{"id":12597,"date":"2010-03-22T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/jpl-wins-green-building-award\/"},"modified":"2010-03-22T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T09:10:00","slug":"jpl-wins-green-building-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/jpl-wins-green-building-award.php","title":{"rendered":"JPL Wins Green Building Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rooftop, drought-resistant garden is among the \"green\" features of JPL's new Flight Projects Center building. <\/span> <\/div>
JPL<\/span>'s environmentally friendly Flight Projects Center received a \"Green Building Award<\/span>\" at the fourth annual Green California Leadership Awards, held during this week's Green California Summit<\/span>.

The awards, presented in eight categories, recognize environmental achievements by government organizations. A reception was held March 16 at the Sacramento Convention Center.<\/p>

The green Flight Projects Center at JPL <\/span>houses space exploration missions in the early design and development phases. It is NASA<\/span><\/a>'s first Gold-certified building under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design<\/span> (LEED<\/span>) rating system, set up by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council. The building's green assets include: a \"living roof\" of desert plants, low-flow faucets and toilets, a \"smart\" heating and cooling system, showers and bike racks for bike commuters, outdoor lights that reduce light pollution and many more.<\/p>

More information about the building is online at: http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/features.cfm?feature=2198<\/a>.<\/p>

More information on the California Green Summit is at: http:\/\/www.green-technology.org\/gcsummit\/<\/a>.<\/p>

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