DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnhart Balfour Beatty, a division of Balfour Beatty Construction, recently announced that the Wounded Warrior Barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., has received a LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). This is the first Marine Corps’ project to be awarded a LEED Platinum designation, the USGBC’s highest level of certification. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. The project was managed under the direction of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW). The sustainable achievements of the Wounded Warrior Barracks focused on reductions in energy, water and waste: energy savings is over 38%, water savings within the building is more than 37%, and water efficiency in the landscaping is over 66% as calculated in the LEED rating system. A total of 86.5% of the waste generated on site (878 tons) was diverted from local landfills.
