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  • Project Gallery: Welch Allyn Building Consolidation

    This project involved renovating an existing facility in Skaneateles Falls and building two additions, using a sustainable design approach that takes advantage of the site's features to achieve LEED Gold Certification: User-generated architecture from QPK Design.

  • 2012 COTE Top Ten Green Project Firm: BNIM

    BNIM's sustainable decisions have a threefold benefit in being economically beneficial, socially responsible, and environmentally sound.

  • 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: Iowa Utilities Board Office of Consumer Advocate Building

    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.

  • Lean and Green

    New Web-based and cloud-based tools strip away some of the obstacles to running an efficient office.

  • King Pavilion at Iowa State University College of Design

    The $6.6 million, 23,735-square-foot project earned LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council

  • Iowa State University’s Interlock House

    ADA-compliant design brings high market viability to ISU's Solar Decathlon entry.

  • United Nations Identifies Agriculture As a Solution to Soaring CO2 Emissions ” Approves First Agricultural CDM Methodology

    The United Nations, at its June meeting, gave approval for the broad application of the first agricultural methodology for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.

  • The Rest of the Story

    Growing up in Iowa, there were things I could count on each day: reports about hog and soybean futures, farmers discussing the weather and Paul Harvey’s broadcast. Everyone I knew listened to and trusted Harvey. During nearly 60 years as a national radio personality, Harvey’s grandfatherly voice...

  • Marion Arts and Environment Center at Lowe Park/ Marion, Iowa

    The 11,500-square-foot (1068-m2) building employs a geothermal-heat-pump system, which saves 40 to 50 percent on energy.

  • 2008 Innovative Green Projects

    Check out 11 innovative green projects from across North America.