Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA expects to earn Gold Level certification from LEED Green Building Rating System. - TJSL NewsA few months ago, I wrote about San Francisco International Airport’s newly renovated Terminal 2. Because of its commitment to sustainable design, SFO’s T2 was recognized as the first airport terminal to receive LEED gold level certification. Since then, I’ve been paying attention to any LEED certified buildings (I work in one, yay!) I come across. I recently returned from a trip to San Diego and got the chance to visit the newly built downtown district campus of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. This building cost $93 million to develop and construct and stands at eight stories which covers over 300,000 square feet. Not only was this learning institution recognized by LEED for gold level certification, their design direction for the building strongly speaks for their culture- modern, maybe whimsical...
... and pre-historic? During construction and excavation of the building site, construction crews discovered approximately 300,000-year-old remains of mammoth and whale fossil. How’s that for a surprise! The school has a few bones displayed in their library and for the interior design touch, you can see some of shell fragments incorporated into the lobby floors.
To see how the law school building is making environmental impact, check out what Hanley Wood network has to say about the buidling's sustainable benefits which include elimination of over 30 tons of landfill debris and over 53,000 pounds of nonrenewable materials.
More cool green buildings to come and be showcased on here...