The Green Building in Manchester’s Macintosh Village. An Israeli version, coming soon?
Last month, the Tel Aviv municipality implemented some creative solutions to help solve Israel’s ongoing water crisis. It appears they are not stopping there in their efforts to green the City That Never Stops.
Soon, construction will begin on Tel Aviv’s first ecological housing project!
The building will be on Akiva Eger Street, near the central bus station, and “will include smart lighting systems, recycled use of grey water (water generated from laundry and bathing) for irrigation or cooling, [and] charging stations for electric motor scooters.”
Since this project is part of the municipality’s plan to renew areas in the southern part of the city, builders receive rights more generous than those in the central and northern part of the city, and they are also permitted to build smaller apartments. The affordable price and small size of these homes are expected to attract young people and investors.
(As if the coolness of living in an eco-friendly apartment wasn’t incentive enough. Where can I sign up?!)
:: Ynetnews
Image: Terry Wha
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Author: Rachel Bergstein
When her vegan summer camp counselor explained to a fifteen-year-old Rachel how the dairy industry pollutes the groundwater in poor rural communities and causes global warming, there was no turning back. Her green fire lit, Rachel became increasingly passionate about the relationship between human societies and the natural environment, particularly about the systemic injustices associated with environmental degradation. After snagging a B.A. in Peace and Justice Studies at the University of Maryland, where she wrote an undergraduate thesis on water injustice in Israel/Palestine and South Africa, Rachel was awarded the New Israel Fund/Shatil’s Rabbi Richard J. Israel Social Justice Fellowship to come and spread the green gospel in Israel for the 2009-2010 academic year. She currently interns for Friends of the Earth Middle East in their Tel Aviv office. When Rachel is not having anxiety about her ecological footprint, carbon and otherwise, she can be found in hot pursuit of the best vegetarian food Tel Aviv has to offer. She also blogs about her experience as an NIF fellow and environmentalist in Israel at organichummus.wordpress.com. Rachel can be reached at rachelbergstein (at) gmail (dot) com.
Nice idea. The article also mentions that the “compound” will be built in the Central Bus Area of Tel Aviv, the seediest area in Tel Aviv, and one of the seediest in Israel. I think it’s going to take a bit more than recycling my grey water and a scooter recharge station to get me to live there…
They say it will Tel Aviv’s SoHo. Ha, wishful thinking, but nice marketing strategy.