Boston Office Achieves LEED Gold Certification
Largest Pittsburgh Building Awarded LEED Gold
60-Year-Old Pennsylvania Building Awarded LEED Gold
PITTSBURGH — Asset management and securities servicing firm BNY Mellon announced that its 525 William Penn Place facility in Pittsburgh has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in the existing building (EB) category.
Planned $360 Million Hospital Reaches for LEED Gold
PORTLAND, Ore. — Plans are in the works for a new $360 million Kaiser Permanent hospital complex that will meet some of the worlds strictest environmental standards. Health care system officials predict the Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Tanasbourne — between Beaverton and Hillsboro — will qualify for LEED Gold status, making it one of just 36 health care facilities in the world to reach that designation.
While LEED-certified buildings are becoming common, achieving LEED certification in the medical building world has thus far been uncommon.
HVAC Company Earns LEED Gold
MINNEAPOLIS — Daikin and McQuay announced yesterday that it has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its Applied Development Center located at the company’s headquarters in Plymouth, Minn.
The 49,000-square-foot research center is the world’s most advanced facility for HVAC research and development, according to McQuay. The Daikin McQuay Applied Development Center was designed and built by Mortenson Construction, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Architects and Engineers, Hunt Electric and Eaton Mechanical.
Fla. Office Gets LEED Gold for Interiors Certification
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The USGBC awarded the office building of DPR Construction’s with LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors, DPR announced. The office, which recently underwent interior build-out, is located in the city’s EcoPlex and is one of Palm Beach County’s first LEED Gold-certified office buildings.
Hospital Receives LEED Gold Certification
TULSA, Okla. — The Bishop Building at St. Francis Hospital South in Tulsa, Okla., has received LEED-gold certification, according to hospital officials. The new five-story medical office building will include a central energy plant and five-level, 500-space parking structure spanning a total of 110,000 square feet.