Jail expansion could be LEED certified

This post was written by John Bennett

October 20, 2007

According to a story in today’s Savannah Morning News, the Chatham County Commission has voted to explore the cost of securing LEED certification for a $109 million jail expansion. The funding source for the project is the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Christian Livermore reports that if the jail project does indeed go green, it will be the second such project in the country and it would be one of a host of green public buildings currently in the works:

“The Savannah Mall branch of the Live Oak Libraries is being designed to meet environmental standards, said Assistant County Manager Pat Monahan.

So is the information center for the underground parking garage at Ellis Square, said city of Savannah spokesman Bret Bell, as well as Sustainable Fellwood, the redevelopment of the old Fellwood Homes public housing project.

The city of Savannah will also seek certification for the proposed civic center arena and the new cultural arts center, but those projects are still on the drawing board, Bell said.”

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