Richmond Hill City Center in Georgia honoured for green credentials

[SOURCE: WIDN]

The Richmond Hill City Center, a 22800 square feet full-service venue for meetings, events and weddings in Richmond Hill, Georgia, has been awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.  The City Center is studded with a host of sustainable features. They constitute parking for low-emission and fuel-efficient vehicles; the use of light-coloured pervious paving to reduce heat-island effect and reduce storm water impact; use of bio-filtration and natural bio-swales to clean and reduce storm water impact; Brownfield Redevelopment by reclaiming a former sewage treatment plant site; landscape design by a LEED-Accredited professional landscape architect; spray foam insulation; and the use of grassed parking areas for overflow to reduce paved areas.

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