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Kroon Hall, the new home of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has been awarded Platinum certification, according to the Office of Public Affairs of Yale University. Kroon Hall was designed to use 81% less water and 58% less energy than a comparable building, helping it receive a total of 59 LEED points. With the help of a massive and beautiful solar array, about 25% of this building's electricity should be generated on-site, too.

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Adobe Systems is yet another company that has jumped on the alternative power energy bandwagon. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Adobe Systems has installed 20 Windspire vertical axis turbines atop the parking garage of its LEED certified office complex.

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" The National Security Agency, whose job it is to protect national security systems, will soon break ground on a data center in Utah that's budgeted to cost $1.5 billion.

The budget document specifies green features.

Facility design goal will be to the highest LEED standard attainable within available resources and will include: sustainable site characteristics, water and energy efficiency, materials and resources criteria, and indoor environmental quality."

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CNNMoney reported today that a $32 million project to create Second Line Stages, the nation’s first “green from the ground up” film studio, has been finalized and construction has begun in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District.

All major elements of the construction project -from the sound stages and office space to the parking lot - will be built to meet LEED’s strict Silver Certification guidelines.

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Harvard's Hamilton Hall received gold certification from LEED and is considered one of Boston's greenest buildings, Duggan says. Moreover, in fiscal year 2007, HBS brought its recycling rate up to 53%, which means the school is sending out more recyclables than trash. Duggan says students, 70% of whom told HBS that the environment will be important to them when they become managers, have motivated the rest of the community to take action. And education and awareness have become key components of their campus efforts. "What our lesson learned has been is that people want to do the right thing," says Duggan. "But they just don't always know what it is."

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Why don't we see more of these kinds of developments?
The Energy and Environment Park (ENPARK), a comprehensive eco-friendly free zone community for commercial and residential use and a member of TECOM Investments, announced a Sustainable Development Policy, achieving the distinction as the first free zone in the region to implement green-friendly initiatives.

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