Wilcox Plaza at Green Oaks
Green Oaks Plaza is a three-story, 196,000sf office building in Fort Worth, Texas that has been designed following the LEED Core and Shell Guidelines, Version 2.0. It is currently nearing the end of construction the LEED design review has been completed by the USGBC and the project is anticipated to achieve LEED Gold certification. Omniplan’s design positions the building on the site so as to preserve many mature trees, and makes use of the falling grade by providing parking below half of the ground floor. The glass lobby stair cantilevers over the retention pond, at once celebrating the sustainable handling of rainwater and identifying the project to the highway. The open space on the north side of the building includes a pond with additional detention capacity.
The heat island effect of the development is not only mitigated by the high percentage of open space and stands of mature trees, but in addition, 100% of the site paving is concrete with a solar reflectance index of 35. Also the building’s roof has a solar reflectance index above 78, further reducing the heat island effect of the project.
The building is effecient in terms of water and energy consumption. Through the use of water efficient fixtures, including waterless urinals, the project achieves a 30% savings over the water use baseline calculated for the building, and through the use of water efficient landscaping and irrigation, potable water consumption for irrigation is reduced by 50% from a calculated mid-summer baseline case. Whole building energy simulation indicates the project will utilize 10% less energy than the baseline building performance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004.
The majority of the building materials for the structure, building envelope and interior walls are regionally extracted and fabricated. The project specifications require that all adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, carpet systems, and composite wood and agrifiber be low-emitting materials, to maintain a high Indoor Environmental Quality. This project was designed within the budget parameters of a speculative office building, with no additional costs for LEED design, other than LEED administrative fees.
The heat island effect of the development is not only mitigated by the high percentage of open space and stands of mature trees, but in addition, 100% of the site paving is concrete with a solar reflectance index of 35. Also the building’s roof has a solar reflectance index above 78, further reducing the heat island effect of the project.
The building is effecient in terms of water and energy consumption. Through the use of water efficient fixtures, including waterless urinals, the project achieves a 30% savings over the water use baseline calculated for the building, and through the use of water efficient landscaping and irrigation, potable water consumption for irrigation is reduced by 50% from a calculated mid-summer baseline case. Whole building energy simulation indicates the project will utilize 10% less energy than the baseline building performance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004.
The majority of the building materials for the structure, building envelope and interior walls are regionally extracted and fabricated. The project specifications require that all adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, carpet systems, and composite wood and agrifiber be low-emitting materials, to maintain a high Indoor Environmental Quality. This project was designed within the budget parameters of a speculative office building, with no additional costs for LEED design, other than LEED administrative fees.