November 19, 2007

Gwinnett’s Crestwood Building Goes Green Office Building One of only Three in Georgia to Receive LEED-EB Designation 

(Duluth, GA)  The Crestwood Building at 3675 Crestwood Parkway in Gwinnett County has been certified as a green building by the U.S. Green Building Council, as part of it’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Existing Building program. 

Crestwood is the third building, and the only multi-tenant office building in the State of Georgia to earn this designation.  Nationally, only 60 buildings have achieved LEED-EB certification.  The five-story building has 94,000 square feet of office space, and in 2005 earned the Energy Star designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. 

“To achieve LEED-EB certification is a significant achievement because it requires us to retrofit an existing building to be more energy efficient,” explains Scott Doksansky, CPM, director of portfolio management for Melaver, Inc., a Savannah-based sustainable real estate firm that owns Crestwood. 

“Today, we use less electricity and less water then the norm.  We use only Green Seal certified cleaning products.  We closely monitor the paint, carpet and other building materials used in the building.  We have access to mass transit, encourage carpooling and benefit from the fact that a variety of services are available within walking distance.”  

Achieving LEED-EB certification means that a third party has examined the Crestwood building and its operational practices and verified that the owners are adhering to a strict standard established for environmentally friendly commercial buildings.