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Green Building and Sustainability Resources

• CAL Conference
• November 6-8, 2008

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• Mary Beth Homiack, MLS, Supervisory Librarian
• Terry Gould, MLS, Reference Librarian
• Lydia Frederick, MLS, ILL Librarian

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• 1595 Wynkoop St.
• Green Libraries
• Green Building Resources
• Discussion and questions

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Wynkoop 16th Street Mall
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double L scheme environmental and urban influence
wind

wynkoop street
sun
sixteenth street
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• Sails Green Roof
• Exterior Panels Lobby

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rapidly renewable Timber Bamboo Flooring and
Plywood Linoleum Floor Covering certified wood
products White Oak recycled content Acoustical
Ceiling Tiles Glass Tile Ceramic Tile Recycled
Glass/Light Weight Concrete Counter Modular
Carpet Furniture Structural Metal Framing/Metal
Fabrications/Ornamental Metals Concrete with Fly
Ash (byproduct of coal combustion)

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Saxifraga granulata
Sedum spurium (Dragons Blood sedum)
Sedum albumWhite Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium Pacific Stonecrop
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• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design) Gold Certified Building
• ENERGY STAR certified
• The American Architecture Award, 2008 (from the
  Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and
  Design)
• http//www.epa.gov/region8/building/index.html

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• GREEN LIBRARIES

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• Denver Public Library, Colorado
• http//www.denverlibrary.org//

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• Bozeman Public Library, Montana
• http//www.bozemanlibrary.org/bplgreendesign.pdf

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• Laramie County Public Library, Wyoming
• http//www.lclsonline.org/index.php

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Green Building Categories

• Site
• Design
• Materials
• Indoor Environment

• Energy
• Water
• Waste
• Selected Resources

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• Green Building Reference Links
• http//www.epa.gov/region8/library/greenbuildref.h
  tml

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• Visit the Green Building Resources page
• www.epa.gov/region8/library/greenbuildref.html
• Send us your comments and suggestions
• Library-reg8_at_epa.gov

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• CAL comments
• https//www.formsite.com/claforms/evaluation/secur
  e_index.html

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• US EPA Region 8 Technical Library
• 1595 Wynkoop Street, 8OC-L
• Denver, CO 80202-1129
• library-reg.8_at_epa.gov
  303-312-7226
• To schedule a tour
• http//epa.gov/region8/building/pdf/TourRequestFor
  m.pdf

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Thank you!