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The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) announced today that it its new $60 million building, designed by Architect Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY, will open to the public on October 5, 2007. The new GRAM will be the first and only art museum in the world whose entire facility is LEED certified, and will provide the northern Great Lakes region with a superb new museum facility for the exhibition of works of art.
Achieving the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is a particular challenge for art museums given the exacting climate standards for art preservation and volume of visitorship that they receive. The Museum will incorporate energy-efficient lighting, heating and cooling systems and recycling systems for water and paper supplies.
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