The U.S government has embraced green building and partnered with Perkins+Will to design their new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building in Atlanta, Georgia. By incorporating a variety of sustainable building techniques, the developers have managed to achieve LEED Gold status, making it the first ever high-performing government building to receive this … [Read more...] about Government’s Example of Green building: CDC Division of Laboratory Sciences, Building 110
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UBC’s LEED Platinum Certified Building
The UBC Student Union Building, Vancouver, BC, set to open in 2014 is a state-of-the-art example of sustainability that demonstrates how buildings can benefit their inhabitants and the environment at the same time. The Student Union Building is one of 108 LEED Platinum buildings in the country and was designed to promote innovation and research into sustainability. It is UBC's … [Read more...] about UBC’s LEED Platinum Certified Building