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Director’s corner: Green Certified Buildings Are Good For You!

“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill The M. Miller Gorrie Center received LEED certification in 2008. Photo credit: Jen Morse. Modern humans in modern surroundings spend almost all of their time indoors. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), North Americans, on average, spend…

Mike KenslerApril 3, 2023

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Director’s Corner: The Built Environment: a Huuuge Sustainability Opportunity

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” - Winston Churchill People in the United States only spend about 10% of our time outside of buildings. To me that is a rather shocking statistic. We may not give that much thought, but as Churchill observed buildings have an enormous impact…

Mike KenslerMarch 2, 2017

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Sustainable Design & Construction of Capital Projects on Campus

Post contributed by: Jim Carroll, University Architect, Facilities Management In April 2013, Governor Robert Bentley signed Executive Order Number 39. This Order, based upon a very specific goal related to the use of locally-forested wood products effectively removed our ability to manage the design processes of Auburn University Capital Projects, using the…

adminFebruary 27, 2017

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Sustainability in 2015: The Good, the Bad, and Opportunities for 2016

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities These opening words from A Tale of Two Cities were first published in 1859. Looking back at the year 2015, they could have been written yesterday. Any attempt to create…

Mike KenslerNovember 23, 2015

Director’s corner: Green Certified Buildings Are Good For You!

Director’s Corner: The Built Environment: a Huuuge Sustainability Opportunity

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Director’s corner: Green Certified Buildings Are Good For You!

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