Monday, April 21, 2014

Green Developments

Trolley Barn, Cowls Road, North Amherst

Resembling book ends, two three-story developments are almost in the same stage of completion. Amherst Office Park in South Amherst sports a new 30,000 square foot building and the 12,000 square foot Trolley Barn in North Amherst (on Cowls Road) both show off their vibrant green Zip system insulation on this perfect Spring day.

Amherst Office Park, West Street, South Amherst

10 comments:

cinda said...

Pretty sure so Amh is 11,000 per floor at over 3 levels

Anonymous said...

Until the higher education bubble bursts and the bottom falls out of the market.

I know you can blindly say that "all is well" and that "this is Amherst" but remember when GM stock was, well, "solid as GM" and viewed as such? I know some people who lost quite a bit of money in the GM bankruptcy...

Just sayin...

Yokal said...

Why is this news? We have been building buildings for a long time. We have also been building energy efficient buildings for a long time. They are not energy efficient enough though....

There also seems to be some info missing. Who is building the buildings? How much energy will they use per what perimeter?

Or is this just about the color, green...of the plywood that is taped up...I don't think that is insulation, I think that is green plywood made in Easton, Maine.

Anonymous said...

I, for one, enjoyed the pictures. While I'm working, Larry is rambling around taking pictures of stuff I don't know about. Lighten up, Folks.

Larry Kelley said...

Actually I took those photos on Easter Sunday, so chances are pretty good you were not working.

Unless of course you're a first responder (probably not).

Walter Graff said...

Zip is an easier way to build as you do three steps in one. No more Tyvek wrap after installing the boards.

Anonymous said...

Ron Laverdere owns So. Amherst building. He is also the GC. Integrity is GC ing the Trolley Barn

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting this, Larry. It's great to see some meaningful development in town, despite the efforts of our native "CAVE"* people.

*Citizens Against Virtually Everything

Anonymous said...

I've been called a CAVE-person, but I support both these projects: they are appropriate (multi-story, energy-efficient) designs in appropriate (transit-friendly, or at least transit serviceable) locations. There are other projects (both proposed and already-built) about which one should be more skeptical.

Anonymous said...

I'm fourth generation Amherst and I'm not a CAVE PEOPLE, I hate everything.