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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 3M Guarantees Product Won't Be Banned — Environmental Building News, 2007.0509Measuring Solar Access with the Solmetric SunEye — Environmental Building News, 2007.0509 Solar Boat Completes Fuel - Free Voyage — New York Times, 2007.0508 Mayor's Green Building Code Still Lags Behind Other Cities — Opinion at Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 2007.0508 'Green Building' Isn't as Simple as Building Green — Realty Times, 2007.0508 UK Team Is Finalist in Sustainability Design Competition — University of Kentucky News, 2007.0508 Delegates Work on Climate Change Accord — New York Times, 2007.0508 Renewal on the Riverbank — Oregon City News, 2007.0508 Wal-Mart Starts Solar Power Test Program — New York Times, 2007.0507 Steelhead Listed as 'Threatened' Species — New York Times, 2007.0507 Astronomers Report Biggest Stellar Explosion — New York Times, 2007.0507 Scientists Find Residue in Oregon Streams — New York Times, 2007.0507 Glass Opens Up New Horizons for Design — Glass On Web, 2007.0507 OHSU Center First to Achieve LEED Platinum — ACP Pubs, 2007.0507 Want a Green House? Prepare to Be Confused — MSNBC, 2007.0507 Energy Efficient Homes Usually Don't Look Any Different — The Ledger, 2007.0507 US Environment-Friendly Building Booms — MSNBC, 2007.0507 When Carbon Is Currency — New York Times, 2007.0506 Cool Idea for a New Stadium: Go Solar — North Jersey Record, 2007.0506 Shops and Offices to Go Eco-Friendly — The Independent, 2007.0506 Is It OK to Steal Food from Pandas? — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0506 When Concrete Goes from Gray to "Green" — Independent Mail, 2007.0506 Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World — New York Times, 2007.0506 Pushing for Green by 2030 — Calgary Herald, 2007.0505 More Low-Income Housing Being Built Green — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0505 Monsanto Patent Rejected after 13 Years — Nature, 2007.0504 Digging Deep, Building Strong - Rammed Earth for the Ages — AIArchitect, 2007.0504 Fresh from the Depths — Building Design, 2007.0504 Building Design Leaders Unite on Energy Reduction Targets — American Institute of Architects press release, 2007.0504 The EcoManor Is LEED-Certified, but Still a Monstrosity — UnBeige, 2007.0504 Biggest Energy Efficiency Steps in 30 Years — Scoop, 2007.0503 GSA's SF Federal Building Wins Sustainable Leadership Award — GSA Press Release, 2007.0503 Energy Drive to Add to House Costs — TVNZ, 2007.0503 Its Easy Being Green — Azle News Online, 2007.0503 Lamina Unveils LED Replacement for Popular Halogen Bulb — Lamina press release, 2007.0503 Study Confirms Corporate America Trends — McGraw-Hill Press Release, 2007.0503 From "Beantown" to "Greentown" — Revitalization Online, 2007.0503 Tribes, Fishermen Sue PacifiCorp over Klamath Dams — Reuters, 2007.0502 U.S. Environment Satellites in Jeopardy: Scientists — Scientific American, 2007.0502 WWF: Stopping Climate Change Is Possible — WWF Press Release, 2007.0502 Green Places for Travelers — GreenOptions (blog), 2007.0502 Common Fire Creates Greenest Building East of the Mississippi — Eco Sherpa, 2007.0501 Energy, Ethics and Feed-in Tariffs — Renewable Energy Access, 2007.0430 Trio of L.A. Neighborhood Gyms Shares Sustainable Form — AIArchitect, 2007.0427 Three LEED Buildings Grace One Hospital Campus — AIArchitect, 2007.0427
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