Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
- Location
- Boothbay, ME
Features
- Bicycle storage and changing room
- Preferred parking provided for low-emitting, fuel-efficient vehicles
- Extensive habitat protection and restoration
- Stormwater quality and quantity control
- Reduced light pollution and heat island effect
- Innovative wastewater technologies used
- Optimized energy performance: Expansive solar array, passive solar, heat pump system, energy dashboard
- Large quantity of construction waste diverted from landfill
- Materials: Reuse, high recycled content, abundant use of regional materials
- Improved indoor environmental quality through introduction of outdoor air, use of low-emitting materials, occupant controllability, access to daylight and views
Overview
- LEED Standing
- Platinum
- Project Team
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- Construction Manager: HP Cummings, Winthrop, ME, www.hpcummings.com
- Fabricator and On-Site Builder of High Performance Shell: Bensonwood, Walpole, NH, www.bensonwood.com
- Civil Engineer: Knickerbocker Group, Boothbay, ME
- Structural Engineer: Becker Structural Engineers, Inc., Portland, ME
- Energy Consultant: Energy Balance, Inc., Burlington, VT
- Specifications: Lowell Specifications, Inc., Freeport, ME
- Lighting Designer: J&M Lighting Design, Inc., Kennebunkport, ME
- Acoustical Consultant: ACENTECH, Cambridge, MA
- Commissioning Engineer: Investment Engineering, Yarmouth, ME
- Architectural Design: Maclay Architects, Waitsfield, VT, www.maclayarchitects.com
- Owner’s Sustainability Representative and LEED Consultant: Fore Solutions, Portland, ME, www.fore-solutions.com
- Landscape Architect: AECOM, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
- Architect: Scott Simons Architects, Portland, ME, www.simonsarchitects.com
- Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Systems Design: Allied Engineering, Portland, ME, www.allied-eng.com
The Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay acheived LEED Platinum Certification in July 2011. In addition to its impressive LEED Platinum certification, the building aims for net zero energy use. This high performance, cutting-edge structure sets the highest example of what is possible in sustainable building design in Maine and beyond.
The project provides an important addition to CMBG’s environmental programming and will expand the Gardens’ public image. CMBG is dedicated to environmental stewardship and has created an exemplary icon of sustainability for the northeast region and the nation with this new 8,000 SF facility located adjacent to the Children’s Garden. Purposefully, this building will be very public and very accessible. A visit to the Gardens will offer thousands of visitors the opportunity to view important energy saving and environmentally friendly features. In addition to housing administrative offices for staff, the building itself will be a teaching tool with tours, interpretive signage, programs, and classes focused on its details. It will clearly communicate to visitors that conserving resources and energy results in environmentally positive benefits.
The Bosarge Family Education Center project is the result of a collaborative process involving a dedicated team of building professionals. Please consult the sidebar to learn more about the project team.
Learn more:
LEED-NC 2009 Checklist for the Bosarge Family Education Center
