966 Livernois

RENOVATION & NEW CONSTRUCTION

Owner: O’Brien Construction
Construction Type: New Construction & Renovation
Location: Troy, MI
Square Footage: 10,100
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Year Completed: 2013
Awards: AGC Build Michigan Award 201 – Environmental Category. 2013 Best of Troy Green Building Award. Environmental Management Association’s 2013 Environmental Achievement Award.

The drive behind this project was to construct a company headquarters that would be leave a minimal carbon footprint and be a model of energy efficiency for developers, owners, and the community alike. Despite substantially increasing the size of its office space, the company’s energy costs have significantly decreased. Based on 2009 Department of Energy benchmarks, the 966 Livernois facillity should utilize 840,000 BTUs of combined electric and gas service. In 2013, the building used 140,000 combined BTUs. These results are seven times better than the average building! Many leading edge green construction techniques were applied in order to achieve these impressive results. Read the full story of this award winning project here.