‘Green’ Roof Provides Natural Connection to Rec Center’s Landscape
Visual representations of sustainability don’t get much cleaner than a green roof, especially one that’s detailed so thoughtfully.
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Air-Destratification and Dispersion Technologies Enhance Heating and Cooling Efficiencies in Large Interior Spaces
About eight years ago, Xcel Energy of Colorado paid a visit to the Longmont headquarters of Avedon Engineering, a custom manufacturer of injection-molded plastics.
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Aquatics Facility Expansion Takes Advantage of Geothermal Energy
Mike Pollocoff, the village manager in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., takes a lot of pride in never having had to levy a tax to pay capital costs or debt service on his 305,000-square-foot recreation center, the RecPlex, through its construction and two additions.
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California High School Targets Grid Neutrality with Wind, Solar Power
Architect Jorge de la Cal can’t definitively say that the new net-zero high school he designed in San Pedro, Calif., is the first of its kind.
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Environmental-Impact Lawsuit Hinders Golf Course Construction Project
Following some civil unrest in 2003, the governor of Michigan created a task force to examine how to improve the quality of life and foster economic development in Benton Harbor and the surrounding area.
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Fitness Equipment Helps Facilities Harness User-Generated Energy
Back in 2007, members at Gainesville Health & Fitness might have noticed a young man planted behind an elliptical machine, "tinkering" (as he called it) with the unit's moving parts.
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Is Jury Still Out on Recyclable Synthetic Turf?
The year 2010 saw the first synthetic turf field to be fully recycled.
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Moss a Key Ingredient in Natural Pool Sanitization
If you're a facility operator, a sentence that includes "swimming pool" and "peat bog" is ordinarily reason to panic.
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Net-Zero Field House Is a Classroom and a Money Maker for The Putney School
The Putney School, a private, progressive secondary school in southeastern Vermont, sits on 500 acres that include a dairy farm, stands of sugar maples, vegetable gardens and hay fields.
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New Projects: TFC Academy; Southern Illinois University; Taos Eco Park
Construction began in May on the TFC Academy and Training Facility, a $17.5 million soccer complex bankrolled by Toronto FC and its ownership group, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
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Ohio State Joins the 'Zero Waste' Stadium Recycling Movement
The 105,000 fans who packed Ohio Stadium during an average home football game in 2010 generated 111.5 total tons of waste by season's end. Roughly half of that waste — a mix of mostly food scraps and concessions packaging — wound up in landfills.
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One on One: Turf Manager Kevin Trotta Talks Environmentalism
Kevin Trotta takes the decades-old environmentalist mantra “think globally, act locally” to another level.
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Philadelphia Eagles and University of North Texas Invest in Wind Turbines
In 2003, the year Lincoln Financial Field opened, Philadelphia Eagles employees were given blue recycling bins to slide under their desks.
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Some Green Decisions Make More Sense Than Others
We use motion sensors and the longest-lasting lightbulbs we can find. When we built our pool, we purchased the most energy-efficient water heating system available, and we're still exploring ways to consume less energy to heat the pool water, including covers and solar water heaters.
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