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Environmental Science assignment week of June 7, 2010

Living Sustainably in Michigan Grand Rapids is known as a leader in the United States in LEED certified buildings. Check this web site for proof: []
 * __Sustainable Buildings – Alternative Energy Assignment__**

Answer these questions before we go to see some of the examples in town.

> **Pick one of these buildings in Grand Rapids and tell :** > > > **East Hills Center (of the Universe)** > **Forest Hills Fine Arts Center** > **Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM)** > **Newberry Place- A Grand Rapids Cohousing Community** > **Rapid Central Station- Interurban Transit Partnership** > **Christman Building** > **Aquinas College's Academic Building** > **Aquinas College's Grace Hauenstein Library** > **Aquinas College's Ravine Apartment D** > **Calvin College Bunker Interpretive Center** > **Metro Health Hospital** > **Saint Mary's Health Care- Richard J. Lacks, Sr. Cancer Center**
 * 1) What does LEED stand for? (4)
 * 2) What does it mean to be LEED certified? (10)
 * 3) What are some different levels of certification? (4)
 * 4) What does each level require? (20)
 * 1) What level of certification it has (2)
 * 2) What are some of the ‘green features’ that contributed to the LEED certification? (10)

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