The Audubon Society Opens Its New Headquarters Building
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: 1992
Article abstract: The National Audubon Society purchased and renovated a one hundred-year-old office building using nontoxic, recycled materials and installing energy-conserving systems.
Summary of Event
Between 1989 and 1992, the National Audubon Society built an environmentally responsible national headquarters that is internationally celebrated as a working model of energy conservation, resource recycling, indoor air quality, and cost efficiency in office-building design. Developers, architects, engineers, and interior designers from around the world...
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