A Big Green Hotel for the Homeless
About the Author
Joshua Lichtman and Dana Mathews are involved with USGBC National Chapter Region Emerging Green Builders. Joshua is currently a green building consultant working on various projects in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Dana Mathews joined Hickok Cole Architects in 2006. Her project, The Spanish Education Development (SED) Center is featured in the April 2009 issue of Architect magazine.
About This Video
In this proposal unveiled at the Policy Greenhouse at The George Washington University, USGBC Emerging Green Builders Joshua Lichtman and Dana Mathews pitched an idea for a hotel and homeless services center in Washington, D.C.
The theme hotel uses sustainability to help homeless individuals gain skills as part of an overall socially sustainable agenda. This hotel design incorporates green building elements. And it provides career tracks for homeless participants: hospitality, food service, fitness, and building management, specifically monitoring its green systems.
Click here to see the photo gallery from The Policy Greenhouse, a July 10, 2009, event where ten different short pitches were presented on ways to make Washington, D.C., a more sustainable place to work and live. To check out some of the other pitches made at the event, see: No Bike Left Behind, Tax Lien Financing, The Right Tree In The Right Place , Transportation Planning Done Right In D.C. and Urban Tree Canopy.
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