Day 15: May 29

Today we visited the Green Building Council in Sao Paulo. We got to tour a LEED platinum rated office high rise in downtown Sao Paulo. We got to see many features and benefits of this sustainable building, which have become very popular in Sao Paulo. These buildings are energy efficient, they recycle water and use rain water, and they are designed specifically to use the sun to light and give energy to the building.





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