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	<title>The Madrona Offices at Mile Hill</title>
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		<title>Congratulations to member of our marketing team: Karen Swim &#8211; Words for Hire</title>
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Congratulations on your interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC, Karen!
http://www.facebook.com/#/notes/karen-d-swim/breaking-news/242082499110
Video: World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer &#8211;  01/08/2010
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		<title>10 Things I Learned in Green Broker School &#8211; By Suzette West, ABR, EBA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Before completing the Certified Green Broker Designation, I became involved in the Madrona Offices (formerly Mile Hill Drive), a sustainable office building project in Port Orchard led by the award-winning design team at Weber Thompson.&#8221;
Read full article. 
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		<link>http://madronamilehill.com/10-things-i-learned-in-green-broker-school-by-suzette-west-abr-eba</link>
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		<title>Planned Sustainable Work Space in Port Orchard, WA Gets Front Page of Premier NW Business Paper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 30th, project team members were delighted to see the Madrona Offices at Mile Hill on the front page of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce!
Excerpt:
&#8220;Weber Thompson got a lot of publicity for its 2008 Terry Thomas headquarters building. Now, it is taking that basic design and making it better for a LEED platinum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://madronamilehill.com/planned-sustainable-work-space-in-port-orchard-wa-gets-front-page-of-premier-nw-business-paper</link>
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		<title>The ROI of Going Green</title>
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Image by DavidDMuir via Flickr



In a key study, Does Green Pay Off?, authors, Norm Miller, Jay Spivey and Andy Florance discuss comparative data on energy star and LEED certified buildings versus non-energy star and Non-Leed properties. The study examined varies elements and productivity including air quality, illumination, and Sick Building Syndrome.
The study concluded that healthier buildings reduce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://madronamilehill.com/the-roi-of-going-green</link>
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		<title>The Madrona Offices</title>
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Image by Gexydaf via Flickr



The Madrona Offices designed by award winning architecture firm, Weber Thompson will feature a number of sustainable amenities including:

Building orientation and optimized glazing. This will facilitate passive solar heating and passive cooling.
Exterior-mounted, automated blinds. This will also contribute to passive cooling reducing energy costs.
Natural ventilation. No mechanical cooling.
Maximize natural daylight. The building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://madronamilehill.com/the-madrona-offices</link>
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		<title>What is a Green Building?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Green has become a widely used term, but what does it really mean to have a green building? Green building is used to describe building designs and construction that conserve the environment, resources, energy, efficiency and have healthy interior spaces. The goal is to have minimal negative impact on the environment.
Sustainability refers to meeting the [...]]]></description>
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