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Follow on Google News | Tacoma’s Center for Urban Waters Awarded LEED Platinum CertificationThe Center for Urban Waters has become Tacoma’s fourth publicly-funded LEED Platinum certified building, further proving the city’s commitment to sustainability
By: City of Tacoma Completed in 2010, the 51,000-square- “Tacoma is proud to have this facility and to have our leadership in sustainability validated by the LEED Platinum certification,” The City has a 30-year lease-to-own contract with National Development Council. Other partners on the project included Lorig Associates LLC (developer), Perkins+Will (architect), and Turner Construction Company (general contractor). The building’s design reduces energy costs by 36 percent compared to a standard building. The facility includes a ground source heat pump consisting of 84 geothermal wells more than 250 feet deep under the esplanade and parking lot. The building also uses natural ventilation and radiant heating and cooling to reduce energy use. The building uses 46 percent less water than a conventional facility by reusing rain collected from the roof and water rejected by the lab’s pure water system. The water, stored in two 36,000-gallon tanks, is used for landscaping and flushing toilets. Among the other elements contributing to the Center’s LEED Platinum certification are: · · · · · · · · The Center also incorporated historic materials, including granite curbs, recovered during street improvement projects, used as benches along the esplanade and remilled timbers, salvaged from the old Tacoma Municipal Dock, featured in the lobby and conference rooms. MEDIA CONTACTS Lorna Sutton, Community Relations, lsutton@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 573-2352 John O’Loughlin, Science & Engineering, joloughl@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 502-2175 More information on the Center for Urban Waters (including photos) is available at www.cityoftacoma.org/ End
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