17 Gordon Avenue Business Incubator

Type: Green Roof / Cistern – Internal reuse / Porous Pavement

Use: Institutional/Commercial: owned by South Providence Development Corp.

Installer: DePasquale Building & Realty Co.

Designer/Developer: Unknown

Installation Date: October 2002

The building at 17 Gordon Avenue was originally built in the 1930s as a lead pencil factory, however was vacant for several years. South Providence Development Corporation (SPDC) purchased the property to restore the building for use as a small business incubator whose tenants would include (but not be limited to) businesses that provide goods or services of an environmental nature. Among its many green features are a porous parking lot adjacent to the building, a green roof comprising 1/3 of the total roof surface and a rainwater recovery system. The recovery system collects water in a large cistern where it is filtered and then reused in the building’s restrooms.