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HEALTH, CARE AND COMFORT River Campus Building One, for Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland, is a high-performance building with a conventional budget. The 16-story building, currently in construction, displays an innovative approach to mechanical engineering for a medical and research environment. In collaboration with developer Gerding/ Edlen and GBD Architects, Interface Engineering has met aggressive design criteria for resource conservation while paying special attention to the thermal comfort of medically fragile occupants. — Editor
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SAVING CONCRETE ENERGY With the growing awareness of the environmental harm of greenhouse gases, one major culprit in the construction industry is beginning to attract attention. The production of Portland cement, a key ingredient of concrete, releases substantial amounts of carbon dioxide (C02) — 8 percent of greenhouse gases worldwide. The United States consumes 110 million tons (100 million metric tons) of Portland cement annually and China now produces and places five times that amount.
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More Environment All Aboard the Learning Barge for Earth Day — Newswise, 2006.0322Environmental Awards of Excellence Winners Announced — City of Toronto Press Release, 2006.0322 Students Transform Light — eOculus, 2006.0321 Biophilia Claims Bryant Park — eOculus, 2006.0321 USGBC Holds New Orleans Development Luncheon — Interior Design, 2006.0321 Museum of Life and the Environment — Culture and Heritage Foundation press release at PR Newswire, 2006.0320 Wal-Mart Going Green with Help of Roseville Architects — Sacramento Business Journal, 2006.0320 Developers Cultivate a Taste for Green — Portland Business Journal, 2006.0320 Southern Nevada Lands First LEED-Certified Building — Business Press, 2006.0320 Sustainable Design Can Save More Than the Environment — Washington Post, 2006.0317 Moscow to Get Green Giant — World Architecture News, 2006.0317 Pricing Programs Give Consumers Clean Power Choices — National Renewable Energy Laboratory press release, 2006.0316 Saving Water, Saving Resources — emagazine.com, 2006.0316 Introducing Tropical Green — Metropolis, 2006.0315 Dell Children's Center Takes the Health Care Lead in LEED — Construction, 2006.0314 Partnership to Focus on Benefits of Gas and Electric Fireplaces — Hearth & Home Technologies press release, 2006.0313 Schools Blaze Path to LEED-Certified Construction Status — New Mexico Business Weekly, 2006.0313 Why It's Imperative That We Raise Energy Taxes — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0312 USGBC, ASHRAE, and IESNA to Develop a Green Building Standard — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0312 BuildingGreen Publishes Sixth Edition of GreenSpec — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0312 Bamboo in Construction: Is the Grass Always Greener? — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0312 The New York Times On How (and Why) to Build Low-PVC — Healthy Building News, 2006.0309 Herman Miller Dallas Receives LEED Silver — Interior Design, 2006.0309 The Big Green Apple — Time, 2006.0306 2006 ENERGY STAR Awards — ENERGY STAR press release, 2006.0301
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