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Higher Education

Colleges and universities throughout North America are greening their campuses. We keep you up to date on the trends.

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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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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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Strategically Fulfilling Campus Commitments to Sustainability

April 04, 2012

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) is quickly becoming recognized as a national pioneer in sustainability efforts and green technology initiatives.


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Eastern Illinois University Fires Up New Biomass-Fueled Heat and Power Plant

March 22, 2012

Illinois University and Honeywell unveiled the school’s Renewable Energy Center (REC), one of the largest university biomass installations in the country.


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Working Together

The Eli & Edythe Broad CIRM Center serves as a hub for students at USC and as a meeting spot for clinical colleagues. The design, by ZGF Architects, plays off the communal spirit by integrating “transparent neighborhoods.”
March 01, 2012

The client’s primary objective was to provide a home for stem cell research and regenerative medicine in an environment that fosters collaboration, discoveries, and expansion. 


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Facility's Nursing Simulation Center Among Best-in-Class

January 26, 2012

The Viterbo University School of Nursing educational facility, designed by HGA, is only second in the Midwest to incorporate a chilled beam mechanical system.

 

 


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Putting the Green in the Greenhouse

What does a college offering a greenhouse management program need most? A greenhouse, of course. And if a college is going to construct a new greenhouse, why not a green greenhouse — one that meets LEED standards?
January 05, 2012

 What does a college offering a greenhouse management program need most?  


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New Information Curriculum Embodied in Building Design

December 15, 2011

 

Goody Clancy, a multi-disciplinary firm of architects, preservationists, planners and urban designers focused on the design of educational, civic, institutional and research facilities, recently celebrated the dedication of Griffin Hall Center for Informatics at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) in Highland Heights, Kentucky.


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Life Science

Drexel University’s new science building includes first living wall on a U.S. campus.
November 29, 2011
Drexel University in Philadelphia opened the Constantine N. Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects.
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North America’s ‘Greenest’ Campus Pursues Alternative Energy

November 29, 2011
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology celebrated the opening of the newest addition to its growing campus in Oshawa, Ontario.
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EVENTS

LEED for Schools: Overcoming the Challenges

03/21/12
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

AVAILABLE ON DEMAND This intermediate seminar will look at the Center of Lifelong Learning in Sayerville. New Jersey, a Platinum level project certified under the LEED for Schools rating system as a case study.

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