DALLAS — The new Timberglen Branch Library received LEED NC 2.1 Gold Certification and features an educational kiosk where visitors can use a touch screen to monitor the building’s resource consumption in real time.
The 18,000-square-foot library was built with a focus on reducing energy and water consumption, according to PSA-Dewberry of Virginia, the project architect.
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Gutter Read MoreMesa State College Aims for LEED Gold CertificationGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mesa State College expects to receive LEED Gold certification for its new learning center, which recently won an award from the state’s energy provider and utilizes a ground source heating and cooling system. Architecture firm HKS, with Design West, designed the $18 million, 60,000-square-foot building. Xcel Energy, supplier of electricity and natural gas in Colorado, hailed the project as the most energy efficient public building on the western slope of the Rockies. Green Building Agency Overhauls LEED APWASHINGTON — Professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of environmentally sustainable buildings will face a revamped LEED accreditation system in June 2009 as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the USGBC’s green building rating and certification system. N.Y. Jails Test Sustainable Roofing SolutionsJAMESVILLE, New York — Officials at Onondaga County Correctional Facility are using a routine re-roofing project to test green roofing technology in an effort to reduce county energy use and operating costs. The jail’s four housing units are nearly identical, with the same design, location and exposure to weather conditions, presenting a unique opportunity to the county to try out different roofing options. |
