Case Studies

'What exists is possible' sums up this case study section on examples of innovative and green design. This section contains links to a wide variety of buildings and projects from Australia and abroad, from schools to skyscrapers. (Image: Courtesy Bates Smart Architects - Victoria Park Barracks)

The section covers:

• Commercial
• Educational
• Health and Aged Care
• Industrial
• Laboratories
• Residential
• Retail

Case Study News & Links

Napa County sheriff's department: new building goes for Gold under US LEED with an estimated simple pay-back of ten years. For more information  click here.

Australia's First Six Green Star Building is a Retrofit

Szencorp's new offices at 40 Albert St Melbourne is not only Australia's first 6 Green Star building but it is also a refurbished existing building. The project uses innovative technology including gas powered dessicant air conditioning. For more information click here.

Commercial

Australia

(60L GreenBuilding Project) Carlton, Victoria, Australia: 60L Green Building

For an extensive list of case studies go to the Australian Green Development Forum (AGDF) website.

US

The following list of case studies are profiled on the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) website.

• 4 Times Square (The Durst Organization), New York, NY
• BigHorn Home Improvement Center (Don and Betsy Sather, Charlie Cole), Silverthorne
• Building 850 (U.S. Navy), Port Hueneme, CA
• CBF Merrill Environmental Center (The Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc.), Annapolis, MD
• Chicago Center for Green Technology (Chicago Department of Environment), Chicago, IL
• DEP Cambria (Miller Brothers Construction, Inc.), Ebensburg, PA
• Energy Resource Center (Southern California Gas Company), Downey, CA
• EPA Research Triangle Park Campus (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Research Triangle Park, NC
• EPA RTP Campus, Office Wing (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Research Triangle Park, NC
• Herman Miller MarketPlace (The Granger Group)
• The Nature Conservancy Headquarters (The Nature Conservancy), Arlington, VA
• NREL Thermal Test Facility (TTF) (U.S. Department of Energy), Golden, CO
• NWF Headquarters (National Wildlife Federation), Reston, VA
• PNC Firstside Center (PNC Financial Services Group), Pittsburgh, PA
• Pharmacia Building Q (Pharmacia Corporation), Skokie, IL
• Pierce County Environmental Services (Pierce County Public Works and Utilities), University Place, WA
• Rocky Mountain Institute (Amory and Hunter Lovins), Snowmass, CO
• San Mateo County Forensics Lab (County of San Mateo)
• South Central Regional Office Building (New Morgan Municipal Authority), Harrisburg, PA
• SPNHF - French Wing (Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests), Concord, NH
• Thoreau Center for Sustainability (National Park Service and Thoreau Center Partners), San Francisco, CA
• Wampanoag Headquarters (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Gay Head, MA

For a full list of available case studies from the EERE click here.

The following list of case studies are profiled on the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) website.

• Audubon House, Manhattan, NY. Video available: "Building Green, The Story of the Audubon House"
• Civano Community, Tucson, AZ. Sustainable Community Development.
• Findhorn Foundation Ecovillage, Scotland.
• National Resource Defense Council. New office building, Washington, D. C.

For further case studies published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison click here.

Various case studies can also be found on the California Integrated Waste Management Board website.

Education

Australia

For an extensive list of case studies go to the Australian Green Development Forum (AGDF) website.

US

Below are a selection of case studies profiled on the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) website:

• C. K. Choi Building (University of British Columbia), Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Clearview Elementary School (Hanover Public School District), Hanover, PA
• Durant Road Middle School (Wake County Public School System), Raleigh, NC
• Oberlin College Lewis Center (Oberlin College), Oberlin, OH
• Third Creek Elementary (Iredell-Statesville Schools), Statesville, NC
• Vermont Law School Oakes Hall (Vermont Law School), South Royalton, VT

For a full list of available case studies from the EERE click here.

The following list of case studies are profiled on the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Environmental Studies website, for higher education green building projects (constructed or underway).

• Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL. Green Building Learning Center.
• Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Campus Center for Appropriate Technology.
• Northland College, Ashland, WI. Environmental Living & Learning Center.
• Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies.
• Sonoma State University, Environmental Study & Planning, Rohnert Park, CA. Environmental Technology Center.
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Bren Hall.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, School of Natural Resources & Environment, S. T. Dana Building.

For further case studies published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison click here.