Federal Center South Building 1202
SENV 7006
Water Conservation: Efficient fittings and fixtures. Rainwater capture and reuse for irrigation, toilet flushing and cooling tower makeup.
Recycled Materials: Some 200,000 board feet of timber and 100,000 ft2 of car decking (a heavier version of tongue-and-groove decking) reclaimed from the existing warehouse and reused in the collaborative commons. High recycled content steel was used for structural members and rebar.
Daylighting: Some 61% of the building’s occupied floor plate is daylit.
Individual Controls: Task lights at all office desks. Individual control of lights in private offices.
Carbon Reduction Strategies: High per-formance HVAC, envelope and lighting systems. Embodied carbon reduced by 132,277 lb through the use of com-posite structural system with reclaimed timber rather than a standard concrete on steel system.
Other Major Sustainable Features: Phase change material tank (PCM).
Main Sustainable Features
High-performance Strategies
Key Sustainable Features


High-performance Building Strategies
Performance, Environmental and Energy Features:
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Achieve LEED New Construction GOLD certification, with a goal of achieving Platinum. 
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100% filtered outside air. 
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Meet Energy Star Score of 100. 
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Energy performance is to be 30% better than ASHRAE 90.1 2007 edition. 
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Target energy usage for all utilities is 28,200 BTU/GSF-yr. 
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Restoration of large areas of hardscape to green space. 
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Use of innovative integrated mechanical systems. 
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A rainwater collection system that captures water and stores it in a 25,000 gallon cistern for use in toilet flushing, irrigation, cooling, and landscaping. 
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Geothermal energy wells that extend 150 feet below ground and loop water for cooling and heating. 
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Thermal storage that ‘stores’ cold-energy for future use in the chilled beams to cool the office space. 
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An energy-efficient HVAC system using under-floor air distribution. 
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Reuse of nearly 200,000 board feet of structural timber and 100,00 board feet of wood decking that was salvaged from the adjacent decommissioned warehouse. 
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