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Building Science: The Power of Propane

Building Science: The Power of Propane


July 21, 2015

Propane can be used to heat water, cook, heat a home, and now it can provide power. We talk with propane provider Blossman about the fuel’s benefits for functions as diverse as healthcare facilities to residential.

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Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.



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