SAN DIEGO — The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is celebrating the completion of the new $113 million Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility. Designed by the Portland, Ore., office of ZGF Architects and constructed by McCarthy Building Companies Inc, which holds local offices, the 196,000-square-foot building is aiming to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
HOUSTON — A new landmark of sustainability is coming to the Houston skyline. Hines, an international real estate firm, recently began construction on a 48-story skyscraper on 609 Main St.
LOS ANGELES — The PacMutual Campus in downtown Los Angeles has revitalized the ornate, historic architectural details of its buildings and partnered them with state-of-the-art sustainable features to create a singular LEED Platinum campus.
SEATTLE — The EMP Administrative Office Building for the EMP Museum added another sustainable achievement to its record. The 51,200-square-foot, four-story office building recently gained LEED Platinum certification, was named the first Salmon-Safe-certified office building in Seattle and was also designated a 2013 ENR Best Project Award for office, retail or mixed-use developments.
CHICAGO — Method, an environmentally friendly cleaning products company headquartered in San Francisco, recently unveiled renderings for the company’s upcoming LEED Platinum manufacturing facility.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) announced that its Energy Innovation Center (EIC), which showcases smart energy initiatives and green building practices, has now received two LEED Platinum certifications from the USGBC.
In 2012, the facility received LEED Platinum for new construction. However, the USGBC was also recently awarded the center LEED Platinum for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance.
SALT LAKE CITY — In its strive to attain LEED Platinum certification, the design of the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building uses state-of-the-art sustainable features to meet the project’s high green goals.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A new office building set to open this spring in Silicon Valley is using innovative building and design strategies to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
EUGENE, Ore. — The USGBC awarded the University of Oregon’s (UO) Robert and Beverly Lewis Integrative Science Building LEED Platinum Certification. The building, which was completed in July 2013, is one of the only laboratory buildings in the U.S to receive such a certification.
BILLINGS, Mont. — In just a one-month period, Billings-based High Plains Architects has received three LEED Platinum certifications for their design of the Boy and Girls Club of Carbon County, the Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus and the renovation of the historic Tracy Lofts.
