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Symantec Culver City Site Garners LEED Gold
Symantec Corp. recently announced that its Culver City, Calif., campus has earned LEED Gold Certification.

Developer Breaks Ground on Lower Manhattan Green Hotel
Designed by architect Helmut Jahn, the $600 million, 580,000-square-foot mixed-use skyscraper anticipates LEED Gold upon its completion in 2011.

Hallmark Development Announces LEED Gold Project
One of Florida's first registered office building projects pursuing LEED Gold certification has opened offices in Clearwater, Fla.

Advanced Data Centers Gets LEED Platinum Pre-Certification
Advanced Data Centers' McClellan Park facility, located in Sacramento, Calif., is the industry's first and only LEED Platinum pre-certified data center.

Avalon Hotel Achieves World's Second LEED for Existing Hotel
Portland's Avalon Hotel & Spa joins the ranks of only nine other hotels in the world to have achieved LEED certification.

Peet's Garners LEED Gold for Coffee Roasting Facility
Peet's Alameda coffee roastery is the first LEED-certified coffee roasting facility in the United States.

Wells Fargo's New Banking Stores Reduce Energy Use 20%
Wells Fargo newly built banking stores will use about 20% less energy and 40% less water than conventional buildings of the same type.

Gates Foundation Headquarters Aims for LEED
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held last week for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s new headquarters across from Seattle’s Space Needle.

Dockside Green is Highest-scoring LEED Platinum Building
Perkins+Will has announced completion of the highest-scoring LEED Platinum Certified building on record, Dockside Green Residential Phase I, in Victoria, British Columbia.

NCCER Responds to Industry Call for Green Building Training
Press Release Issued by NCCER The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) has partnered with the Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure Research Team.

Queen City Square Aims for LEED
The 41-story, 825,000-square-foot Great American Building aims to garner the LEED-Core and Shell (LEED-CS) certification.

Cottage Living’s Idea Home Features REC Solar System
Cottage Living’s “green” Idea Home features a 2.88 kilowatt Mitsubishi Electric solar system installed by REC Solar.

EMSI Consults on 1st Gold LEED Commercial Building in China
EMSI provided consulting services for Century Prosper Center, the first speculative commercial office building in China to achieve LEED Gold.

Hines Office Building Garners Silver LEED-CS
Hines' Irvine, Calif., office is the first building on the West Coast to be certified for Silver LEED-CS.

Habitat for Humanity Project Has Day4 Energy Solar Modules
Day4 Energy has completed 16 solar systems at the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project in San Pedro, Calif.

First LEED Platinum Office Building Design in DC Unveiled
The office building will include an Eco Lobby with a three-story climate wall and a green roof.

UTC Power to Supply Fuel Cells for World Trade Center Site
The New York Power Authority has selected UTC Power to supply 12 fuel cells (4.8 MW total) at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan.

Habitat for Humanity Project Features Day4 Energy Solar Modu
Day4 Energy has installed 16 solar energy systems at the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project in San Pedro, Calif.

CALMAC Ice Storage System Helps Save Energy Costs
CALMAC's Ice Storage air conditioning system is helping Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, Colo., save on energy costs.

California Affordable Housing Community Gets Solar
The Crescent Park apartments in Richmond, Calif., are now the largest, solar-powered affordable housing community in the U.S.

Solaris Home Systems Scores Double in LEED for Homes
Solaris Home Systems has achieved dual LEED Gold certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council for its Lucia and Aura model homes.

Corgan Garners LEED Silver for Dallas Headquarters
Corgan Associates is now the first architectural firm in Texas to have constructed its own ground-up LEED-certified building.

Citi Reaches Milestone in 'Green' Building Program
Citi is the first company to achieve LEED pre-certification for a retail commercial interior prototype through a pilot USGBC program.

Postgreen Seeks to Build $100K Green Home
Postgreen has contracted ZeroEnergy Design to perform advanced energy modeling and consulting on the 100K House project.

Boston Scientific Gets LEED for Marlborough, MA Campus
The Marlborough renovation features installation of a heat-reflective insulated roof, low-flow plumbing fixtures and recycled building materials.

SPG Solar and TTI Unveil Floatovoltaic Solar Array
The Floatovoltaic installation, designed and installed by SPG Solar with technology developed by TTI, couples PV energy with water.

AIA and Mayor Menino Select “Boston’s Greenest”
Press Release Issued by AIA Buildings exemplify excellence in sustainable design principles and reduced energy consumption.

AIA Announces recipients of the 2008 Small Project Awards
Press Release Issued by AIA Categories include furniture/objects, structures and flood-resistant housing.

DPR Construction to Renovate AIA National Headquarters
DPR Construction has been selected by the American Institute of Architects for a major renovation of the AIA's national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Chevron Opens First LEED Gold Building in Louisiana
Chevron Corp. announced this week the opening of the company’s first LEED certified building and the first gold certified LEED in Louisiana.

SolarCity Completes Installation at EBay Campus
SolarCity has completed the largest commercial solar power installation in San Jose, Calif., on eBay's North campus.

Westfield Starts Construction of LEED High Rise
Westfield Development Company has begun construction in downtown Denver of a Platinum LEED CS high-rise office building.

KMD Architects Design High-rise Office for Oakland
The Oakland Planning Commission in Oakland, Calif., has approved designs for the highest LEED high-rise office building in San Francisco’s East Bay area.

Rabobank Marks Earth Day With New LEED Certification
San Francisco-based Rabobank recently celebrated Earth Day by achieving LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification.

Aerzen Goes for LEED Gold
Aerzen US's new LEED Gold plant in Coatesville, Penn., is one of the most environmentally friendly industrial buildings to date.

AMBS Library is First Theological Library in US to get LEED
The Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Elkhart campus's new library and campus center is the first LEED theological library in the U.S.

Great River Energy Dedicates LEED Headquarters
Great River Energy dedicated its LEED Platinum headquarters this week and also announced a new revolving loan fund for LEED-certified projects.

Southern California Community Features Solar as Standard
Each of the 56 single-family detached homes to be built at Harmony at CenterStone Estates will be topped by a 2.3-kW solar roof tile system.

Pennsylvania Visitor Center Garners LEED Silver
Pennsylvania's new Delaware Water Gap Welcome Center has garnered LEED silver-level certification from the USGBC.

ProLogis Develops Green Distribution Centers
ProLogis has signed two new build-to-suit agreements with Crate and Barrel, one of the nation's leading home furnishings retailers.

Atkins-designed BWTC Spins Turbines for First Time
The three 29m-diameter turbine blades on Bahrain’s landmark are the first to be integrated on such a scale into a commercial development.

Kohl's Opens Largest Green Photo Studio in United States
The 100,000-square-foot facility is expected to earn LEED Gold certification and will be the only LEED-certified photo studio in the country.

Blue Cross and BCBSNC Start Green Office Building
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) broke ground on a 'green' building that will use 65% percent less energy.

AIA Honors 2008 CAE Educational Facility Designs
Press Release Issued by AIA The AIA recognizes 11 outstanding projects with the 2008 CAE Educational Facility Design Awards.

SMUD and Woodside Homes to Build 1,500 Solar Homes
Nearly 1,500 solar-powered, energy-efficient SolarSmart homes will be built, according to an agreement between SMUD and Woodside Homes.

The Palazzo Las Vegas is Largest LEED Building in World
According to USGBC, The Palazzo is not only the largest LEED-certified building in the world, but is over four times bigger than the second-largest.

Open Energy Corporation Signs Solar Communities Project
Open Energy will finance $480,000 and install 1.2 kW systems at 47 condominium townhomes at the Pacific Station development in Encinitas, Calif.

Global Water Resources Garners LEED Silver
Global Water Resources' new Global Water Center has been awarded LEED Silver certification, making it the first LEED facility in Pinal County, Ariz.

Good To Go Eco-Convenience Center Launches Outlet
Good to Go, the nation's first ecologically friendly convenience store, car wash and alternate fuel station will open on May 1, 2008, in Wisconsin.

USGBC Highlights Ranch House at Del Sur
The Ranch House is the first private-enterprise, new construction building to achieve Platinum LEED rating in California.

IBM Builds Green Data Center for GIB-Services
The new data center will offer a unique energy model where a direct heat exchange will take place between the data center and a public swimming pool.

Corporate Express Facility Gets LEED Gold
Corporate Express has attained LEED Construction Interiors Gold-level certification for its breakpoint distribution facility in Portland, Ore.

Nationals Park Scores LEED Silver Certification
The ballpark is saving millions of gallons of water, using efficient field lighting, adding a green roof and incorporating recycling.

Windermere Mixes Green Living With 19th Century Design
Windermere on the Lake, under construction in North Stamford, Conn., utilizes the latest "green" technologies and habitat management.

EI Solutions Installs PV System for Sony Pictures
EI Solutions has installed a 235kW solar electricity system for Sony Pictures Entertainment at its historic studio lot in Culver City, Calif.

Charlottesville, VA Transit Station Garners LEED-NC Gold
Environmental impacts were minimized through site-related measures, affecting heating and cooling, energy and water use, and air quality.

Florida’s 1st Zero-Energy, LEED Platinum Home Unveiled
Features of the home include solar panels, a “desuperheater” providing hot water, a geothermal unit for heating and air, and bamboo flooring.

Abu Dhabi Breaks Ground on Zero-Carbon Future City
Last month, Abu Dhabi broke ground on Masdar City, the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city.

GRAM is World's First Gold LEED Art Museum
The Grand Rapids Art Museum has achieved Gold LEED; it is the first and only newly built art museum in the world to receive LEED certification.

Pinn Bros. Builds San Jose Solar LEED Neighborhoods
Pinn Bros. is building San Jose, Calif.'s first solar-powered and LEED-certified single-family neighborhoods.

AMB Property Has LEED Development in Savannah, GA
AMB Property has entered the Savannah, Ga., market with a 347,000-square-foot facility that is being built to the LEED Silver standard.

SurroundArt to Build LEED Silver Industrial Building
SurroundArt has retained Steven Kratchman for the company's "green" Museum Resource Campus currently under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Océ Call for Applications for Green Reprographer of the Year
By Océ Océ announced its Wide Format Printing Systems division will begin accepting applications for its first annual “Green Reprographer of the Year” award.

New World of Coca-Cola Earns LEED Gold Status
The Coca-Cola Company's new World of Coca-Cola attraction in Atlanta has achieved official “green” status as an environmentally friendly building.

TAG Designs Green Manufacturing Facility for HelioVolt
TAG International is designing a full-scale green manufacturing facility for HelioVolt, one of the renewable energy industry's technology leaders.

Sea Gate Plaza is Fort Lauderdale's First Green Office
Owners have begun leasing operations at Sea Gate Plaza, which is to become downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.'s first new certified "green" office building.

Abraham Lincoln Cottage Goes Green
The President Lincoln Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home National Monument features sustainable design in its $15 million rehabilitation.

Office Depot Celebrates Groundbreaking of Green Store
Upon completion, Office Depot’s Austin, Texas store will be one of the first registered projects to certify under the LEED Volume Certification Program.

Development to Have GE Solar Products as Standard
Concordia Homes has launched Sommerset, the first solar-powered residential development in Nevada to feature GE solar products as a standard in homes.

O-I World Headquarters Achieves LEED Certification
Owens-Illinois, Inc.’s new world headquarters building in Perrysburg, Ohio, has been awarded silver LEED certification.

PG&E Gets LEED Gold for Its Historic San Francisco Office
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, PG&E's General Office Building and Annex is one of six to be LEED-EB Gold certified in California.

The Wild Center is First New York Museum to Get LEED
The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, a new museum complex, is the first LEED certified museum in the State of New York.

E & E's Headquarters Garners LEED Platinum
E & E's headquarters facility is the 10th in the country and the oldest existing building in the world to be awarded LEED Platinum designation.

REI Eastern Distribution Center Garners LEED Silver
REI's new 525,000-square-foot eastern region distribution center building in Bedford, Pa., has received LEED Silver for New Construction.

Grant Architects Gets AIA Baltimore Grand Design Award
Grant Architects has received the AIA Baltimore 2007 Grand Design Award for the firm's visionary design for the Institute for Scientific Research.

Pizza Fusion to Open LEED Restaurant in California
Pizza Fusion will be opening San Diego's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified restaurant this May.

Ohlone College Opens LEED Campus
The Ohlone College Newark Center will join a prestigious group of only 50 buildings in the world to achieve LEED Platinum status.

HSBC Mexico Office is First LEED Gold in Latin America
Designed by HOK, the HSBC Bank Headquarters Tower, located in Mexico City, has become the first project in Latin America to achieve LEED Gold.

Quad/Graphics Registers Printing Plants for LEED
Quad/Graphics, a large privately held commercial printer, has registered all 10 of its core U.S. printing plants for LEED certification.

Cherokee Nation to Have LEED Reclamation Plant
The Cherokee Nation in conjunction with the state of Oklahoma is helping AERT build a plastics waste mining and reclamation facility near Watts, Okla.

McMillin Participates in LEED Pilot Program
The Corky McMillin Companies' upcoming Eastern Urban Center in Chula Vista, Calif., has been accepted for the USGBC's LEED-ND pilot program.

Bank of America Banking Center Built to Platinum LEED
Bank of America has opened a bank branch featuring a solar paneled roof, insulation made of recycled blue jeans and counters comprised of pressed wheat.

HOK Delivers First LEED Certified Project in Singapore
HOK's office has attained certification under the LEED-CI system and is the first project in Singapore to achieve LEED certification.

Museum of Science and Industry to Build Green Home
During its 75th anniversary year, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry will build a functioning, three-story modular and sustainable "green" home.

EMCOR Group Gets LEED San Quentin Building Contract
EMCOR Group's Marelich Mechanical subsidiary will provide mechanical systems for San Quentin’s new Central Health Services Building.

HOK to Design LEED Platinum Office Building in Korea
HOK's New York office has unveiled the design for a commercial office building in Songdo International Business District, Incheon, South Korea.

Tandus' Atlanta Showroom Garners LEED Silver
Tandus, a leading commercial floorcovering company, has announced that its new Atlanta Showroom has been awarded LEED Silver certification.

Del Sur Earns Top Awards and LEED Platinum Certification
This year, Del Sur in San Diego, Calif., captured numerous coveted national and regional awards for smart-growth planning and environmental stewardship.

Perkins+Will Designs LEED Platinum Vento Residences
Perkins+Will has announced The Vento Residences has North America’s first LEED Platinum certification for a multi-family residential project.

MWW Group to Promote Green Housing Community
The Olson Company has employed MWW Group to introduce Depot Walk, California's first LEED Silver attached new-home community.

EMCOR Gets LEED Contract from University of Colorado
EMCOR Group's Trautman & Shreve subsidiary is to provide mechanical systems for the University of Colorado's Science Engineering Building.

ARAMARK Helps College of Music Reduce Energy Use
ARAMARK has introduced several energy practices that have helped Berklee College of Music reduce its campus-wide energy use by approximately 40%.

PATH Concept Home Selects Vinyl Siding for Exterior
HUD's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Concept Home project managers chose vinyl siding for the Omaha home's exterior.

Alcoa Funds ''Make It Right'' Project in New Orleans
Alcoa has announced support for the “Make It Right” project to build green affordable housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

First LEED-Certified Public School in Texas Announced
West Brazos Junior High School in Brazoria, Texas, is the first public primary or secondary school in Texas to receive LEED certification.

SMUD and D.R. Horton Sign Solar Homes Deal
Another 187 solar-powered SolarSmart homes will be built in the Sacramento, Calif., area in an agreement between SMUD and homebuilder D.R.Horton.

Sharp Solar Systems to be Installed in Nyland Community
Sharp is collaborating with Namaste Solar Electric to bring solar power to Colorado's Nyland neighborhood.

Postgreen Starts ‘Green’ Building in Philadelphia
Postgreen, specializing in modern, "green" and affordable homes and buildings, has begun its first development in Philadelphia, Pa.

Union Park Is Nevada's Only Project in LEED-ND Program
Union Park, a $6 billion mixed-use project in Las Vegas, is the only project in Nevada to be accepted into the LEED-ND pilot program.

Pizza Fusion To Open LEED Restaurants in Four States
Pizza Fusion currently has over 50 LEED-certified restaurants opening in seven states across the United States.

Stockton College of New Jersey Gets LEED for Expansion
Cubellis and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey have announced that the college's F-wing Expansion has been awarded LEED certification.

Clinton Presidential Library Earns LEED-EB Platinum
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library has earned Platinum Certification under the LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) rating system.

Bentley Announces Trial Program for Generative Design
By Bentley Systems Bentley announced its trial program for generative design in architecture and engineering.

Kohl’s Pursues LEED for More Than 80 New Locations
As of September 2006, there were only 25 LEED-certified retail locations nationwide; with Kohl's program alone that number will quadruple.

ARCADIS Receives Contracts for LEED Buildings
ARCADIS has been awarded nearly $2 million in contracts for project/construction management services from Bowie, Md., and Roanoke County, Va.

Alta Log Homes Receives LEED for Homes Certification
Alta Log Homes' Greenbriar model has received the USGBC's LEED certification for Homes under the LEED for Homes pilot program.

Active Power Helps Metro Hospital in Achieving LEED
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Metro Health Hospital is seeking LEED certification and has installed two Active Power CleanSource 300E UPS systems.

Sharp Delivers Solar Systems to New Clarum Homes
Sharp has designed and provided the solar systems for the residences in Clarum Homes’ new Hamilton Park community in Menlo Park, Calif.

Digital Realty Trust Facility Earns LEED Gold
Digital Realty Trust has earned the datacenter industry's first LEED Gold Certification.

Regency Centers Launches Green Building Initiatives
Regency Centers plans to incorporate sustainable elements into its developments, operating properties and corporate operations.

Citi Office Tower Gets LEED Gold
Citi received its LEED designation for its newly constructed, 15-story skyscraper at Two Court Square, Queens, New York.

NewPage Headquarters Garners Green Globes Verification
NewPage’s corporate headquarters recently became the first building in Ohio to achieve a Green Globes verification.

Denver LEED Affordable Housing Center Goes Solar
SolSource has installed 18 solar PV systems at a LEED-certified, affordable-housing rental project developed by Northeast Denver Housing Center.

North America’s Largest Solar Heated Community Begins
Drake Landing, Canada’s first, and North America’s largest, solar community officially launched September 13.

The South Group’s Elleven Earns LEED Gold Certification
The South Group's 13-story Elleven in downtown Los Angeles is the first condominium in California to receive LEED Gold certification.

HomeAid Colorado Builds Eco-Friendly Duplex
Angel Village, totaling over 2000 square feet, will be constructed under “Built Green Colorado” guidelines.

Denver’s Second Green-Roof Building Opens
The UMB Bank at Stapleton is Denver’s second building to incorporate a green roof into the structural design.

JCPenney Announces Energy-Saving Initiatives
This month, JCPenney will open a new store in Denver that will pilot a series of sustainability initiatives for new store construction.

Office Depot To Build Its First LEED Retail Store
Office Depot will both build and open its first LEED-certified retail store in Austin, Texas, in mid-2008.

Beazer Homes Is Sponsor for Georgia Tech Solar House
Homes USA, Inc., one of the nation’s top 10 homebuilders, is the principal sponsor of the Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House.

Skyrise Development Group Commits to LEED Design
Skyrise Development Group is utilizing LEED standards and Energy Star designs and features for all its residential and commercial buildings.

TBG Partners Provides LEED Services for Med Center
TBG Partners is providing sustainable design and landscape architectural services for the 32-acre Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas.

Pinn Brothers to Standardize Homes with Solar
Pinn Brothers Fine Homes is adopting an aggressive regional strategy to standardize solar energy into its building practices.

San Francisco School Gets LEED Gold
San Francisco Waldorf School is the first school to achieve LEED Gold in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Vail Resorts Outlines Green Measures for Ever Vail
Vail Resorts has announced plans for making the $1 billion Ever Vail the largest LEED-certified, multi-use resort development project in the nation.

Construction Begins on Huge Development in Mexico
Rockingham's Liberty Cover development in Mexico is touted as the most environmentally responsible project of its size in the world.

Genzyme Begins Boston Facility Expansion
The Allston expansion will use environmentally responsible building practices similar to those used in Genzyme's Cambridge, Mass., headquarters.

Staples Breaks Ground on LEED Building in Miami
Staples is hosting a groundbreaking event for Miami’s first green retail building registered with the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.

Ratcliff Designs Addition for Windrush School
Ratcliff's classroom addition design for Windrush School in Emeryville, Calif., will be 96% more energy-efficient than a comparable school building.

La Plata Town Hall Garners LEED Certification
La Plata Town Hall in La Plata, Md., was designed and built in less than a year as part of the rebuilding efforts after the 2002 La Plata Tornado.

Biscayne Bay Is Part of LEED-HD Pilot Program
Biscayne Landing, a new master-planned mixed-use community in North Miami, has been named as a pilot "green neighborhood" project.

Sheridan Stationside Village Selected for LEED-ND
The mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) is one of six projects across Florida registered for the USGBC's LEED-ND certification program.

Monsanto Company Completes $21 Million Data Center
Monsanto Company has completed construction of a new data center on the west side of its world headquarters campus in Creve Coeur, Mo.

Humana Receives LEED Silver Certification
Humana's Chicago office has been awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in its Commercial Interiors category.

Global Green Tours New Green Home in New Orleans
The Holy Cross project is one of the first new home construction projects to be built in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward.

Chevron Completes Energy Project for Colorado
The extensive upgrades to 20 state buildings are expected to reduce energy costs at the facilities by 25 to 30 percent.

USANA Opens New Green Building and Xeriscaping
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. has opened its new, earth-friendly building and grounds at its headquarters in West Valley City, Utah.

The Weather Channel Launches Green Campaign
As part of the campaign, the all-weather network has incorporated such initiatives as designing its new HD Studio according to LEED guidelines.

Northeast Radio Station Installs PV System
Radio WXRV, “The River,” has completed installation of a 3.7 kilowatt photovoltaic system to power its Boston facility.

NYC Office of Emergency Management Gets Silver LEED
OEM’s office is the first New York City agency headquarters--and one of only nine buildings citywide--to achieve Silver LEED status.

GEI Office Will Have LEED-CI and GREENGUARD
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute is moving to new offices that will be a model of sustainable construction and IAQ management.

ConEdison Solutions Helps Connecticut School District
ConEdison Solutions has been selected by Windham Public Schools in Willimantic, Conn., to undertake a 14-year energy efficiency initiative.

Greensboro Coliseum To Have Upgrades
The Greensboro Coliseum will implement energy-efficient lighting system retrofits, water-saving plumbing fixtures and upgrades to its HVAC systems.

Rain Master Irrigates Green Roof in San Francisco
Rain Master is nearing completion of a Central Irrigation Control system for a green roof at San Francisco's California Sciences Academy.

Planned Community Goes Green with Electric Cars
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is working to become an official GEM-friendly community by incorporating electric vehicles into its infrastructure.

Developer To Build Largest LEED Mansion in World
The $25 million speculative mansion in Manalapan, Fla., will be the first home of its size to be certified green by the U.S. Green Building Council.

NCS Partners With Duke Realty on LEED Facility
National Commissions Services has partnered with Duke Realty to commission Blue Cross and Blue Shield's corporate headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y.

New Meritage Homes Feature Solar, Energy Efficiency
Each of the 45 homes in the new Encore Community will be equipped with a 2.3-kilowatt SunPower SunTile system.

SunPower Dedicates 330 MW Solar Cell Plant
SunPower Corporation recently dedicated its second solar cell fabrication facility, known as cell Fab 2, in the Philippines.

McCormick Place West Opens Ahead of Schedule
The TVS-designed $882 million, 3-million-square-foot McCormick Place West expansion was created under the guidelines of the USGBC LEED-NC program.

Belvedere Slated as LEED-ND Pilot Neighborhood
Located in Charlottesville, Va., Belvedere will be a mixed-use neighborhood comprised of more than 400 Energy Star and EarthCraft certified homes.

New Songdo City Is LEED-ND Pilot Project
Songdo International Business District (IBD) in South Korea is unusual in that it is seeking LEED certification for an entire city.

Chase Opens Its First “Green” Bank Branch in U.S.
The branch in Denver is Chase’s first branch constructed under LEED guidelines, and will be followed by another in Colorado and three in Texas.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Goes Green
BCBSMA expects a projected 25 percent savings through the energy and operational efficiencies of sustainable design used at its building.