Congratulations to our client, Wexford Science and Technology! Wexford recently won The Talking Walls award from the North Carolina chapter of USGBC at the Green Gala and Sustainable Business Awards for Building 60 in Winston-Salem, NC. This award recognizes a successful integration of sustainability standards in the category of existing building renovations.
Building 60 is part of the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. This state of the art district is home to a variety of academic institutions and companies, and fosters research and education in biomedical science, IT, clinical services, and digital media. Building 60 adds over 300,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space in a major renovation of a historic building, and care was taken to maintain the historic integrity of the existing structure.
Building 60 targeted a very high level of sustainability and is expected to earn LEED Platinum certification. They have reduced both their energy and water use by over 40% for dramatic savings in both. They also reused 96% of the existing usable walls, floor and roof, and recycled over 90% of their construction waste.
Wexford targets a high level of environmental stewardship in all of their buildings and developments. For example, the three other projects in the Innovation Quarter, Wake Forest Biotech Place, Inmar/525 @ Vine Street, and 625 @ Vine Street all achieved LEED Gold or Platinum.
Congratulations once again to Wexford Science and Technology on their outstanding achievement!