Dive summary:
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Seattle District office has a new $72 million headquarters building that is expected to use a fifth of the energy a standard air-conditioned office building uses in the region.
- The building, on a redeveloped brownfield site called Federal Center South Building 1202, is expected to rate both a LEED Platinum designation and an Energy Star score of 100.
- The building, which combines a geothermal heating and cooling with its supporting piles, was a design-build project carried out by ZGF Architects LLP and Sellen Construction.
From the article:
The Seattle District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving into the $72 million redeveloped building, which is expected to merit LEED Platinum certification. ...
