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VCU''s Rice Education Building at the Rice Center, Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Walter L. Rice Education Building at the VCU Rice Center is the first building in Virginia to be awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED platinum certification, the highest sustainability rating possible.

 

LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the council’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient and high-performing buildings.

 

The $2.6 million education building opened last October at the Rice Center, VCU’s 343-acre living laboratory on the James River southeast of Richmond in Charles City County, and houses lecture and laboratory rooms for classes, a conference room and administrative offices. The 4,900-square-foot building features sustainable strategies for efficient energy use, lighting, water and material use.

 

<a href="http://www.news.vcu.edu/news.aspx?v=detail&amp;nid=2850">www.news.vcu.edu/news.aspx?v=detail&amp;nid=2850</a>

 

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Uploaded on May 9, 2009
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