Tag: green building
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Flush With Old Potties, City Builds Porcelain Path
The Meador Kansas Ellis Trail project in Bellingham, Wash, receives the first-ever Greenroads certification, in part for its innovative use of recycled toilets.
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Vermont Dairy Milks Innovation To Save Energy
In recognition of their pioneering green practices, including “Cow Power,” Blue Spruce Farm has received recognition from the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
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Starbucks Goes Dutch, Banks On New Cafe Concept
Starbucks’s concept store in the former bank vault of an historic building in Amsterdam is a radical design departure and a sign, perhaps, of things to come.
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US Forest Service Strikes LEED Gold In High Sierra
The energy-saving Truckee station, near Lake Tahoe, becomes the first LEED Gold U.S. Forest Service building in California.
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LEED Platinum Point Champ: Atlanta’s Perkins+Will
The headquarters of international design firm Perkins+Will in Atlanta has taken LEED Platinum with a score of 95, the highest ever for new construction in North America.