Congratulations to our most recent FGBC Green Certified projects

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FGBC Green Local Government Certifications

View a list of CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS and their green achievements

City of Dunedin
Certification Upgrade: 10/6/11
Certification Level: Gold
Points:  47%
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FGBC Green Commercial Buildings Certifications 

Tropical Farms Lab & Workshop - Martin County
Certified: 9/1/11
Points: 50
Version 1
Project Evaluator: Michael M. Houston
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Pahokee Middle School
Certified: 5/16/11
Points: 51
Version 1
Project Evaluator: Jennifer Languell

Project Highlights
• Energy Savings: 21.8%
• Fundamental and Advanced Commissioning (Palm Beach County has a very well laid out comprehensive plan for commissioning))
• Minimum of 50% Florida Friendly Vegetation within the site boundary (note that this is a school so outside the site boundary there are ball fields etc.)
• No potable water used for irrigation
• 30% water use reduction in the buildings through high efficiency fixtures
• Site allows multi-modal transportation
• Reflective roofing reduce the heat islands
• Healthy interiors from clean construction practices and installing low off-gassing finishes such as paint, adhesives, and cabinetry
• Well designed mechanical systems offering occupant controllability and dehumidification
• Local, low maintenance, recycled content and recyclable materials use to the greatest extent possible and over 50% of the construction waste was recycled
• Impact windows and termite prevention used for durability
• Pahokee Middle School is committed to using non toxic cleaning supplies and incorporating an integrated pest management program to minimize the use of pesticides.
• The School District of Palm Beach County has created the Preventative Maintenance Program to improve equipment performance and maintenance productivity. This program focuses on preventing breakdowns and failures. It is designed to enhance equipment reliability, long term building construction benefits and savings associated with preventive maintenance. This program has been created in order to improve and control the life cycle of the equipment within the building and to ensure that building systems are optimized at all times to reduce costs and failures. Also, this program aids to reduce situations involving inefficient building equipment and an over usage of energy.
• Pahokee Middle school also is using two distinctively different educational components of their new green building: (1) Touchscreens are an interactive teaching tool that provide information, which is continually updated using live data, to students, staff and visitors. Information includes occupancy, water usage, electricity usage, and information and diagrams on the mechanical systems operation. This information is also available through the internet and is being incorporated into the school curriculum, assignments and group projects; (2) Green Signage is also incorporated throughtout the building (30 locations) identifying green features and benefits. Examples include: Stained concrete floor - how using the structural material as the finished floor saves materials, Solar shades - energy savings,

FGBC Green Land Development Certifications 

Alys Beach
Certified: 5/26/11
Certification Level: Certified
Points: 212
Version: 6

Alys Beach is a 159 acre walkable community in Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Green Achievements
• Requires all homes to be certified through the Florida Green Building Coalition Green Home Standard
• Requires all homes to meet "Fortified for Safer Living" standards, the first community in the nation to do so
• Provides ample public space and amenities that are available to residents and within safe walking distance.
• Amenities include a tennis center, a community pool and clubhouse, a tot-lot, walking trails, preservation areas, an amphitheater, and beach access
• Has a mixed use town center with restaurants, shops, and events for residents and visitors
• Stormwater management includes innovative collection system that routes stormwater subsurface collected to Lake Marilyn for secondary treatment and then reused for common area irrigation
• 70% of stormwater management areas are dual use as amenity areas
• All homes are required to install rainwater harvesting systems and limit hardscapes/use pervious hardscapes in the yard
• All roads and paved surfaces are pervious in nature to reduce sormwater run-off and mimic predevelopment conditions
• Use of other Low Impact Development techniques
• Meets FGBC thresholds for use of native landscape materials and green landscape management of amenity areas
• Requires homeonwers to use native landscaping and preserve existing habitat on their property
• Providesa wildlife corridor through the community and has management plan for specific species and wildlife habitat
• Uses recycled materials in road base, landscape areas, and maintains facility for the storage and separation of recyclable materials and composting
• Roadway configuration provide proper solar orientation for over 60% of homes
• Strong pedestrian connections and provision of sidewalks along all streets
• Traditional Neighborhood Design distributes traffic and self-enforces speed limits along all roadways in community
• Provision of environmental education signage through the community, in sales center, on website, weekly nature trail tours
• Community sales and design team, including town architect, are highly trained, in green design and sustainable practices