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LEED GOLD HOSPITAL Because of unusually strict technical, mechanical, and air quality requirements, hospitals are one of the most difficult building types to design sustainably. Yet the Providence Newberg Medical Center by Mahlum Architects has achieved a LEED Gold rating — the first hospital in the United States to do so. It is also the first U.S. hospital to acquire enough renewable electric power to meet all its needs.
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SWEETWATER CREEK Like many other buildings that receive the coveted Platinum-level LEED certification, the Sweetwater Creek State Park Visitors Center, near Lithia Springs, Georgia, features numerous energy conservation measures and has a roof full of photovoltaic cells to generate electricity.
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BIG RIPPLES Magic in architecture often occurs when the client presents the architect with clear criteria and formidable challenges and when, rather than engineer around obstacles, the designer embraces the challenges as opportunities to enrich the project. Such was the case with the Heifer International Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas, designed by Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects. The result is a building that meets the client's needs with stellar design and an anticipated LEED-Gold rating.
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More Environment U.S. Air Pollution: Less Smog, but More Soot in East — Scientific American, 2007.0501Coal's Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now — New York Times, 2007.0501 Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn? — New York Times, 2007.0501 Planet-Friendly Paint — Redding Record Searchlight, 2007.0501 The Eco-House — Independent Digital, 2007.0501 L.A. Tops List of Nation's Most Polluted — New York Times, 2007.0501 Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutants by 40% - Study — China Daily, 2007.0501 Scientists Protest New Reading of ESA — New York Times, 2007.0501 Common Fire Creates Greenest Building East of the Mississippi — Eco Sherpa, 2007.0501 Expedition to Promote Alternative Fuels — New York Times, 2007.0430 Building Green for China's Future — Science @ Berkeley Lab, 2007.0430 "Green" Construction Becomes Second Nature to Building Industry — San Diego Business Journal, 2007.0430 Nuns' Home Gold Standard in Green — London Free Press, 2007.0430 CALGEM: Taking the Measure of California's Greenhouse — Science @ Berkeley Lab, 2007.0430 Fire Threat to Solar Tile Homes — Telegraph, 2007.0429 UN Facing a Backlash on Emissions Action Plan — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0429 The Great Green Hope — Calgary Herald News, 2007.0429 The Green Rich List — The Independent, 2007.0429 BPA Joins Energy Efficiency Research Initiative — KPTV, 2007.0429 Cornwall's Surfers Up in Arms at Plans to Harvest Wave Energy — The Independent, 2007.0428 Energy Independence — New York Times, 2007.0427 Trio of L.A. Neighborhood Gyms Shares Sustainable Form — AIArchitect, 2007.0427 All Aboard for the New Live/Work Spaces — FindaProperty, 2007.0427 Three LEED Buildings Grace One Hospital Campus — AIArchitect, 2007.0427 California Backs Lowering Formaldehyde in Wood — Scientific American, 2007.0427 Can't I Love the Planet and My Wheels, Too? — The Globe and Mail, 2007.0427 How to Find a Green Builder -- Part 2 — GreenOptions (blog), 2007.0427 China Eases Hostility over Climate Crisis — New Zealand Herald, 2007.0426 Creating a Greener San Francisco — Revitalization Online, 2007.0426 Oise Reduced 90% by Elastic Pavement Made from Recycled Tires — Japan for Sustainability, 2007.0426 RAU Architects Convert Existing Building into Sustainable Office — World Architecture News, 2007.0425 Brazil to Split Up Its Environmental Agency — Reuters, 2007.0425 Advancing Sustainable Prosperity — World Changing (blog), 2007.0425 Frito-Lay Harnesses Solar Power with Rooftop Photovoltaics — AMonline, 2007.0425 Jason of Cascadia: Green Warrior — Healthy Building News, 2007.0424 China to Top USA in Greenhouse Emissions — USA Today, 2007.0424 Devil Is in Details of Carbon Cap System — MSNBC, 2007.0424 Bloomberg Draws a Blueprint for a Greener City — New York Times, 2007.0423 Reliance on Coal Sullies 'Green the Capitol' Effort — Washington Post, 2007.0421 Top 10 Ways for Commercial Buildings to Save Energy — BOMA press release, 2007.0420 Chicago Housing Complex Wins Green Design Award — AIArchitect, 2007.0420 New Solar Panel Design Traps More Light — International Business Times, 2007.0411 City Buildings Contribute to Emissions Problem, Report Says — Columbia Journalist, 2007.0409 Thomas Phifer Harnesses the Power of Light — Architect Magazine, 0000.0000
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