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Oakland University’s Human Health Building first LEED Platinum university building in Michigan [slideshow]

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The new $64 million Oakland University Human Health Building has become the first LEED Platinum certified building on a university campus in Michigan. Body Image: read more.

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What's next for affordable housing in 2024?

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We’re seeing affordable housing in a variety of scales and types, with increasing emphasis on sustainable design—from Passive House design to sustainably sourced material selection. This is part of what it means to build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable community.

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SmithGroup finishes 100th LEED-certified project

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SmithGroupJJR, a long-time leader of sustainable design, has reached the 100 LEED project milestone. SmithGroupJJR recently achieved its 100th LEED certified project: the LEED-NC Platinum Oakland University Human Health Building, constructed in Rochester, Michigan.

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Amerlux Reveals Plan To Build New Texas-Based Facility

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This facility, along with its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing center in Oakland, NJ, upgrade the company’s total capacity to nearly 300,000 square feet. Southwest Blog-Feb-2014 manufacturing Oakland Pearland' Mid Atlantic U.S.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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VERGE 18 | Oakland, CA. #1: Michiel Bakker, Director of Global Workplace Programs at Google, and Lindsay Baker, Head of Sustainability and Wellbeing at WeWork, discussed creating the workplace of the future. 1: The workplace of the future isn’t a workplace – it’s a community. 7: High performance design is optimized when value-aligned.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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You can come up to speed quickly at the North American Passive House Network annual convention on October 4-8, 2017 in Oakland, California. There is a very good article by Bronwyn Barry that highlights the bleeding edge 100% renewable energy calculations embedded in the new Plus and Premium Passive House US standards.

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15 Cities, Counties Join Green Buildings Leadership Program

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In partnership with Bank of America, USGBC LEED for Cities certification has provided over $2 million to accelerate action on climate change, resilience, and social equity.

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