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GREEN SCHOOL GATHERS FOR TAKEOFF When architects speak of "green" buildings these days, they seldom mean it literally. But for the elementary/ middle school in Lake Zurich, Illinois, Legat Architects, Inc. have justified both environmental and chromatic interpretations of the word. They designed the new school for sustainability and gave it a distinctive copper entrance that the students have dubbed "the green spaceship." Says their principal: "They keep waiting for it to blast off!"
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More Environment Apartment Complex Gains Solar Energy System — Solar Access, 2004.0721Utah Students Build Environmentally Friendly House — Utah Daily Chronicle, 2004.0721 Organic Valley's New Green Design Headquarters — PR Newswire, 2004.0720 'Green' YMCA is Going Up on Schedule — The Grand Rapids Press, 2004.0719 Progress, Variety Highlighted at Solar 2004 — SolarAccess, 2004.0714 Scientists Protest Manipulation in Environmental Policy Making — Healthy Building Network, 2004.0714 Outlet-Free Enterprise — Los Angeles Times, 2004.0712 Biomass and Solar Technologies Lauded — National Renewable Energy Laboratory press release, 2004.0712 It's Quite Easy Being 'Green' for New Urban Ecology Center — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004.0711 'Green' Materials Bring Green Money — Star Tribune, 2004.0711 Grant Helps Schools Become More Energy Efficient — MetroWest Daily News, 2004.0704 Green from Wall to Wall — EDC, 2004.0701 Color Two Blueprints Red-Hot and Green — New York Daily News, 2004.0701 Building Controls — EDC, 2004.0701 Setting Up Sustainable Camp — EDC, 2004.0701 Fleming College Offers Program in Sustainable Building Design — Canadian Architect, 2004.0630 Washington Utility Offers Solar Electricity for Off-Gridders — Con.WEB, 2004.0630 Architecture Can Solve or Worsen Key Problems — Pacific Business News, 2004.0628 Going Green on Edisto — Charleston Post and Courier, 2004.0628 New Report Debunks Vinyl Industry's PVC Recycling Claims — Grassroots Recycling Network, 2004.0616
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