Our examples of completed LEED® certified facilities follow.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center—certified LEED Gold
Neptune, New Jersey
Contributing factors for LEED certification include using already developed land with existing infrastructure, the reuse/capping of a former landfill, a parking garage that helps reduce urban heat island effects, stormwater management designs that improve water quality discharging from the site, and strategies to minimize pollution from construction activity.
Byron Public Library—certified LEED Gold
Byron, Illinois
This state-of-the-art facility uses a geothermal heating and cooling system with 36 wells, each 450 feet deep located within the site’s green space. This system supplies the building with all heating and cooling needs. Construction began in 2008 and the library was ready for occupancy in August 2009.
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Timberglen Branch Library—certified LEED Gold
Dallas, Texas
Design of the 18,000-square-foot branch library includes two 50,000-gallon concrete cisterns which harvest rainwater to irrigate the landscape; light colored paving in the parking area, plaza, and walks to reduce heat islands; an "Energy Star" compliant metal roofing system to further reduce the heat island effect; site lighting to reduce light pollution; and preferred parking spaces for ultra low emitting vehicles.
Queen Creek Library—certified LEED Gold
Queen Creek, Arizona
PSA-Dewberry provided programming, space planning, interiors, furniture/fixtures, schematic design development, construction documentation, construction administration, and specifications for this LEED Gold library. Dick and Fritsche was the architect of record.
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Oakton Library—certified LEED Silver
Fairfax, Virginia
Programmed, planned and designed this 17,000-square-foot library that is sited on an environmentally responsible location, uses multiple lighting and plumbing strategies to maximize energy and water efficiency, and provides multiple solutions to allow for a healthy indoor environment. The facility is estimated to reduce total energy use by approximately 33% and conserve 40% of water, as compared to a conventional structure.
Pingree Grove Police Facility—certified LEED Silver
Pingree Grove, Illinois
Design services of a 10,000-square-foot, single-story structure; design includes landscaping which requires no permanent irrigation systems, a two-year renewable solar and wind energy contract, electrical plugs to recharge hybrid police vehicles, low-flow and fual-flush plumbing fixtures, and low-emitting VOC materials.
Jack Evans Police Headquarters—certified LEED Silver
Dallas, Texas
Redevelopment of a 3.25-acre brownfield site and design of this 352,000-square-foot complex; the design includes use of part-load chiller operation, water-side economizer, and plate frame heat exchangers and enthalpy wheels that recover sensible and latent heat from the exhaust and outdoor air streams.
Aquascape Designs, Inc. Corporate Headquarters—certified LEED Silver
St. Charles, Illinois
Interior design and structural engineering services for this unique, wedge-shaped corporate headquarters, which features 30,000 square feet of commercial office space and a connecting warehouse; design included the largest sloped green living roof in North America, “water-scaped” interiors, specialized daylighting, and interior finishes to include cork, bamboo and linoleum.
Moline Police Headquarters—LEED certified
Moline, Illinois
Needs assessment, programming, schematic through design development, construction documentation and administration, interior design, and security/technology design for this 66,400-square-foot new police headquarters. During construction, 99% of construction waste was diverted from landfills and recycled/reused; 46% of the new building materials were recycled, located, or manufactured within 500 miles of the new facility; and the facility design projects 22% estimated energy savings over code compliance resulting in over $26,000 annual savings.
Our involvement in other facilities targeting LEED ratings from Platinum to Certified include:
- Caterpillar Visitor’s Center, Peoria, Illinois (Platinum)
- Business Instructional Facility, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Gold)
- Albuquerque Job Corps Dormitory, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Silver)
- Barnard Environment Studies Magnet School, New Haven, Connecticut (Silver)
- Fire Station No. 42, Dallas, Texas (Silver)
- Marine Park Community Center, Brooklyn, New York (Silver)
- National Business Park, Annapolis Junction, Maryland (Silver)
- Quad Cities Riverfront Campus, Western Illinois University, Moline, Illinois (Silver)
- U.S. Federal Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois (Silver)
- Broad Hollow Science Park (Phase II), Farmingdale, New York (Certification)
- Holland Hall Campus Expansion, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Certification)
- Police Headquarters, Killeen, Texas (Certification)
