Thursday, July 5, 2012

Woodland Corporate Center building gets LEED gold certification - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The building, which opened early last year, was designed and builgt to meet the second highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadershiop in Energy and Environmental Design. was the general Liberty Property Trust Vice President Jody Johnston estimatew the cost of building to green standardsw added an additional 5 percent to the overall development costs, but that will be more than offset by lowet energy costs.
Special features includre showers and lockers for workers who need to wash or changes clothes after they bike or jog to A deck made of recycled plastic borders the back of the overlooking a wetlands area that provides Landscapingincorporates drought-resistant plants native to Florida. A whitr reflective roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recycling are placed near trashg binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinals conserve water by relyint on gravity and a filter instead of That feature is expected tosave 360,00p0 gallons annually since each urinal uses an estimatexd 40,000 gallons annually, Johnston Grass surrounding the parking lot soaks up And Flexi-pave, a recycled rubber, was used insteadd of asphalt around the large oak tree s that line the lots.
The porous rubber allowsw water to soak intothe ground. The located at 4631 Woodland Blvd., receivefd the “Office Building of the Year” Award from the Tampz Bay Chapter of the andthe “Green Buildinh Design Award” from the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commissiohn in Tampa. Liberty (NYSE: LRY) has developede and leased 19 buildings with nearly 1 million square feet of space in the parksince 1996. Key park tenantz include , Travelers, Travel and .

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