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Ulrike Passe, associate professor of architecture and director of the ISU Center for Building Energy Research, will participate in a panel discussion of “The ROI of Green Buildings” Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Iowa Ideas Conference in Cedar Rapids. A “green” building is a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts on our climate and natural environment. Green buildings preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life. To what level of investment will a green building have positive return on a community? View schedule