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Green Features and
Community
Involvement
Margaret Peebles, Director of Branch Services
Gail Borden Public Library District, Rakow Branch
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Gail Borden Public Library
District, Rakow BranchMany photos in this presentation are courtesy of Engberg
Anderson, Architects of the Rakow Branch
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Gail Borden Public Library,
Elgin, IL
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Formulating a “21st
Century Branch”
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Growing Interest in
Sustainable Building
and a Greener Elgin
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Green Programming and Partnerships
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Summer Reading
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ECCO: Elgin Climate
Change Organization
Movies,
Discussions and
Demonstrations
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RAIN BARRELS ON
PARADE
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Branch Ground
Breaking Ground, May
2007
Kids wrote their wishes for the new
branch library on rocks that were buried
on the site.
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Branch Opening,
August, 2009
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Bookstore Appeal
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Face-Out Shelving
Less emphasis on
dewey, more on
categories
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Green Construction
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LEED Certification
• Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
• U.S. Green Building Council
• Green Building Rating System
• Silver, Gold, Platinum
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Green Features• Geothermal Heating
• Zen garden
• Native prairie plants
• Neighborhood Friendly lighting
• Low and no emissions paint
• High albedo Roof
• Low-flow water control
• Collection of books educating about sustainability
and the environment and circulating the Kill-A-Watt
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Geothermal Heating
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Parking for Low Emissions Vehicles
and Extra Bike Racks.
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The “Green” Shelf
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Natural Prairie
Plantings
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Zen-like Garden
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• Rock Seating in the Garden
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More innovative
services....
Self-Check Machines
With the option of ‘no receipt’Skype Reference Station
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Mediabank 24/7 DVD
dispenser
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Customer Response?
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Green Features and
Community
Involvement
Margaret Peebles
Director of Branch Services
Gail Borden Public Library District
Rakow Branch
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