Tempe+METRO=Green
Posted on 02. Dec, 2008 by Tony Arranaga in News
The valley of the sun may not be the greenest area according to SustainLane, but it's definitely better than 32nd!
(I know, I know…we're H2O challenged)
Case in point, these steel caged recycled glass rocks (above) form a railing outside the new $24.5 million Tempe Transit Center.
This is just one feature. The building is LEED certified. Find out what that is by reading Kerry Fehr-Snyder's azcentral.com article.
Another interesting read (if you're a geek like me) is this article by Ron Sanzone, also in the Arizona Republic.
Sanzone writes about our LRV's being a global project, even though 60% of it has to be purchased from American companies. (METRO light rail is federally funded)
With the current economic situation, I bet lawmakers change "purchased" to "manufactured" after January 20th.
Just a hunch.
Anywho, you probably saw on my tweet I found a TREE LOT! Very happy about that. I'm still workin' on the decorations, maybe when I'm done I'll take a pic.
Meantime…here's one of METRO from earlier oday.
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