The lilly-white world of Hyde Park/Oakley gets a little Greener with The Blue Elephant, courtesy of CORE Resoources Inc. of Anderson Township, builder of the East Side’s newest Thai hotspot.
CORE constructed a building foundation that’ll keep the woks sizzling, and saving energy, courtesy of a geothermal HVAC system combined with CO2 monitoring, a tight exterior shell and sun shading to afford superior interior comfort over similar facilities.
CORE and the designer, Architects Plus, have filed for LEED certification.
Blue Elephant designer Zoe Hardy with Architects Plus figures maintenance costs will be less than half of a conventional system, with a life expectancy 1.5X longer. Overall energy use is calculated to be 24 percent better than code-mandated baseline performance standards.
The Blue Elephant will open this year, a good puke-and-a-half from that hardiest of East Side watering holes, R.P. McMurphy’s Irish Pub. Here’s to you, Wasson Road.
CORE Resources is owned by East Side bros. Paul and David Kitzmillers, proud graduates of Anderson High School and pillars in their corner of the Queen City. CORE’s project manager is Brandy Del Favero.
She’s working with the new owners, a shy, friendly Chinese couple moving here from San Jose. They’ve got family in town who own/operate the Ban Thai Restaurant in Eastgate.
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