Seems like everyone is jumping on the environmentally friendly wagon, even if it is incredibly contradictory and ironic, to say the very leastâ€"just take the King Abudullah Petroleum Research Center, for instance. Yet perhaps it's these converts that bring the most hope, don't you think?
Anyhow, the King Abudullah Petroleum Research Center is designed by Zaha Hadid, and aims to obtain a LEED Platinum rating. That's pretty ambitious.
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The King Abudullah Petroleum Research Center Goes for LEED Platinum
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