, Evanston, IL

This single-family residence on Lake Michigan was designed to take advantage of the dramatic views of Lake Michigan. In addition to providing living space for its owners, the home also serves as a meeting location for several local nonprofit organizations.

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6476 North West Marine Dr (UBC), Vancouver, BC

The Liu Institute for the Study of Global Issues was the second green building to be built at the University of British Columbia's Point Grey Campus. It houses a one-storey seminar wing with conference rooms and reception area and a three-storey research wing with private offices, library and board rooms. The design process involved a daylong 'project alignment' workshop during which the design team identified 60 sustainable targets for the project.

The Liu Institute was designed to be 55% more efficient than the Model National Energy Code. Passive ventilation and cooling, a high-performance building envelope, and energy modeling helped to attain this energy reduction goal. Effective daylight strategies, occupancy sensors and photosensors reduce lighting loads. In order to reduce site disturbance the Liu was built on the footprint of a decommissioned student residence (Pan-Hellenic House) and its former parking lot. Low flow plumbing fixtures reduce water consumption and native plant landscaping eliminates irrigation requirements.

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, Atlanta, GA

The Management Building at the Georgia Institute of Technology is the largest building in Technology Square, Georgia Tech's mixed-use development that extends the traditional campus into the heart of Midtown Atlanta. The 248,000-square-foot, $40-million Management Building houses a 350-seat auditorium, classrooms, offices, the campus bookstore, and street-level retail space. The Management Building successfully serves the faculty, staff, and students of Georgia Tech, while also serving as a neighborhood amenity and community gathering place.

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, Green Bay, WI

The new two-story academic building at the University of Wisconson-Green Bay serves as a new campus center housing 20 classrooms, representing about half of all classroom space on campus.

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, Berkeley, CA

The Molecular Foundry, owned by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), is a state-of-the art user laboratory for nanoscale materials research. The facility is one of five U.S. Department of Energy Nanoscale Science Research Centers, and the only one on the west coast.

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701 National Ave, Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features:

• The combination of high-efficiency fixtures and storm water collection results in a 75% reduction in potable water use, saving over 2,000,000 litres of water annually
• 75% of materials used in the project were locally manufactured
• 23% of materials used in the project were locally harvested
• 90% of construction waste was recycled
• Innovative mechanical and lighting systems use 60% less energy used than required by the Model National Energy Code for Buildings (MNECB)
• The mechanical system consists of a ground source heat pump system, combined with radiant panel heating and cooling

The National Works Yard is an Engineering Operations Facility for the City of Vancouver that incorporates the operations of eight city branches and associated administrative support. It houses approximately 400 employees. This brownfield development was built on a former rail yard and has become a pilot initiative for the City of Vancouver to promote sustainable design practices. The Administrative Centre and Parking Operations Building were the first in Canada to receive LEED Gold Certification from the Canada Green Building Council under the LEED-BC criteria.

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, Media, PA

The nonprofit Natural Lands Trust works to ensure that Pennsylvania's open lands are conserved for future generations. The new headquarters addition is located on the edge of a 55-acre preserve in Media, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia that suffers from suburban sprawl.

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, Washington, DC

Building 33 is located in the historic Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, and its construction dates back to 1850. Originally a 45-foot-high, open-bay factory building, the facility, along with a linked building cluster, underwent a substantial renovation. The building's primary function is to house the general offices of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

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, Port Hueneme, CA

Building 850 serves as one of the U.S. Navy's two "Energy Showcase" facilities to demonstrate applications of the latest concepts in energy-efficient and sustainable facility design, construction and operation. Located in Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California, the building is home to Naval Base Ventura County Public Works Department and provides Naval staff with direct exposure to and experience with green building principles. The project includes a 10,000 ft2 (950 m2) remodel and a 7,000 ft2 (650 m2) addition.

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, Golden, CO

The Science and Technology Facility (S&TF) is a cutting-edge research facility that includes laboratory space, office space, and a lobby. It houses nine laboratories for advanced materials synthesis, analysis, characterization, and support as well as the 10,170-ft2 Process Development and Integration Laboratory.

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, Reston, VA

The new headquarters for the National Wildlife Federation is a 95,000 ft2 (8,800 m2) office building located in Reston, Virginia, adjacent to the 475-acre (190 ha) Lake Fairfax Park.

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, Oberlin, OH

The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies is located on the Oberlin College campus in Oberlin, Ohio. It houses classroom and office space, an auditorium, a small environmental studies library and resource center, a wastewater-purification system in a greenhouse, and an open atrium.

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50 Center Street South, Oshawa, Ontario

The Scope of the Oshawa City Hall Revitalization Project includes: demolition of the current council chambers (320m2, 2 floors) and A wing of city hall office (1972m2, 6 floors), Renovation of B wing (1450m2, 2 floors) and Rundle Tower (6665m2, 9 floors) and construction of a council chamber (1221m2, 2 floors) . The City of Oshawa has decided to pursue LEED Silver Certification for the entire project. They will meet this objective by incorporating many green building design philosophies that may include but are not limited to: a cistern to collect rain water used for landscaping and flushing toilets, greening of the concrete courtyard, electric vehicle refueling stations, ground source heat pumps, responsible material selection including: regional, reused, recycled, low off gassing and rapidly renewable materials. This public building will be a used as an educational tool and hopefully lead the community by example towards a more sustainable future.

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, Portland, OR

In 1970, People's Food Co-op (generally called People's) set up shop in a building nearly one hundred years old that previously hosted a neighborhood grocery. The goal was to set the standard for sustainable groceries. Twenty-five years later, growing membership and an increasing customer base rendered the meager and dimly lit 2,400-square-foot space a liability to retail and office operations. To alleviate these constraints, People's renovated their existing space and grew the building to 5,400 square feet, incorporating innovative sustainable features along the way. The total project cost was approximately $900,000. From start to finish, the People's expansion demonstrates the value of viewing buildings holistically and executing integrated design processes.

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, Skokie, IL

Pharmacia Building Q is a Discovery chemistry laboratory focused on research in metabolism, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, genomics, and process development. The research is targeted toward the treatment of arthritis and cardiovascular diseases.

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, University Place, WA

The Pierce County Environmental Services Building is located on the Chambers Creek Properties, a site of over 900 acres, including 2-1/2 miles of waterfront on Puget Sound. Pierce County recently completed a 50-year master plan for the site focused on "Reclaiming Our Resources," an effort that will gradually heal and rejuvenate the entire area by reintroducing native species and incorporating public uses of the site.

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1475 Howe St, Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features

• 45% energy consumption below the MNECB
• 30% reduction in water use
• 25% reduction in stormwater run off

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, Hopland, CA

Real Goods Trading Corporation, a distributor of energy conservation and self-sufficiency products, wanted a showroom to mirror its retailing ethic. The resulting building resembles a curved bird wing with stepping roofs where clerestory windows capture the varying hourly and seasonal angles of the sun. The entire facility is set up in a curved plan that looks like a sundial with a curved courtyard evoking the closed loops of a sustainable system.

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, Portland, OR

Founded as a retail cooperative in 1938, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) now has more than two million active members and operates stores nationwide. REI's Portland store occupies the first two floors of a ten-story, mixed-use building.

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, Gainesville, FL

Rinker Hall is a leadership facility within the University of Florida's College of Design and Construction, which includes 1,500 students and 100 faculty members. Rinker Hall serves the students of the School of Building Construction, the nation's oldest and most recognized program of this type. Accommodating 450 students, the building includes a mix of classrooms, teaching labs, construction labs, faculty and administrative offices, and student facilities.

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, Portland, OR

Roberts Hall was designed along with two other new dormitories: East Hall and West Hall. The new buildings help fulfill the college's vision to blend their liberal arts campus with a magnificent natural environment. The three new buildings comprise the first phase of an overall master plan for the south residential campus that will ultimately house more than 1000 students. Responding to the needs of college juniors and seniors, these new residence halls were designed to provide a degree of privacy while creating a variety of spaces for social interaction.

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85 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC

KEY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES

• Heritage preservation: re-use of materials
• Natural ventilation and lighting
• Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)
• Locally and regionally-sourced building materials
• Community health and resilience through adaptive design

The Salt Building is an iconic historical landmark in the new Southeast False Creek (SEFC) neighbourhood, which is home to the Olympic Athletes’ Village. It is located on First Avenue and Manitoba Street, at the former shoreline of False Creek. Built in the 1930s when the shoreline bristled with ship builders, steel fabricators and sawmills, the Salt Building embodies the legacy of the rich industrial past of this neighbourhood. Originally, the building was used as a refinery of salt, which was shipped from San Francisco. The north end of the building retains a small dock-like structure where the salt was loaded and unloaded. As railway transportation gradually replaced shipping, the building reoriented to the south and was later converted to a paper recycling plant. It is now owned by the City of Vancouver, and in 2011 a new bakery, coffee shop and brewpub will make the historic Salt Building an important gathering place for the local community.

The rehabilitation of the Salt Building, initiated in 2007, presented a rare opportunity to integrate the concepts of adaptive reuse and heritage conservation, in the context of sustainable practices, as identified by the LEED Core and Shell (CS) system.  As a result, the Salt Building is one of very few heritage projects to achieve Gold certification under LEED – CS in Canada. The rehabilitation included shell restoration and raising the building on piling extensions to align with the new street level. This also served to highlight the original exposed timber piles on which the building rests, providing a sense of layered history of the site. Its large, open interior, supported by elaborate roof trusses, creates a unique amenity for the community. The Salt Building meets LEED Gold requirements by utilizing natural ventilation and lighting, a Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU), and the reuse of materials.

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, San Mateo, CA

The San Mateo County Forensic Laboratory and Coroner's Office is a highly secure and technologically innovative laboratory facility designed to provide a superior workplace, flexibility to accommodate changing needs, and advanced resource efficiency. The facility houses eight distinct forensic laboratories and the coroner's office.

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, St. Paul, MN

Science House serves as a public environmental experiment facility, classroom, and special event space for the Science Museum of Minnesota's outdoor science park, the Big Back Yard. Science House was designed to be a zero-energy building: that is, the building generates, through its 8.8-kilowatt photovoltaic system, more energy than it consumes on an annual basis.

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, Seattle, WA

The Seattle Justice Center is 14-story building within the three-block Civic Center area of downtown Seattle. The Justice Center houses Seattle's municipal courts and police headquarters in a dense urban setting. The design challenge was to create distinct and unique identities for the courts and the police headquarters within one building. The combination of programs yielded a structure with two different parts: a primarily glass Courts portion that occupies the southern part of the block and a primarily stone Police portion on the northern part. The bipartite nature of the building is also reflected in the organization of the Civic Center Master Plan; both building and urban design are inextricably linked.

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, SeaTac, WA

This building serves as the Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility for aircraft approximately two to thirty miles from the Seattle-Tacoma (SeaTac) International Airport. TRACON facilities handle some of the busiest air traffic control functions anywhere within national airspace. In 2002, SeaTac was the 15th busiest passenger airport in the U.S., controlling 26 million people on 364,000 flights.

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, Dundee, OR

The Sokol Blosser Winery's gentle slopes face south and east to capture the earliest rays of the sun, the well-drained clay-loam soil gives the vines just enough vigor, and the temperate climate is ideal for cool-weather Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris grapes. Because Sokol Blosser looks at their vineyard as a small ecosystem, they farm the land organically and seek biodiversity at all levels, from microbes in the soil and insects in the wildflowers to native birds, which control the insect populations.

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, Harrisburg, PA

The South Central Regional Office Building is the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's first green office building. This leased facility, of 73,000 ft2 (6,800 m2), is a regional headquarters building located on a brownfield (former quarry and mine) in Harrisburg, PA.

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, Concord, NH

Founded by a handful of concerned citizens in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) has today grown into one of the country's most effective statewide land conservation groups. The addition currently houses six other nonprofit organizations, in addition to providing office space for SPNHF. In keeping with the organization's mission and the nature of its work, the new French Wing addition to its Concord headquarters showcases a number of innovations from the realms of conservation and sustainable design.

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4584 Blackcomb Way , Whistler, British Columbia

KEY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES

• Site-sensitive design: minimized site disturbance and emphasis on natural assets
• Water and energy efficiency
• Cultural significance: Show-casing cultural traditions of the Squamish and Lil’Wat First Nations
• Capacity building: employment and leadership training for First Nations

Embodying the form, materials and scale of local First Nations traditional architecture, the Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre showcases the history and cultures of the Squamish and Lil’Wat First Nations, whose traditional territories overlap in the Whistler area. The design of the Centre reflects their mutual respect, commitment to collaboration and a deep-rooted environmental ethic.

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, Woodlawn, MD

The Social Security Administration Child Care Center is located in suburban Baltimore, Maryland. Three main building components are identified by function and by form. The "head" includes the entry, child and building services, and administration space. The project also has two distinct "arms": one containing classrooms for infants and young toddlers and the other containing classrooms for older toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. Each component is identified by its distinct shape, and the entire building is connected by a circulation path that establishes a clear orientation for users and visitors alike.

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, Washington, DC

Takoma Village Cohousing, located in northwest Washington, DC, consists of 43 one- to four-bedroom attached flats and townhouse units plus a 4,800 ft2 (450 m2) shared building known as the "Common House" surrounding common green space. It is DC's first cohousing project, one of only 11 demonstration sites for HUD's PATH program, through which all 43 units were awarded Energy Star Homes Certification.

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, Mill Run, PA

The Barn at Fallingwater is an adaptive reuse of a 19th century heavy-timber barn and its 20th century addition, framed in dimension lumber. The 19th century structure is a bank barn, built into the side of a hill so that two levels can be accessed directly from grade level. It serves as an interpretive portal for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's 5,000-acre Bear Run nature reserve, immediately adjacent to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Beyond meeting the Conservancy's need for a program center and administrative office space, the Barn provides a living reminder of a largely vanished agrarian way of life in Western Pennsylvania. It manifests the Conservancy's mission statement: "Saving the places we care about by connecting people to the natural world."

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401 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) manages real estate for the Federal Government amounting to 6.7 million m2 of space. The green fit-up for 401 Burrard is an example of an organization taking incremental steps towards green design.

The fit-up featured the installation of several green flooring options including natural wood, bamboo, cork, linoleum, stained concrete, ceramic tiles, and recycled content, low-emission carpets. This allows PWGSC to test the performance of these materials over time, informing the design of future buildings.

The building is situated downtown, giving staff the option to take public transportation to work.

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, Seattle, WA

The Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center is a multi-purpose exhibition hall nestled into the heart of the 74-acre Seattle Center campus. It replaces the old Flag Pavilion that was constructed on the same site 40 years ago as a temporary building for the Seattle World's Fair.

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2177 WESBROOK MALL, Vancouver, BC

The Friedman Building Renovation Project is a four story, 6229 m2 facility that houses the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences and the Physical Therapy Division, School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Completed in 2008 the Friedman building is upgraded to improve life safety, accessibility, energy efficiency, and opportunities for student and faculty interaction. All of these measures greatly enhance the learning and working conditions in the building. The project is seeking the Canada Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification. If certified, The Friedman Project could become one of the very few major renovation projects that achieve LEED Gold in Canada.

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, Arlington, VA

The Nature Conservancy's new headquarters is an eight-story 172,000 ft2 (16,000 m2) office building in the Ballston area of Arlington, Virginia. The Conservancy occupies six floors and leases two floors, which provide room for growth. Parking is accommodated in a garage below the building; the remainder of the site has been transformed into a 1/2-acre (0.2 ha) landscaped park.

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121 West 16th St, City of North Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features

• Daily water usage is 43% below the GVRD average of 320 L per person per day
• Energy efficient strategies result in cost-savings of $16,000 per year
• 27% reduction in rate and quantity of stormwater run off
• Over 50% of materials (by value) manufactured locally

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, Statesville, NC

After the local community decided that a new elementary school would serve their needs best, Third Creek Elementary consolidated two aging schools, one that served Kindergarten through grade 2 and another that served grades 3 through 5. Many educational and community use features are incorporated into the design. The administrative offices are located at the main entrance to have good supervision of all visitors. The grade levels are broken down into smaller "houses" comprised of two grade levels each. The gymnasium, stage, and dining room are located so they may operate after hours for community use, while the academic portion of the building is secured.

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, San Francisco, CA

The Thoreau Center for Sustainability, located in the rehabilitated historic wards of the Letterman General Hospital, is the first public/private partnership project completed at the new Presidio National Park. The 73,000 ft2 (6,800 m2) complex is the new home for nonprofit organizations focused on environmental sustainable development issues. This design addresses sustainable development within the constraints of a historic landmark structure.

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, Ithaca, NY

This project consists of a new 9,900 ft2 (920 m2) animal adoption center for the Tompkins County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), a minimally renovated 4,000 ft2 (370 m2) building as an animal intake and evaluation area, and a bridge connecting the two spaces.

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, Kansas City, KS

The Science and Technology Center includes both office and laboratory space for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations.

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, South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School's James L. and Evelena S. Oakes Hall is the law school's primary classroom facility. The building is set on the banks of the White River and houses eight classrooms, a courtroom, a student lounge, and an outdoor deck.

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, Gay Head, MA

The Wampanoag Tribal Multi-Purpose Building serves as an administrative, educational, and social center for the Wampanoag tribe, which has inhabited Martha's Vineyard for hundreds of years.

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Cheakamus Crossing, Whistler, British Columbia

KEY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES

• District Energy System: expected to meet up to 90% of heating and domestic hot water requirements of the development
• Natural stormwater management and treatment
• Compact, diverse neighbourhood design that supports active transportation
• LEED-ND pilot project

Located six kilometres south of the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Whistler Olympic Village—also called Cheakamus Crossing--was built for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to house approximately 3,500 visiting athletes and officials. The compact, pedestrian-focused development supports active transportation such as walking and bicycling, as well as car sharing. It is intended to become a vibrant neighbourhood with a diverse housing mix and proximity to numerous recreational opportunities and neighbourhood services.

Housing types include 221 resident-restricted homes for sale, fifty-five rental apartments for the Whistler Housing Authority, twenty market townhouses, 188 hostel beds and twenty unrestricted single-family lots. The neighbourhood also includes an Athletes Centre with the 100-room Athletes Lodge, twenty rental townhomes for athletes and the High Performance Centre. Following the Games, all of these will be managed and operated by the Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies Society. The Whistler Olympic/ Paralympic Village is one of only twenty Canadian developments designated as pilot projects for LEED-ND, which sets the highest standards in green neighbourhood design practices in North America.

Last edited by karidow about 2 years ago

, Hinesburg, VT

NRG Systems designs and manufactures wind-measuring equipment for the global wind energy industry. NRG planned this new office and manufacturing facility to embody its core mission: furthering the use of renewable energy and providing a healthy, productive, and beautiful workplace for its employees.

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, Healdsburg, CA

This modest California retreat evokes the spirit of local vernacular buildings and was designed to take maximum advantage of the site and climate to make the house comfortable while minimizing energy use and environmental impacts.

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, Springdale, UT

The visitor center and comfort station are open from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM year round.

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, Springdale, UT

As a primary component of the Zion Canyon Transportation System, this low-energy, sustainable facility is the entry to a transit- and pedestrian-centered visitor experience, providing park information, interpretation and trip-planning assistance within a resource environment. The new visitor center is part of a transportation system that seeks to reduce resource impacts and enhance the visitor experience. Consisting of indoor and outdoor spaces for visitor services, this facility creates a setting to promote and interpret park resources and agency conservation values. In creating the Zion National Park Visitor Center, the National Park Service (NPS), working with DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), has complemented Zion's natural beauty.

Last edited by Kalin Harvey over 2 years ago