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2009 Beyond Green Award Winners Announced

AIA Selects 7 Communities for Community Assistance Program to Promote Long-term Sustainability

First Multifamily Buildings Achieve National Green Building Certification

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Practice Makes Perfect
Teachers at Hood River Middle School in Oregon had already established a curriculum that incorporated sustainable concepts, so when a bond was passed to build new music and science classrooms at their school they knew exactly what they wanted to do: use the new building as a ‘teaching tool’ that would illustrate sustainable ideas put into practice.

by Chris Brown AIA, LEED AP
Erin Reome LEED AP

A Living Lab
The John Dorr Nature Laboratory is located in the greenest corner of western Connecticut. Tucked into the foothills of the Berkshires, it serves as an environmental campus for elementary through high school students who attend the Bronx-based Horace Mann School.

by David Holahan

Creating With Context
Involved throughout the collaborative design process, the community’s interest in sustainability, as well as their agricultural roots, spurred architects to incorporate the community’s rural context into the design details of the new Severance Middle School.

by Rebecca Spears LEED AP

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Innovation Still Matters

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2010 Green Book
The GREEN Book is a great resource for architects and designers to find environmental products and services. An alphabetical listing of the Suppliers cross referenced by product name and CSI code to assist you in specifying just the right product for your green project. The resources section will offer listings for AEC services, Associations and Events in the green building industry.

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Product Focus

One Source Group
One Source Group’s solid surface and quartz materials Sultra and Sultrex are lifetime recyclable and fabricated in the USA.

WattStopper Launchs the RT-200 Astronomical Time Switch
After entering the local time, date, latitude and longitude, users navigate through simple menus to establish up to eight control schedules.

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Energy Savings at the Click of a Button
This program allows you to calculate your savings as well as the ongoing payback you will receive by purchasing and installing a Mars Air Curtain in your facility.

Moisture and Mold Protection for Shaftwalls and Area Separation Firewalls
CertainTeed Gypsum’s new ProRoc Moisture and Mold Resistant Shaftliner with M2Tech is now available for use in elevator shafts, stairwells, and area separation firewalls in commercial and multi-family buildings.

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Certified Hardwood Flooring
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Recyclable, Lightweight Seating Option
Coalesse has added a tablet arm option to its award-winning X-Stack seating collection. According to the company, the new tablet offers a generous writing surface that can accommodate laptops and large textbooks.

2010 March Issue

•	Uniting Nature With Stewardship

•	Parting Shot: Open Forum

•	Alaska’s Shining Star

•	Perspectives: Worldwide Teaching

•	Editor’s Note: Live and Learn

Industry News

Job Search Engine to Index Green Jobs Across the Web
Green jobs are growing substantially according to several recent studies. Now a new job search engine called Green Job Spider aims to aggregate those jobs as the "Google for green jobs."

First LEED Certified School in Alaska
The Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School in Wasilla, Alaska is the first school in the state to receive the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

New Home Performance Program for Existing Homes
Masco Home Services announced the launch of WellHome, a new program offering home assessments and comfort and energy efficiency home improvement services for existing homes.

EPA to Kick Off Second Annual Fix a Leak Week
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is promoting its second annual WaterSense "Fix a Leak Week," March 15 to 21, 2010, as a time to remind Americans to roll up their sleeves and save water.

Saving Construction Jobs Through Energy Efficiency Programs
National unemployment dipped below 10 percent in January, but workers in the building and construction trades have yet to feel any recovery. The jobless rate among construction workers actually jumped to nearly 25 percent.

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