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University of New Mexico Arena - The PIT- Achieves LEED Silver Certification

7/18/2012

We are pleased to announce that the University of New Mexico Arena (The PIT) has achieved LEED Silver Certification!  Congratulations to UNM, the Lobo program and the design and construction team.  For more information about the project, click here!

New affordable apartment building opens in Missoula

2/2/2012

Marla Wollgast moved into an apartment in the Solstice a couple of months ago, and she's still thrilled about the light in the bedroom closet, her sense of safety and even the paint on the walls.

"I love the colors," Wollgast said Wednesday. "That is what I was so excited about. There's no more white. I told all my kids."

One wall of the home in the new homeWORD building is painted a sage green, and another is the palest color of milk coffee. Wollgast is saving roughly $80 a month since her move into the West Broadway and Russell Street project, which celebrates its grand opening 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Read more in the Missoulian

2011 Solar Decathalon

11/21/2011

The University of Maryland won this year's Solar Decathalon, with Purdue University and Victoria University (New Zealand)  took second and third awards.  The teams had $250,000 to creat energy-efficient houses that could be transported and built on the Mall in Washington D.C.  Winners were also gauged on individual categories such as Architecture, Market Appeal, Engineering, Affordability and Energy Balance. Check out the interesting designs and lessons learned here.