The Twin Lakes Park Office complex is a LEED Gold Certified Building
designed for Sarasota County Government and is currently the highest
scoring LEED Building in Florida. The facility won the 2003 SUSTAINABLE
FLORIDA / FLORIDA AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARD OF MERIT.
The project demonstrates energy conservation by using 45% less energy
than a new, code compliant building. This is accomplished through many
features such as the use of natural daylight, sophisticated lighting
control systems, a building energy management system and a high
performance building envelope. The project demonstrates water
consrervation by using 58% less water than a new, code compliant
building. Water features include low flow fixtures,waterless urinals and
a 28,000-gallon cistern. The project demonstrates new energy resources
through its use of a geothermal cooling system and roof mounted photo
voltaics.
This project includes programming, site planning and full
architectural services to remodel an existing 17,000 SF office building
and to build an additional 10,000 SF "green" building for local
government. Carlson Studio Architecture was awarded the 2003 Sustainable Florida/AIA Award of Merit for the Twin Lakes Park Green Office Building. It has achieved a LEED Gold Certification.
The Twin Lakes Park Office complex was featured in the Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings,
published jointly by ASHRAE, AIA, Illumination Society of North
America, New Buildings Institute, and the US Department of Energy. The
guide is intended to provide a simple approach for contractors and
designers who create office buildings up to 20,000 SF, in order to
achieve a minimum of 30% energy savings, above code require minimum
standards. (pages 20-21) Published in 2004.
The American Institute of Architects and the National Association of
Counties combined to publish Local Leaders in Sustainability: Green
Incentive Trends in March of 2012. The purpose of this national report
is to assist municipal officials and policymakers that seek to develop
or strengthen their own green incentives programs. The publication
featured the work of Carlson Studio Architecture on pages 43-46, as
examples of outstanding green buildings in Sarasota County. The
publication features the Cancer Support Community and the Twin Lakes
Park projects.
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