AIA, COTE®
Top Ten Green Buildings Award
Georgia Tech, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design
Highlights
Living Building Challenge
3.1 Project
Net-positive footprint
for energy, water and waste
$800,000
saved through reuse of movie set timber
28 salvaged materials
incorporated
Project information
With this Living Building Challenge 3.1 project, we helped Georgia Tech meets its goal of creating the most environmentally advanced education and research facility in the Southeast. The building, which has a net-positive footprint for energy, water and waste, includes a 170-person auditorium, classrooms and maker spaces.
Client:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Service:
Construction Management
Market segment:
Higher Education, Higher Education Science & STEM, Science + Technology
Size:
City:
Atlanta
State:
Georgia
Country:
USA
Reclaimed. Rebuilt. Renewed.
We saved the client $800,000 by building 500 floor and ceiling timber decking panels from 25,000 linear feet of wood salvaged from local movie sets for the show “24,” the movie “Rampage” and others. We also partnered with Georgia Works to help six men who experienced homelessness gain construction skills as they worked side-by-side with our crew to build the panels.
Awards and certifications
Forest Stewardship Council
FSC Leadership Awards
Atlanta Regional Commission
Development of Excellence
Sustainable solutions
Generating 225 percent of its energy needs from solar panels and collecting, treating and infiltrating 15 times the amount of its water needs, the structure is the first Living Certified building of its scale in the Southeast U.S.
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Veronica Gross
Vice President, Business Development