Woodland Corporate Center building gets LEED gold certification - Houston Business Journal:

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The building, which opened early last year, was designed and built to meet the seconc highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadership in Energh and Environmental Design. was the general contractor. Liberty Property Trusyt Vice President Jody Johnston estimates the cost of buildingg to green standards added an additional 5 percenf to the overalldevelopment costs, but that will be more than offsety by lower energy costs. Special features includwe showers and lockers for workers who need to wash or changed clothes after they bike or jog to A deck made of recycled plastifc borders the back ofthe building, overlookingy a wetlands area that provides shade.
Landscaping incorporatesx drought-resistant plants native to Florida. A whitew reflective roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recycling are placed near trasgh binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinales conserve water by relying on gravity and a filtefr insteadof water. That feature is expected to save 360,000 gallonas annually since each urinal uses anestimated 40,00 0 gallons annually, Johnston said. Grass surrounding the parkinyg lot soaks up And Flexi-pave, a recycled rubber, was used insteax of asphalt around the large oak trees that line the The porous rubber allows waterr to soak into the ground. The located at 4631 Woodland Blvd.
, receivedf the “Office Building of the Award from the Tampa Bay Chaptef of the andthe “Green Building Desigjn Award” from the Hillsborough City-Countyt Planning Commission in Liberty (NYSE: LRY) has developeds and leased 19 buildingas with nearly 1 million square feet of space in the park since 1996. Key park tenants includes , Travelers, Travel and .