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Certifying buildings for energy efficiency
In 2018, buildings alone accounted for 66% of Indianapolis greenhouse gas emissions. By 2025, the city hopes to reduce those emissions from buildings by almost 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
Since 2018, the city has certified 36 additional buildings as green buildings through LEED or Energy Star ratings bringing the total to 295. The 2025 target is 498.
Notably, the city is also on the brink of finalizing a Benchmarking and Transparency Ordinance that staff hopes will reduce utility costs and cut back on emissions by obtaining energy use data from municipal and commercial businesses.
Mar 12, 2021 / 12:28 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Monon Trail bridge over 38th Street is now complete.
The bridge, which allows cyclists and pedestrians to safely cross the busy street, was celebrated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning.
“Today is a very exciting day for this neighborhood as well as for trail users across the city,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett in a release sent to News 8. “The completion of this project demonstrates Indianapolis’s continued dedication to expanding and improving trails and greenways around the city as well as the safety of those using them.”
The completion of the bridge was several years in the making and cost nearly $4.6 million. The scope of the project includes 700 linear feet of new sidewalks along 38th Street, a Pacers Bikeshare station just north of the bridge, and improved trail connections on both sides of the street.
April 01, 2021
Your Easter weekend forecast, plus IMS opens the gates for a month of mass vaccination clinics. We hear from Gov. Holcomb as he ends the mask mandate, President Biden as he rolls out a new infrastructure plan, and a local Marine who flew a dog all the way from Europe to bring her home with him.
March 31, 2021
New research on the Pfizer vaccine shows it protects children as young as 12, the news comes as Indiana lowers it’s eligibility to 16 today. Plus, the latest on the Derek Chauvin trial, why firefighters need your help after a deadly fire in Lawrence, and who is staying in Indy for the Final Four.