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O'Neil Construction has the experience to manage all phases of green design and building.
The new three story bus operations building for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has accepted a GOLD LEED rating. Green building features include water efficient landscaping, use of reflective roofing materials and reflective paving materials to reduce heat islands, installation of Carbon Dioxide monitoring in HVAC system to improve air quality, and the procurement and use of materials that are manufactured and extracted locally.
Showroom was a pilot in the US Green Building Council's LEED-CI program. Some of the green building strategies included re-use of many of the showroom’s original materials such as glass and floor tiles, use of locally-secured materials, energy-efficient lighting that requires half the power, modular construction that enables less wasteful future redesigns and minimizes lifecycle costs, and easy access to mass transportation. The showroom was the first Gold rating from the USGBC LEED-CI program for a space in the Merchandise Mart.
The striking rooftop garden replaces heat generating asphalt with heat reducing plants while the skylights provide natural lighting for the gym and cafeteria below. The garden also serves as a space where the youth center participants can grow and harvest vegetables and flowers.
Green materials include low-VOC paint and carpet, recycled rubber flooring, and recycled wood ceiling panels, and office and classroom lighting controlled with occupancy sensors. The exterior fiber cement panels have recycled content and no waste water was produced in their manufacturing. In addition, the panels can be replaced individually in case of vandalism.