Employees from the Ann Arbor office of Quinn Evans Architects volunteered to reglaze windows at a warehouse located in the Midtown area of Detroit. QEA’s efforts are part of a larger effort to convert a 90-year-old historic building into office space that uses zero energy and tests green building techniques in the process. When it opens in September of 2010, the Green Garage will be a center for green startups.
The Green Garage is actually 3 things: a building located in the Midtown area of Detroit, a business enterprise, and a community of people dedicated to Detroit's sustainable future. The building dates back to 1920, when it was a showroom for Model T-based automobiles, and is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It was purchased in 2008 by Tom and Peggy Brennan, who, with a community of over 100 individuals, have developed plans for a green/historic renovation, and a business plan (developing green businesses). Read more...