Green Features and

Community

Involvement

Margaret Peebles, Director of Branch Services

Gail Borden Public Library District, Rakow Branch

mpeebles@gailborden.info

Gail Borden Public Library

District, Rakow BranchMany photos in this presentation are courtesy of Engberg

Anderson, Architects of the Rakow Branch

Gail Borden Public Library,

Elgin, IL

Formulating a “21st

Century Branch”

Growing Interest in

Sustainable Building

and a Greener Elgin

Green Programming and Partnerships

Summer Reading

ECCO: Elgin Climate

Change Organization

Movies,

Discussions and

Demonstrations

RAIN BARRELS ON

PARADE

Branch Ground

Breaking Ground, May

2007

Kids wrote their wishes for the new

branch library on rocks that were buried

on the site.

To Discover More about the Fox

River Mural, visit

www.gailborden.info

Branch Opening,

August, 2009

Bookstore Appeal

Face-Out Shelving

Less emphasis on

dewey, more on

categories

Green Construction

LEED Certification

• Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design

• U.S. Green Building Council

• Green Building Rating System

• Silver, Gold, Platinum

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

Geothermal Heating

Parking for Low Emissions Vehicles

and Extra Bike Racks.

The “Green” Shelf

Natural Prairie

Plantings

Zen-like Garden

• Rock Seating in the Garden

More innovative

services....

Self-Check Machines

With the option of ‘no receipt’Skype Reference Station

Mediabank 24/7 DVD

dispenser

Customer Response?

Green Features and

Community

Involvement

Margaret Peebles

Director of Branch Services

Gail Borden Public Library District

Rakow Branch

mpeebles@gailborden.info