Can you name the nation’s greenest K-12 school? How about the greenest commercial building?
If you drew a blank, don’t worry because our friends at EarthTechling have all the information on those two projects.
Greenest K-12: Hawai’i Preparatory Academy’s Energy Lab on the Big Island
Greenest commercial building: Cascadia Green Building Council’s new Seattle headquarters
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