Greenest Building of them all?
Category: Architecture
, Environment
Santa Monica: Not exactly sure how you rank buildings for their "greenness", but the new headquarters for the NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) achieved the following:
"uses 60 to 75 percent less energy than a conventional building of its size, gets 100 percent of its energy from carbon-free renewables, and consumes 60 percent less drinking water"
[article here]
Posted by Nick at November 26, 2003 8:24 PM
Donald Bren Hall at UC Santa Barbara claims to be one the two greenest buildings and the absolute greenest laboratory.
Posted by: Andrew at December 4, 2003 3:55 PM
