[CPEO-BIF] Heifer International, Little Rock, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Heifer Headquarters State's First Platinum Rated LEED Building

By Arkansas Business Staff
August 30, 2007

The U.S. Green Building Council on Thursday said nonprofit world hunger 
relief organization Heifer International has been awarded a Platinum 
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification 
rating for its new headquarters building in Little Rock.

The rating is the construction industry's highest honor for buildings 
that demonstrate environmental responsibility.

The makes Heifer's headquarters the first platinum-rated building in 
Arkansas and the only one in the south-central United States, joining 
fewer than 50 energy-conserving buildings with the rating.

...

The headquarters was built on an old Brownfield site of abandoned rail 
and trucking facilities.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=99429.40449.111571

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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