Tremco Headquarters Undergoes Comprehensive Green Renovation, Seeks LEED Gold Certification

June 08, 2010

- Provider of building envelope solutions to use latest sustainable products, processes - BEACHWOOD, Ohio, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Tremco Incorporated (Tremco), which has provided building owners and managers with sustainable solutions for decades, is now turning its attention to its own headquarters, originally built in 1970, with a $5 million, top-to-bottom renovation that will transform the building into a showcase of sustainability. Tremco intends that its headquarters becomes one of the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) few LEED Gold certified facilities in Ohio. The renovation's most noteworthy sustainable features include: - Four types of sustainable roofing systems from Tremco - A vegetated roof featuring local plants. Low impact lighting and a water capture system will be integrated with the roof, as will a pathway of recycled materials. Signs will describe the roof's features and provide information about the plant palette. - The ENERGY STAR® qualified Rock-It(TM) roof surfacing system, composed of white gravel set in white adhesive. - A white, reflective, single ply system installed beneath a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system. - A thin film rooftop PV system that will be used to generate electricity for the building. - A Dryvit Outsulation Plus® MD exterior wall system featuring Dryvit's TerraNeo(TM) finish. The system provides an energy efficient, insulated facade and can be applied directly to the existing slate, eliminating the time and potential waste of removing the facade. - High-performance, double pane, tinted windows that exceed minimum energy standards. Tremco sealants and gaskets will be used, as will Tremco's Proglaze® ETA (Engineered Transition Assembly) to ensure an airtight transition from window to wall. - New sidewalks, with decorative concrete from Increte Systems, that will be supported by gravel from one of the building's existing roofs. - A 1.8kW rated wind turbine installed on the property to help generate electricity. - Numerous interior upgrades such as ADA-compliant restrooms, interior window treatments, elevator modernizations with eco-friendly technology and ADA compliance. - Mechanical/Engineering/Plumbing upgrades such as a new control system that ensures an accurate operating schedule of HVAC and lighting as well as improved zone control; modifications to the central air handling system to enable variable flow, resulting in significant energy savings; and replacing the cooling tower with a variable speed model that also eliminates the need for water treatment. Construction best practices that WTI and its subcontractors will follow to increase the project's sustainability include: - Onsite sorting of materials - Recycling of all non-hazardous material - Chain-of-custody documentation for all off-site recycling - Reusing materials as applicable - Verifying that materials are certified for LEED credit

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