Last edited 2:04 p.m., Sept. 12, 2012The Green Building Certification Institute in Washington, D.C., has certified the U.S. General Services Administration building at the Evergreen Office Condominium Development, 3031 S. Fort Ave., with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design designation. It is the 10th building in Springfield listed in the institute's LEED directory.
Designed by Springfield architecture firm Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc. and built by Springfield Builders Inc., the project earned a Gold rating based on cumulative points for sustainable practices applied during design and construction, according to a BRP news release. Commissioned by California-based property owner Karchmer Inc., GSA is the tenant of the 12,000-square-foot building, and the federal agency required at least a LEED-Silver rating, BRP said.
Other Springfield buildings in GBCI’s certified project directory are:
- Arvest Bank, 730 N. National Ave., gold;
- BKD LLP headquarters, 910 St. Louis St., gold;
- Cycles Unlimited, 2002 E. Republic Road, gold;
- Green Circle, 1110 E. Republic Road, platinum;
- Greene County Archives expansion, 1126 N. Boonville Ave., silver;
- Houlihan’s restaurant, 2110 E. Republic Road, gold;
- Jordan Valley Community Health Center, 440 E. Tampa St., gold;
- O’Reilly Family Event Center, 935 N. Summit Ave., gold; and
- Springfield Transportation Management Center, 1107 W. Chestnut Expressway, gold.
BRP said the GSA office project received points toward green certification for proximity to two bus lines; use of recycled and regional building materials; superior indoor air quality through materials selection and contractor methods; providing showers and bike racks for staff; reducing water consumption on site and within the building; and recycling construction waste.
Other BRP projects currently in the LEED application process are the Watershed Center of the Ozarks, platinum; Greenwood Lab School Science Scholars’ addition, silver; and the Jordan Valley Park Maintenance Facility, silver, the release said.
According to its
website, GBCI provides third-party certification of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating Systems. The USGBC’s online directory shows 21 Springfield projects registered, which is the first step toward certification. Springfield’s first LEED-certified project was the Discovery Center’s $6 million addition in 2007, according to Springfield Business Journal archives. However, the site notes that certified projects are only listed with the consent of each project’s primary contact person.[[In-content Ad]]
