Word: croxton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...building employs the latest in efficient technology, including tiny sensors that adjust office illumination depending on whether or not people are actually using the room and how much light is streaming in through the windows. But beyond that, "Everything we did took lighting into account," says architect Randy Croxton, who also designed the National Resources Defense Council building. "The height of work stations, the color of paint on the walls, the orientation of windows and corridors -- all were designed to optimize lighting strategy." Moreover, the lighting isn't homogeneous, the way it is in most offices. "It's varied according...
Choosing the best materials for green buildings remains a challenge. Croxton has researched hundreds of products, but even when appropriate materials can be located, they are often too expensive or too hard to get delivered on schedule or too heavy for a building's structure. But that too is beginning to change under pressure from architects and their clients. Manufacturers have begun to gear up their environmentally sensitive product lines, and several independent groups have compiled lists of green materials. The Rainforest Alliance, for example, has researched the tropical hardwood trade (estimated at $7 billion a year) and come...