Earlier this year, the BCEC was certified LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. The BCEC is now one of the largest buildings in New England, and only amongst a handful of convention centers internationally, with the LEED certification.
LEED, which stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”, is an internationally adopted “green building” rating system, which evaluates a building’s environmental footprint in terms of its resource consumption, waste management practices, and overall operational efficiency. The certification is notable because, at 1.8 million square feet, it is a challenge to meet the energy performance and ventilation standards required by LEED in a sprawling space such as the BCEC.
Led by Vanderweil Engineers, in partnership with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), “the certification evaluated the current building operations: mechanical, electrical, and plumbing components as well as purchasing, site management, waste management, energy usage, and general housekeeping. Beyond LEED®, an Energy Audit was performed and provided several Energy Conservation Measures that the facility implemented for cost and energy savings.”
Some of the other industry-leading green practices that the BCEC utilizes include:
- The BCEC and Hynes annually recycle over 1,000 combined tons of material, including cardboard, plastic, paper, glass, and food waste.
- In 2015, we sent 526,000 pounds of food waste to local farms to be composted into fertilizer.
- Our power consumption is minimized through sensor-controlled, high-efficiency lighting, automatically cutting energy use in non-occupied spaces.
- Event planners and exhibitors are encourage to recycle through our Conventions C.A.R.E program, in which unused, clean, non-perishable items are collected at the end of an event and donated to local community organizers.
Learn more about green building practices at the BCEC.
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