Top Green Project Picks
-- Interior Design, 1/18/2011 10:52:32 AM
Congratulations to our final group of the Top Green Project Picks and our big WINNER!
MyGreenPalette.com and InteriorDesign.net teamed up to help you get your great green projects showcased and enter to win an Apple iPad at the same time. Here is the final group of green picks as well as the big WINNER! (Judging by Interior Design's editorial staff.)
Windrush School by Bay Area architects Ratcliff exemplifies the latest and most advanced modern green design while helping to shape the scope of the future. This certified LEED Platinum K-8 school plants the seeds of eco-conscious design concepts at the source: today's youth. Featuring passive ventilation, photovoltaic panels, a green roof, low-emitting indoor materials, and much more, no elements were spared to create a healthful learning environment for its student, faculty, and administrative population.
WINNER
Ratcliff - Windrush School, El Cerrito, California
In July of 2009, this project became only the fourth school to earn the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum certifications. The building features naturally ventilated and cooled classrooms with radiant floor heat, an insulated concrete building shell, and photovoltaic panels.
Brian Feagans, LEED AP, Architect
Ratcliff
Final Round of Top Green Picks
Page Southerland. The Architecture of Discovery Green, Houston, Texas
With Gold LEED certification, this park's structures were built with identity-defining (ie Houston) and sustainable local materials. With a balance of outdoor and indoor the landscape oriented buildings blend seamlessly with the outdoor environment.
Chada and Circa Architecture, Saffire Freycinet, Tasmania
This Tasmanian resort features a natural cycle air flow system, energy efficient water heating and lighting. The structures themselves are conceptually organic, evoking a connection to the sea, through references of waves, sand dunes and a flowing, organic form.
Page Southerland, Four Points Centre, Austin, TX
This LEED gold rating is achieved with a range of sustainable methods including sophisticated mechanical systems, ultra low water consumption, reduced light density, preserved natural areas, solar orientation, and shading devices, and extensive use of latest generation low-e glass.
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