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Brookhaven Lab is noted for the design, construction and operation of large-scale, cutting-edge research facilities that support thousands of scientists worldwide. The National Synchrotron Light Source is a new state-of-the-art, medium-energy electron storage ring (3 billion electron-volts) designed to deliver world-leading intensity and brightness, and will produce x-rays more than 10,000 times brighter than the current NSLS. The superlative character and combination of capabilities will have broad impact on a wide range of disciplines and scientific initiatives.

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As a leader in Professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems Canon offers an extensive line of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. GLS played a role in the electrical, security and DAS installation. The opening of the new Canon Americas headquarters in Melville, N.Y., in February 2013 capped a long journey for Canon U.S.A., which for many years had been searching for a place on Long Island that would be a suitable location to establish a new home.

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Leviton Manufacturing Company, North America’s leading producer of electrical and electronic wiring devices relocated its headquarters from Little Neck to Melville. Leviton outfitted the 4-story, 140,000 square foot facility, located at 201 North Service Road in Melville, with the latest green building materials and systems. The state-of-the-art office complex serves as a showcase for the Company’s products and as a model high-performance, “green” building. As a certified manufacturing trained partner, GLS installed the voice, data, audio visual and solar shades systems within the complex. Additionally we built out the data center for worldwide support to its other facilities.

Long Island’s largest library serving the communities of Smithtown: Commack, Fort Salonga, Hauppauge, Head of the Harbor, Kings Park, Nesconset, Nissequogue, Saint James, Smithtown, village of the branch. The Smithtown special library district is dedicated to providing access to diverse information, lifelong learning and entertainment resources through outstanding service for all residents of the library district via multiple facilities consisting of the Smithtown main library, the Commack branch library, the Kings Park branch library, and the Nesconset branch library.

The mission of the Hampton Bays school district is to provide safe and caring learning environments and develop programs to encourage intellectual curiosity, celebrate diversity, and maximize the individual talents of our children. In order to provide a high-quality education targeted exclusively for middle school students, Hampton Bays union free school district built the district’s first-ever middle school. This campus, houses grades five through eight and focuses on meeting the academic, social, and developmental needs of our middle-level adolescents.

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No buildings impact the health of their occupants more directly than healthcare facilities and that is why IDHC (Island Digestive Health Center), has been awarded LEED® Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and the Green Building Certification Institute. LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) that is for their state-of-the-art Endoscopy Pavilion. . LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

This facility has been created so that it protected and cared for the environment, community and natural beauty of Long Island’s South Shore. The ocean, beaches, bays and pinelands are Long Island treasures and by seeking LEED Certification IDHC can be recognized as achieving their economic and green goals.

IDHC maximizes energy efficiencies through its use of modern, “green” building materials and concepts. Elements that will qualify the project for LEED Certification include reducing water consumption, the use of recycled and regional materials, fundamental refrigeration management and a paperless environment. By using less energy and water, LEED certified buildings save money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduces greenhouse gas emissions; and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.

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Viana Hotel and Spa, a member of the exclusive Small Luxury Hotels of the World and Long Island’s only green built feng shui hotel, is located in the heart of Long Island. Designed to provide a soothing environment, all spaces are inspired by the ancient art of feng shui paired with state-of-the-art technology, and imbued with a vibrant sense of joy and harmony.

As an eco-friendly, LEED green hotel, the Viana Hotel & Spa has made an unwavering commitment to sustainability with a number of eco-friendly initiatives in place.

The Viana Hotel and Spa has guest rooms that use computerized state-of-the-art occupancy sensors and lighting and comfort controls to both save energy and give guests the ability to adjust the climate in the room for their greatest comfort. The Viana’s 50 rooftop solar photovoltaic cell (PVC) panels produce an estimated 12,100 kWh a year, reducing fossil fuel consumption and, as a result, making the Viana’s carbon footprint delicately small.

State-of-the-art LED lighting is being used throughout the Viana’s Lobby and Restaurant. LED lighting reduces the lighting electric load by at least 60% compared to traditional T-12 fluorescent bulbs. The energy savings are even greater compared to incandescent bulbs and energy-hogging halogen bulbs. LED lighting lasts at least 10 times longer than florescent lighting. (No mercury is used in LEDs as there is in fluorescents. This makes LEDs much safer and probably the greenest form of electrical lighting around.)

The Kohler dual-flush toilets installed in the Viana guest rooms will use as little as 8/10 of a gallon of water: half the water as standard toilets, contributing to LEED certification through LEED WEc2; Water Use Reduction.

All carpet being used in the Viana is independently tested and certified as Green Label Plus carpet by the Carpet and Rug Institute, certifying it emits low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

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The Sunset Green Home in Long Island, New York – once a charming 1940s cottage resting five feet above sea level – was damaged by Hurricane Irene in 2011 and decimated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In 2015, however, the tide is turning as the home is being rebuilt as the first certified LEED® Platinum home in Long Island. According to homeowner Kim Erle, who is also a LEED AP and team leader on the sustainable, energy-efficient renovation, moisture management was a top-of-mind issue as blueprints were drawn and building materials specified. The issue took precedence for good reason, too. She says mold was visibly rampant in the walls and floorboards when the remains of the coastal home were demolished. Erle believes this mold was there long before Hurricane Sandy ever took out the house, likely due to wet coastal conditions and inadequate construction.

Read the entire Sunset Green Home Case Study.

The owner of this project is an Independent Broker Dealer whose principals attended a local USGBC chapter training class in green buildings back in 2012. Shortly after that they purchased an existing building with the goal of creating a green and sustainable workplace for their staff to move into. Electric car charging stations were installed and the owners have also made them available to their neighbors. The stations were funded in part by a NYSERDA grant which offset 85% of the direct material cost.

Low flow fixtures were used throughout the building resulting in all four LEED WE points. The building features a 96.5kW rooftop solar system. A high-efficiency SunPower system was chosen to offset the greatest amount of energy. The system, which consists of 295 327-watt panels and 4 SMA inverters, is expected to produce 119,482 kWh annually. Over the course of the year, the system will offset 90% of the building’s total electric requirements by cost. The owner received a utility rebate of $42,480 and will file for a federal tax credit of $89,351. The combined incentives offset about a third of the gross cost of the system.

The owner received a utility incentive for the PV system to offset some of the cost. The building operates 78% below the ASHRAE 90.1-2007 baseline case and received 19 points for EAc1 plus and ID point plus a Regional point.  All existing T12 fluorescent lights were replaced with LED and all roof top HVAC units were replaced with high efficiency units for which the owner received another utility incentive to offset some of the cost.  The utility company also supplied rebates for energy modeling costs, commissioning services and for achieving LEED energy related credits. All existing interior walls were reused in the new design as well as some millwork, doors, carpeting, and ceiling tiles.

The result was a LEED Platinum certification.

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This multifunction community center in Patchogue, NY will help the Long Island headquarters of the LGBT Network continue their mission of providing a safe space and resource for thousands in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community on Long Island.

The building encompasses an existing 8,000 square foot single story building that was originally built to house a preschool. An additional 10,500 square foot addition in three floors will be added to meet the Network’s needs. The building will serve as a community center in every sense of the word. Some of the services and functions include a large community room seating 150 people, administrative offices and meeting rooms, youth drop-in center, featuring video games and a hang out space, a Roosevelt Field-style clothing boutique for disenfranchised youth to receive professional and casual clothing, a community computer center, and mailboxes. Additionally, a health clinic will encompass an entire floor incorporating general health services, mental health, dental and the first endocrine clinic on Long Island serving the transgender community. There will also be social amenities such as an art gallery, café, soaring light-filled atrium and a rooftop garden for gatherings.

PCAP and the LGBT Network will seek a LEED certification for the new community center through theUnited States Green Building Council (USGBC) at the level of LEED Gold, with the possibility of attaining the highest level, LEED Platinum.

Some of the green features will include a high efficiency thermal envelope, geothermal heating and cooling, management of construction waste and building materials, water conservation, indoor air quality management, and rainwater harvesting. In addition, the new center is a classic example of adaptive reuse of an existing building on a previously developed site. The building will have transportation ties to the community, Long Island and New York City with its bus, rail and van transport services. The existing parking will be used as a solar canopy array to collect enough energy to run the building, without adding any impervious surfaces to the site.

If LEED certification is attained, the center will be one of only three LGBT community centers nationwide with the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) status. Through energy efficiency, PCAP aims to decrease ongoing overhead costs for the non-profit so that donations may be put directly towards supporting the LGBT youth of Long Island.

Features

• Administrative office, conference and meeting rooms
• Large community room for concerts, gatherings, dances and speeches
• Outside plaza and amphitheater
• Public coffee bar and computer center
• Atrium with high ceilings and extensive natural light
• Lounge, shower, laundry, wardrobe, and personal mailbox facilities for “couch-surfing” LGBT youth
• First endocrine treatment center on Long Island for the transgender community
• Geothermal heating and cooling system
• Rainwater harvesting
• Solar canopy array

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