Las Vegas Completes Off Strip Environmental Attraction
The Las Vegas Springs Preserve, a $250 million non gaming cultural attraction a few miles off the Las Vegas Strip, is nearing construction completion. With 180 acres of green museums, botanical gardens, galleries, trails and concert venues, the preserve is designed to promote green building while becoming a new cultural hub for locals and tourists.
As the largest commercial straw bale construction project in the U.S., the preserve is erecting seven green buildings intended to join an elite list of buildings nationwide that already have achieved Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This environmental rating indicates that a large share of required building materials be recycled, re used or recyclable.
This means incorporating products such as carpet made from recycled pop bottles, bio filtration ponds that reclaim on site wastewater, certified sustainable lumber, rammed earth walls, straw bale walls, radiant floor heating, cool towers for evaporative cooling systems, computer controlled building operations systems, and low VOC paints, furniture, fabrics and wood composites.
The Desert Living Center at the Springs Preserve will provide a forum where visitors can learn practical means of protecting environmental resources without compromising quality of life. A complex of five buildings, the DLC consists of the Sustainability Gallery, dialogue center, design lab and technical training center, ticketing area and general classroom, conference and office space.
The DLC will offer exhibits, classroom programming, events, conferences and activities illustrating the benefits of recycling, conservation and alternative energy sources. Also part of the project is the 97,000 square foot Origen Experience, comprised of two historic museum galleries, a childrens gallery, an indoor theater and a 2,000 seat outdoor amphitheater. The Springs Preserve is a 180 acre national historic site commonly known as the birthplace of Las Vegas. It will open in 2007. For more information, visit www.springspreserve.org
Courtesy of grouptravelblog
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