Recent Certifications
Recently, we’ve had a flurry of projects achieve their LEED certifications, so we thought we’d take a moment to highlight those projects and congratulate all of the teams involved. Well done, everyone!
Fire Station 27
The Ayer – LEED Silver
This high-rise apartment building with 454 units, located in downtown Seattle features many tenant and pedestrian friendly amenities. The project focused on reduced water and energy use through low flow fixtures, VRF systems, and water source heat pumps.
Panattoni Portland Portal III – LEED Certified
Comprised of two cold, dark shell tilt up warehouses in Gresham, Oregon, this project worked hard to pursue the limited credit options available to them due to their location and limited build out. They pulled it off with green power, a building life cycle assessment, heat island mitigation, and envelope commissioning.
Fire Station 27 – LEED Gold
This fire station in Kirkland used a combination of systems, including variable refrigerant flow systems with energy recovery units, infrared heaters, and electric heaters to achieve a 35% reduction in annual projected energy use over ASHRAE 90.1 – 2010. We also developed a Lifecycle Assessment model of the enclosure materials to offer guidance about roof and insulation selections.
Chapter Buildings 1 & 2 – LEED Gold
These high-tech core and shell office buildings located in the University District of Seattle focused on green space and pedestrian friendly spaces throughout the site. Their energy systems use a combination of DOAS and air to water heat pumps with gas boilers and ERVs with split system air source heat pumps with DX cooling + heating. We developed lifecycle assessment models of the enclosures of both buildings to help guide low carbon material choices.
Seattle Public Library, Green Lake – LEED Gold
This renovation of an existing historic landmark library which opened to the public in 1910 implemented a seismic retrofit, an accessibility upgrade, HVAC system replacement and interior upgrades to enhance library services. The LEED Silver pursuit became LEED Gold with an extremely efficient all electric mechanical system that reduces annual energy use by a projected 20% and a lifecycle assessment model that demonstrated more than 20% reduction in global warming potential due to low carbon material selections.
The Lark – LEED Silver
This high-rise apartment building with 317 units is located in downtown Oakland on a site that remediated soil contaminated with lead. Proximate to extensive transit and services, the project incorporated many sustainable measures including light pollution reduction, low flow fixtures, heat island mitigation, low emitting paints, ceiling, flooring and insulation materials and green cleaning and integrated pest management strategies.
Chapter Building 2 - photo by Sozinho Imagery