Banking on green building.PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced its plan to ensure that all new branches will meet the green building standards of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC USGBC United States Green Building Council .). Ten PNC branches are already considered "environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] " buildings, and the bank has plans to build at least 90 more to meet even more rigorous green construction standards. Features of these buildings include: window walls with layers to insolate in·so·late tr.v. in·so·lat·ed, in·so·lat·ing, in·so·lates To expose to sunlight. [Latin extreme temperatures, countertops made of recycled paper and wood, wheatboard cabinets instead of plywood and recycled carpeting. PNC Bank already has 800 branches and 23,000 employees nationwide. It will be the first U.S. company to employ a "volume-build" strategy for green building. "Customers are proud to do business with a socially responsible company and communities favor new construction and economic growth with minimal impact on local resources," says Gary Saulson, director of corporate real estate at PNC. PNC's green branches will be designed by Gensler, an architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. with offices across the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. The first green branch opened in April in East Bradford, Pa. |
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