12B — June 28 - July 11, 2013 — Owners, Developers & Managers — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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e n F r a n k l i n TechVentures(BFTV) has announced that its Expansion has photovoltaic solar array & energy-management & light-harvesting technologies Ben Franklin TechVentures ® earns LEED Gold Certification B
tion. LEED provides third- party verification of green buildings. Participation in the voluntary process demon- strates leadership, innovation, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. Ben Franklin TechVentures is owned and managed by the Ben Franklin Technol- ogy Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located on Lehigh University’s Moun- taintop Campus in Bethlehem, PA. Ben Franklin’s business technology incubator program, among the first in the nation, has graduated 55 successful companies that together have created more than 5,400 jobs and grossed more than $984 million in annual revenue last year. Ben Franklin and TechVentures have earned 10 awards for technology-based economic development and energy conservation at the facility. The 47,000 s/f expansion of the Ben Franklin TechVentures incubator/post-incubator facil- ity was designed as a state-of- the-art “green” building. Ben Franklin’s focus on environ- mental sustainability in its new facility reflects an under- standing of the tremendous importance of saving energy costs, reducing dependence on foreign fuels, and expanding clean energy production to cre- ate energy-related jobs in the state. LEED buildings benefit the environment, the economy, and society. In order to earn LEED certi- fication, buildings must satisfy LEED prerequisites and earn LEED credits by employing sustainable strategies such as using low-VOC emitting mate- rials and diverting construction waste from landfills. Based on the number of credits they receive, qualified buildings can achieve a status of Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum. The Ben Franklin TechVen- tures expansion has a photo- voltaic solar array on its rooftop and the latest energy-manage- ment and light-harvesting technologies, produced by Coo- persburg, PA-based Lutron Electronics Co. , Inc. inte- grated throughout the building. Both the original Ben Franklin TechVentures renovation and the TechVentures expansion projects engaged Spillman FarmerArchitects for design services and Allied Building Corporation for construction management. ■
expansion has earned the gold rating under the UnitedStates Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Ener- gy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for new construction. LEED is an inter- nationally recognized standard that promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and operation. The USGBC developed LEED to facilitate the identification and implementation of sus- tainable and environmentally- friendly design and construc-
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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSES BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS!
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