Westinghouse U.S. BWR Service Center Office Building Achieves LEED® Certification

September 08, 2010

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that its Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Service Center office building at its Chattanooga, Tenn., (USA), campus has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. It promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. Michael Faidley, facilities manager for the Westinghouse Nuclear Services product line and leader of the certification effort said: "Sustainable design played a major part in our team's efforts in achieving Silver certified status." Noteworthy features of the building's sustainable design include: -- A storm water management control system (achieved using local building materials), in which the water quality coming out of the storm water collection area is enhanced before being released back into the environment -- The addition of bike racks and changing rooms to accommodate alternate transportation to the work place -- A building design which allows 90 percent daylight views to all building occupants Westinghouse's new headquarters facility located in Cranberry Township, Pa. (USA), is also expected to achieve LEED certified status. LEED is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and is used with permission.

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