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Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Get Grant For Green Building DesignOregon State University and the Portland architectural firm Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership have been awarded a $100,000 planning grant from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Mich., to develop an environmentally sensitive design for a new Earth Systems Science Center building.
The proposed 115,000-square-foo t building would be constructed on the Corvallis campus and designed to house the research and educational activities of OSU's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and the Geosciences Department of the College of Science.
The predesign effort will set the stage for the fund-raising portion of the project. The cost of the building -- an estimated $70 million -- would be funded through a combination of private gifts, bonds and some federal support.
The building could serve as a teaching tool that incorporates green building functions such as water conservation, landscaping, solar design and building materials, while providing "an inspiring, productive research and learning environment," said Mark Abbott, dean of OSU's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, the Oregon Natural Step Network and the Sustainable Products Purchasers Coalition.
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