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HALL Wines Earns Distinctive Gold LEED® Certification
By: WineCountry Staff - Thursday, February 25, 2010
Source: iGreenBuild.com
HALL Wines, the premier 21st century vineyard and winery, announces today that it has received the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification for its Napa Valley St. Helena winery, becoming the first winery in California to be distinguished as a Gold certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Green Building Rating System™.
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How are you responding to the Environmental Movement?
By: - Thursday, February 18, 2010
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Special 3 Video Publication; Starbucks goes Green, LEED-Platinum Certification Event, Eco-friendly Napa Valley Winery.
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Worlds Tallest Building Looks to Leading Green-Tech Design
By: Michael Liu - Friday, December 4, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Taipeis landmark Taipei 101 building is already the tallest building in the world. But 18 months from now, it may become the worlds tallest green building as well.
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Precast Concrete Cells help Washington's Coyote Ridge Correctional Facility Attain LEED Gold Certification
By: Barbara Bogo - Monday, November 23, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
In October The Coyote Ridge Corrections Center received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first entire prison campus in the country to meet the council’s standards for sustainable design, according to the Washington Department of Corrections.
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New Ultra-Green Luxury Home in Santa Fe Produces All Its Own Energy
By: Faren Dancer - Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
A new, high performance, award winning, custom home in the foothills of Santa Fe, New Mexico produces all its own energy. The “Emerald Home” has achieved a net-zero designation and corresponding H.E.R.S. (Home Energy Rating System) score of “minus two,” two points less than the magic number of “zero” as called for in Ed Mazria’s “2030 Challenge.” The home is the pilot project for Santa Fe’s new building code, one of the most progressive green building codes in the country.
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Dockside Green
By: q bo Design Group - Thursday, November 5, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Dockside Green is 1,300,000 square foot Mixed-use community in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Dockside Green is a 6.05 hectare (15 acres) redevelopment of a brownfield site located in the heart of the City of Victoria. This former industrial site is located close to downtown Victotria.
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Green Buildings that Actually Perform
By: Caitlin Carpenter - Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Source: Enermodal Engineering
As the number of sustainable buildings continues to increase, it has become apparent that not all green buildings are created equal. As Canada’s leader in green buildings, Enermodal Engineering has developed a unique solution to encourage the development of more and better sustainable buildings. Called Delivered Performance, Enermodal’s new service creates a guaranteed financial reward for owners to aim for a more energy efficient, environmentally-responsible building.
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Phoenix Convention Center, in the LEED, Mechanically
By: John Vastyan - Monday, October 12, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Today, Copper Square in downtown Phoenix is where history meets the future, showcasing the city’s historic sites and recent revitalization. The 24-acre Phoenix Convention Center is in the center of it all. Now in the midst of a $600 million expansion – and surrounded by restaurants, premier hotels, retail shops, museums and a sports arena – the facility is soon to be one of the world’s finest venues for large conventions.
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Portola Valley Town Center
By: Siegel & Strain Architects/Goring & Straja Archite - Friday, October 2, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
The Portola Valley Town Center demonstrates to the community the towns leadership role in sustainability design. The extensive use of natural ventilation, daylighting and shading, plus the use of recycled and reclaimed materials give the three buildings a comfortable and natural feeling while accomplishing energy conservation.
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