{"id":4887,"date":"2013-10-09T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanconstructiongroup.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2013-10-09T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T20:19:00","slug":"guthrie-green-awarded-2013-brownfield-renewal-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manhattanconstructiongroup.com\/manhattan-construction-company\/guthrie-green-awarded-2013-brownfield-renewal-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Guthrie Green awarded 2013 Brownfield Renewal Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Award recognizes projects nationally that revitalize former industrial\/commercial properties<\/i><\/h2>\n

TULSA, Okla. \u2013 <\/b>Brownfield Renewal magazine recently awarded the 2013 Brownfield Renewal Award for Brownfields for Energy to Guthrie Green in Tulsa. The award honors projects that represent the gold standard of brownfield redevelopment across three distinct industry spheres of influence, including environmental impacts, economic impacts and social impacts.<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe are honored to be given the Brownfield Renewal Award,\u201d said Stanton Doyle, senior program officer at George Kaiser Family Foundation. \u201cReclaiming former industrial sites to allow for public use is critical to revitalizing Tulsa. Oklahoma is fortunate to have the expertise and the resources to overcome a legacy of industrial use to make projects like Guthrie Green possible. Hopefully, this award will encourage the development of other such sites to continue to make Tulsa a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guthrie Green project includes the transformation of a 2.7 acre brownfield into a dynamic green community park with gardens, interactive fountains, an outdoor stage with vine-covered \u201cgreen rooms,\u201d a multi-purpose lawn for performances and festivals and a caf\u00e9 pavilion. Located in Tulsa\u2019s historic Brady Arts District, Guthrie Green delivers special events, activities and music that showcase a diverse combination of local, regional and national acts. The site was previously the home to a variety of industrial and commercial uses including Vinson Supply, DX, and, most recently, Central Freight.<\/p>\n

One of the more innovative and \u201cgreen\u201d uses of Guthrie Green hides just below the park\u2019s surface. Guthrie Green utilizes an innovative ground source heat pump energy system that includes 120 wells drilled to 500-foot depths. These wells take advantage of the constant year-round temperature of about 50 F that is just a few feet below the ground\u2019s surface. The wells provide 600 tons of heating and cooling, which is distributed via underground pipes to the neighboring Tulsa Paper Company building and the Hardesty Visual Arts Center, reducing their heating and cooling costs by approximately 60 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Guthrie Green returned an existing, unsafe and contaminated downtown eye sore into a vibrant urban get away that is also a showcase of \u2018green\u2019 technology,\u201d said Manhattan Construction Project Manager Levi Frost, who oversaw the project. \u201cAll lighting on the site is LED, reducing the overall site demand for electricity. Water runoff on the site is diverted to bio-swales, which help irrigate the landscape and clean the water before it enters the storm sewer. Solar panels on the roof of The Pavilion contribute to the overall energy demands of the park amenities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The geothermal field was developed with a $2.5 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Energy Demand Reduction grant and a $200,000 Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Brownfield Development grant.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge Kaiser Family Foundation has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and dedication to the City of Tulsa for many years,\u201d said Oklahoma DEQ Brownfields Program Manager Lloyd Kirk. \u201cThe recent completion and development of\u00a0Guthrie Green will become a model for other communities as an example of how redevelopment, reuse and renewable technology can be applied to create a vibrant downtown park.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the 2013 Brownfield Renewal Awards winners, visit http:\/\/www.brownfieldrenewal.com\/pr2013.php#nominees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About the Guthrie Green <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Guthrie Green <\/b>project includes the transformation of a 2.7 acre brownfield* <\/b>into a dynamic green community park with gardens, interactive fountains, an outdoor stage with vine covered \u201cgreen rooms,\u201d a multi-purpose lawn for performances and festivals and a caf\u00e9 pavilion.<\/h3>\n

The project team returned an existing, unsafe and contaminated downtown eye sore at 11 E. Brady Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma into a vibrant urban get away that is also a showcase of \u201cgreen\u201d technology.<\/p>\n

*What is a brownfield?<\/span>
<\/b>A brownfield is land previously used for industrial purposes or some commercial uses. The land may be contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste or pollution, and has the potential to be reused once it is cleaned up.<\/p>\n

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