Bowling green is living up to its name, by "going green."

A local tour takes residents around some of the "greenest" spots in the city. The "What's Green in Bowling Green" tour was a fun event for tourists, and tour guides. The last stop on the map was service one credit union.

"One of our main goals in building this building is to improve our energy consumption by over 90%," says Valerie Brown, CEO of Service One Credit Union.

LED and high efficiency flourescent lights cut down on energy expenses, plus, they have plants on their roof, which increases the life of the roof and reduces storm water runoff.

This bank isn't just about high-tech green efficiency, it also reuses old resources like wood, saved from an old mill in Webster County, Kentucky. "The owners sold it to us," says David Bryant, the architect behind the bank, "and we were able to carefully or selectively demolish it, and saved all the structural components and were able to put this back."

Talk about sustainability, even a serene water display reuses resources. "This is our aqua life," says Brown, "the stone was picked up from a dry creekbed here in warren county."

With all of the green efforts in the building, it may be only one of two in Kentucky with a special green certification.
"We are hoping to achieve the platinum level of LEED," says Brown, "which is leadership in energy and environmental design."

The only building in Kentucky with a platinum certification is the Bernheim Visitor's Center.

Some of the other stops on the tour were at Lost River Cave, WKU Biofuel Facility, and the Alive Center.