GreenBean

Keller Residence

Location
2024 N. Albany, Chicago Map

Owner
Jay Keller and Grace Adefuin

Architect
Space Architect + Planners

2024 N. Albany is a new 2-story with basement, 3,500 sf single-family home seeking Chicago Green Homes certification. This a project designed by an architect as his own family residence - it's not unusual for designers to use their own homes for some experimentation, so it only follows that we're seeing more architects incorporating green in their personal projects. Although the home is on the larger side for floor area, it includes accommodations for live-in extended family, making the size more reasonable.

1555 N. Talman

Location
1555 N. Talman, Chicago Map

Owner
Shangri-La Developers

Architect
Florian Architects

1555 N. Talman is a new 4-story mixed-use building with commercial space and parking on the first floor and 8 residential units on the upper floors. The projects is at the southeast corner of North and Talman, caddy-corner from the two-building Hispanic Housing development we've covered. This project is also seeking Chicago Green Homes certification. The presence of these three green buildings makes this little corner in Humboldt Park one of the greenest in Chicago!

1600 N. Talman

Location
1600 N. Talman, Chicago Map

Owner
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation

Architect
Weese Langley Weese

1600 N. Talman is the second phase of a two-building development with a renovation and new construction component. We reported on the first phase, rehab of an immediately adjacent existing building, back in April. While the first phase was family housing, this building consists of 53 affordable housing units for the elderly, with community space and covered parking on the first floor. Both phases are seeking Chicago Green Homes certification.

ICG Offices

Location
210 S. Clark, Chicago Map

Owner
Interior Construction Group, Inc.

Architect
Gary Lee Partners

ICG, a general contractor specializing in commercial interiors, is relocating their offices to the 13th floor of 210 S. Clark. This relatively small project (8,000 sf) is seeking LEED-CI Gold certification and presents some unusual opportunities because it is actually in the same building as the company's current offices. It's a great demonstration that you don't have to be a huge company (like Exelon) or always go all-out (like Exelon) in order to think green on something as seemingly routine as a commercial office. Our construction photo shows an often-overlooked indoor air quality construction process detail - protection of open ends of ductwork being installed.

4227 S. St. Lawrence

Location
4227 S. St. Lawrence, Chicago Map

Owner
Om Development, LLC

Architect
Echo Studio

4227 S. St. Lawrence is a just-completed home from a new entry on Chicago's green development scene, Om Development. The project is a gut rehab of an 1890's Bronzeville multifamily back into a single-family home. There's not a lot of green bling here, just solid energy-efficiency (exceeding Energy Star requirements by 90%), leading the project to pursue a Chicago Green Homes three-star certification. The home will also be featured in an upcoming USGBC trolley tour.

1715 N. Damen

Location
1715 N. Damen, Chicago Map

Owner
1715 N. Damen LLC

Architect
Wilkinson Blennder Architecture

1715 N. Damen is a new 4-story 10,600 s.f. mixed-use project in the heart of Wicker Park. The building will include a 2,000 sf commercial space on the ground floor, a 2,800 sf condominium on the second floor, and a 3,400 sf condominium on the third and fourth floors. The project is seeking a two-star Chicago Green Homes certification and was selected for a Chicago Department of Environment green roof grant.