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Center for Interactive Research on SustainabilityIt's a weighty title: the greenest building in North America. But that's exactly what the University of British Columbia claims to be constructing with its new Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), a $37 million building designed by Busby Perkins + Will. When it is finished in 2011, UBC says that the building will be a net energy producer thanks to on-site fuel cells, solar panels, solar hot water heaters, ground source heat pumps, and a biomass co-generation system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ubc-claims-to-build-greenest-building-in-north-america/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
Center for Interactive Research on SustainabilityIt's a weighty title: the greenest building in North America. But that's exactly what the University of British Columbia claims to be constructing with its new Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), a $37 million building designed by Busby Perkins + Will. When it is finished in 2011, UBC says that the building will be a net energy producer thanks to on-site fuel cells, solar panels, solar hot water heaters, ground source heat pumps, and a biomass co-generation system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ubc-claims-to-build-greenest-building-in-north-america/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Center for Interactive Research on SustainabilityIt's a weighty title: the greenest building in North America. But that's exactly what the University of British Columbia claims to be constructing with its new Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), a $37 million building designed by Busby Perkins + Will. When it is finished in 2011, UBC says that the building will be a net energy producer thanks to on-site fuel cells, solar panels, solar hot water heaters, ground source heat pumps, and a biomass co-generation system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ubc-claims-to-build-greenest-building-in-north-america/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
