THE PHILLIP MERRILL CENTER HAS ADDED MORE GREEN FEATURES The Philip Merrill Center is the headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and is presently the only office building in the world to be platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's program _Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design _ (http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/LEED_main.asp) (LEED). (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/exitepa.htm) Some of its outstanding features are an extensive rainwater collection system which is used for non-potable purposes such as dish and floor washing,

compostable toilets, waterless urinals, natural ventilation, geothermal heat exchange, structural insulation panels, and solar panels. The center has added a new green feature, a vegetated roof for cooling and reducing storm water runoff impacts. More about the Center:

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