LEED Gold in Nevada

摘要

The Patagonia Distribution Center located in Reno is the first LEED Gold project in the state of Nevada and the first LEED project of any kind outside Clark County. The project attempted 44 points and was awarded an astonishing 43 points to achieve the Gold rating. A combination of strategic planning and working with multiple LEED synergies helped achieve this level. A majority of the team members had never worked on a LEED project before, so it was a learning experience for everybody. The vision for the project ranged from basic green building principles to the minute details of each credit and strategy. The team held weekly meetings throughout the process to keep everybody on board with LEED details and to make-sure not a single mistake was made. The project is an expansion of an existing Patagonia building and includes retail, offices and a warehouse facility. The existing building uses the Night Flush Vent System and the same was designed for the new facility. It takes advantage of low night-time temperatures of the Northern Nevada desert environment to cool the warehouse in the summer. Hence, no mechanical cooling units are used in the warehouse.