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This facility features the following green attributes:

*LEED 2.0 Gold certified *Green Power *Native Landscaping

A sustainable building, or green building is an outcome of a design philosophy which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use ? energy, water, and materials ? while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal.Frej, Anne B., editor. Green Office Buildings: A Practical Guide to Development. Washington, D.C.: ULI--The Urban Land Institute, 2005. Pp 4?8 Though green building is interpreted in many different ways, a common view is that they should be designed and operated to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:

*Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources

*Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity

*Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradationBasic Information | Green Building |US EPA

A similar concept is natural building, which is usually on a smaller scale and tends to focus on the use of natural materials that are available locally.Hopkins, R. 2002. A Natural Way of Building. Transition Culture. Retrieved: 2007-03-30. Other related topics include sustainable design, green architecture, and energy efficient buildings.