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The Projects

For scheduling of these projects please refer to the Historic Green Calendar which can be found on the Historic Green web page.

GREEN BUILDINGS

  1. Conduct a design charrette for the Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development’s (CSED) new headquarters in partnership with the Preservation Resource Center’s (PRC’s) “Operation Comeback”. The resulting design will combine recovered historic building materials with “green” materials to create a LEED-Platinum certified home for the CSED.
  2. Help Ninth Ward homeowners to “green up” their properties in cooperation with the Alliance for Affordable Energy and Green Light New Orleans. Volunteers will install radiant barriers in attics, install weatherization systems throughout homes, replace household incandescent bulbs with efficient CFL bulbs.
  3. Green Home Deconstruction and Material Reuse in cooperation with the Building Materials Reuse Association, Mercy Corps, and Preservation Resource Center’s Operation Comeback. Volunteers will help to remove, clean, and track building materials from a variety of deconstruction sites for reuse in other building projects, and some recovered for use in the future home of the CSED’s LEED-Platinum Certified Head Quarters.
  4. Historic Home Reconstruction and Material Reuse in cooperation with the Preservation Resource Center’s Operation Comeback. Volunteers will restore century-old historic homes and advise the PRC-OC on sustainable and historical best practices

GREEN SPACES

  1. Volunteers will work with Holy Cross residents to protect and restore a community playground’s play equipment, grounds, and access.
  2. Garden construction and raingarden demonstrations in cooperation with Common Ground, Replant New Orleans, and others.
  3. Design-Build services for a neighborhood community garden including compost bins, raised planters, walkways, tool-storage, and more.
  4. Bayou restoration & access projects in cooperation with the Sierra Club and several university groups. Volunteers will work to improve a bayou access path, seal a viewing platform, and complete the construction of the viewing platform’s designed railing.

GREEN COMMUNITY

  1. Restore a historic bell recently uncovered in the attic of the church used as the neighborhood association’s meeting hall. The church bell will be used both by the resident congregation as well as the Neighborhood Association.
  2. Perform an energy audit on a community church to inform the planned sequence of future reconstruction and improvements.
  3. Design-build services for the Historic Green donated event headquarters, the Lower 9th Ward Village community center.