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Macallen Condominiums
Photo © John Horner Photography
The Macallen Condominiums in Boston are not only the first residential LEED Gold-certified building in New England; they are also the subject of a new documentary and a 2008 COTE award winner.
Yale Sculpture Gallery
Photo © Peter Aaron/ESTO
Some observers describe Yale University’s new sculpture building as a contemporary take on the university’s traditional gothic-style. But Stephen Kieran says the design team let the building’s environmental performance drive its aesthetic.
Discovery Center
Photo © Lara Swimmer
To market more than a dozen new developments in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, developer Vulcan Inc. hired Miller Hull Partnership to design a discovery center—Something between a model home and a World’s Fair Futurama—that could be disassembled, moved, and reused.
Lavin-Bernick Center
Photo © Paul Crosby
The new Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University is built on the same site as the old university center, which was stripped of its concrete structure, expanded and redesigned with sustainability in mind.
Nueva School
Photo © Tim Griffith
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, which led the design of Nueva School’s Hillside Learning Complex in suburban Hillsborough, California, saw the project as more than just an addition.
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Nueva School
©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.
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.
Whitney Water Purification Facility
© Paul Warchol
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.
Daniel Nocera
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.
Extra-Pak Ice
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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Macallen Condominiums
Courtesy Jenna M. McKnight
Video Tour: Lisa Huang of Office dA and Ed Bourget of Burt Hill take us on a tour of their Macallen Condominiums, the first LEED Gold multifamily residential building in New England, and point out some of the its key features.
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.
Sweets Green
Sweets recently assembled into a “green product center” over 60 manufacturers who advertise green products.
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Top 50 Green Contractors
Engineering News-Record has published its first survey of the top green contractors in the U.S.