BLUE GOES GREEN: Henderson police unit gets award
Henderson’s boys in blue just won the gold for going green.
The city’s new North Community Police Station has received gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, program. It is the first municipal building in Nevada to receive LEED’s second-highest rating for energy-efficient design, construction and operation.
The $10 million, 35,600-square-foot police station on Sunset Road east of Boulder Highway opened in March with solar panels over its covered parking spaces that generate enough electricity to offset about 15 percent of the facility’s power use.
Skylights reduce the need for electric lighting and recycled materials are used throughout the building, from the structural steel to the carpets and counter tops.
The landscaping is watered with high efficiency drip heads. About 10 percent of the desert plants will need no irrigation at all once they are established.
Rain water is diverted from the parking lots to the landscaping and then filtered back into the ground to reduce run-off into the streets. Read full story:
