By Hope Saginario

Portsmouth's Regeneration Park will be the first sustainable commercial property created by Regeneration, a green realty trust. The former Toyota Dealership is now being demolished and rebuilt into one of the Seacoast’s first eco-friendly business parks.

Regeneration is dedicated to promoting sustainable business through the purchase and renovation of commercial properties. They plan on leasing to businesses and organizations who share the same passion for reducing our carbon-footprint. Simply Green Biofuels and The Green Alliance have taken advantage of this opportunity and are looking forward to making it their home in September.

The business park will be built using the most eco-friendly practices possible. About 90% of the material from the demolition process will be reused, recycled and donated, and then replaced with low-impact, energy-efficient technologies. Solar panels will provide most of the building's energy yield and the upstairs office space will be constructed from recycled blue gymnasium floors. It will be one of the first Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) in the area, consuming zero net energy and zero net carbon.

“The challenges, as you can imagine, are many, but we have an amazing creative team of designers, architects and contractors working through the whole project” explains Joel Bobbett, Residential Salesman of Simply Green. “Although it's early in the project, we can confidently say that some of the energy techniques we'll be utilizing will be revolutionary for the Seacoast.”

You can already see the progress being made at www.regenerationpark.com as well as inquire about becoming a new tenant for the building.
For more information about the project, or for inquires about leasing a space in the building, please contact Joel at joel@regenerationpark.com.