Tag: Sustainable Buildings
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Heal the planet, heal thyself
Last week, the U.S. Green Building Council joined Kaiser Permanente in Hillsboro, Ore., to put a LEED Gold plaque on our Westside Medical Center. Kaiser Permanente has achieved LEED certification for other buildings in the past, but this was the first LEED Gold rating we’ve earned for a hospital, which, with around-the-clock operations, highly…
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Perkins+Will defines inclusive design at new spaulding rehabilitation hospital
BOSTON – APRIL 24, 2013 – Global architectural and design firm Perkins+Will adds to the reputation of its award-winning healthcare design practice with the opening of the new 262,000-square-foot Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The design process, led by Ralph Johnson and managed by Perkins+Will’s Boston office, resulted in a state-of-the-art healthcare resource for patients, families, and…
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San Francisco gets its first eco-district
A proposal for the Central Corridor Eco-District. Rendering by Jihee Chung, SWA Group. Over the last year, there’s been palpable buzz in San Francisco around eco-districts — essentially, sustainability plans that operate at the neighborhood scale. We’ve learned about different eco-district models and how eco-districts are working in Portland, Seattle, Brooklyn and Denver. The San…
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Central Concrete announces first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for concrete mixes in the U.S.
SAN JOSE —Central Concrete, a U.S. Concrete Inc. (Nasdaq: USCR) company that delivers low CO2 concrete to the San Francisco Bay Area, today announced that it is the first ready …