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Dental facility at East Carolina University aims for green status

Mar 12, 2008 5:11 PM

East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., is seeking silver LEED certification for the 112,500-square-foot dental school facility it is planning. If it qualifies, the dental school will be the first LEED-certified structure at ECU. The site has a north-south orientation, increasing the amount of daylight that will reach the facility's interior.The building is expected to cost $87 million. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2009, and the facility will open in mid-2011.The architects are BJAC and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

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