Monday, June 21, 2010

Is Your Office Green? PBSJ’s Tampa office is and they have a USGBC award to prove it!

By Vicki Zambito


PBSJ’s new corporate headquarters in Tampa was recently recognized with the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the USGBC’s 2010 LEEDership Commercial Interior “Project of the Year” award.
PBSJ’s Sustainable Building Design Group used a sustainable design to convert 3.5 floors within the building, roughly 90,000 gsf of commercial office space, to meet the requirements for LEED Gold for Core and Shell Building certification. The space houses 350 employees, 146 private offices, open office areas, and 10 conference rooms.

The award recognizes demonstration of a holistic approach toward integrating green building practices and principles into project design, execution, and operation, as well as the development of innovative solutions to regional design challenges.

PBSJ is the largest tenant in MetWest One, a new office building in Tampa’s Westshore business district and Westshore’s first gold certified building under the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

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