Staff Photo by Danielle Moore
Thomas Johnson, architect and owner of Park Place Condos on M.L. King Boulevard, sets up solar panels on the roof of the former Park Place School building.What makes us specialChattanooga made a turnaround in three decades from being the nation’s worst air city to a federally recognized “clean air” city.Chattanooga hosted the 1995 President’s Council on Sustainable Development.In 2006, Chattanooga joined 838 other U.S. cities pledging in the Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.Chattanooga in April launched a Green Committee citizen-visioning process to rejuvenate the city’s campaign of sustainability. About 500 people came to brainstorm ideas.
Chattanooga wants to go green, and its plan is out on the roof.
Here’s the landscape:
Green – as in grassy – rooftops to hold down heating and air conditioning costs while slowing the torrent of hard rains that can overwhelm storm drains and push sewage into the Tennessee River.
Glittering solar rooftops to harness the power of the sun and reduce carbon footprints and power bills.