Sustainability at Shields Library
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Susan Macaulay is the administrative services analyst for the UC Davis Library. Macaulay outlines steps that the campus's main library is taking to qualify its building for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) - Existing Building certification, and some of the practical challenges in doing so. She also mentions possibilities for improving the sustainability of the library courtyard and grounds, which was the subject of a Landscape Architecture studio class in winter 2010.
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