READER SUBMITTED: Research Laboratory By Tate Burns Architects LLC Is LEED-CI Platinum Certified

Tate Burns Architects LLC of Essex, Connecticut's design for a 9,600 square foot Laboratory for Comparative Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) Platinum rating from the US Green Building Council. This is the first renovation project at Yale to achieve a LEED-CI Platinum rating. The project located in the Brady Memorial Laboratory (built in 1916 with additions in 1929 and 1971) continues a tradition of sustainable design by Tate Burns and Yale. In 2009, a 15,000 square foot lab renovation project in the same building, also by Tate Burns received a LEED-CI Gold rating.

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED certification is an internationally acknowledged standard for environmentally conscious design. Its criteria include sustainable siting, materials, water efficiency, energy savings, indoor air quality, day lighting, waste management and design innovation. Factors that also contribute to sustainability its location in a historic urban campus, ease of pedestrian access, inclusion of bicycle racks with changing/shower facilities and nearby Zipcar locations.

The project included a team of design and construction professionals: Babbidge Facilities Construction provided construction management. Other collaborators included the Yale University School of Medicine Facilities Planning and Construction office, R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, Sage Design and Consulting (LEED), Michael Horton Associates, Robert Schwartz and Associates, Philip R. Sherman, P.E., EcoOne Solutions and other local subcontractors and suppliers.

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READER SUBMITTED: Research Laboratory By Tate Burns Architects LLC Is LEED-CI Platinum Certified