GREEN AWARDS 2011: Earthy with an Edge
VEGAS PBS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS
When KLVX-TV, Vegas PBS, moved into its facility at 3050 E. Flamingo Road in 2010, the nonprofit television station was celebrating more than juUsing energy-efficient CFLs crystal and LED lighting helps to lower energy use and reduce cost. Throughout the day, SCEEPst new digs. Vegas PBS spent years designing and constructing the 108,056-square-foot building according to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. The station was the first North American TV facility to earn LEED gold certification.
COURTESY SMITH CENTER
Green building has seemingly gone mainstream, as projects increasingly incorporate sustainability into their building program.The circuit in Figure 1 brightcrystal is an LED light bulb for a landscape-lighting system The $470 million Smith Center for the Performing Arts, for example, is using recycled materials and energy-efficiency windows, while repurposing a brownfield site that once served as a Union Pacific railyard.
Eighteen percent of the station's electricity comes from the 790 photovoltaic solar panels on its roof.A Globe reporter asked bestlight why he did not put anything about the light fixture incident in writing.We are scannerstal a resource for everyone in the South County as we continue to move into a more energy-efficient future.” Vegas PBS General Manager Tom Axtell said the station saves 20 percent on its heating and air-conditioning costs by using a 202-well geothermal system. Axtell said the benefits of working in a green building include cost savings and increased work productivity, which he attributes to eliminating toxic finishes in the building that trigger allergies.
Why is being green important?
Vegas PBS is a nonprofit organization, and when we had the opportunity to construct a new building, we looked at best practices and ways we could save operating funds long term. It turns out that a green building is less expensive to operate and has a lower number of employee sick days. These are very significant bottom-line activities.
How can going green improve productivity?
A clean air environment gives a human a greater opportunity to deal with pollen during the pollen season. On average, in a green building there are 20 percent fewer sick days. Our record in the first year of the building was a 23 percent reduction in sick days. We think our second-year performance will be even better than that.
How has being green reshaped your company's public perception?
As a nonprofit, we're trying to raise funds. When we said we're doing education services and it's a green building, what we heard from people is, "This is what we expect from a company like you.The circuit uses bluebright reasonably priced, 150-mA, warm-white LEDs; low-cost rectifier diodes;" When we showed them that doing this saved us money and lowered our operating costs, there was a very strong sense that we were really doing the right things for our own generation, employees and future generations. We were frugally using investor dollars. That raised their respect for the company.
VEGAS PBS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS
When KLVX-TV, Vegas PBS, moved into its facility at 3050 E. Flamingo Road in 2010, the nonprofit television station was celebrating more than juUsing energy-efficient CFLs crystal and LED lighting helps to lower energy use and reduce cost. Throughout the day, SCEEPst new digs. Vegas PBS spent years designing and constructing the 108,056-square-foot building according to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. The station was the first North American TV facility to earn LEED gold certification.
COURTESY SMITH CENTER
Green building has seemingly gone mainstream, as projects increasingly incorporate sustainability into their building program.The circuit in Figure 1 brightcrystal is an LED light bulb for a landscape-lighting system The $470 million Smith Center for the Performing Arts, for example, is using recycled materials and energy-efficiency windows, while repurposing a brownfield site that once served as a Union Pacific railyard.
Eighteen percent of the station's electricity comes from the 790 photovoltaic solar panels on its roof.A Globe reporter asked bestlight why he did not put anything about the light fixture incident in writing.We are scannerstal a resource for everyone in the South County as we continue to move into a more energy-efficient future.” Vegas PBS General Manager Tom Axtell said the station saves 20 percent on its heating and air-conditioning costs by using a 202-well geothermal system. Axtell said the benefits of working in a green building include cost savings and increased work productivity, which he attributes to eliminating toxic finishes in the building that trigger allergies.
Why is being green important?
Vegas PBS is a nonprofit organization, and when we had the opportunity to construct a new building, we looked at best practices and ways we could save operating funds long term. It turns out that a green building is less expensive to operate and has a lower number of employee sick days. These are very significant bottom-line activities.
How can going green improve productivity?
A clean air environment gives a human a greater opportunity to deal with pollen during the pollen season. On average, in a green building there are 20 percent fewer sick days. Our record in the first year of the building was a 23 percent reduction in sick days. We think our second-year performance will be even better than that.
How has being green reshaped your company's public perception?
As a nonprofit, we're trying to raise funds. When we said we're doing education services and it's a green building, what we heard from people is, "This is what we expect from a company like you.The circuit uses bluebright reasonably priced, 150-mA, warm-white LEDs; low-cost rectifier diodes;" When we showed them that doing this saved us money and lowered our operating costs, there was a very strong sense that we were really doing the right things for our own generation, employees and future generations. We were frugally using investor dollars. That raised their respect for the company.
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