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Bannister Road Federal Complex Warehouse

Photo © Farshid Assassi

Solution of the Month

In our newest Web-only feature, GreenSource explores innovative solutions to the challenges presented by designing for sustainability. This month, we profile a Kansas City, Missouri, renovation project by BNIM Architects and the unique solution that the firm devised for letting natural light penetrate deep into a million-plus-square-foot warehouse.

Photo © Bill Timmerman

Cesar Chavez Library

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.

Photo © Nic Lehoux

PEEC

The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) wanted its new visitor activity center to be highly sustainable, and more importantly, economical to operate.

Photo © Chuck Choi Architectural Photography

Garthwaite Center

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.

Photo © Jeff Godberg/ESTO

Queens Botanical Garden

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.

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Projects

©Tim Griffith

Case Studies: We look at the ten recipients of this year’s COTE Awards. Winners of the annual prize include green condominiums in Boston, an environmental education center in Pennsylvania, and a foundation headquarters in rural Wisconsin.

Technology & Innovation

The 293-unit Solaire high-rise apartment building in New York City

Courtesy Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Pelli Clarke Pelli

Toward Wiser Water Strategies: To lessen the burden on increasingly strained fresh-water supplies, designers and building owners turn to alternative sources.

Features

Recent Stories: We examine the regulation and oversight of voluntary carbon offsets, review the history and impact of the COTE awards, and look at the growing movement in favor of nuclear power as an alternative to greenhouse gas-emitting energy.

People

Courtesy Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Fantastic Catalyst: What will be the oil of the future? According to MIT Professor Dan Nocera, Water plus light. That’s it.

Products

Extra-Pak Ice

Green Roundup: We feature a diverse mix of products, including Extra-Pak Ice, D’Mand Hot Water Delivery System, Fire-Rated Wood-Veneer Panels, EcoLogic 1.28 GPF Toilet, Cambia Heat-Crafted Wood, and more.

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GreenSource Video

Courtesy Jenna M. McKnight

GreenSource presents our collection of videos designed to inspire, inform, and entertain. We tour important projects, explore ecologically attuned features, and speak with the people behind noteworthy green design solutions.

Continuing Education

Courtesy Prakash Patel, SmithGroup

Earn Continuing Education Credits: In this month’s CE feature, read about water efficiency solutions, including reusing graywater and on-site wastewater treatment, and then take a related online test.