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Article: TOWARD ZERO ENERGY EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

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November 5, 2009
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 3 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release:

Nov. 3, 2009 - Helping a large-scale education facility produce as much energy as it consumes is no small undertaking; yet the University of Utah's College of Architecture + Planning is preparing to do just that.

The administration plans to renovate the College's 40-year old brutalist-style facility in such a way that the building consumes the least possible amount of energy and-at the same time-begins to generate its own energy, thus accomplishing a net-zero energy state of operations.

"This project will be a model for our students," says Dean Brenda Scheer, "in a world where architects and planners teach ...

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