Watermill Ateliers
The Watermill Ateliers is a mixed used project with 8,000 sf of office space and 6 affordable apartments. They Achieved LEED Gold in 2009.
Some of the Green Elements:
- Located near public transportation and provides preferred parking for carpools and high efficiency vehicles
- Complete infiltration of stormwater
- Elimination of the heat island effect with natural cedar shingles and vegetation
- 42% reduction in water usage or 100,000 gallons per year
- All native planting, no permanent irrigation
- 36% decrease in energy usage
- Ground source heat pumps
- Green power certificates
- FSC certified wood
- Recycled steel
- Reclaimed Granite Cobblestones
- 76% construction waste recycled
- Achieved EQc3.1 and 3.2.
- All commonly occupied spaces receive natural daylight and have direct views to the outdoors
For more information contact Paul Meyer at education@usgbc-li.org
About LEED®
The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified greenbuilding criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental. Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category.
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