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Category: Noteworthy News Sept16

Tower at PNC Plaza, featuring PPG glass and coatings, earns 2016 ARCHITECT R+D AWARD

Tower at PNC Plaza, featuring PPG glass and coatings, earns 2016 ARCHITECT R+D AWARD

Posted by | Sep 27, 2016 | 0 |

The double-skin façade, one of the first of its kind in North America, combines with two vertical thermal shafts and a solar chimney to naturally ventilate the 33-story skyscraper without electricity or fan power for 42 percent of the year. As a result, the Tower at PNC Plaza, which opened Oct. 1, 2015, is expected to consume up to 50 percent less temperature-control-related energy than comparable buildings of its size.

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Kilroy Realty’s Columbia Square office buildings earn two LEED Gold certifications

Kilroy Realty’s Columbia Square office buildings earn two LEED Gold certifications

Posted by | Sep 12, 2016 | 0 |

Kilroy Realty Corporation announced in August that 469,000 square feet of the office component of the Columbia Square mixed-use development project in Hollywood have earned LEED Gold certifications under the Core & Shell rating system created by the US Green Building Council. The office component is comprised of historic and new office buildings that are leased to several well-known entertainment and media companies, including Viacom and Fender. Sustainable elements were incorporated into all aspects of the building design.

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Delaware Valley Green Building Council announces 2016 Groundbreaker Organizational and Program Award winners

Delaware Valley Green Building Council announces 2016 Groundbreaker Organizational and Program Award winners

Posted by | Sep 9, 2016 | 0 |

The Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) announced Saint-Gobain/CertainTeed and YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School are the recipients of  the Groundbreaker Organizational Awards and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) Project is the recipient of the Program Award. Winners of these awards will be recognized alongside three built project winners at DVGBC’s 2016 Groundbreaker Awards ceremony on September 29 from 6-9:30 p.m. at Cira Green (80 South 30th Street, Philadelphia).

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University of Manchester National Graphene Institute wins RIBA National Award

University of Manchester National Graphene Institute wins RIBA National Award

Posted by | Sep 7, 2016 | 0 |

The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute has won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National Award, the most rigorous and prestigious award for new buildings in the United Kingdom. This building is one of a series of successful collaborations between CH2M and UK architectural firm Jestico + Whiles. It is one of only 46 UK buildings recognized with a National Award.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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