Green Factories Make Business Sense

Architect William McDonough designs eco-friendly offices and factories.

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October 18, 2001, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In simpler times, when the battle lines of the environmental movement were clearly drawn, [architect William McDonough's] ideas, his architecture, and probably his commissions would have remained on the fringes. But today, Mr. McDonough's clientele includes such corporate powers as The Gap, Nike, Ford Motor Co., and myriad smaller firms, for which he has built eco-friendly offices and factories and lectured on the catastrophic consequences of the architecture of the industrial age."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Making the business case for going green

Thursday, October 18, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor

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