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Rieth Village at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center is a visionary nature preserve owned by Goshen College through gifts from individuals in co-operation with the Nature Conservancy. Serving as a beacon for other wildlife sanctuaries, Merry Lea’s mission is to provide public environmental education, support private field-based habitat studies, and to remain sensitive in every respect to Indiana’s undisturbed ecosystems.
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Library
The vision of the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) Library to fulfill their role as stewards of the environment, minimizing impacts on the earth and restoring the land as much as possible, is clearly reflected in the Library's design. Encouraging discovery and advancing knowledge in harmony with the environment, the AMBS Library is the first LEED certified library in Indiana, and includes a gallery space and bookstore.
Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems Headquarters Building
The Syracuse Center of Excellence (CoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems engages collaborators from over 200 institutions to address worldwide challenges in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and water resources. CoE members conduct targeted research, exhibit new technologies, commercialize innovations and provide education.
Yestermorrow Design/Build School Campus
Originally founded in 1980, the Yestermorrow Design/Build School is devoted to hands-on education integrating design and building principles with a core understanding of sustainable and regenerative practices. The school operated using rented space in Vermont’s Mad River Valley until 1990 when the dilapidated Alpen Inn property in Waitsfield was purchased. Yestermorrow’s students, faculty and staff worked together to renovate the Inn, transforming the structure into the school’s first permanent teaching, living and dining facility.
West Chester University School of Music and Performing Arts Center
The School of Music and Performing Arts Center (SOMPAC) at West Chester University was designed and constructed as a larger and more sustainable performance center replacing the 1950s era Swope Hall.7group served as the LEED, energy, and daylighting design consultant for this new performing arts and academic building, which attained LEED Silver certification in July 2010. SOMPAC is a musical, theatrical and dance facility for students, and the local and regional community, and is becoming known as a major public performance venue for the area.