LEED CoreConcepts&Strategies_3rd edition - Page 055

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Selective OCR Enrichment

Recovered callout: PROJECT CASE STUDY

RECERTIFICATION: ADOBE SF 601 TOWNSEND

LEED PLATINUM

Adobe’s San Francisco office is an adaptive reuse project that retrofitted a building completed in 1905 to operate at a high level of performance. In 2008 the project team earned a LEED platinum certification for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. The team recently recertified the project at the platinum level under LEED v2009. Cutting energy use in a plant with 900 workers, 1,800 personal computers, and continuously- operating data servers was a challenge. To meet energy goals, the project team used a web-based monitoring system, developed partly with Adobe software. The software permits energy and water use to be tracked—and adjusted—in detail, and also reports total CO₂ emissions. To date, 41 energy conservation measures and related strategies have been implemented, resulting in an ENERGY STAR score of 100, the maximum possible score. Electricity usage has been effectively reduced 63% over a seven-year period.

Water use at 601 Townsend has been reduced by 62%. Faucet and shower head aerators reduce maximum water flow to just two quarts per minute. Restrooms feature a mix of high-efficiency flush toilets, dual flush toilets, and waterless urinals.

The diversion of solid waste from landfill through composting and recycling has risen from 23% to 98%. Every desk now has a second, smaller “side-saddle” wastebasket so that compostable and recyclable items stay separated. Adobe’s standards mandate that all products from copy paper to carpet must contain high recycled content. Even take-out food service products (paper plates, napkins, cups, etc.) are compostable. For more information about Adobe’s 601 Townsend offices visit usgbc.org/projects/re-certification-adobe-sf-601-townsend.

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