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IT Industry Looks to Escape the Heat

More efficient cooling towers help keep data centers and server farms cool year round.
May 01, 2012

 When it comes to energy, data centers are faced with a serious dilemma.  


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Museum Moves Forward with Sustainability

Museum Moves Forward with Sustainability
May 01, 2012

 Museums typically occupy energy-hungry buildings and have expanding collections, which they aim to keep in tightly controlled environmental conditions. 


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Contributed by CSCP Consult for Shepley Bulfinch

Dynamic Dining

Colorado College’s renovated Worner Center promotes healthy eating and energy efficiency.
May 01, 2012

 The buzz was hard to miss as students poured into Colorado College’s renovated Worner Center at the start of the semester.  


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Contemporary Art

One of Austin’s greatest artistic and historical landmarks undergoes a transformation on a nonprofit budget.
May 01, 2012

 Arthouse at the Jones Center, one of Austin’s greatest artistic and historical landmarks, recently underwent a refurbishment, restoration and addition process.  


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Winning the Battle of Energy Savings

Solar is helping to save taxpayer dollars while supporting a facility designed to help save soldiers’ lives.
May 01, 2012

 In 2004, Master Sgt. Mark Rizzo’s U.S. Army convoy was traveling north on a route in Baghdad, Iraq. 


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Looking for Gold North of the Border

A new air cleaning solution helps a Canadian office building avoid choosing between clean air and operating costs.
May 01, 2012

 947 Fort Street is a 44,000-square-foot, six-story class A office tower.  


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Toward a Greener Shade of Data Center

Relying on a broad set of sustainable MEP solutions, a West Coast data center looks to exemplify “the new norm.”
May 01, 2012

 Data center design still places a premium on security, redundancy and uptime.  


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Ball State Works to Complete Nation's Largest Geothermal Project

April 26, 2012

By adding a geothermal ground-source heat pump system, Ball State University will reduce its carbon footprint by nearly half while saving $2 million a year in operating costs.


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Themes on the Environment

April 26, 2012

The Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School — a thematic elementary-level school that focuses on the teaching of earth sciences and math — is redefining what it means to build a successful learning environment.


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The Effect of Interior Design on Daylighting

April 04, 2012

Daylighting experts often talk about the importance of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to design: The architect, lighting designer, electrical engineer, interior designer and commissioning agent must all work together to see the design through to successful implementation.


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