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Convention facility’s urban farm dramatizes its sustainability commitment

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

August 23, 2016

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Convention facility’s urban farm dramatizes its sustainability commitment

Sustainability is a major commitment at Cleveland’s new Global Center for Health Innovation and at the adjacent Huntington Convention Center, which are fresh off their star turn hosting the press at the recent Republican National Convention this past July.

The Global Center, which opened in 2014, is a LEED Gold Facility incorporating a number of eco-friendly design elements ranging from daylight harvesting to reduce energy usage on lighting and a green rooftop that uses the Earth’s geothermal and insulating properties to low-flow water systems and water refill stations.

But the most eye-catching initiative is undoubtedly the urban farm dining services provider Levy Restaurants and facility management firm SMG have set up behind the Innovation Center, which is plainly visible both from the glass wall that caps the main ballroom and from surrounding outdoor walkways.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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