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A new guide aims to unify roof and wall insulation values among the International Energy Conservation Code, the International Green Construction Code, ASHRAE 90.1, and common forms of construction.
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The USGBC’s web-based tool aims for greater transparency and understanding of green-building practices.
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The latest addition to Hood River Middle School in Hood River, Ore., designed by Opsis Architecture integrates permaculture education into a National Historic Landmark site.
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A civic-focused, adaptive reuse project in downtown Atlanta by Perkins+Will transforms a 1986 office building into a living laboratory and educational tool for sustainable design.
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A historical landmark in Portland, Ore., is restored by THA Architecture into the new headquarters of a global relief organization.
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A LEED Platinum–certified classroom building in a nature preserve in Duluth, Minn., designed by Salmela Architect, incorporates Passive Haus design strategies to meet performance goals.
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A new building by BNIM was built on a six-acre former landfill, and is now home to two state agencies that govern state-utilities issues.
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UC Merced’s plan for its 815-acre site require a minimum of LEED Gold certification for all structures and aims to make the campus the first net-zero-energy, zero-waste, and net-zero-emission campus in America by 2020.
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Newberg Center at Portland Community College, designed by Hennebery Eddy Architects, is designed to be the first net-zero-energy higher-education building in Oregon.
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A decommissioned airbase became a pedestrian campus with five LEED Gold–certified buildings, thanks to RSP Architects and Lake|Flato Architects.