The U.S. Embassy Colombo in Sri Lanka has been licensed Management in Power and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold by the U.S. Inexperienced Enterprise Council (GBC) for its general constructing efficiency, together with sustainability, environment friendly use of water and vitality, and indoor environmental high quality. This certification marks the U.S. Division of State’s Bureau of Abroad Buildings Operations’ (OBO) sixty fourth LEED Certification and twenty fourth Gold.
The embassy design serves as a mannequin for constructing efficiency optimization and environmental stewardship, together with a climate-responsive shell with deep shades that shield the inside from photo voltaic warmth achieve and photo voltaic panels that scale back 40 p.c of annual vitality use. The constructing was designed by ZGF Architects, with Caddell Building Co. as the final contractor and Integrus Structure because the architect of report.
To make sure that Division of State amenities and operations advance the conservation of pure assets and spotlight U.S. environmental expertise and coverage, OBO requires that each one new workplace buildings on abroad diplomatic property obtain a minimal of LEED® Silver Certification by complying with detailed requirements in areas resembling carbon, vitality, and water-use, waste, transportation, supplies, well being, and indoor environmental high quality. The U.S. Embassy Colombo mission went above and past OBO’s minimal of fifty factors, attaining 65 factors.
OBO is the only actual property supervisor for the planning, acquisition, design, building, operations, upkeep, and disposal of U.S. governmental diplomatic and consular property abroad, offering the simplest amenities for United States diplomacy overseas. Study extra in regards to the new U.S. Embassy Colombo at OBO’s webpage. For additional info, please contact OBOExternalAffairs@state.gov or go to https://www.state.gov/obo.
