Tuesday, February 26, 2013
DC buildings, like the French Embassy, are installing green roofs thanks to environmental rebates.
DC’s green roof rebate program is turning enough heads that even foreign governments are taking advantage of funding for sustainable development. The French Embassy in Georgetown is one of several local buildings to take advantage of the Anacostia Water Shed (AWS) green roof rebate plan this year. Others include Rhode Island Row, 2300-2350 Washington Pl. NE, Aquinus Hall at Catholic University and a home at 813 A St. NE. "We are thrilled the French Embassy has installed a green roof and are participating in the District's rebate program," Michael Lucy, senior consultant with AWS, said in an email to Patch. The embassy's approximately 10,000 square-foot green roof was installed by Furbish Company. “The goal is essentially to reduce [the …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Expect traffic on Reservoir Road near the French Embassy Friday evening
François Hollande, the newly elected French President, could cause traffic snares Friday evening on Reservoir Road when he visits the French Embassy. Some 2,000 French citizens living in the D.C. area were invited to attend the event, according to the embassy website. Attendees are requested to arrive between 2:30 and 4:15 p.m. for the event which being at 5 p.m. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. The event notice on the embassy website also tells attendees that there is no parking within the embassy gates. Georgetown University alerted students and staff to the potential traffic problems in an email sent early Friday morning. "Reservoir Road may be difficult to traverse and …
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The French Embassy asks how its Facebook followers are spending them "les vacances," we want to know if you subscribe to this European tradition in August
August marks a month of vacation in much of Europe and the French Embassy in Georgetown asked Facebook followers how they were spending the month. Several of the commenters on the French site are actually spending their time in the U.S. My favorites? I like Fred Llinares's plan to go to La Vegas for a weekend followed by a week in New Mexico where he'll see the "concert de Lil'wayne" and then on to NYC. And Jerome Delange, who is headed to Newport, Narragansett, NYC & Boston. "C'est la 4e fois que je viens ici, c'est a chaque fois un enchantement" which means, in short, that America is awesome. But what about Georgetowners? Georgetown Metropolitan recently reported that of Georgetown's 4,732 households, 568 are vacant, or 14.2 percent. So …
