The Christman Building, home to the League's Capital Office in Lansing, Michigan, has received the world's first double Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This is the highest possible rating in the LEED green building rating system. The building received certification in the Commercial Interiors and Core and Shell categories. The building uses many green features like water use reduction, optimized energy performance, and daylighting to promote sustainability. It was praised for combining historic preservation with green design.

1. 18 THE REVIEW JULY/AUGUST 2008
The Christman Building, home to the
League’s Capital Office in Lansing,
has been awarded the world’s first
LEED double Platinum certification
by the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC)!
LEED® is the USGBC’s rating system
for design and construction of the
world’s greenest, most energy efficient
and high performing buildings, with the
Platinum level being its highest possible
rating. The building was formally
certified in May by USGBC which
presented The Christman Company
(Christman) with certifications in two
categories, Commercial Interiors and
Core and Shell.
“One Platinum plaque for an
organization is a stunning achievement
by any measure. Two Platinum plaques
means something special…it’s a
dramatic callout to the community to
show Lansing it can be something
very special,“ said S. Richard Fedrizzi,
president, CEO, and founding chairman
of USGBC on presenting the plaques.
“This building will have a ripple effect,
and is the kind of building that people
will read about on the internet and
publications, and I guarantee plainloads
of engineers will show up and want
to tour. This combination of historic
preservation and green is on a very
short list of very significant examples.”
Listed on the National Register of
Historic Places, the building is an
example of sustainable “green” historic
building practices, considered by many
to be the highest form of sustainable
design and construction due to its reuse
of an existing structure. The many
green features of the project include
water use reduction, optimized energy
performance, construction waste
management, a focus on daylighting and
a healthy indoor environment.
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The League's Capital Office Awarded World’s First
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By Andrea Messinger
Andrea Messinger is communications coordinator for the League. You may reach her at 517-908-0302 or amessinger@mml.org.