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| | Ohio Green Buildings |
 | | To this end, the design team considered how the building and landscape could be fecund - like a tree - accruing solar income to the benefit of living systems, absorbing water quickly and releasing it slowly in a healthy state, and creating habitat for living things. |
 | | Advanced and "sustainable" design features include geothermal wells for heating and cooling, passive solar design, daylighting and fresh air delivery throughout, an on-site biological waste water treatment facility, a constructed wetland for natural storm water management, and a landscape that provides social spaces, instructional cultivation, and habitat restoration. |
 | | The Environmental studies laboratory is an example of adaptive reuse of an 1880's residence into offices, research laboratory, classroom laboratory, storage space and greenhouse. |
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