One of the benefits to being in an Architecture firm is I get to see projects with great design and sustainability aspects.? One such project that has been developed here in Tempe, AZ is the ASU Polytechnic Academic Campus in Mesa AZ.

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) named ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex The Best Green Building in the U.S. in 2008! Visiting this multi-award winning, fast-track, brownfield, 245,000-sq.-ft. three building complex truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Built on a former U.S. Air Force Base, the project is LEED-NC Registered and has been submitted to the USGBC for the final Certification. Given the submission, the project may reach LEED-NC Gold, and will most certainly reach LEED-NC Silver.