• Start year:
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: Completed

The solar installation consists of 280 photo-voltaic panels. Altogether, the panels cover almost 5,000 square feet of the building's roof. The panels are expected to produce more than 76,000 kWh of energy per year, which will be routed to NES's power grid.
In addition to Parthenon Towers, MDHA also will be installing some 300 solar panels at its Madison high-rise property. The solar arrays at Parthenon and Madison, plus a smaller installation at Edgefield Manor in East Nashville, will make MDHA the largest generator of solar power in the state of Tennessee and are estimated to produce enough energy to power a small neighborhood of houses for an entire year.

• Start year:
• Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
• Status: In operation

In March 2012, Mayor Karl Dean launched the Mayor's Workplace Challenge to engage businesses and organizations to encourage health, community service and sustainability in the workplace. The Green Workplace Challenge engages organizations to reduce the environmental impacts of their operations and buildings by providing property owners, managers, and office tenants with information and resources to lower their water and energy profile, reduce waste and promote alternative transportation.

• Start year: 2011
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

• Start year: 2013
• Type: Education/Awareness Raising
• Status: In operation

Similar to the Mayor's Workplace Challenge, the Neighborhood Challenge encourages and recognizes Nashville’s neighborhoods in three areas that contribute to a high quality of life: being green, healthy and involved in the community. Residents, neighborhood groups, community groups, faithgroups and others can go to http://mayorsneighborhoodchallenge.com to sign up for the challenge. An online scorecard includes questions about neighborhood practices as they relate to being green, healthy and promotingvolunteerism. Based on their overall score in each category, neighborhoods can achieve bronze, silver or gold status and can continually update their scorecards throughout the challenge period.
Nashvitality Mobile App

• Start year: 2013
• Type: Fiscal / Financial mechanism
• Status: In operation