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A cornerstone of Portland, Ore.’s strategy to end homelessness in 10 years is Bud Clark Commons.
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A cornerstone of Portland, Ore.’s strategy to end homelessness in 10 years is Bud Clark Commons.
The new home of the Seattle district headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers represents a transformation both for the occupants who work in it and for the high performing building industry.
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At NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colo., scientists and engineers work to overcome challenges related to how the nation generates, delivers and uses energy by modernizing the interplay between energy sources, infrastructure, and data.
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A tropical garden with water features flourishes on the sixth floor on the Shenzhen IBR Headquarters Building.
Some might say that the DPR Construction Phoenix Regional Office is a high performing building overachiever.
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, employees can brainstorm with colleagues next to a dark-water bog that also attracts the occasional heron.
The renovation of this pre-Civil War era building demonstrates the potential for significant energy savings when historical structures are made “super efficient.”
Prompted by the California energy crisis of 1999 – 2001, managers at Adobe Systems' San Jose, Calif., headquarters sought to reduce energy use by 10%.
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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 ...
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