The Biodesign Institute - Bldg B

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 B is the first building in Arizona to earn a Platinum rating through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™. Platinum is the highest rating awarded through the LEED system. Building B earned its LEED Platinum rating by reducing its urban heat island effect, reducing its water use by more than 40%, diverting 50% of waste generated by its construction from the landfill, 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. Building B will generate 10% of its electricity through rooftop solar panels.

The second of two completed buildings in the four-phase Biodesign Institute projects, Building B opened in 2006 and provides 175,000 square feet of research space.

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