Morrissey Engineering’s 4940 Building is the first building in Nebraska to be awarded LEED® Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Platinum certification is the highest level of LEED certification achievable. This certification recognizes the building’s creative use of high performance standards that meet guidelines set by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. Morrissey Engineering provided the mechanical, electrical and technological design services. Also contributing to the 4940 Building project were Sinclair Hille, who provided concept design; Holland Basham Architects, the architect of record; and Meyers Carlisle Leapley, the general contractor.
When the staff at Morrissey Engineering began building its new headquarters at 4940 N. 118th St. near 120th and Fort Streets, we were committed to designing a facility that creates a balance between aesthetics and functionality that can only be achieved when architecture and engineering are integrated and designed to complement each other. The building meets some of the highest performance standards possible for energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly practices. It also features many green amenities that provide additional conveniences to our employees as well as an aesthetically pleasing work environment that includes a man-made pond with water fountain, skylights and 8-foot tall windows that provide direct views of the outdoors for more than 90 percent of our staff.
The 14,765 square foot building includes an abundance of environmentally-friendly features such as recycling stations, bike storage, showers with changing rooms, preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles and carpools low-flow plumbing fixtures, daylight harvesting, occupant-sensing lighting control, a wind turbine for renewable energy production, reflective roofing and parking lot paving materials to reduce heat absorption, the use of recycled building materials and the recycling of rainwater through an on-site pond for irrigation. The building’s energy-reducing components are helping the company realize approximately 40 percent savings in utilities.
As a result of the building’s many high efficiency elements, the 4940 Building ranks in the top 10 percent of energy efficient buildings in the country as determined by the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star rating for buildings. Click here to read more about Energy Star. Morrissey Engineering staff also have the capability to closely monitor the building’s performance including individual metering of the mechanical systems, lighting, plug load and wind turbine to ensure they are running at peak efficiency.
At Morrissey Engineering, designing and retrofitting high performance buildings that combine the best of architecture and engineering to achieve an aesthetically-pleasing and highly functional space is our area of expertise. This certification validates our unique qualifications to provide our customers with designs that meet the industry’s highest level of operational efficiencies, environmental performance and customer satisfaction.
