MCC Building Gets LEED Gold - Learn How Mesa Green Buildings
get LEED Certified
Defining a Green Building
As green building techniques continue to be encouraged and
developed, a rating system is important to ensure that
structures can be measured accurately and compared fairly to
each other. The U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC).sed a scoring method
to rate just how green a building is constructed or renovated.
That rating system, called Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED), is now the industry
standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.
Achieving LEED certification is one of the best ways to
demonstrate that your building project is truly "green."
The LEED rating system is designed to promote design and
construction practices that increase profitability while
reducing the negative environmental impacts of buildings and
improving occupant health and well-being. Strategies are aimed
at improving performance across all the metrics that matter
most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction,
improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of
resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
LEED is flexible enough to apply to all building types -
commercial as well as residential. It works throughout the
building lifecycle - design and construction, operations and
maintenance, and significant retrofit. And LEED for Neighborhood
development extends the benefits of LEED beyond the building
footprint into the neighborhood it serves.
Who's Who in Mesa when it comes to LEED Certification? Here's
a listing we found at the U.S. Green Building Council site:
Certified:
- ASU East Interdisciplinary Science and Tech - Gold
- MCC SW Physical Sciences Building - Gold
Registered (meaning they are awaiting certification
approval):
- City of Mesa Fire Station 219
- City of Mesa Fire Station 220
- ASU Polytech Buildings
- CGCC Williams - Engel Hall
- MCC New Multi-Use Building
- MCC Nursing and Exercise Building
- Polytechnic Center of Educational Innovation
- SuperstitionFarm.com Store
- Waxie Warehouse
Rendering of the New MCC
Multi-Use Building
MCC SW Physical Sciences Building
Note: Please let us know if we have not listed
your project on our site (conservation.info@mesaaz.gov)