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National Grid Nears Completion of Mass. Solar Farm

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HAVERHILL, Mass. — National Grid, a power delivery company servicing New England and New York state, announced today that construction on its new, five-acre solar farm on Hilldale Avenue in Haverhill is nearly complete. The farm, which broke ground last August, will produce enough electricity to power 175 to 200 households every year.
 
The Haverhill farm is National Grid’s biggest solar farm in Massachusetts this year.

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Hospital Receives LEED Gold Certification

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TULSA, Okla. — The Bishop Building at St. Francis Hospital South in Tulsa, Okla., has received LEED-gold certification, according to hospital officials. The new five-story medical office building will include a central energy plant and five-level, 500-space parking structure spanning a total of 110,000 square feet.

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Benjamin Moore, Constellation Near Completion of 8,600-panel Solar Project

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FLANDERS, N.J. — Benjamin Moore and Constellation Energy are nearing completion of a new solar power system that Constellation is installing on Benjamin Moore’s product development center in Flanders, N.J. The system is slated to begin electricity production in late December.
 
8,600 crystalline photovoltaic solar panels will generate 1.7 megawatts of electricity — enough to meet 68 percent of the 80,000-square foot facility’s electricity needs.

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Green Hospital Building Opens in India

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AHMADABAD, India — Gujarat state in India unveiled its first green building last week, which is part of the Care Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Ahmadabad.
 
The green building boasts a sewage plant for recycling water and pits for harvesting rainwater.

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USGBC Preps Virtual Tour of Headquarters

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CHICAGO — The U.S. Green Building Council Education Department announced at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo that it will offer a virtual tour of its Washington, DC headquarters. The tour is still being tested but will be available to users in December.
 
The tour’s three-dimensional model format will feature complimentary courses, videos, podcasts and 3D models of building products and materials.

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