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AHRC New York City Moves into Green Office Building

By Jessie Fetterling
(05/14/2013)
A new office building for AHRC New York City, a non-profit service provider for people with developmental disabilities, opened earlier this month and features recycled construction materials.
 

Bertschi School Becomes World’s Fourth Living Building

By Jessie Fetterling
(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.
 

Introducing the New LEED-HC Rating System

By Jessie Fetterling
(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.
 

Detroit High School Accomplishes LEED Gold


(05/09/2013)
The USGBC announced March 27 that Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School of Detroit has been awarded LEED gold certification for its 198,000-square-foot expansion.

PODCAST: USGBC Raises Awareness About State of America’s Schools

By Jessie Fetterling
(04/30/2013)
On March 12, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its first State of Our Schools report to raise awareness about the need to modernize PK-12 school facilities to meet current health, safety and educational standards.