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formerly an underperforming two-story industrial building, the koll airport professional center is now a one-story, two-wing structure. transforming the structure into office space meant cutting the square footage by more than 20,000 square feet to meet city requirements regarding the ratio of square footage to available parking spaces. lopping off the original second story, the architects were left with a square box, which they then sliced in two to create two rectangular floor plates that allow for two dramatic entryways as well as more windows throughout the individual office suites. the original restroom core was retained between two new entry courts and aluminum canopies featuring louvered fins span overhead to unify the two halves of the building

Industrial Revolution

A humdrum manufacturing facility finds new life thanks to a LEED Silver–Certified makeover

Looking at the final results, it’s hard to believe that more than 75 percent of the exterior structure was saved in this renovation of an industrial building. While architecturally dramatic, the transformation is equally impressive for its emphasis on sustainability.

News

ASHRAE Releases Standard 189.1

Standard 189.1 aims to provide a strong foundation for high-performance green buildings
The National Fenestration Rating Council's Component Modeling Approach Product Certification Program Is Implemented

The pilot program, which awards product energy performance ratings for commercial projects, was officially implemented in January
Make the Grade, Earn STARS

A new sustainability rating is released with a specific focus on campus initiatives at higher education institutions in the United States...

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When specifying green products, what matters most to you?(online surveys)

Commercial

New Lease on Life
A 1970s laboratory building gets an upgrade alongside a high-performing addition at the University of Cincinnati
Reborn on the River
The revitalization of a riverside indutrial hub continues as a 19th-century building is transformed into the Beacon Institute of Rivers and Estuaries' Center for Environmental Innovation and Education
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance House
Einstein A/U Architects and Walsh Construction create a sustainable home away from home for oncology patients and their caregivers.

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Government

Who is the Greenest of Them All?
A look at how competition fosters innovation in the sustainable building realm.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Denver Office is a Public Exercise in Best Practices
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca's design of the Region 8 headquarters is an Ecommercial category winner in the 2009 Evergreen Awards
Incentives Create Rewards for Green-building and Energy-efficiency Programs
The recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has appropriated billions of dollars to support green-building projects.

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Mixed-Use and Master Planned Communities

Home Office
Designing with the desert heat in mind, [merrz]project provides a versatile structure that accomodates a variety of functions while keeping operating costs low.
AIA Center for Communities By Design Focuses on Sustainable Livability
Joel Mills, director of the Center for Communities by Design, shares his thoughts about the role community development can play in creating livable communities and a healthy planet.
Center Sets Standard in Sustainable Community
The LEED Platinum Daybreak Corporate Center maximizes daylight, water and energy in a sustainable community development on reclaimed mining land.

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Residential

When It Comes to LivingHomes’ Sustainable Modular Residences, Being Called “a Big Zero” Is a Plus
A winner in the Greenhouse category of the 2009 Evergreen Awards, LivingHomes prototype house aims for high-efficiency
The EcoDEEP Haus Is a Lesson in Renovation and Sustianability
A winner in the Greenhouse category of the 2009 Evergreen Awards, the EcoDEEP Haus doubles the size of a 1940s bungalow but cuts its energy use nearly in half
USGBC recognizes New Orleans’s Make It Right program
The neighborhood in the city’s lower Ninth Ward is recognized as the world’s largest and greenest community of single-family homes.

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Reborn on the River

The revitalization of a riverside indutrial hub continues as a 19th-century building is transformed into the Beacon Institute of Rivers and...
New Lease on Life

A 1970s laboratory building gets an upgrade alongside a high-performing addition at the University of Cincinnati
As the water supply shrinks, will blue become the new green?

A look at the looming water crisis and what it may mean for architects, contractors, engineers, and technology suppliers

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