U.S. Green Building Council Headquarters, Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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| U.S. Green Building Council Headquarters | |
| Designer | Perkins + Will, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Location | Washington D.C., District of Columbia, USA |
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| Building Type | Office |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Green Certification | LEED Platinum Certified |
| Green Certification Score | 45 |
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| Building Details | |
| Area | 75,000 square feet |
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"The new headquarters, located in the Foggy Bottom district of Northwest Washington, D.C. which is conveniently situated less than a half-mile from four Metro stations and numerous bus stops, is one of 35,000 projects currently participating in the LEED system, comprising over 5.6 billion square feet of construction space in all 50 states and 91 countries. The new office space triples the size of its previous space, reflective of the green building industry itself, which is projected to soar to $60 billion by 2010."
"The vision of the space was to exemplify everything a LEED building is: high-performing, resource-efficient, healthy and productive," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, USGBC. "Using the newest version of the rating system renders our space on the cutting edge of building science and technology, and will serve as an educational learning lab and highly representative of a transforming building market." The 75,000 square foot office, divided between two floors, is connected by an open staircase in the bright lobby, behind which is one of the space's most prominent design features: a two-story tall water feature, which helps bring the outdoors inside the space. The elevator lobby, reception and conference breakout areas are clad in 500-year-old gumwood that was salvaged from the bottom of the Tennessee River. Carved into a two-story section of the gumwood paneling is an off-centered relief of the USGBC logo that clearly brands the space."—Realty Times
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Project Description, Realty Times, viewed on 2009.0909 http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20090805_leedplat.htm
LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1003 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3459
