FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Modesto A. Maidique Campus

Project Name: FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Modesto A. Maidique Campus Year: 2010 Owner: Florida International University (FIU) Location: Miami, FL, USA Building Type: Educational Type: Extensive System: Single Source Provider Size: 750 sq.ft. Slope: 1% Access: Inaccessible, Private Submitted by: Greenroofs.com Designers/Manufacturers of Record:

Florida International University (FIU) has a new $34 million College of Nursing and Health Sciences facility, packed with high-tech tools for hands-on learning at FIU's main campus in West Miami-Dade. The five-story facility is LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and an extensive greenroof is located over the second floor corridor of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Other green features include sun shades.

This is FIU's first greenroof; see the second, the FIU School for International and Public Affairs, constructed in 2011.

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Visit the FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences homepage here. Read "FIU health students get high-tech training at new facility" in the Miami Herald by Christina Veiga of February 8, 2010 here and the Florida Nursing News "Florida International Unveils Green Roof, Hosts Consortium" article of the same date here.

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