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November 26, 2007, 12:39 AM ET
A Green Building Is a Bird Killer at Emory U.
A five-year-old green building at Emory University is also a songbird “slaughterhouse,” according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Birds slam into the reflective windows that make up a good deal of the exterior. John Wegner, a professor in Emory’s department of environmental studies, says he counted 60 dead birds around the building within a year after it went up. He says administrators would not listen to him about the problem until he turned up at a meeting and pulled dead birds out of his pockets.
The building is now covered in a black mesh that keeps birds from hitting the windows. The article discusses other efforts to keep buildings from becoming bird killers.
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