As Congress and the President Focus on Energy Policy, New Sustainable Building Shows What's Possible RHINEBECK, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Omega Institute will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, at 3:30 p.m. to celebrate the Grand Opening of the much anticipated Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL), an award-winning green building renowned for sustainable design and slated to be the first green building to achieve both LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge(TM) certification. Built on Omega's campus in Rhinebeck, NY, the OCSL is a state-of-the-art water reclamation facility and environmental education center that brings together wastewater recycling, clean energy, green architecture, and other sustainability elements that can be replicated locally and globally. Already fully functional, the OCSL will provide sustainability education for students, policy makers, developers, and the more than 23,000 Omega visitors each year. "The opening of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living is historic for our campus and for our country," said Skip Backus, chief executive officer at Omega. "The OCSL demonstrates the critical intersection of environmental sustainability, renewable energy, and the new green economy. We are very proud to be at the forefront of this movement."
