New York Real Estate Journal USA $3.95 April 19 Guests Thomas Deller DONO Project North Hartford, CT April 22-May 12, 2014 nyrej.com Volume 26 ■ Issue 08 Project of the Month / GB / PAGES 9-11 SPECIAL insert SWBR Architects and FXFowle project receives LEED Platinum from USGBC-RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability Kristina Newman-Scott DONO Project North Hartford, CT Green Buildings special insert Green Buildings Special Insert Section New York Real Estate Journal Winthrop earns April 2014 Energy Star cert. Lake Success with at help from Cotoc i.park on Group i.park Lake cess, managed by George Mullen SucLAKE SUCCESS, NY his team at Winthrop and Management, has earned the U.S. Environmental tion Agency’s (EPA’s) ProtecJimmy fication. This signifies Energy Star certiCarchietta that the building performs in the top 25% of similar ities nationwide for facilenergy efficiency energy efficiency and meets strict performance levels “i.park Lake Success set by the EPA. Energy Star certification is pleased to accept EPA’s in recognition gy efficiency efforts,” i.park Lake Success, said Mullen, VP of our ener“Through this achievement, 111 Marcus Avenue of operations. Lake Success, we have demonstrated commitment to NY environmental stewardship while our complishments of i.park lowering our energy Lake Success, also costs.” vented greenhouse Commercial buildings gas emissions equal is that it has preuse from 69 households that earn EPA’s to the electricity certification use Energy for a year. an “Improving the typical buildings, average of 35% less energy Star energy efficiency than buildings of our nation’s dioxide into the while also releasing 35% less is critical to protecting carbon Jean Lupinacci, atmosphere. i.park our environment,” performance by chief of the said managing energy improved its energy industrial the entire organization branch. “From Energy Star commercial & strategically across the boiler room, and by making improvements cost-effective their organizations are leading room to the board to its buildings. the way by making buildings more One of the biggest efficient and earning ac- Star certification.” EPA’s Energy To earn the Energy Star certification and through these be guided energy-savings measures, i.park Success utilized the Lake tocon Group, an LEED engineering group, The Energy vider (SPP). Cotocon Star service and product Coproworked with i.park and assist in the NYCREW hosted to evaluate implementation “Women Greeing of energy conservation measures, to help NYC: Sustainability in Commercial Real Estate” at Ted Moudis gy professional, i.park reach its goals. “As an Associates. with the history enerSEE PAGE 12 that our focus had of this facility I knew Carchietta, LEED to be on wasted energy,” said Jimmy “Wasted energy AP founder and CEO of Cotocon. 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This marks Maddalina the highest standard that can be achieved in the rating system. SWBR served as executive architect and architect of record on the project, with LeChase Construction as design-build team leader, FXFOWLE as design architect, M/E Engineering as the M/E/P and Stantec as the civil engineer. With a score of 80 required to achieve Platinum level, the GIS building earned 89 out of a possible 110 points within the USGBC’s rating system, marking a “very rare achievement, especially for such an energy-intensive research facility,” said Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of GIS. “We are very proud to have earned the highest standard of LEED certification,” said Mark Maddalina,AIA, LEED AP, sustainable design director at SWBR. “We are committed to the practice of sustainable design. Our mission is to protect the environment, exceed the expectations of our clients and community, and we have accomplished exactly that. This is a world-class facility that will bring worldwide opportunities in the future to sustainability research and education, and what an honor it has been to be part of it.” The $36 million RIT GIS project consisted of a 84,000 s/f, four-story addition to the university, complete with cutting-edge green technology. It houses sustainability research, technology transfer, education and outreach, and is a showcase for green construction and design, as well as GIS masters and Ph.D. programs in sustainability and architecture. The project was completed in March 2013, and 26 LEED architects were involved in the renovation. GIS has been recognized locally and nationally with several awards since its opening in March 2013, awards include: Engineering News-Record Best Green Project, the Jeffery J. Zogg Build New York Award granted by Associated General Contractors of America; College Planning & Management Magazine’s 2013 Sustainability and Innovation Award; the Illuminating Engineering Society of Rochester Energetix Excellence in Green Lighting award for Interior Lighting and most recently an AIA Rochester Chapter Design Award. The RIT GIS project was established and made possible by a $10 million donation from Paychex Inc. founder Thomas Golisano in 2007. Following this gift, RIT was awarded a $13.1 million grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Construction Grant Program and $10 million in funding from New York state. The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council awarded the project $5 million. New York Real Estate Journal Green Buildings April 2014 Green Project of the Month SWBR Architects and FXFOWLE project receives LEED Platinum from USGBC – RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability Architect of Record .................................................................................................................... SWBR Architects Design Architect ....................................................................................................................................... FXFOWLE Design-Builder ..................................................................................................................... LeChase Construction M/E/P Engineer .............................................................................................................................. M/E Engineering Civil Engineer ................................................................................................................................................. Stantec DESIGN BUILDER LeChase Construction is proud to have partnered with the Rochester Institute of Technology on the construction of their world–class “living lab” which represents the University’s ongoing commitment to the environment. Congratulations on achieving LEED® Platinum Certification for the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. ® www.lechase.com LeChase. Building Partnerships.® General Construction Construction Management 9