Research center explores metal panels

摘要

Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., designed the 50,000-square-foot Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Mich., with metal to integrate energy efficiency, stormwater management and shoreline ecosystem protection practices. The university wanted to showcase low-impact building and landscape design, and the center, completed June 2012, was built to LEED Silver standards.