Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: Grand Junction, CO
Historic preservation and net zero energy performance may seem like opposing goals.
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DPR Construction Phoenix Regional Office: Phoenix, AZ
Some might say that the DPR Construction Phoenix Regional Office is a high performing building overachiever.
Center for Applied Energy Research Renewable Energy Laboratory: Lexington, KY
The Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky is on the leading edge of laboratory design, implementing multiple strategies never used ...
College of the Atlantic Student Housing Village: Bar Harbor, ME
It's one thing to learn about ways to improve the relationship between humans and the environment; it's another to actually live according to those principles.
VCU Cary Street Gym: Richmond, VA
The structure that houses Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) Cary Street Gym could be a poster child for the concept of adaptive reuse.
Manitoba Hydro Place: Winnipeg, Canada
Manitoba Hydro, the province's sole energy provider, began planning for a new, energy-efficient headquarters in 2002. The design team soon realized that the extreme climate ...
California State University, Monterey Bay Tanimura and Antle Family Memorial Library: Monterey Bay, CA
The Tanimura and Antle Family Memorial Library is the academic hub for California State University Monterey Bay, which opened 12 years ago on the site of former military base Fort Ord.
Omega Center for Sustainable Living: Rhinebeck, NY
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living in upstate New York decided to build a wastewater treatment system to mitigate its impact on the tributary system ...
Sustainable Urban Science Center: Philadelphia, PA
The Sustainable Urban Science Center, a classroom/lab building that is part of a Quaker school in Philadelphia, is designed with the goal of capturing students' interest ...
High Tech High: Chula Vista, CA
High Tech High Chula Vista is organized into neighborhoods to promote team teaching as well as provide a sense of ownership and place.
Kiowa County Schools: Greensburg, KS
After a two-mile wide tornado plowed through Greensburg, Kan., in 2007, the town and school district committed to rebuilding a model green community ...
University of La Reunion's ENERPOS: Saint-Pierre, La Reunion, France
A classroom and office building on the French island of La Reunion, near Madagascar, demonstrates that sustainable design saves significant energy while providing ...
Sweetwater Creek State Park Visitor Center: Lithia Springs, GA
Before entering a 2,549-acre conservation park, visitors are welcomed by a center that, through sustainable design, contributes to the park's purpose of protecting nature.
Guilford County Schools: Greensboro, NC
A 70 million-year-old Mosasaur fossil, an extinct marine reptile that lived in a sea that existed in central North America, is displayed in the main entry hall of ...
Y2E2: Stanford, CA
Stanford University's Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2) is the first element in Stanford's new Science and Engineering Quad 2.
University of Florida's William R. Hough Hall: Gainesville, FL
The University of Florida has been incorporating sustainable design in its new construction projects since 2001, but it tried a new approach in 2011 ...
Evie Garrett Dennis Campus: Denver, CO
When Denver Public Schools identified the need for additional schools to serve a growing suburban area, it decided to pursue a net zero energy multi-school campus ...
Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life at Tulane University: New Orleans, LA
In the period prior to Katrina, New Orleans often ignored its rich history of climate-responsive and cost-effective architecture, creating environments that were entirely ...
Twenhofel Middle School: Independence, KY
Twenhofel Middle School provides an education in sustainability both inside and outside the classroom. Students compete to conserve energy ...
Bethke Elementary: Timnath, CO
Colorado's Poudre School District reduces energy use as well as construction costs and time by using a prototype design that is progressively improved ...
Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons Building: Chicago, IL
The bookless digital library at Loyola University Chicago uses expansive glass façades and operable windows to create the sense of being outdoors on ...
Manassas Park Elementary School and Prekindergarten: Manassas Park, VA
This Manassas Park, Va., school engages students to be stewards of their own environment by highlighting sustainable building systems and by ...
Portland State's Shattuck Hall: Portland, OR
Originally built as an elementary school in 1915, Shattuck Hall now provides a learning laboratory for architecture students. An $11.7 million renovation ...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Service: Omaha, NE
The Department of Homeland Security designed its Omaha facility to be welcoming, energy efficient and secure. Lightshelves and skylights maximize ...
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