Houston Green Building Case Studies
04/15/2011 - The Monarch School Chrysalis Building – LEED Gold
The first school in Texas to achieve the Energy Star Rating, which makes the statement that continuing to be energy efficient after the award is important. (Click Here)
03/25/2011 - New Hope Housing 2424 Sakowitz – Platinum
The first multifamily LEED Platinum project in Houston, and multiple award winning. (Click Here)
02/18/2011 - Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network Tom Bass Building – Silver
This service building educates about green building in addition to providing healthy surroundings for its inhabitants.
01/28/2011 - FC Gulf Freeway LTD – Platinum
A LEED Platinum office building with a vegetated roof and a host of Green building strategies.(Click Here)
11/12/2011 - Virginia Point - Platinum
The first residential project of the Green building Tours: LEED Platinum, no less. (Click Here)
10/15/2011 - Discovery Green Conservancy - GoldThe Conservancy offices are powered by 256 roof top solar panels. (Click Here)
09/23/2011 - Walter P Moore - Silver
Structural creativity in action at this LEED for Commercial Interiors certified engineer's office. (Click Here)
08/20/2010 - Clayton Library - Silver
City of Houston historical building and LEED certified. (Click Here)
07/16/2010 - Bank of America - GoldA "double header" tour featuring two LEED for Existing Buildings downtown. (Click Here)
07/16/2010 - One Shell Plaza - Gold
A "double header" tour featuring two LEED for Existing Buildings downtown. (Click Here)
06/24/2010 - DOW Chemical Company - Gold
Our first tour featuring a LEED Core and Shell with a LEED Commercial Interiors space. (Click Here)
06/24/2010 - The Plaza at Enclave - Gold
Our first tour featuring a LEED Core and Shell with a LEED Commercial Interiors space. (Click Here)
05/06/2010 - Perkins+Will - Gold
Perkins+Will’s Houston office is the first interior renovation project in Houston to achieve LEED-CI Gold certification within a historic building. (Click Here)
03/24/2010 - First City Tower - Gold
First City Tower is the first LEED Gold rated Existing Building Operations & Maintenance in Texas. The goal of the building’s owner was to reduce energy consumption and promote an environmentally friendly wok place for its tenants. (Click Here)
02/12/2010 - SYSCO Foods Headquarters - Gold
SYSCO saw the construction of their new corporate office complex as an opportunity to extend their customer driven reputation by serving as good stewards of the local environment. (Click Here)
01/21/2010 - Gensler - Gold
Gensler is very proud that the Houston office earned LEED-CI Gold, the first such award in Houston , and the first for a Gensler office. The Houston office’s success has now become a model for all new Gensler offices. (Click Here)
11/06/2009 - Energy Center I - Silver
Energy Center I becomes the largest LEED® certified speculative office building in Houston. (Click Here)
11/06/2009 - Energy Center II - Gold
Energy Center II becomes the largest LEED® Gold certified speculative office building in Houston and the first in Houston’s Energy Corridor submarket. (Click Here)
09/16/2009 - Green Bank - Gold
The goal was a facility that represents visually, physically and operationally Green Bank’s core values and focus on sustainability. (Click Here)
03/31/2009 - Looscan Neighborhood Library – Certified
When the City of Houston began planning the Looscan Neighborhood Library, going green was a definite priority. As a public building that functions as a community gathering place, we wanted this facility to set an example for future sustainable development. (Click Here)
11/14/2008 - SATTERFIELD & PONTIKES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - Gold
The new building, 11000 Equity Drive, was designed specifically to meet LEED certification requirements and was built using Building Information Modeling (BIM). (Click Here)
10/14/2008 - Emerson Unitarian Church Education Building - Certified
Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church wanted its new education building to enhance the existing campus, which was heavily influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple. First liturgical building in Texas to seek LEED certification. (Click Here)
08/18/2008 - American Heart Association Corporate Headquarters – Certified
The American Heart Association’s mission “to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular
diseases and stroke” promotes healthy living. This office space serves as an example of theirmission by creating a healthy workplace. (Click Here)
06/26/2008 - Kirksey Corporate Offices - Certified
Beyond realizing all of the benefits of a green building, Kirksey wanted to update their building for LEED certification so that it would serve as a living example to their clients. Kirksey is the first LEED Certified Existing Building in the state of Texas. (Click Here)
05/16,17/2008 - St Catherine’s Montessori - Certified
St. Catherine’s Montessori sought to design a school to best enable their education mission and also lighten the environmental impact of the building itself. (Click Here)
04/30/2008 - Horizon Wind Energy Corporate Offices - Silver
The first LEED Certified Commercial Interiors in Houston, Texas. Going LEED just made sense for us. We build green power everyday so we should build a green office space for our employees. (Click Here)
02/29/2008 - SpawGlass Construction Corporation - Silver
Completed in January 2003, the SpawGlass Construction Corporation’s Office Building is the first LEED Certified Green Building in Houston, Texas. (Click Here)
01/18/2008 - Equivalent DATA Corporate Headquarters – Certified
The two-story, tilt wall building is approximately 18,865 square feet and includes offices, a data center, and a customer training facility capable of accommodating up to 300 people. The building is organized by a centrally located server room which serves as a hub for the technology center. (Click Here)