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Schoolpictures.com goes for LEED status with new Ypsilanti HQ

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Ypsilanti

Schoolpictures.com is looking to harness some of the wind at its new Ypsilanti headquarters.

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Schoolpictures.com was already going green with its new headquarters in Ypsilanti by reusing the old Ave Maria University campus in the center of a city. But now the web-based firm is going the extra mile, aiming for silver LEED status.

Schoolpictures.com is trying to do this with a combination of recycling and alternative energy. For instance, construction workers removed 70 tons of debris and trash in the initial phase of construction. About 80 percent of that was recycled. It's also working with Eastern Michigan University to install a wind turbine.

"We very much want to put renewable energy on site," says Skip Cerier, president of SchoolPictures.com.

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