For months I have been watching and attending Windsor City Council meetings. The Green Link sign is so dominant that one would think that this is a Green Conservation movement. With my LEED AP in hand, I thought I could help and volenteered.
Then I saw the green link sign on buses so I thought maybe that is the conservation idea. Take a bus idea being less cars on the road. Eventually I looked the Green Link up on the web sites and was supprised to see that it has little to nothing to do with Green anything. It's a tunnel. 6 mile long tunnel from the 401 to Windsor's industrial area near the Detroit River.
Now billion dollar construction projects are nice. And reducing the sound of trucks for a few residential houses is nice, but does any of this justify the big green banner stretched in front of the viewing audiance at city hall?
Tom Goebel
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- International Real Estate USA Canada
- 40 years of experience in Real Estate Property Management. Former Certified Property Manager (CPM). Current accredited by the US Green Building Council as a LEED AP, Hands on experience implimenting individual meters, high efficient furnaces, permeable hard surfaces. Specialize in reducing building operating cost.
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The Greening of Windsor Ontario
By Tom Goebel, LEED AP
Many of us enjoy the wonderful Detroit river front walks or runs in the park daily. In an effort to do my part as a LEED AP perhaps we can share some ideas.
Call the first idea the “John Denver” movement. Any of you that have heard him in concert will remember his thing for the environment starts with the simplest act, “pick up litter”. Especially for us “walkers” bring a bag along and pick up litter as you walk. There are occasional trash receptacles along the way.
Our good City of Windsor employees are plenty busy and emptying the trash containers is enough of a chore. No one is going to loose a job over this and our world class waterfront parks will be that much more enjoyable for all of us and our visitors. Just a reminder that calling 311 from a 519 area code can put you in quick touch with the Windsor City staff who have been most helpful. For those of us with foreign area codes call 519-519-225-2489
To help with the Greening of Windsor, lets all start with those items right at home in our most immediate neighborhoods. Self imposed litter control. We can work up to the most sophisticated of Green Building Concepts which take time and money. However it cost little to no money to keep our block litter free. Participate on http://leedapontario.blogspot.com
Thomas Goebel is a LEED AP with offices in Windsor Ontario and Plymouth Michigan.
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