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Case Studies
The following case studies can be used when talking to various individuals and groups about the sustainability of concrete and cement.
Clearview Elementary School
(Hanover, Penn.)
Insulated concrete forms were used to build this high-performance, sustainable facility. This development has the pristine LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) certification issued by the United States Green Building Council.
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World Record Recycling Project (Denver, CO.)

After 66 years of operations, Stapleton International Airport had grown to become one of the busiest airports in the United States, with its concrete runways and concourses sprawling over the outskirts of Denver, Colorado.
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Yellowstone National Park
With more than three million people visiting Yellowstone National Park each year, minimizing the impact of visitors, lodging, and residences on the park’s natural beauty is a priority. In the spirit of conservation, Yellowstone started an initiative to create environmentally friendly homes for its employees using concrete.
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Fisher Pavilion (Seattle, Wash.)
A combination of precast and cast-in-place concrete provides the public space a concrete face fro 90 percent of the facility. The 14,000 sq ft of flat floor exhibition space with a nearly twenty-foot clear height, was recognized as one of the Top Ten Green Projects of 2003 by the American Institute of Architects's Committee on the Environment.
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The Solaire (Manhattan, N.Y.)
A concrete structural system is at the core of the environmentally engineered and sustainable building. This Battery Park City development is the nation's first green residential high-rise building.
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The Oklahoma Federal Building
In December 2003, eight and a half years after the infamous Oklahoma City bombing that took the lives of 168 people, a new Oklahoma Federal Building was completed a block away from where the original building once stood.
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USGBC Regional Office Meets Sustainable Objectives with Concrete

The new Eco Office of the Southface Energy Institute, an Atlanta, Ga.-based organization focused on promoting sustainable development, is designed to be the region’s most prominent “green” building.
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