Current Builders recently completed construction of Boca Colonnade II, 750 Park of Commerce Blvd., which will soon be the second LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-certified building in Boca Raton.
Currently, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University is the only building in Boca Raton with such a designation, and project manager Aaron Buttress said all the pieces are in place.
“There are different phases to the certification process and it is based on a point or credit system. The LEED system entails several benefits, including lower operating costs, energy and water conservation, and the buildings have better air quality as well,” he said.
The Unites States Green Building Council’s Web site, www.usgbc.org, describes the process as one that “encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.”