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Case Studies: GreenSource’s project case studies provide in-depth, data-rich reports on sustainable design and green-building performance. With our new Green Building Project Search, find case studies from our archives using criteria from LEED score to products used in the project.
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Green-Building Projects & Sustainable-Design Case Studies
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| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: The Visionaire The Visionaire, New York City - Envisioning Green: A high-rise apartment building in lower Manhattan tests the boundaries of urban sustainability by using a five-point guideline system to set realistic goals. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: USGBC headquarters USGBC headquarters, Washington, D.C.- Modernism with a mission: A new headquarters for the U.S. Green Building Council translates the organization’s values into material reality earning a Platinum rating under the group’s own recently revamped system. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: 355 11th Street 355 11th Street, San Francisco, California - New skin reveals the past: A beer warehouse in San Francisco’s South of Market area finds new life as a mixed-use building without forsaking its industrial heritage. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Bellevue, Washington - Teaching in Trees: A new Washington Nature Center elevates its educational mission—literally—preserving fragile ecosystems on the ground and lifting visitors into the forest canopy. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Circular Congregational Church Addition Circular Congregational Church Addition, Charleston, South Carolina - Green, and of its time: A 328-year-old congregation, in an architecturally conservative city, commissions a modern church classroom addition with a multitude of sustainable-design initiatives. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Blue Ball Dairy Barn Blue Ball Dairy Barn, New Castle, Delaware - Old Barn learns New Tricks: A renovated dairy barn in Delaware transforms to a modern, multi-purpose space by embracing green design without sacrificing its historic roots. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex, Mesa, Arizona - Made in the Shade: Formerly an air force base, Arizona State University’s new classroom and lab complex proves that even for buildings, it’s cool to wear shades. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Cavallo Point Cavallo Point, Fort Baker, Sausalito, California - Historic Expansion: Combining meticulously restored buildings with unobtrusive new ones turns an army base at the Golden Gate into a luscious resort. |
| 09/2009 | INTERIORS CASE STUDY: Founding Farmers Restaurant Founding Farmers Restaurant, Washington, D.C. - Agrarian Values in the City of Pork: In its design, construction, and even its operation, a Washington, D.C., restaurant provides healthy portions of sustainability along with some attention-getting spaces. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Kroon Hall, Yale University Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut - Vaulted Roof, Ambitious Goals: Yale transforms the site of a defunct powerplant into a low-carbon home for its School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, Moose, Wyoming - Where Buffalo Roam: The 10,400-square-foot Laurance S. Rockefeller Visitors Center, part of the Grand Teton National Park, prepares visitors to appreciate the vast natural resources and beauty of the place. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Chartwell School Chartwell School, Seaside, California - Chasing Net-Zero: A school for students with learning differences reaffirms its core values with a new campus. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: The Terry Thomas The Terry Thomas, Seattle, Washington - No A/C? It’s a breeze: In Seattle, the four-story Terry Thomas building takes the LEED with a less-is-more approach by Weber Thompson. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Shangri-La Botanical Gardens Shangri-La Botanical Gardens, Orange, Texas - Finding Shangri-La: Outdoor classrooms, exhibition space, and public buildings make up this campus in a southeast Texas cypress swamp. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Great River Energy Headquarters Great River Energy Headquarters, Maple Grove, Minnesota - Setting a Green Example: A non-profit electric co-op brings open-space office design and unique energy-saving strategies together under one roof. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois - Repairing the World: A LEED-Platinum synagogue uses passive strategies to achieve greater-than-expected energy savings. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Portola Valley Town Center Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California - How green is my valley: When a community founded on environmental principles had to move its civic center from an unsafe site, a highly sustainable replacement evolved. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Charles Hostler Student Center Charles Hostler Student Center, Beirut, Lebanon - Rooted in Beirut: A new student center for the American University of Beirut combines state-of-the-art sustainable innovation with the region’s traditional solutions. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: International fund for Animal Welfare International fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts - The Call of the Wild: One of the largest wildlife defense funds in the world proves its commitment to holistic sustainability with a new headquarters on a green campus. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Gish family Apartments Gish family Apartments San Jose, California - All in the Family: This multifamily housing project provides healthy, affordable accommodations for low-income residents in Silicon Valley. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Synergy at Dockside Green Synergy at Dockside Green, Victoria, British Columbia - Green Harbor: The first phase of a mixed-use development in Victoria, B.C., has exceeded social and ecological expectations. |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Council House 2 Council House 2, Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne’s Great Experiment: Technological ambition and daring-do provide a wealth of lessons for aspiring green designers |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund, Zeist, Netherlands - Where The Wild Things Are: From architectural shapes to mechanical systems, the WWF’s dutch headquarters harmonizes with nature |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Elm Park Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland - Letting Nature Do the Work: Elm Park’s buildings use natural ventilation and daylighting to radically reduce energy use even as they reinvent the suburbs with new ideas about density |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - View From the Roof: This new school of art, design, and media at nanyang technological university preserves open space, while serving as a green icon for the community |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Alila Villas Uluwatu Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia - Sustainable Luxuriance: An eco-resort in Bali, Indonesia, sets a new standard for green vacation destinations without sacrificing comfort |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California - A multi-faceted institution sheltered by a undulating green roof takes a holistic approach to sustainable design |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Alley24 Alley24, Seattle, Washington - A LEED-certified speculative development in seattle is both environmentally and economically sustainable |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Tillamook Forest Center Tillamook Forest Center, Tillamook, Oregon - The Tillamook Forest Center tells the story of past human stumbles while embodying a leap into the future |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Lost Dog Wash Trailhead Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Scottsdale, Arizona - This sustainable visitors’ center celebrates a new entrance to the nation’s largest urban nature preserve |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: National Audubon Society National audubon society, New York City, New York - FXFOWLE’s Manhattan headquarters for the National Audubon Society offers lessons in how to maintain green leadership |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Ehrlich Residence Ehrlich Residence, Santa Monica, California - John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects skillfully satisfied their client’s sustainability mandate |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Judkins Park House Judkins Park House, Seattle, Washington - In a quiet residential neighborhood, a century-old house gets a bold new neighbor—parked inside its own driveway |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Gunning House Gunning House, Hermosa Beach, California - Transcending a tight urban site, architect Robert Nebolon creates a house open to sunlight, ocean breezes, and views |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: The Galleries At Turney The Galleries At Turney, Phoenix, Arizona - A developer blends the single-family home mentality of old Phoenix with the urban density of the row house to create a new south western sensibility |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Dockside Green Dockside Green, Victoria, B.C., Canada - A Platinum Setting: This 15-acre, mixed-use, harbor-front development in Victoria, B.C., will set records for sustainability at the neighborhood scale |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Thin Flats Thin Flats, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Onion Flats cements its commitment to Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood—and sustainable design—with a multifamily building destined for LEED for homes platinum status |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY:Gish Family Apartments Gish Family Apartments, San Jose, California - A development group provides stylish hand sustainable low-income housing amidst the Silicon Valley housing boom |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Boston Children's Museum Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts - The Boston Children’s Museum broadens it’s green agenda with a sustainable renovation and expansion by hometown firm Cambridge Seven Associates. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Loyola University Information Commons Loyola University Information Commons, Chicago, Illinois - For the Information Commons at Loyola University in Chicago, Solomon Cordwell Buenz integrated passive and active technologies, demonstrating that transparency and energy efficiency aren’t always at odds. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Downtown Transit Station Downtown Transit Station, Charlottesville, Virginia - In Charlottesville, Virginia, Wallace Roberts & Todd Architects designed a transit hub that links the past with the future. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Orinda City Hall Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California - Siegel & Strain Architects took cures from Mother Nature to lessen the footprint of Orinda, California’s City Hall. |
| 11/2008 | INTERIORS CASE STUDY: Haworth Showroom Haworth Showroom, New York City, New York - Haworth’s flagship showroom by Perkins+Will shines green with touches of red. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Normand Maurice Building Normand Maurice Building, Montreal, Quebec - Beauchamp-Bourbeau Architectes and ABCP Architecture & Urbanisme, with Busby Perkins+Will as lead designer, which led the design of The Normand Maurice Building shows how multiple federal agencies can go green in a renovated historic building. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, Illinois - On A Prominent Chicago Site, A Building With A Striking Faceted Facade Satisfies An Ambitious Environmental Agenda. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Soflo Office Studios Soflo Office Studios, San Antonio, Texas - In South Flores, An Up-And-Coming Area Bordering Downtown San Antonio, A Former Factory On A Brownfield Gets A Face-Lift From The Architects For Their Own Offices. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: EPA Headquarters EPA Headquarters, Denver, Colorado - A Dramatic Central Atrium And A Green Roof Elevate The Profile Of This Federal Office Building. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Bowman and Brooke LLP Bowman and Brooke LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota - These light-filled, colorful law offices convincingly defy The profession’s stuffy reputation. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Nueva School Nueva School, Hillsborough, California - Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, which led the design of Nueva School’s Hillside Learning Complex in suburban Hillsborough, California, saw the project as more than just an addition. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Lavin-Bernick Center Lavin-Bernick Center , New Orleans, Louisiana - The new Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University is built on the same site as the old university center, which was stripped of its concrete structure, expanded and redesigned with sustainability in mind. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Discovery Center Discovery Center, Seattle, Washington - To market more than a dozen new developments in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, developer Vulcan Inc. hired Miller Hull Partnership to design a discovery center—Something between a model home and a World’s Fair Futurama—that could be disassembled, moved, and reused. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Yale Sculpture Gallery Yale Sculpture Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut - Some observers describe Yale University’s new sculpture building as a contemporary take on the university’s traditional gothic-style. But Stephen Kieran says the design team let the building’s environmental performance drive its aesthetic. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Macallen Condominiums Macallen Condominiums , Boston, Massachusetts - The Macallen Condominiums in Boston are not only the first residential LEED Gold-certified building in New England; they are also the subject of a new documentary and a 2008 COTE award winner. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Garthwaite Center Garthwaite Center, Weston, Massachusetts - The Boston-based firm Architerra developed a simple aesthetic for the Garthwaite Center for Science and Art at the Cambridge School that does not immediately convey the innovation of its exemplary bioclimatic design. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Leopold Legacy Center Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin - Kubala Washatko Architects designed the headquarters of the Leopold Foundation, which features a high percentage of Forest Stewardship Council-certified lumber, in the spirit of its conservationist namesake. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Pocono Environmental Education Center Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania - The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) wanted its new visitor activity center to be highly sustainable, and more importantly, economical to operate. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Queens Botanical Garden Queens Botanical Garden , Flushing, New York - The LEED Platinum-certified visitor and administration center at the Queens Botanical Garden boasts innovations ranging from a green roof to an entry plaza covered by a folded canopy that harvests rainwater. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Cesar Chavez Library Cesar Chavez Library , Laveen, Arizona - Responsible management of water from all sources is one of the significant achievements of the Chavez library. It not only derives its form from the lake it borders, but it uses the body of water as a storage basin for water harvesting. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Grand Rapids Art Museum: Temple of Green Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan - In the Grand Rapids Art Museum, a measured approach to design reveals that elegance and environmentalism are not incompatible. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Queens Botanical Garden: Setting Down Roots Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, New York - A new building raises a botanical garden’s profile as an institution focused on environmental stewardship. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center: Building on Aldo Leopold’s Legacy Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin - The Aldo Leopold Foundation aims to uphold the land ethic in its new headquarters. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Santa Monica Library: A City Turns The Page Santa Monica Library , Santa Monica, California - The City Of Santa Monica Goes Green With Its High-Performance Main Public Library. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Nau: Redefining Retail Nau, Boulder, Colorado - Nau’s unique concept unifies its stores with web-based shopping. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Arizona State University Biodesign Institute: Crossing Boundaries Arizona State University Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona - Interdisciplinary science and innovative design set a standard for the next generation of research facilities. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Tim and Karen Hixon Visitor Center: Cool Water Tim and Karen Hixon Visitor Center, Helotes, Texas - A visitor center doubles as an aquifer, collecting and conserving water in a region suffering from drought. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: University of California: Enlightening
Sustainability University of California, Merced, California - University research facility is a teaching tool for eco-minded students. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Zhong Xiao Pavilion: Treehouse in A Concrete Jungle Zhong Xiao Pavilion , Taipei, Taiwan - Architect Sergio Palleroni and Taipei students break through asphalt to create a garden and green office space. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Merck Serono: Ecological Antidote Merck Serono, Geneva, Switzerland - A biotechnology company considers environmental health and sustainability for its new headquarters. |
| 01/22//2008 | PROJECTS: Shamrock Heights [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
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