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Local Foods
Union Street Market is all about local foods! Local foods can be superior in many ways, with fresh fruits and vegetables harvested at peak flavor and nutritional content, short supply routes, and dollars recirculating in the local economy. Consumers choosing to eat from local sources is one of the most impactful steps that individuals can take to address climate change.
Bees at Electric Works
Bees play a profound role in the environment and create an incredible sweet treat. In partnership with David Mullins, who offers everything bee-related at his Bee Great store in Union Street Market, Electric Works will be home to its own beehives. In 2023, Bee Great plans to offer hyper-local honey from hives located at Electric Works, while the bees are out pollinating trees and flowers throughout Fort Wayne.
Bees at Electric Works
Bees play a profound role in the environment and create an incredible sweet treat. In partnership with David Mullins, who offers everything bee-related at his Bee Great store in Union Street Market, Electric Works will be home to its own beehives. In 2023, Bee Great plans to offer hyper-local honey from hives located at Electric Works, while the bees are out pollinating trees and flowers throughout Fort Wayne.
Energy Efficiency
The development team took numerous steps to ensure that Electric Works reflects a commitment to sustainability. Maybe the most important step was the first one: deciding to preserve and reuse historic buildings in the urban core, rather than tearing the buildings down and starting new or locating the project on undeveloped land on the city’s periphery (“greenfield development”).
While reusing old buildings is more expensive than building new ones, nothing can substitute for the authentic character and history of the original structures, nor help reduce our ecological footprint more.
Other important sustainability features include:
- Removal of old, leaky windows and replacement with high-efficiency models that preserve the buildings’ historical character
- All-new energy-efficient lighting
- All-new high-efficiency heating and air conditioning units
- Replacement of roofs to meet modern insulation R-values
- Extensive onsite crushing and recycling of concrete and masonry. The contractors reused or recycled about 7,500 tons of material on the West Campus and therefore kept it out of the landfill.