Darden Restaurant Support Center -- LEED NC 2.2 Gold
Orlando, Florida

The Darden Restaurant Support Center in Orlando has achieved USGBC LEED Gold certification, making it TLC's 59th LEED-Certified building. The project was awarded 41 out of 42 points attempted. TLC's Orlando and C&T divisions teamed with Perkins+Will of Atlanta and provided mechanical, electrical, voice-video-data systems, audio-visual presentation systems and energy modeling services for the project, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. Hardin Construction Co. was the constructor and Trammel Crow was the developer. The low-rise corporate headquarters features a broadcast area, testing and demonstration kitchens,a fitness center,a clinic, a cafeteria/dining/kitchen, a conference center and a three-story, 800-car open air parking deck. The project has already won the AIA Orlando Chapter Award of Excellence and the NAIOP Central Florida Chapter Green Building of the Year.

701 Brickell – LEED-EB O&M
Miramar, Florida

TLC provided energy modeling services, served as LEED EB consultant and provided LEED EB documentation for EA 2.1, 2.1 and 2.3 for the Miami high-rise, which achieved LEED for Existing Buildings Operation & Management (LEED EB O & M) certification.

Liberty at Monarch Lakes – LEED-CS Gold
Miramar, Florida

TLC teamed with RLC Architects and provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and LEED design services for the four-story, 110,000-sf Liberty Center. Construction was completed in 2007 at a cost of $8 million. The project achieved 35 points, earning it a LEED Core and Shell Gold.

Promenade at Coconut Creek – LEED-CS Silver
Coconut Creek , Florida

We provided fundamental and enhanced commissioning services for HVAC, lighting and domestic water systems for the Promenade, a 300,000-sf retail/office building in Coconut Creek's Mainstreet District. RS&H was the architect and Stanberry Development was our teaming partner for Promenade, which achieved 29 LEED points, enough for LEED Core and Shell Silver. The Mainstreet District, formerly a tomato field in a large undeveloped parcel in Broward County, is being transformed into an urban village with approximately 250,000 sf of retail, 50,000 sf of office space and as many of 450 residential units.

Perkins + Will Coral Gables Headquarters – LEED-CI Gold
Coral Gables , Florida

TLC provided fundamental and enhanced commissioning services for the 8,000-sf renovated office space, which achieved LEED for Commercial Interiors Gold.

Tennessee Executive Mansion Renovation– LEED-CI Certified
Nashville, Tennessee

The Tennessee Governor’s Mansion has achieved LEED for Commercial Interiors certification, giving TLC its 54th LEED Certified Project! Kim Shinn served as LEED consultant for the 8,000-sf renovation of the Executive Mansion. When it appeared the project was about to be denied certification after the final construction review, he was brought back in to the project to help the team appeal and add a couple of credits to get them over the threshold.

Jake M. Godbold City Hall Annex– LEED-NC Gold
Jacksonville, Florida

TLC provided LEED consulting, LEED administration and enhanced commissioning services for the renovation of six-story retail building to house City of Jacksonville offices. The 60,000-sf building was constructed in 2009 at a cost of $10 million. KBJ was the architect and Danis was the contractor.

SSA/ODAR Office Building – LEED-NC Silver
Montgomery, Alabama

As LEED project administrator, TLC's role included filing an appeal to win the Minimum Energy Performance prerequisite and Optimize Energy Performance points, which got the project to 34 points. The 49,300-sf, two-story office building is owned by a developer who did it as a build-to-suit for the General Services Administration. The building houses the district Social Security offices, including the regional Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) hearing offices. Project construction cost was slightly more than $7 million. The contractor was Brasfield & Gorrie and the architect was IPG.

DoubleTree Hotel Executive Meeting Center – LEED-NC Silver
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

TLC provided sustainable design consulting, energy modeling, fundamental and enhanced commissioning services for new executive meeting center, which is adjacent to the hotel. The center, constructed at a cost of $5.25 million, provides more than 15,000 sf of flexible meeting space including eight meeting rooms, teleconference rooms, pre-function areas and an outdoor plaza. Gobbell Hays Partners was the architect.

University of North Florida Education Building – LEED-NC Gold
Jacksonville, Florida

This is the first LEED Gold building on UNF’s campus and TLC's 50th LEED-certified building. The new three-story, 110,000-sf building has classrooms, "smart classrooms," conference rooms, study areas, and offices. Teamed with Baker Barrios architects, TLC provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, communications and technology design services and energy modeling. The project initially received 37 LEED points but the team re-submitted the LEED construction credits with two additional points (Green Power and Exemplary Performance on Recycled Content) to reach for the Gold.

Lynn Financial Center – LEED-CS 2.0 Gold
Boca Raton, Florida

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Riverbend Office Building – LEED-NC 2.2 Gold
Tampa, Florida

University of Florida Pediatric Clinic – LEED-NC 2.2 Gold
Naples, Florida

Salvatore M. Zeitlin Animal Hospital – LEED-NC 2.2 Gold
West Palm Beach, Florida

TLC Dallas Fitzhugh Central – LEED-CI Gold
Dallas, Texas

University of Florida Baseball Locker Room and Lemerand Athletics Center Renovations – LEED-NC 2.1 Certified
Gainesville, Florida

University of Miami Clinical Research Building – LEED-NC 2.2 Certified
Miami, Florida

U.S. Army Reserve Center – LEED-NC 2.2 Silver
Gainesville, Florida

City of Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services – LEED-NC 2.2 Gold
Jacksonville, Florida

New Heights Elementary School – LEED-NC 2.2 Gold
St. Petersburg , Florida

Boca Village Corporate Center South Tower – LEED-CS Silver
Boca Raton, Florida

TLC Engineering for Architecture – Certified LEED-CI
Nashville, Tennessee

Dallas South Central Police Station – LEED v2.2 Gold
Dallas, Texas

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Valencia Community College West Campus Allied Health and Sciences Building – LEED v2.2 Gold
Orlando, Florida

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Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing – LEED v2.1 Gold
Boca Raton, Florida

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TLC Engineering for Architecture – LEED-CI 2.0 Silver
Jacksonville, Florida

Dunedin Community Center – LEED-NC Silver
Dunedin, Florida

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Dunedin’s new Community Center is the largest building the city has ever constructed. It’s also the greenest, having been designed to USGBC LEED Silver specifications. Located in Highlander Park and overlooking the lake, the center houses indoor and outdoor theater stages, a banquet hall that can seat 300 people, a mirrored dance studio, a fully-equipped fitness center, a branch library, and a recording studio There are also classrooms, offices, and administrative spaces. Flexibility and sustainability were two of the project team’s key design goals. Before and during design, the building systems were evaluated and the construction materials were carefully chosen to make the center as environmentally friendly as possible. High-efficiency lighting, the use of variable fan drives on air-handling units and pumps, and high-efficiency chillers. The heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems are both energy efficient and low in toxicity. The building is also equipped with a monitoring system to detect dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide. The design achieved a 17.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Stetson University's Lynn Business Center – LEED v2.0 Certified
DeLand, Florida

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TLC designed the mechanical, electrical, communications & technology systems for Lynn Business Center, the first LEED-certified building in Florida. The project included extensive renovation of the existing six-level building and construction of two adjacent administrative office buildings and an adjacent high-tech auditorium. Energy-efficient features include high-efficiency natural gas boilers, temperature and humidity monitoring, HCFC-free, halon-free HVAC and refrigeration equipment, and CO2 monitoring. Over the life of the building, the energy savings is projected to be $15,000 -$20,000 per year, which equates to 1.2 million pounds of CO2 per year. Approximately 1.2% of Lynn Business Center's $9 million construction cost is attributed to LEED  design components, with a payback of 5-8 years. The design achieved a 30% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

University of Florida's Mary Ann Harn-Cofrin Pavilion – LEED v2.1 Certified
Gainesville, Florida

TLC provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design services and commissioning for this 19,240-sf addition to the university's Harn Museum of Art. The building houses a kitchen, cafe, classroom, office and support space on the first floor and exhibit space on the second floor. A second-story connector links the exhibit space to the adjacent museum. The primary efficiency measures included an improved building envelope (both walls and glazing) over the minimum ASHRAE 90.1; reduced lighting and added lighting controls; a highly efficient boiler system, and variable air volume air handling units. In water use reduction, two credit points were awarded as a result of reducing potable water usage by 39% below the standard established by the 1992 Energy Policy Act. Waterless urinals and sensor-operated, low-flow faucets and toilets provide an annual savings of 657,000 gallons of potable water. The project achieved basic LEED certification. The design achieved a 32.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

University of Florida McGuire Center for Lepidoptera Research – LEED v2.1 Certified
Gainesville, Florida

This 32,600-sf addition to Powell Hall includes lab, office and support space, a 2-story exhibition collection, and a butterfly conservatory. Serving the different types of spaces are variable-air-volume air handlers with variable frequency drives. The library and museum spaces are served by a system that keeps keep humidity low and prevents sudden swings in humidity levels, both of which are critical for preventing formation of mold and mildew. The open-air conservatory is not air conditioned. In the laboratories, fume hoods exhaust potentially hazardous chemicals. The hoods maintain a constant volume of exhaust when they are on and are equipped with a manual control switch.  If the hood is turned off after normal business hours, the DDC system will reset the ventilation quantity back down to its minimum position. The operator is able to change the system parameters and monitor system components from a central computer workstation.  The southwest chilled water plant was expanded to serve the additional load.  TLC provided mechanical and electrical systems design, structural CA, and commissioning services. The design achieved a 25% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

University of North Florida Social Sciences Building – LEED-NC 2.1 Certified
Jacksonville, Florida

The new Social Sciences building is the first building at the University of North Florida to be LEED certified (LEED-NC 2.2). TLC provided mechanical, plumbing, LEED consulting and CxA commissioning services for this three-story, 70,000-sf building, which has theater-style and traditional classrooms, teaching labs, offices and an auditorium, all with state-of-the-art technology. The project budget was $10 million. It was determined that premium hard and soft costs for the green building items required for LEED certification were just below 1% with a payback of 2.3 years. It also uses 31% less water than a standard building and uses no potable water for irrigation, resulting in an annual savings of 800,000 gallons of potable water. The design achieved a 15% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Broward County/BCC South Regional Library - LEED-NC Silver
Pembroke Pines, Florida

TLC commissioned the HVAC, lighting dimming control and domestic water systems on this $13.8 million, 75,000-sf library, designed by Marvin Scharf & Associates of Ft. Lauderdale, which achieved USGBC LEED Silver certification. Our commissioning services included review of DD and CD submittals, production of Design and Construction phase commissioning plans, shop drawing reviews, and reviewing pre-functional and functional testing results. The library features a multi-purpose room, a computer library, and several collections including the largest collection of children’s books in the county. The design achieved a 24.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Parrish Medical Center's Port St. John Health Center and Nature Preserve- LEED-NC Silver
Port St. John, Florida

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Through environmentally sensitive planning and design, Parrish Medical Center's Port St. John Health Center offers a healing environment in every sense of the word. Four acres have been set aside permanently as a nature preserve complete with nature trails that will be available for use by everyone. The project is the first phase in a long-range program that combines concern for the environment with a much-needed array of advanced healthcare services delivered with skill and compassion. The building has achieved USGBC LEED Silver certification. It is the first health care building in Florida to be certified in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating program. TLC provided sustainable mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection design and energy modeling services for the building. The design achieved a 10.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

City of Tallahassee Solid Waste Facility- LEED-NC Silver
Tallahassee, Florida

The City of Tallahassee's Solid Waste Facility is the first building in Tallahassee to receive LEED certification. TLC teamed with Rolando J. Gutierrez Architects of Tallahassee on the 9,000-sf building and provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection, LEED design, consulting, administration and energy modeling services. The project consisted of the addition of a second story to the structure, which was not originally designed to support it, and the total renovation of the first floor. The renovated building houses administrative offices, conference and meeting rooms, training rooms, lockers, showers, building support areas including an area for rescue assistance, an elevator, and a staircase. The original roof structure consisted of structural concrete tees pitched to the north for water flow which had to be "lifted" six inches to obtain a level surface for the new 2nd floor. The new elevator and a single staircase were added to the building for vertical circulation and accessibility. Some of the sustainable design features were water-use reduction, optimal energy performance, fluorocarbon and halon elimination, systems controls for measurement and verification, storage/collection of recyclables, de-construction, resource reuse, use of regional materials with recycled content, minimum indoor air quality standards, elimination of tobacco smoke, low emitting materials, systems control, and enhanced use of daylighting. The design achieved a 21% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Baker Pre-K Early Childhood Center - LEED-NC Certified
Punta Gorda , Florida

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The Baker Center Early Childhood Center in Punta Gorda has become the first public school building in Florida to achieve U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification. The early childhood center and home of Charlotte County's Head Start and Early Head Start Program was destroyed by Hurricane Charley in 2004 and was housed in modular classrooms ever since. "It's exciting to know we have a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility that is not only safe for our children but environmentally friendly," said Baker Center Manager Debi Bell. TLC Ft. Myers teamed with Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects and provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, communications, and technology design services and LEED administration for the building, while TLC Deerfield Beach provided commissioning services. The design achieved a 17.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Neil Armstrong Elementary School - LEED-NC Certified
Port Charlotte, Florida

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Charlotte County's new Neil Armstrong replacement elementary school in Port Charlotte has become the first elementary school in Florida to achieve U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification. The certification comes on the heels of Charlotte County's Baker Center Early Childhood Center becoming the first LEED certified public school. Neil Armstrong and Baker were two of the six Charlotte County schools destroyed by Hurricane Charley in August 2004. TLC teamed with Reynolds, Smith and Hills architect and provided sustainable mechanical, electrical, structural, plumbing and fire protection design, LEED consulting, energy modeling and commissioning services. Owens-Ames-Kimball served as construction manager. The design achieved a 14% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Peace River Elementary School - LEED-NC Silver
Charlotte Harbor, Florida

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Peace River Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor has achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED® Silver Certification. TLC teamed with Reynolds, Smith and Hills of Ft. Myers for the project. Some of the sustainable features are high-performance chillers and air handlers, low-flow faucets and toilets, motion-activated lights and indirect lighting. In addition, the ceiling and floor tiles, the carpeting, the filters on the air conditioning, ventilation and heating equipment, and the building's structural steel framing are all recycled or renewable materials. Hat’s off to the Ft. Myers office, which provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection design services, and the Deerfield Beach office, which commissioned the building. The design achieved a 14% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Lehigh Valley Hospital Center for Advanced Health Care - LEED-CS Pilot Silver
Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Hot on the heels of Peace River Elementary School achieving USGBC LEED Silver comes news that Lehigh Valley Hospital Center for Advanced Health Care in Allentown, PA, has achieved USGBC LEED for Core and Shell Pilot Silver certification! The project achieved 33 points – one shy of Gold! TLC served as LEED consultant and commissioning agent on the 4-story medical building. Hearty congratulations to Nashville’s Kim Shinn and Victoria Robertson for all of their hard work. This is TLC’s 14th LEED certified building, second LEED healthcare building, and first LEED certified building outside of Florida.

University of North Florida Parking Services Building- LEED-NC Silver
Jacksonville, Florida

UNF's LEED Silver Certification is truly remarkable given that the project is only 3,000 sf, that UNF didn’t decided to seek LEED certification until about half-way through the design, and that the University had no budget increase for certification. The building is Jacksonville’s 3rd design project to achieve certification and TLC’s 15th LEED certified building. TLC provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and LEED consulting services for the building, which was constructed at a cost of $1.2 million.

Walker Brands Office Building - LEED-NC Gold
Tampa, Florida

The 8,000-sf office building is the City of Tampa's first LEED-certified building. Teamed with Beck, TLC provided MEP, C&T, LEED consulting and commissioning for the building, which was completed in April 2008. The design achieved a 30% water use reduction over baseline, features lighting controls and lots of daylighting, insulated glass,and a cool roof. Six independent A/C zones and temperature controls in each office provide maximum comfort and optimized energy performance. The HVAC system uses CFC-free refrigerants that minimize the emission of compounds which contribute to global warming. The design achieved a 21% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Florida State University Life Sciences Teaching and Research Center - LEED-NC Certified
Tallahassee, Florida

Because FSU's Life Sciences Teaching and Research Center features numerous research labs, teaching labs, and vivarium/animal research labs, indoor air quality was a major design focus. Ventilation is critical to eliminating the build-up of potentially harmful fumes and particulates. The building’s mechanical system is designed to maintain a positive interior pressure to minimize the infiltration of unconditioned air. Dedicated high-velocity rooftop exhaust fans serve the lab spaces while variable exhaust terminal units maintain minimum exhaust flow for each lab. The amount of supply air entering the labs is monitored and controlled automatically. The supply air is modulated to track the exhaust air requirements so the labs are 100% exhausted to the outside. All of the lab spaces maintain a negative pressure in respect to the corridors and adjacent spaces in order to minimize the spread of odors and contaminated air. The fume hoods, snorkels and room exhaust are equipped with separate air valves. All of the lab animal areas are provided with 100% outside air systems. Dedicated high-velocity rooftop exhaust fans serve the animal lab spaces with constant exhaust flow for each space maintained at a constant level. All lab animal spaces are designed to maintain a minimum of 20 air changes per hour. In the lecture hall, the air distribution system is designed to monitor indoor carbon dioxide levels in order to reduce the need to condition outdoor air during periods of low occupancy.

Chancey Office Building - LEED-NC 2.2 Certified
Tampa, Florida

Construction of the four-story, 19,000-sf custon commercial office building was completed in 2008 at a cost of $4 million. In congratulating the design and construction team, project architect Lilian Menéndez Sherrard said, "When it comes to sustainability, every effort is of great worth not only for our clients but for our planet. Thanks for your patience, especially to those who endure my many phone calls requesting specific information. In the end it was an effort that we can all be proud of." The design achieved a 17.5% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Lehigh Valley Hospital Kasych Pavilion- LEED-NC Certified
Allentown, Pennsylvania

The 7-story Kasych Family Pavilion has 182 private patient rooms; two intensive care units with a total of 44 beds; a 30-bed transitional open heart unit, an 18-bed regional burn center and three medical-surgical units. Classrooms and an education center are on the first floor. Serving the new center is a state-of-the-art communications and electronic records system. Energy savings were achieved through the use of exhaust ventilation heat recovery, a process in which the heat of the air exhausted from the building is captured and used to pre-heat the fresh air being drawn into the building. Other LEED strategies include dual-flush toilets and low-flow faucets to reduce water consumption; energy efficient lighting and mechanical systems; use of natural daylight; eco-friendly flooring, paint and sealants; and reflective roofing materials that make it easier to cool the building. Nearly 90% of the construction and demolition debris was diverted from going to the landfill. “Going green is the right thing to do for our environment and our community,” said Brian Hardner, the hospital’s vice president of facilities and construction. FreemanWhite Inc. was architect of record, developed the master plan, planned and designed interior functions and provided interior design services. Venturi Scott Brown was design architect for the exterior and major interior public spaces. Construction manager was Whiting-Turner. TLC provided MEP and technology engineering, LEED administration and energy modeling services and assisted with the commissioning. The pavilion was part of the Green Guide for Health Care Construction pilot program, which TLC was instrumental in developing.

Stellar Group Sylvanside Office Building LEED-NC 2.2 Certified
Jacksonville, Florida

TLC provided LEED administration and consulting services for this new two-story, 25,000-SF office building. Our services include design charrettes during the conceptual and schematic phases and periodic LEED design review meetings during DDs, CDs and CA. Construction cost was $5 million. The design achieved a 14% reduction in optimum energy performance compared with the baseline performance rating.

Confidential Corporate Headquarters Tenant Infill - LEED-CI Silver
Orlando, Florida

A confidential client's renovated office space in SouthPark Center in Orlando achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED® for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) Silver certification. TLC’s Jacksonville office provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection design and commissioning services. ASD, Inc., of Jacksonville provided architectural, interior design, and LEED administration services. In planning the 37,500-sq.ft.renovation, executives of the hotel and resort firm decided to “green up” its corporate offices to improve productivity and lower building operation costs. The project involved incorporating low-flow faucets and flush meters, lamps that brighten in low sunlight, and motion detector lighting in all of the offices, and placing recycling bins throughout. This is the second USGBC LEED-CI project in Florida; both achieved Silver ratings and both were TLC projects. The first was TLC’s new office space in the DuPont Center on the Southbank in Jacksonville. A leader in sustainable engineering and LEED consulting, TLC Engineering for Architecture has a portfolio of 18 LEED-certified projects and nearly 100 LEED-registered projects.

Confidential Tire Manufacturing Plant - LEED-EB 2.0 Silver
Morrison, Tennessee

TLC provided LEED consulting services for this 19-year-old, 2-million-sf building, which is the first tire plant in the world to achieve LEED certification. Thanks to comprehensive measures and an environmentally conscious corporate culture, the plant has reduced water consumption by more than 8 million gallons a year and significantly reduced energy consumption. Energy-efficient lighting, high-tech fans and resource-conserving fixtures in rest rooms are part of the environmental conservation efforts. In addition, clean energy hydrogen fuel cells power the automated-guided vehicles used throughout the plant. The design achieved 5 LEED for Existing Building points in EA Credit 1/Optimize Energy Performance for an Energy Star Rating of 79.

Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Interpretive Center - LEED-NC Silver
Ft. Myers, Florida

The new interactive teaching center includes a boardwalk through the cypress swamp allowing visitors to view birds, alligators, wildlife, plants, flowers, ponds, trees, insects, and turtles in their natural habitat. Jim Keohane and the Ft. Myers gang teamed with Parker Mudgett Smith Architects for the 7,000 sf building, which was completed in 2008. Our services included MEP, LEED design and energy modeling.

Starbucks Manufacturing Facility No. 5 - LEED-NC Gold
Sandy Run, South Carolina

TLC Jacksonville provided LEED adminstration and fundamental and enhanced commissioning services to enable the new manufacturing plant to meet LEED-NC 2.2 Energy and Atmosphere Point 1 and Credit 3. Our services included leading, reviewing and overseeing the commissioning process; reviewing the owner-developed documents; developing and incorporating the commissioning requirements into construction documents; and developing and implementing the commissioning plan. Commissioned systemsinclude HVAC and refrigeration and associated controls, lighting and daylighting controls, domestic hot water systems. Construction cost for the 150,000-sf building was $20 million.

Boca Colonnade - LEED-CS Pilot Gold
Boca Raton, Florida

TLC Deerfield provided mechanical and electrical design and energy modeling for this new four-story, class A office building and 400-car parking garage. Construction was completed in 2007 at a cost of $8 million.

Sandpearl Resort – LEED-NC 2.2 Silver
Clearwater, Florida

The Sandpearl Resort -- first new resort hotel on Clearwater Beach in 25 years -- more than lives up to its name. The four-diamond hotel features 258 rooms, a world-class spa, fine dining, state-of-the-art meeting rooms and ballroom, and more than 11,000-sf of retail space. It is also the first hotel/resort in Florida to achieve U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental (LEED®) certification. The project achieved LEED Silver. The mechanical and electrical design incorporates energy-efficient systems and equipment. Flexible air-conditioning and ventilation systems serve the different types of spaces including the lobby, kitchen and dining areas, retail areas and living spaces. The building management system employs a distributed network and direct digital controls system. Energy-efficient lighting is customized to suit the varied spaces and is managed by a computerized lighting control system.

KPMG Tenant Fit up – LEED-CI Silver
Nashville, Tennessee

TLC Jacksonville provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems design for this tenant infill project. The 17,884-sf space, completed in 2008, achieved LEED-CI Silver certification. The project was within budget and achieved a full LEED rating higher than the design team was shooting for.

University of Florida Southwest Expansion James W. "Bill" Heavener Football Complex – LEED Platinum
Gainesville, Florida

The University of Florida Southwest Expansion James W. "Bill" Heavner Football Complex is the first athletic facility in the nation to attain USGBC LEED Platinum and the first LEED Platinum building in Florida. The three-story, 66,650-sf air conditioned expansion includes an Athletic Center with offices, training areas, meeting rooms, a Gator shop and rest rooms. TLC provided energy modeling services to help drive the decisions that would affect the building’s overall energy consumption. The result is a building that performs 23.8% better than ASHRAE 90.1-1999 requirements based on LEED energy modeling requirements and earned five LEED points based on this performance. We also provided commissioning services. As the commissioning agent, TLC confirmed that the fundamental building systems were designed and constructed according to the owner’s vision and that the facilities staff knows how to operate and maintain the systems.

East Elementary School – LEED for Schools Silver
Punta Gorda, Florida

East Elementary School in Punta Gorda has achieved LEED for Schools Silver Certification. The Charlotte County school is the FIRST public school in Florida and one of only five projects in the U.S. to achieve LEED for Schools. The Ft. Myers office teamed with Reynolds Smith and Hills for the MEP design and the Deerfield office did the commissioning. TLC has provided services for four LEED certified schools in Charlotte County: Baker, Neil Armstrong, Peace River, and now East Elementary.

Edison State College Childcare Center – LEED Gold
Naples, Florida

The Edison State College Childcare Center has become the college’s first LEED certified project, earning 40 points for GOLD! TLC Ft. Myers teamed with SchenkelShultz Ft. Myers and provided structural, MEP/FP and fundamental commissioning services. The building is on the Lely Campus in Naples and adjacent to the UF Pediatric Dentistry Clinic, a TLC project that is seeking Silver.