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Joslyn Art Museum’s 2024 Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion has been certified a LEED Gold building by the US Green Building Council. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system sets the highest design and construction standards addressing carbon, energy, water, waste, transportation, materials, health, and indoor environmental quality. The Joslyn’s expansion was designed with sustainability in mind. Four rankings are possible: Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The Hawks Pavilion design and construction scored points in these credit categories: Location and Transportation, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation.
The Joslyn’s achievement of LEED Gold demonstrates the Museum’s commitment to a space that is better for people and better for the climate.
Sustainability
Joslyn Art Museum Sustainability Features
- Design prioritizes indoor air quality with sustainable flooring sources
- Walk-off mats at entrances capture dust and debris
- UV lights in air handling units improve air quality
- Renewable source wood floors with water-based sealant to minimize chemical emissions over time; wood flooring salvaged from offcuts from other wood products
- Low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) products selected to enhance environmental quality
- Sensitive land protection that safeguards and restores habitat
- Designed for maximum efficiency and to use 32% less energy than a typical building
- Equipped with premium-efficiency fan motors and UV lights for air and coil sterilization
- Features two sets of filters for efficient particle capture
- Utilizes energy valves to control chilled water and optimize temperature drop through coils
- Incorporates vibration isolation to reduce equipment noise and vibration
- Specific air handler designed with humidification for galleries
- Energy recovery units paired with each air handler to transfer heat and moisture, saving a significant amount of energy
- Landscaping designed to minimize irrigation needs, with native plants that require up to 80% less water
- Irrigation water separately metered to monitor and reduce excess usage
- Low-flow plumbing fixtures installed to further decrease water consumption
- Expected to use 37% less water than a typical building
- Combination of LED and natural lighting from skylights to save energy and provide consistent lighting
- Lighting system includes controls for dimming based on natural daylight present
- Automated solar and blackout shades to control sunlight and temperature
- Shading elements inside and outside to minimize direct sunlight and reduce glare
About LEED
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world’s most widely used green building rating system.
LEED certification provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social and governance benefits. LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement, and it is backed by an entire industry of committed organizations and individuals paving the way for market transformation. LEED buildings reduce contribution to global climate change, protect and restore water resources, promote sustainable and regenerative material cycles, enhance individual human health, protect and enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services, and enhance community quality of life.