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California Institute of Technology, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena

California Institute of Technology, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena

This LEED Gold-certified project provides a home for chemistry, chemical engineering, and chemical science at Caltech, with laboratories supporting chemical synthesis, chemical engineering, and biochemistry research.

Groups urge Obama to take nonlegislative action

BOMA, the Building Owners and Managers Assn., has partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council and 13 other organizations in a report urging President Obama to improve sustainable building without requiring new legislation.

District of Columbia has top LEED per capita

A new report by the U.S. Green Building Council indicates that the District of Columbia leads in per capita count of LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings, based on the 2010 U.S. Census.

Economic doldrums suppress green progress

The annual State of Green Business Report, recently released by greenbiz.com, indicates that "things aren't going as well as we hoped," according to executive editor Joel Makower.

Johnson, Turner, Gensler lead in LEED APs

The U.S. Green Building Council recently released a list of companies with the greatest number of LEED Accredited Professionals on the payroll.

Register today for our spring Lab Design Conference

Register today for our spring Lab Design Conference

The full agenda and online registration tool are now available for Laboratory Design Spring 2012, to be held in Pittsburgh April 16 and 17, with optional laboratory tours on April 18.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute

The first part of a planned two-phase project, the Wisconsin Energy Institute is a five-story building created for multidisciplinary collaboration.

Governmental green building backlash?

After an era of burgeoning federal and state support for green building, the prolonged economic recession may be eroding commitment for sustainable construction in some quarters.

Phase-change materials may improve green design

Phase-change materials may improve green design

The new Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building at the University of Washington-Seattle could be a harbinger of innovative energy-saving technology incorporating phase-change materials—in this case, a gel that becomes warm and liquid during the day and solidifies at night.

Better reporting, consistency could mark green development

Real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle says sustainable development is "moving into a new phase, characterized by greater alignment between and within the public and private sectors."

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Judges wanted for the 50th Annual R&D 100 Awards

Judges wanted for the 50th Annual R&D 100 Awards

Expert in electronics? Professional in process science? Do you breathe biotech? If you have an area of expertise (and better yet, interest) consider spending a couple hours of your time and helping us evaluate some of the best and most unique high-technology products of the year.

Wanted: 2011's Top Technologies

Wanted: 2011's Top Technologies

The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.

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Register today for our spring Lab Design Conference

Register today for our spring Lab Design Conference

The full agenda and online registration tool are now available for Laboratory Design Spring 2012, to be held in Pittsburgh April 16 and 17, with optional laboratory tours on April 18.

Keep moving forward with the Laboratory Design Conference 2012

Keep moving forward with the Laboratory Design Conference 2012

Keep moving forward with the 2012 Laboratory Design Conference.

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