The 500,000 sf, 14-story One Angel Square in Manchester, England, is being promoted as "the most environmentally-friendly building in the world."
The structure earned a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) score of 95.16%, the highest score ever given by BREEAM.
Features include earth tubes for heating and cooling, double-skinned facade and rainwater harvesting. 3DReid was the architecture firm behind the project.
(http://sourceable.net/is-this-the-worlds-greenest-building/)
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