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2016 Wintergreen Awards Are Around The Corner
Congratulations to our clients and friends who were selected as finalists for the US Green Building Council Maryland Chapter’s 11th Annual Wintergreen Awards! The Wintergreen Awards Ceremony will be held on January 28, 2016 from 5:30-9:30 pm at Green Street Academy in Baltimore. We wish to send a special congratulation to 7880 Milestone Parkway for…
Read MoreGreenBuild 2015: A Monumental Success!
With more brains and bodies representing Lorax at this year’s GreenBuild International Conference and Expo, Lorax was able to soak up more information and garner more resources than ever before. While GreenBuild Monumental Green was held just a stone’s throw away in our nation’s capital, we were also able to promote the achievements of our…
Read MoreLorax is Going to GreenBuild!
This year, Lorax is taking a delegation of 9 representatives to GreenBuild International Conference and Expo Monumental Green located in Washington, DC. Lorax Project Managers will be in attendance from Tuesday evening November 17th through Friday November 20th to learn about new sustainable strategies, become familiar with green building technologies, learn from our peers,…
Read MoreVerde at Howard Square: What’s Next
With the help of Lorax’s consultation, in late 2014, Verde at Howard Square became the first LEED Platinum apartment building in the State of Maryland. As a wood framed apartment building containing 299 rental units with a 539-car parking garage, many thought this achievement would be impossible. This joint venture between The Dolben Company and…
Read MoreProjects that Support the Community
A trend is growing in the Baltimore area. Buildings that were once or are currently intended to serve the Baltimore community in some capacity, whether to serve as the home of Baltimore’s urban service corps, provide low-income housing in a revitalizing community, or having once housed Baltimore’s City Hall, are now also pursuing a green…
Read MoreTobacco Goes LEED
Wexford Science & Technology, a subsidiary of BioMed Realty and Baltimore-based business, has repeatedly sought-out and converted historic tobacco manufacturing plants into some of the greenest adaptive reuse buildings in the country. As tobacco use and processing is a major “no-no” in the world of sustainability, this is an impressive and symbolic feat. Wexford has taken great care…
Read MoreA Dozen Years with Lorax
Now that we have reached a dozen years in business, we at Lorax took a moment to reflect on the major milestones met during our years together and where we want to go in the next dozen. Come take a walk down memory lane with us as we recount some of our proudest moments and…
Read MoreWorld Famous Fried Chicken and 25 LEED Stores
World Famous Fried Chicken, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and a 24-hour convenience retail store chain. What do these three, seemingly unrelated, items have in common? The answer is, a huge milestone for Royal Farms, the regional convenience store known for being “Real Fresh. Real Fast. Real Green.” Today marked the Grand Opening of…
Read More10th Annual Wintergreen Awards
The Wintergreen Awards for Excellence in Green Building is always a blast for the Lorax crew, but this year at the 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, Lorax Partnerships had a lot to celebrate! Some of our partners were honored, and two of our most sustainable projects, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and Verde at Howard Square, were celebrated. …
Read MoreMaryland 3rd in LEED Ranking
Earlier this month, the US Green Building Council released its annual list of the Top 10 States for LEED; the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The list ranks states in terms of square feet of LEED space per state resident. LEED certified buildings use less energy and water resources, save…
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