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| Kingsley Field Air National Guard |
A little bit because you and I helped pay for it;
More because it serves the men and women of our National Guard Services;
A little more because my team, in conjunction with S&B James designed and built an excellent facility;
Even more because we met more than a dozen sets of codes, requirements, statutes, minimums, maximums, you name it, and still came in on budget;
And finally… because it’s the first project on the Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Klamath Falls, Oregon to go through LEED or any energy certification process and it received GOLD!
The Security Forces Facility supports the 173rd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard and houses command, administrative, Base Defense Operations Center, pass and ID stations, law enforcement, arms vault, training rooms, mobility storage areas, a mobility pallet build-up area, and locker rooms.
While it’s not a fancy building and the architecture tends toward the functional, this is a solid, thoughtful facility that earned LEED points in every category including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation & design process.
If you go to the US Green Building Council [www.USGBC.org] you will find: “Overall, government owned or occupied buildings make up 27% of all LEED projects. Federal buildings account for 450 certified projects with over 3,600 currently in process.” That’s a lot of buildings and a good trend toward energy efficiency, sustainability and quality buildings.
Go to http://www.cshqa.com/designNews.php to learn about the sustainability details that earned LEED Gold. Learn more about our design/build partner at www.sbjames.com
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