How Many Green “Firsts” Can You Boast? Heery International’s list is impressive.

By Vicki Zambito


There’s a lot of talk about “being green”, but few companies have taken it to the level that HEERY International has. More than 25% of Heery’s staff are LEED Accredited Professionals.

The firm is proud of its sustainable “firsts”, which it lists as including:

The first LEED Gold hospital in Colorado: Heery served as the architect, programmer and planner for the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, which is the largest hospital to have achieved LEED Gold certification. Heery and Poudre Valley Health Systems agreed on a fast-track design and construction process to bring the project in on time and without budget overruns. The 595,000 SF, 136-bed medical center is designed as a hospital within a hospital and houses the Heart Center of the Rockies and the Trauma Center of the Rockies.

The first LEED Gold winery in the nation: Heery provided commissioning services for the Stoller Winery in Dayton, Oregon. Work included installation checks and startup and performance verifications of building systems as required for LEED certification (Energy and Atmosphere). The project received a LEED Gold certification from USGBC, the first LEED certified new construction winery in the country.

The first LEED Gold daycare in Georgia: Heery designed Georgia Power’s first day care facilities; one at the Atlanta corporate campus and one adjacent to the Henry County Customer Care Center. Given Georgia Power’s initiatives to reduce the impact on the environment and their projects to make the air and water cleaner, one of the major requirements for the projects was that they be sustainable and obtain at least a LEED Silver certification rating. Incorporating high efficiency HVAC and lighting systems, as well as low VOC finishes into the building, helped achieve
the LEED points necessary for a sustainable project.

Other LEED firsts that Heery recognizes is the first LEED targeted power plant in the nation and the first LEED K-12 school in South Carolina.

Learn more about Heery’s LEED projects at http://www.heery.com/about_us/about_us_sustainability_leedprojects.aspx