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Hanesbrands’ sock manufacturing facility in San Juan Opico, El Salvador, opened in March 2009. This 450,000-square-foot facility has 1,000 employees who knit, bleach, dye, board, and pack millions of pairs of socks annually. The facility was designed with a variety of features to save energy, including: Skylights to maximize the use of natural light. Daylight…

The Holiday Inn® Hotel & Suites Columbia-Airport in Columbia, South Carolina was just awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Enersim, Ltd. performed the whole building energy simulation.

Getting a LEED Gold certification for the use of sustainable green-building techniques is a hard enough thing to achieve that, when you can do it for a historic renovation project, you’re in pretty exclusive company. Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist. A 1905 structure at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, DC. The Council on Foreign…