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Every so often, an exceptional work of architecture emerges from an opportune convergence of just the right client working with just the right team of architects, engineers, and consultants on a building that is just right for the times. Kroon Hall at Yale University is one of these.
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For the new Christman Company headquarters in downtown Lansing, Michigan, SmithGroup set out to design modern, high-end offices within a historic building. What resulted, somewhat surprisingly, was a sustainable exemplar. Christman, a Lansing-based construction company, had purchased a 1928 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and set a modest goal for sustainable renovation: basic certification under LEED for Core & Shell.
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More Environment President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan — New York Times, 2010.0203Overcoming the Ugly Factor in Building-Integrated Solar Design — New York Times, 2010.0203 In Texas, Resistance over Stricter U.S. Smog Limits — , 2010.0203 Households Enter Voluntary Carbon Market — New York Times, 2010.0203 Wind Power in Europe Grows, but Credit Remains Tight — New York Times, 2010.0203 Sustainable Housing in Sin City — Mother Nature Network, 2010.0202 Modern Cape Cod House Earns Both ENERGY STAR and LEED Gold Certification — PR Web, 2010.0202 Green Means Endurance — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0202 Yale's Kroon Hall Earns LEED Platinum Certification — Yale Daily News, 2010.0202 (Climate) Information Wants to Be Free — New York Times, 2010.0202 Can White Roofs Battle Global Warming? — New York Times, 2010.0202 World’S Most Energy Efficient Building to Rise in China — EcoSeed, 2010.0201 California Officials Would Not Regulate Electric Car Charging Firms — New York Times, 2010.0129 Australia to Put Forward Unchanged Carbon Cuts to UN — Associated Foreign Press, 2010.0127 UK's Top Scientist Urges Care in Presenting Results of Climate Change — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0127 The Ozone Hole Is Mending. Now for the ‘But.’ — New York Times, 2010.0126 Bipartisan Group of 1,198 Stat Legistlators Urges Climate Bill — Climate Progress (blog), 2010.0125 UN Scientist Refutes Daily Mail Claim That Glacier Error Was Politically Motivated — Climate Progress (blog), 2010.0125 Advancing the Flywheel for Energy Storage and Grid Regulation — New York Times, 2010.0125 Study Examines Costs and Benefits of Algae — New York Times, 2010.0125 Inside Indiana's Highest-Rated LEED-Certified Home. — Indianapolis Star, 2010.0125 Energy Efficiency to Shine in 2010 — Daily News Los Angeles, 2010.0125 The Next Page: An Acre of Possibilities, 841 Feet in the Sky — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2010.0124 Climate Change: Chinese Adviser Calls for Open Mind on Causes — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0124 Home with Sustainable Style — Stuff, 2010.0123 Madison's Sustainability Mirage — Isthmus Daily Page, 2010.0121 New Report Says Green Building Design Fundamental to Carbon Cutting — Green Building Press, 2010.0121 Meet the New, Green Modular House — East Hampton Star, 2010.0121 California to Subsidize Solar Water Heaters — New York Times, 2010.0121
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