Monticello visitor center gets green award
Complex opened in April.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 11/6/2009
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Monticello's visitor center has
gained certification for environmentally sound building design,
construction and operation.
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the visitor center
at Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop estate its LEED Gold
certification, the second-highest level possible. LEED is a
voluntary, nationally recognized standard.
The council cited the center's geothermal heating and cooling
system, two "green" roofs and energy-conservation measures among
the facility's sustainable features in awarding the certification.
The $43 million, 42,000-square-foot complex opened in April at
the base of the mountain, replacing a ticket booth and a small
visitor center a few miles away.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 11/6/2009
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