The green garage. Uses no fossil fuels, no hazardous chemicals. Keeps sun off in summer and snow and ice off in winter. The bonus: It actually eats the carbon the car produces. Do you want to be the first on your block to build a green garage?
Because the garage is a structure, it would have to be reviewed by an engineer prior to building. Perhaps the best way to built this is through an Archicture/Engineering firm.
Candidate for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner.
Nadine Bopp has BA in Ecology and a Master’s in Landscape Architecture. Bopp worked as an Ecological Restoration Planner for the Cook County Forest Preserve District and as Operations Supervisor for the Chicago Park District. She currently teaches sustainable design at the School of the Art Institute and environmental science and urban geography courses at DePaul University and Columbia College. She is the coordinator of the GreenmapTM Project for Chicago, which is part of a global mapping project locating and identifying ecologically significant sites in cities around the world. www.greenmap.org As a life-long environmentalist, Bopp feels that many changes need to be enacted for the MWRD to ensure safe water for human consumption, recreation opportunities and protection of our aquatic ecosystems.
Now that's a great idea. Do you know of any landscaping companies in Chicago who will set this up? Or is it even a landscaper one would turn to?
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