LEED Certified Libraries: Platinum & Gold Projects

Margot Hanson

Manoa Public Library

Eco-Charrette

1 March, 2007

LEED Library Projects

• Platinum: – Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles

• Gold:– Sun Valley, Los Angeles– North Sarasota, Florida– Hillsdale, Portland

Lake View Terrace Branch,Los Angeles Public LibraryLEED Platinum Certified

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

Light shelves, overhangs, and louvers mediate daylight in the library reading room.

Text: American Institute of Architects

Lake View Terrace Entrance

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

•Community room facilities at the left. •Passive cooling tower and environmental awareness center at the entry plaza. •The trellis glazed with photovoltaic panels fronts the reading room wing.

Lake View Terrace & Bike Racks

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

Bicycle parking at the end of the entry plaza will be shaded by native Western Sycamore trees.

Lake View Terrace Interior

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

•Bamboo flooring marks the entry to the main reading room at the circulation desk. •Fins, overhangs, and the entry trellis protect the west windows set low in the block walls.

Lake View Terrace Stacks

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

•Library reading room seating areas are located by windows. •Light shelves at the south windows (at right) bounce light into the ceiling vault. •Panels set between FSC-certified glu-lam beams temper acoustics in the room.

Lake View Terrace Children's Area

Photo credit: RMA Photography, Inc.

A lowered ceiling, a small-scaled arc of bench, and a bookshelf make the children’s story amphitheatre.

Sun Valley Branch,Los Angeles Public Library

LEED Gold Certified

Photo from US Green Building Council-LA

North Sarasota Public Library, FloridaLEED Gold Certified

Photo from Sarasota County Library

North Sarasota Library Kids’ Zone

Photo from R. George & Associates, Inc.

North Sarasota Reading Room

Photo from R. George & Associates, Inc.

Hillsdale Library,Multnomah County, Portland, OR

LEED Gold Certified

Photo from Multnomah County Library

Hillsdale Library Skylight

Photo from Multnomah County Library

For more information, visit:

www2.hawaii.edu/~mdhanson/LEED.htm