TPG Completes First LEED Office in Long Island

By Sari Graven

“Aging in Place” is a major opportunity for interior designers. It is also one of four ASID platform issues (and the final one I’ll discuss in this column, after covering legislation, education and sustainability).

We can make a difference in this arena. While many organizations are nibbling around the edges of aging-related design …

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TPG Completes First LEED Office in Long Island
TPG Architecture provided full architectural services and served as LEED administrator for Leviton Manufacturing Company’s New York headquarters— the first Long Island office interior project to achieve LEED certification.
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ASID-IL Seeks Entries for Design Competition
The American Society of Interior Designers–Illinois Chapter (ASID-IL) is now accepting entries for the 2010 Design Excellence Awards, an annual competition open to ASID-IL members, International Interior Design Association Illinois members and registered interior designers in the state of Illinois.
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Perkins+Will Suggests Green Forestry at Risk
Through its “FSC Equal + Better” stance, Perkins+Will provides detailed comments on the USGBC’s benchmark that threatens to reverse important forest stewardship advancements made globally by FSC over the past 17 years.
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National Announces ‘Gift of Inspiration’ Winner
National Office Furniture recently announced the $25,000 Gift of Inspiration for Health Care Environments winner—the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.
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June 1, 2010

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