Many owners
don’t care for their
buildings the way
[
Jane Mauer
]
does.
Too often decisions
about building
operations are
based on one
year’s worth of
cost rather than
looking out for
the life cycle and
long-term impacts.”
— KEN POTTS,
AIA, LEED AP, director of
sustainability for McGough Cos.
The Minneapolis Warehouse District juxtaposes old and new by connecting people to eclectic buildings with
modern skyways while making room for plentiful green spaces.
building was occupied 10 months after Ken Potts, AIA, LEED AP, director of sus- the top 15 percent of commercial buildings
design and construction began. tainability for McGough Cos., joined Mauer’s nationwide. The score verifi ed how well the
Mauer became the fourth owner of the team as LEED project administrator. The building had been maintained over the years.
building in 2004 and built on the successes fi rst thing Mauer and Potts did was meet Fortunately, this level of care made Potts’
of her predecessors by seeking LEED for Ex- with Butler Square’s suppliers to determine job easier. “The LEED-EB rating system doesn’t
isting Buildings: Operations & Maintenance whether there was any knowledge of LEED mandate a renovation if the building is
certifi cation for Butler Square from the U.S. among them. “This meeting took place in operating very well in its current state,”
Green Building Council. “In 2007, the LEED January 2008, and everyone in that room he says. “The massive exterior walls already
program came to my attention during an had LEED Accredited Professionals on staff helped with thermal transfer, and in the
architectural trip to New York City. I noticed or already were doing green things in the late ‘70s, a lot of insulation was added to the
‘LEED Certifi ed Building’ etched into the building. It was one of the most exciting roof, so the building envelope performs very
glass front door of the Hearst Tower,” Mauer moments I had in this whole process,” well. During the past three years, Jane has
recalls. “I didn’t have any idea what LEED Mauer recalls. replaced boilers and chillers with more
was, so I researched it when I got home. To achieve LEED-EB, Butler Square had to effi cient equipment. Many owners don’t
After a year of research, I called McGough fi rst attain an Energy Star rating of at least care for their buildings the way she does.
Cos. [St. Paul, Minn.] to determine whether 76 out of 100. Butler Square achieved a score Too often decisions about building opera-
Butler Square could be a LEED building.” of 85, meaning the building performs in tions are based on one year’s worth of cost
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