Riverwest Project Goes Green; Townhouses Planned for Fall Opening

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Measured against the big, multi-million-dollar condo projects springing up in and around downtown, the three-unit townhouse complex that will be built this summer in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood is a piker.

But what it lacks in greenbacks, the $750,000 Elemental Townhomes development more than makes up for in green features: a roof garden that will help insulate the building and filter storm water runoff; rain gardens; passive solar heating and cooling; solar-heated water as an option; reclaimed materials; concrete walls made from fly ash; water-saving fixtures; and high-efficiency appliances and mechanical systems. The result: This is the greenest project of its kind in Milwaukee, its builders say.

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Riverwest Project Goes Green; Townhouses Planned for Fall Opening

"Everything we're doing here has been done before," says Nikolai Usack, a principal with Pragmatic Constr...

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