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CHICAGO—NEXT Apartments, Fifield Realty Corp.'s 28-story, 310-unit rental tower in Chicago's River North neighborhood, just earned Three Green Globes certification from the Green Building Initiative, a commercial building certification equivalent to LEED Gold. No other new-construction building in Chicago has been awarded the certification. GBI awards between one to four Green Globes, with three earned for best practices regarding energy, water and environmental efficiency. “From the outset, NEXT was designed with the goals of improving energy efficiency, water conservation, CO2 emissions reduction and indoor environmental quality, and with environmentally sensitive building materials,” says Steve Fifield, chairman of Chicago-based Fifield Cos. Fifield noted the building's location in a dense urban area with easy access to public transportation also factored into its green certification, as NEXT, which opened one year ago and has reached 97% occupancy, allows residents freedom from their cars on a daily basis.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
