Expanded Minnesota High School Unifies Student Body, Embraces Sustainability
After six years of planning, renovation and building, the state-of-the-art White Bear Lake High School has officially re-opened its doors to faculty, staff and students.
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Vasakronan Achieves LEED EB:OM
NEW YORK — The largest LEED Volume certification outside of North America has been awarded to Vasakronan, Sweden’s largest property owner.
New York-based Thornton Tomasetti, an international engineering consulting firm based in New York, helped manage the LEED Existing Building Operations + Maintenance (EB:OM) process for Vasakronan, acting as a liaison with the Green Building Certification Institute, facilitating the initial sustainable design charrette, developing the EB:OM prototype, and hosting a series of workshops and reviews.
San Francisco Department Showcases Sustainable Design
SAN FRANCISCO — When the San Francisco Department of the Environment was looking for new office space in 2013, the department made it a priority to make the space environmentally friendly and highly energy-efficient.
Portland Affordable Housing Development Achieves LEED Platinum
PORTLAND, Maine — Pearl Place II, a 55,978-square-foot, 54-unit apartment complex in Portland achieved LEED Platinum certification. Energy models estimate that the housing complex is 25 percent more efficient than standard buildings with similar characteristics.
It is the second phase of an affordable housing development in the city’s Bayside neighborhood. Construction on the project was completed in January 2013.
China’s Tallest Building Faces Completion
SHANGHAI, China — After four years of construction, Thornton Tomasetti, with offices in Shanghai, announced earlier this month the topping out of the 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest building and the world’s second tallest after the 2,722-foot-tall Burj Khalifa building in Dubai, Un
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