The George W. Bush Presidential Center, Library, Policy Institute and Foundation

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LEED Goal

LEED Platinum Certification.

Sustainable Design Strategies

• Deep building overhangs and sunshades to minimize solar heating loads.
• Locally sourced building materials.
  • Burlington blend brick walls
  • Texas Cordova Cream limestone walls, trim, and coping
  • Permian Sea Coral limestone watertable
  • Lueders limestone paving
  • Bronze clad windows and doors
  • High-performance low-iron insulated glass glazing
  • Stained pecan interior paneling
• 20% recycled materials.
• Photovoltaic panels to meet 9.5% of the building's energy demand.
• Solar hot water panels to supply 100% of the building's domestic hot water.
• High-performance, low-iron insulated glazing units to reduce heating and cooling loads.
• Native landscape species to reduce irrigation need.
• Harvesting and storing rain water to meet 50% of the irrigation demand.
• Landscape features pre-treat rain water before storage.
• Green roofs, gardens, and highly reflective roofing materials to reduce heat island effect.
• Highly efficient HVAC systems to reduce energy demand.
• Zero-VOC emitting products and finishes to maintain high indoor air quality.
• Mechanical air filtration to maintain high indoor air quality.
• Recycling waste generated during construction.

Type of Construction

Cast-in-place concrete structure with long-span steel

Schedule