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CU "LEEDing" the Way
08 Feb 2012
The campus adds another building to its sizable LEED Certification portfolio.
Williams Village North falls in the LEED Platinum category, the highest rating of LEED certification. The building welcomed its first residents this August after construction was completed the year before. The building now houses two residential academic programs and over five hundred students.
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The campus adds another building to its sizable LEED Certification portfolio.
Williams Village North falls in the LEED Platinum category, the highest rating of LEED certification. The building welcomed its first residents this August after construction was completed the year before. The building now houses two residential academic programs and over five hundred students.