Goodwill Outlet receives LEED certification

Goodwill Outlet receives LEED certification

The Goodwill Outlet facility at 1750 Woodman Drive in Dayton was recently awarded LEED-NC Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, which provides independent verification that a building project is environmentally responsible and a healthy place to work. LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction) is an internationally recognized mark of excellence, which provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.

LEED certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building, home or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

BC&E Engineering (Building Commissioning & Energy Engineering), located in downtown Dayton, provided management of the LEED certification process for the project, in addition to energy analysis and commissioning of the building.  Ferguson Construction built the 32,000 square foot facility.

The Goodwill project is the first (and currently only) LEED-NC version 2009 project in the City of Dayton. The 2009 version of the LEED program is much more challenging to achieve than previous versions.  In addition, it is one of only two LEED-NC v2009 projects in the state of Ohio that have reached the “Gold” level of certification. No project in the state has reached the Platinum level utilizing the LEED-NC v2009 program.

Features include:

• An energy cost savings of 37.5 % over ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Condition Engineers) standards, primarily because of an improved thermal envelope, high efficiency glazing, lighting, heating and air conditioning
• Use of potable (drinking) water will be 37% below calculated LEED baseline design, because of low-flush water closets, low-flush toilets, low-flow lavatories, and a low-flow kitchen sink
• 267.61 tons or 76% of the on-site generated construction waste, primarily steel & concrete, was recycled?
• 50.61% of the total building materials used were manufactured using recycled material
• 82.76% of all building materials used came from within 500 miles of the project site
• All indoor adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, and flooring systems were LEED compliant for indoor air quality standards
• Easy access to public transportation and pedestrian traffic; parking spaces for hybrid cars and car pooling