There’s no denying William McDonough is an influential green architect. He received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development — America’s highest environmental honor — in 1996, the first U.S. EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2003, and, in 2004, the National Design Award for exemplary achievement in environmental design. He also designed such green flagship structures as Michigan’s Ford Rouge truck plant, which includes an innovative air-delivery system that reduces the need for duct work, and the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, which produces 30 percent more energy than it needs, then shares with the community [source: William McDonough]. And for those who are a bit star-struck, McDonough and actor Brad Pitt were founding partners of the Make It Right Foundation, which is creating affordable, green, storm-resistant homes — different from the FLOAT homes mentioned on the previous page — in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.
(McManus, Melanie Radzicki. “10 Influential Green Architects” 08 May 2012. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/green/10-influential-green-architects.htm> 21 October 2013.)
The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, located on the campus of Oberlin College, is one of the most advanced examples of Green building in the United States. Construction crews completed work on the building in January 2000. The following semester, classes in conservation biology, environment and society, sustainable agriculture, ecological design, environmental education, […]
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