Where most building projects can hope to minimize impact at best, the remediation and reconstruction of the contaminated site allowed for a net positive environmental result. The design team transformed the project’s brownfield site into an asset by creating a restored meadow, re-establishing a natural habitat with native vegetation. Within the building, IFAW chose to incorporate practical, straightforward, low-tech, low-cost strategies for sustainable design such as siting, orientation, natural daylighting and ventilation, and high-efficiency mechanical systems.
