve Chicago Together
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