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Greenest buildings: K-12 and commercial markets

Greenest buildings: K-12 and commercial markets


May 10, 2011

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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