[SEMCO] Woods Hole Research Center - Green Building Tour

[Sheri DeRosa]

Woods Hole Research Center's Gilman Ordway Campus participates in annual
Green Building Open House

For immediate release

On Saturday, October 2nd, the Woods Hole Research Center will again
participate in the Green Buildings Open House. Tours of the Center’s Gilman
Ordway Campus at 149 Woods Hole Road will take place from noon to 4 p.m. For
further information, please call 508-540-9900 or see http://whrc.org.

Completed in 2003, the building was recognized by the American Institute of
Architects (AIA) as one of this year’s top ten green buildings in the U.S.
and earned a first place in the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
2004 Green Building Awards. The Green Building Open House is sponsored by
the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and is held in conjunction with
the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour. These two
overlapping events include private homes and a wide range of commercial and
institutional buildings using a variety of forms of renewable energy and
green building technologies and materials.

The Woods Hole Research Center is a scientific, policy, and educational
institution. The Center's mission is to combat global warming and other
forms of environmental degradation. In support of this mission, Center staff
and trustees employed the firm of William McDonough + Partners to design a
building that would serve as a model for 21st century construction in its
conservation of energy, purification of wastewater, and use of
environmentally safe materials. In terms of energy, there is no onsite
combustion of fossil fuels, the primary contributor to global warming.

Among the innovative steps taken to create a “high performance” building are
the ground source heat pump and energy recovery units, powered in part by
photovoltaic panels. A tight building “envelope” and energy efficient
equipment allow for the implementation of these innovations.

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Allison B. White
The Woods Hole Research Center
PO Box 296
Woods Hole, MA 02543
tel: 508-548-9375 x150
fax: 508-540-9700
www.whrc.org
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