First LEED Gold Public School in West Virginia
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. — Spring Mills Primary School is the first public school in West Virginia to achieve LEED Gold certification.
July 16, 2012
Homerun in Sustainability for the Kansas City Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Major League Baseball fans are seeing green at Kauffman Stadium; the Royals have added solar panels for the 2012 season.
Health Facility to Achieve LEED Silver
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Medical University of South Carolina has added an eleventh location; the MUSC Health East Cooper Facility.
The 80,000-square-foot outreach facility offers 92 treatment rooms with 60 physicians that rotate in and out of the building and a full line of imaging.
Services include: orthopedics, rheumatology, endocrinology, family medicine, neurology, pediatric neurology, ENT, neurosurgery, maternal-fetal wellness, oncology and cancer infusion services.
Hines Releases Firm’s First Ever Sustainability Report
HOUSTON — Hines, a privately held international real estate firm recently announced its first ever sustainability report.
Solar Racking System
The fully assembled, one-piece InstaRack solar system from Sollega offers a flexible design that adjusts to roof obstacles and is compatible with modules of 30 inches to 44 inches wide. Engineered with high-density polyethylene, the unit is resistant to ultra violet light, according to the company. Its lightweight design allows users to easily install or disassemble the product for adjustments and repositioning. Available in two different models, InstaRack 10 and InstaRack 15 are backed by Sollega’s 25-year limited warranty.
Green Vacuum Equipment
Surtec’s Acti-Vac vacuum system features propane buffers, battery burnishers and electric buffers, working to improve indoor air quality. With its 17 HP Kawasaki twin cylinder engine, the 27-inch propane buffer system captures up to 80 percent of dust created by buffing, according to the company. Additionally, the vacuum’s ultra-high speed battery burnisher is quiet and efficient, and helps eliminate the need for dust mopping after buffing. Surtec’s polivac high-speed electric buffer with Acti-Vac vacuums as it buffs, ideal for dust-critical areas such as hospitals.
Brad Glauser
Brad Glauser has joined Wausau Window and Wall Systems as its architectural sales representative, serving the Northwestern states of Washington, Oregon and northern Idaho. Glauser works closely with the area’s building owners, architects, general contractors and glazing contractors and is based in Everett, Wash.
Rachel Gutter
In recognition for her leadership at the forefront of the green schools movement, and working to make healthy, energy-efficient schools accessible, Rachel Gutter received the World Green Building Council Chairman’s Award. Serving as director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, Gutter came to USGBC in 2007 to oversee the launch of LEED for Schools and spearheaded the National Green Schools Campaign.