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PNNL facilities earn gold
Reducing energy and water use by more than 30 percent and keeping 78 percent of construction waste from landfills helped earn two new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory research facilities gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. The Biological Sciences Facility and the Computational Sciences Facility at the Department of Energy's PNNL collectively received gold status from LEED. Gold is the second-highest rating in the green building program. The two research facilities-which are joined by a glass-encased commons area-were dedicated in October 2009 at PNNL's Richland campus. LEED is a program of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Green Building Certification Institute. Read the complete news release.
