Case Study
The Arthur M. Blank Family Office
Atlanta, GA
Size: 98,000 SF
Date of completion: 2004
CxGBS Services:
Sustainable Development Services, LEED Project Administration Services, Energy Modeling, Holistic Commissioning®, Green Operating Policies and Procedures for operations and maintenance.
Project Overview:
The Arthur M. Blank Family Office is home to The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and AMB Group, LLC, the investment management and support services arm and parent company of the Blank-owned businesses. The building was designed to be the permanent home of the Blank family foundation for many future generations and to serve as a place for bringing people together to further the causes the foundation supports.
The office demonstrates the Blank family’s commitment to the earth’s natural resources and ensures a healthy, comfortable, safe environment for all who enter the building. The facility is Georgia’s first LEED Gold Certified Building, the first LEED Gold-certified office building in the southeast and the first to implement green operations policies.
Sustainable Design Features:
- Reduced storm water and sewer outflow
- Reduced use of potable water – rain water collection provides 100 percent irrigation requirements
- Life cycle efficient materials – stone and brick for durability and longevity
- 72 percent construction and occupant waste reduction
- Green housekeeping and site management
- Low use of volatile organic compounds (VOC) materials
- Reduced heat island
- Greater that 40 percent more efficient than a 2001 code-compliant building
Team:
- Owner: AMB Realty
- Architect: Surber Barber Choate & Hertlein Architects, P.C.
- Contractor: Hardin/Humphries Partnership
- Project Manager: The Darden Company
- Commissioning: Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.
- LEED Project Administration: Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.