From University Communications: UVM's Aiken Center was a recipient of the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council's 2012 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Award. The council, part of the National Institute of Building Sciences, delivered the award at the institute's annual conference Jan. 10. 

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The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources installed its new green roof -- or more accurately, roofs -- this past week atop their home in the George D. Aiken Center. It's a design ten years in the making that features eight research watersheds, sloped sections that channel unabsorbed water into separate drains for measurement and further data collection.

Tuesday's Burlington Free Press featured a front page article about the opening of the newly renovated George D. Aiken building, which houses UVM's Rubenstein School of Natural Resources.