Pennsylvania's First Green Building: The South Central Regional Office Building of the PA Department of Environmental Protection

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• The building uses 50 per cent less energy than a conventional commercial building, which results in cost savings of $50,000 annually.

• Construction materials and furniture components emphasize sustainable sources such as wheat straw, soybean, cork, wood, recycled glass and steel. All of the fabric on the cubicle walls is made from recycled soda bottles. The carpeting is 100 percent recyclable and manufactured with antimicrobials that destroy volatile compounds.

• The PA DEP selected a 13.4-acre "brownfield" on which to construct the new headquarters.

• The project was a finalist for the 1998 Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERFC) Award in the category of Green Technology in a Model Office Building.

This episode, produced by the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania and the Resource Communications Group, was a Finalist in the 1999 Telly Awards, which recognizes outstanding non-network and cable television programming throughout the United States. The episode also won an award at the International Chicago Film Festival.

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American Formulating Manufacturing
350 West Ash St., Ste. 7000
San Diego, CA, 92101-3403
Phone: (619) 239-0321

AMP Incorporated
470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg, PA, 17111
Phone: (570) 922-2205

Armstrong World Industries
Lancaster, PA
Phone: (781) 843-3950

Atlantic Access Flooring
7079 Brookdale Drive
Elkridge, MD, 21075
Phone: (410) 799-8282 - Fax: (410) 799-2918

Carnegie Melon University
Center For Building Performance
Dept. of Agriculture, CFA 201
Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
Phone: (412) 269-3528

Carrier Corporation
Syracuse, NY
Phone: (315)432-6000 - Fax: (315) 432-6207

Commerce Bank
100 Senate Ave.
Camp Hill, PA, 17011
Phone: (717) 975-5630 - Fax: (717) 975-9720

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Office Systems and Services
400 Market Street
PO Box 8473
Harrisburg, PA, 17105-8473
Phone: (717) 787-4190

Engelhand/ICC
441 North Fifth St.
Philadelphia, PA, 19123
Phone: (215) 682-6600 ext. 137

Euro-Tech Products, Inc.
PO Box 790
Cornelius, NC, 28031
Phone: (704) 483-2050

Horst, Inc.
183 W. Main St.
Kutztown, PA, 19530

Innovative Building Systems, Inc.
2001 High Point Road
PO Box 672
Forest Hill, MD, 21050
Phone: (410) 893-9455

Kulp Boecker Architects, P.C.
1601 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA, 17102
Phone: (717) 233-6200

Marcus Sheffer
Energy Efficiency and Lighting Consultant
1200 E. Camping Area Rd.
Wellsville, PA, 17365
Phone: (717) 292-2636

Pennsylvania Energy Project
3700 Vartan Way, Ste. 200
Harrisburg, PA, 17110
Phone: (717) 540-5105 - Fax: (717) 541-1967

Phenix Biocomposites, Inc.
St. Peter, MN

Terra Green Ceramics, Inc.
1650 Progress Drive
Richmond, IN, 47374
Phone: (765) 935-4760 - Fax: (765) 935-3971

Tiger Development, Inc.
3701 Perkiomen Ave.
Reading, PA, 19606
Phone: (610) 779-1799

For more information on this building, see:
www.gggc.state.pa.us/GreenBldg/StoryBehind GreenBuilding/storyhom.htm