By Jessie Fetterling
(05/14/2013)
(05/14/2013)
The LEED program recently created LEED for Health Care (LEED-HC), a specific rating system for health care construction projects, and Group Health Puyallup Medical Center in Seattle is the first to achieve this rating, earning LEED Gold.
By Jessie Fetterling
(05/09/2013)
(05/09/2013)
Before the Bullitt Center was designed to meet the Living Building Challenge (LBC), the Bertschi School’s Science Wing, also located in Seattle, had already met the same building standards, which required net zero energy, waste and water.
By Jessie Fetterling
(04/17/2013)
(04/17/2013)
A buoyancy-driven air circulation system — one of the first in the West — heats and cools the Mediated Learning Center at De Anza Community College in Cupertino.
By Jessie Fetterling
(04/17/2013)
(04/17/2013)
On April 22 (a.k.a. Earth Day), the Bullitt Center will commemorate its grand opening in Seattle. The six-story, 50,000-square-foot building is the nation’s first urban mid-rise commercial project to meet the Living Building Challenge, the highest standard for sustainable buildings.
(04/10/2013)
In March, the Lancaster City Council voted unanimously to change the city’s zoning code to require housing developers to install solar energy systems with every new home built, and it is the first U.S. city to do so.
(04/10/2013)
In early March, Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) awarded $6.6 million to advance research on clean-burning fuels and technologies for capturing carbon dioxide emissions.
(03/21/2013)
Earlier this month, Google announced that it’s doubling the size of its Kirkland campus located on the outskirts of Seattle.
(03/06/2013)
On Feb. 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of five medical centers and universities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for their efforts to reduce emissions while increasing energy efficiency.
By Jessie Fetterling
(02/21/2013)
(02/21/2013)
Since opening in August 2012, the $956 million Palomar Medical Center West in Escondido has earned several accolades for its commitment to sustainable building practices. Technology and patient-centric design were also key factors in its success.
By Jessie Fetterling
(02/21/2013)
(02/21/2013)
Construction on another Arizona solar photovoltaic facility, the Hyder II Solar Power Plant, will begin in April and is slated for completion in December.
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