Levin Furniture in Avon Believes in Green Buildings

Levin Furniture in Avon has been open for three months and they are still putting the finishing touches on some of their green building initiatives. Solar panels have recently been installed on the roof of the newly constructed building. The Avon store is Levin's fourth to take advantage of solar power.

President and CEO of the furniture chain, Robert Levin, described the Avon store to cleveland.com as the "flagship on the west side of Cleveland."

"What's different about the Avon store is that it is new construction so it can be more efficient with all systems," Levin added.

Levin Furniture's headquarters is located in Pittsburgh and they have a distribution center in Smithton, Pennsylvania. Over 800 tons of material each year are recycled at its distribution center each year reports cleveland.com.

"I have always been interested in environmental issues," said Levin. "We have done a good job in the recycling end."

Other green initiatives include programmable digital thermostats, motion sensitive lighting, energy efficient light bulbs and recycled paper products.

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