Plano Elementary School: Bowling Green, KY
Warren County, (Ky.), Public Schools have saved more than $4 million in energy costs since 2003. The newest school, Plano Elementary, uses 26.8 kBtu/ft2 yr.
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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 ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): New York, NY
In 1988 the Natural Resources Defense Council helped pioneer green design when it renovated a New York City industrial loft as its international headquarters.
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 ...
Hurt Building: Atlanta, GA
The Hurt Building in downtown Atlanta has survived almost 100 years of technical change and history to emerge as an example of energy efficiency and ...
Latitude East: Sydney, Australia
This new standard for green buildings will enable the transition from voluntary guidelines and programs to enforceable criteria that can be used by local ...
David Brower Center: Berkeley, CA
The David Brower Center is home to organizations working for environmental and social justice. Therefore, the building's footprint has been designed to be ...
Heifer International Headquarters: Little Rock, AR
As a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty, Heifer International provides gifts of livestock and plants ...
ASHRAE Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
ASHRAE's goal in renovating its existing headquarters in Atlanta was to provide a healthy and productive environment for staff and to showcase ...
Skanska USA Building: Atlanta, GA
Equipping a leased space for sustainability can be a challenge. Skanska, one of the world's 10 largest construction companies ...
Szencorp Building: S. Melbourne, Australia
Szencorp proves it is possible to teach an old building new tricks. In 2005 it renovated a typical four-story office building in Australia ...
Owens Corning World Headquarters: Toledo, OH
When Owens Corning built a new headquarters campus in 1996, it sought a flexible, sustainable and high performing building that encouraged collaboration.
Willis Tower: Chicago, IL
Designed just prior to the energy crisis in the 1970s, the tallest building in the western hemisphere still uses many of its original major building systems. Improvements ...
Empire State Building: New York, NY
An American icon is undergoing a $500 million renovation that will create state-of-the-art office space in a historic building while reducing energy use and ...
Lighting Design Alliance: Long Beach, CA
A studio that showcases lighting might not seem to be an obvious choice for a high performance facility. However, this lighting design firm in Long Beach ...
A Grander View: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
The main lesson to be learned from A Grander View, headquarters of Enermodal Engineering, is that mechanical systems don't have to be complicated to work.
The Christman Building: Lansing, MI
Adaptive reuse is ideal for older cities that have a large stock of historic buildings. But how much does it cost to design, renovate and operate a repurposed building ...
California Department of Education HQ - Block 225: Sacramento, CA
The California Department of Education Headquarters, built in 2002, raised the bar for sustainable building practices in California. It is the first state office building ...
Cambridge City Hall Annex: Cambridge, MA
When restored and reopened in 1899 following a fire, the press heralded the building as an example of innovation in ventilation, circulation and daylighting.
Rice Fergus Miller Office and Studio: Bremerton, WA
Instead of choosing new construction, Rice Fergus Miller's owners decided to completely renovate an abandoned Sears Automotive Center for the architecture firm's new office and studio space.
Clemson University's Lee III: Clemson, SC
How do you teach students to work together? Design a transparent, open floor plan that prompts natural interaction between students and faculty from varied disciplines ...
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