Sustainable Design at the Harper Woods Public Library
 

Library Earns LEED® Green Building Award

Washington, October 1, 2007–

The U.S. Green Building Council awarded the library a LEED® Green
 Building Award for its successful renovation in 2005. The library earned a
 Silver Level certificate for going above and beyond the basic
 requirements. A wall plaque will be physically placed on or inside the building
 in the spring.

The LEED Green Building Rating System is the national benchmark for
 high performance green buildings. The program helps construct a facility
 that is energy-efficient and sustainable, and the program pays for
 itself with lower maintenance and energy bills over the building’s
 lifetime.

Harper Woods is the first public library in Michigan to earn a LEED®
 Green Building award, and one of a handful of non-profits to receive a
 Silver or better designation.

LEED, an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is
 a program that encourages energy and material conservation, air quality
 management, and other green design strategies.  The entire building
 was renovated using sustainable design principles and the building is
 already saving the library money by lower energy use and less maintenance
 costs.  To learn more about LEED and the U.S. Green Building Council,
 visit www.usgbc.org.

GREEN Brochure

See who was involved in the Harper Woods Public Library LEED Project