SEATTLE--Fenwick & West LLP has announced that its Seattle, WA office is the first law firm in the entire United States to be awarded LEED-CI (Platinum) Designation by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The Seattle office was designed to attain LEED-CI (Commercial Interiors) certification. LEED for Commercial Interiors focuses on tenant improvements in interior spaces in single and multi-tenant buildings. The Silicon Valley office was designed to attain LEED-EB (Existing Building) certification.
LEED for Existing Buildings establishes a set of performance standards for the sustainable upgrades and operation of existing buildings. Both spaces were designed to achieve LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. LEED verifies environmental performance, occupant health and financial return. Some of the conservation practices utilized by Fenwick include:
--Energy consumption reduced year over year by 50,000 kwh by implementing the following:
-- Employing server virtualization
-- Purchasing energy efficient equipment
-- Maximizing natural light to reduce dependency on artificial light as well as replacing all light fixtures with T-8 bulbs while installing lighting sensors to reduce energy use
-- Use of technology to further reduce energy usage:
-- Using Wikis, share rooms and fax servers to reduce paper
consumption
-- Implementing double sided printing and copying as defaults
-- Instituting paperless policies in various practice groups
-- Instituting sustainable purchasing practices by instituting the following:
-- Sustainable language inserted into all RFP's, RFQ's and purchasing agreements
-- Purchasing furniture, office supplies, ceiling and carpet tiles with highest possible recycled content
-- Converted to biodegradable utensils and tableware
-- Encourage use of public transportation through use of employee incentives; installed bike cages and showers for those who bike or walk to work
-- Recycling a broad variety of office items and construction waste. 59% of trash diverted from waste stream
-- Achieved a 34% reduction in water use by installation of low flow toilets, motion sensor faucets and drought resistant landscaping
--Selected office locations based on access to public transportation, shopping and dining
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