The Biodesign Institute - Bldg A

The Biodesign Institute building project is Arizona’s largest investment in bioscience infrastructure to date. The Biodesign Institute is taking a bold, integrated approach to research, and this initiative extends to the built environment as well. The Biodesign Institute’s Building A has earned a Gold rating through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™. Building A earned its LEED Gold certification through minimizing its urban heat island effect, reducing its water use by 30%, using recycled and regionally available building materials, maximizing indoor environmental quality, implementing a green cleaning program, and contributing to the restoration of its local natural habitat. The first of two completed buildings in the four-phase Biodesign Institute project, Building A opened in 2004 and provides 172,000 square feet of research space.

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