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Article: Green legacy: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center earns highest LEED honors.(GREEN BUILDING CASE STUDY)
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- Construction & Demolition Recycling
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- November 1, 2007
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The greenest building in the United States may now stand in Wisconsin, on land reclaimed by one of the nation's groundbreaking environmentalists. The Aldo Leopold Legacy Center received LEED Platinum certification and one of the highest rankings yet awarded from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The award was presented on Oct. 18 at the center in Bamboo, Wis.
Built to the highest standards of energy efficiency and sustainability, the center employs some of the most innovative materials and systems ever integrated in commercial construction in the United States. The project received 61 of 61 points submitted (out of a ...