What we've been up to
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The Building Actually Teaches The Sustainable Urban Design Center at the Germantown Friends School was featured in High Performing Building magazine. The building itself teaches science and sustainability, featuring demonstrations of sustainable strategies such as photovoltaics and cisterns that collect rainwater for toilet flushing. Students can walk from the labs to the courtyard which features an “outdoor classroom.” Read More. |
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Still Looking Good We recently toured the HERA-designed labs at Millipore’s R&D Building in St. Charles, Missouri. Pictured left to right are Dan Snellenberger from Millipore, Laurie Sperling our President, and Dave Miller, Associate. The building opened in 2008 and still looks great. We think it’s a combination of great design and terrific building management. |
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Research at Two-Year Colleges? Check out this great article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The National Science Foundation is supporting research at the associate-degree level in order to spark interest and bolster majors in the sciences. By the way, the article features research at Finger Lakes College in Canandaigua, NY where are working on their science labs. |
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Safety Dance |
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Going for the...Platinum? The Criminalistics Laboratory for the Johnson County, Kansas Sheriff’s Office is due to open in early 2012. The $30 million facility is anticipated to receive a Platinum rating from the United States Green Building Council, the highest rating a building can achieve. |
On the BoardsWell, actually on the computer screens but you get the idea. Here is some of our more recent work: |
