Delivering Sustainable, Healthy, High Performance Buildings
Project Detail
Day-Brite Capri Omega (DCO) Lighting
Tupelo, Miss.
Size: 5,000 square feet
Date of completion: May 2007
CxGBS Services:
Design and construction phase commissioning, LEED consulting
Project Overview:
At the DCO Lighting Institute, the first Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design (LEED®) certified lighting institute in the country, visitors are learning about high-efficiency lighting that helps reduce operations costs, improve occupant performance and reduce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
The Lighting Institute serves as an education tool for specifiers such as architects, engineers and lighting designers, as well as building owners, directors, facility managers, distributors and contractors. More than 900 people have visited the facility since it opened in May 2007.
Sustainable Design Features:
- 40 percent reduction of water use within the building
- 35 percent reduction of lighting power in addition to proper use of daylight sensors and motion sensors
- 90 percent of equipment is Energy Star rated
- 50 percent of materials used in the project were manufactured within 500 miles
- Low emitting (low VOC content) adhesive, paints, and carpets were used
Team:
- Owner: Day-Brite Capri Omega (DCO)
- Architect and General Contractor: The McCarty Company
- Mechanical Engineering: Comfort Engineering Co.
- Electrical Contractor: Lackey’s Electrical
- Commissioning and LEED Consulting: Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.