Completed August 2006 The core and shell of the building were completed in June 2006, and the tenants began moving in during August 2006.
Rating: U.S. Green Building Council LEED-CI, v.2 --Level: Gold
Rating: EPA Energy Star
Rating: U.S. Green Building Council LEED-CS Pilot--Level: Gold
Jefferson Green is a three-story, 85,000 ft2 commercial office building in Albuquerque, NM. The building was designed as a speculative, core and shell new construction project. The project is located in a developed area consisting of office buildings and small retail establishments, known as Journal Center. The building has multiple tenants and has achieved LEED Gold certification.
Environmental Aspects
The design effort focused on incorporating meaningful sustainable features into the budget of a market-rate
speculative office building. Potential sustainable strategies were evaluated on the basis of whether they would provide a demonstrable benefit to building occupants, offer a marketing benefit for the building as a whole, and whether they made sense in the local context, climate, and market.
The developer studied first costs and operational savings, and the resulting payback period for a given feature, and whether the project budget would accommodate the investment.
Based on these criteria, the team focused on strategies that reduced energy and water use, enhanced occupant comfort and control, reinforced the high-tech aesthetic of the building design, and encouraged the use of common but beneficial building materials. Jefferson Green was designed to use 45% less energy and 30% less indoor water than a typical building, and to use no potable water outdoors. The building achieved LEED Gold certification under both LEED for Core and Shell and LEED for Commercial Interiors in 2007. It was awarded the ENERGY STAR for actual energy performance in 2008.
Owner & Occupancy
Owned by JCC-One, LLC, Corporation, for-profit
Occupants: Corporation, for-profit
Typically occupied by 275 people, 40 hours per person per week; and 350 visitors per week, 2 hours per visitor per week
Expected Building Service Life: 50 years
The building contains several tenants: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (the architect for the building), Centex Homes, CTX Mortgage, Omni, and Segal & Whittaker.
