Northland Pines High School in Eagle River, Wis., has been given the Award of Merit by the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance for its environmentally responsible design and construction. The 253,000-square-foot school opened last year and can accommodate up to 600 students. The building is designed to provide classrooms with ample amounts of daylight; monitoring systems ensure the indoor air quality is good. Dual-flush toilets and no-water urinals help conserve water. The school's maintenance workers use cleaning products that are non-hazardous and emit low amounts of fumes. Northland Pines already had received a gold LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for its design and was the first K-12 facility in Wisconsin to achieve LEED certification. The architect is Hoffman.
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