1. The Bullitt Center, Seattle, Washington: This building is designed to be net-zero energy and net-zero water, and was constructed using locally sourced, non-toxic materials.
2. The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia: This building is designed to be net-zero energy and features a green roof, rainwater capture, and passive heating and cooling.
3. The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, Vancouver, British Columbia: This building is designed to be net-zero water and net-zero energy, and incorporates sustainable building materials and passive heating and cooling.
4. The Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado: This building features a high-performance envelope, energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems, and uses renewable energy sources, including solar power.
5. The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, University of California, Berkeley: This building features a green roof, rainwater harvesting, and energy-efficient HVAC and lighting systems.
6. The Bullitt Center for Integrated Sciences and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: This building features passive solar energy, geothermal heating and cooling, and a green roof.
7. The Sinsheimer Laboratories, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: This building features daylighting, passive solar, and a green roof.
8. The Bertschi School Living Building, Seattle, Washington: This building is designed to be net-zero energy and net-zero water, and features a rainwater harvesting system, solar panels, and geothermal heating and cooling.
9. The College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver: This building features a green roof, solar panels, and energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems.
10. The Global Ecology Research Center, Stanford University: This building features passive solar, daylighting, and a green roof.
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