Shawnee Mission School District celebrates the 4th school in the district to achieve LEED Silver Certification, Pawnee Elementary School!
Pawnee Elementary School is a rebuild of the existing school building. The new school is 76,988sf and achieved a wide range of sustainable building performance goals for both interior and exterior design. The project incorporated Biophilic design to mimic the natural world and provide a calming and revitalizing atmosphere for students, teachers, and the community. The design is comprised of outdoor classrooms and playground spaces which provide direct physical connection to the outdoors and nature. Students have access to planter boxes in the science-focused maker space and collaboration zone for visual connection to plant growth cycles. Areas of excelled performance included water performance, materials and resources, energy efficiency and healthy interiors.
LEED strategies used towards this achievement include:
Biophilic Design through visual connection to nature, dynamic and diffuse light, biomorphic forms and patterns and material connection with nature.
Indoor water use reduction by 25%
Whole building energy cost savings of nearly 23%
Renewable energy production of over 38%
Quality views for over 80% of the design
Construction and demolition waste resulted in diverting more than 80% of all waste from the landfill
Congratulations to Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s Global and U.S. Headquarters for achieving LEED Gold and WELL Platinum Certification!
Hill's renovated a 4-story, 91,977 square-foot office space, located in Overland Park, KS with the goal of creating a healthy, inviting, and sustainable workplace for their leadership team. This is also a shining example of a dog-friendly office with extensive pet amenities, as you might imagine. It is the first project in Kansas to achieve the International WELL Building Institute's (IWBI) certification and did so at the Platinum level. This demonstrates a vested interest in the health and wellbeing of Hill's employees.
Hill's Pet Nutrition is leading the way when it comes to sustainable performance in and outside of the organization. Making intentional decisions to ensure long-term performance goals and policies focused on the health and wellness of its employees, speaks volumes to their core values. Rebecca Rice, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, SEA, Senior Consultant with Greenwood Consulting Group LLC worked to ensure both sustainable and healthy organizational strategies were optimized. The office is also a proud recipient of Shaw’s Best of the Globe awards, see here for details.
Led by an expert team comprising Perspective Architecture + Design, McCownGordon Construction and The Greenwood Consulting Group, the redesign incorporated a host of features that contributed to achievement of the certifications, including:
Biophilic design, including vibrant plant walls
State-of-the-art ventilation and filtration systems for indoor air quality
Ergonomic and acoustic design to support employee comfort
Real-time monitoring sensors to ensure optimal temperature and humidity settings
Low-flow faucets and fixtures to increase indoor water efficiency
Ample access to daylight and circadian-appropriate lighting
Access to healthy meals, snacks, and filtered drinking water
Wellness room, fitness center, and indoor game room
Open floor plan with ample space for collaboration and connection
Low/no emissions finishes and materials for employee and environmental health
Hill’s is also committed to waste reduction and diversion practices within the office and will pursue TRUE Zero Waste certification by 2025 in alignment with parent company, Colgate-Palmolive’s companywide Zero Waste commitment.
Congratulations to UC Davis Physical Sciences Engineering Library (PSEL) for achieving LEED Gold!
UC Davis is cultivating the growing field in data science and artificial intelligence, through the renovation of the PSEL. The 31,155sf building worked to optimize energy performance demonstrating 13% energy cost savings compared to a similar baseline building. In addition, over 25% of the building’s annual energy use (142,000 kWh) will be offset by energy generated by the campus solar farm.
The health of building occupants was prioritized through the selection of healthy building materials, CO2 monitors, and an interior lighting design that provides high-quality lighting and the ability to control light levels for optimal productivity and comfort. UC Davis committed to an operations policy requiring any future fixture replacements to be mercury-free LED lighting to reduce toxic materials brought into the building.
LEED strategies used towards this achievement include:
Leveraged being in an existing building and minimizing the environmental impact of sourcing raw materials.
Specified healthy, low-emitting interior finishes to the greatest extent possible.
Enhanced indoor air quality through ventilation, design practices and separating spaces that store chemicals.
Zero Net Energy strategies involved efficient design of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, as well as onsite solar.
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