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Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
The Point, Boston
Rodent Control Post-Construction
Trash and solid waste removal will be handled by the building maintenance staff. The Proponent will
maintain a service contract with a professional pest control firm to address rodent/pest control during the
operational phase of the redevelopment. In addition, no open top dumpsters will be allowed as an additional
precaution to deter infestation.
Green Building/Sustainability
This section provides an overview of the sustainable design elements proposed as part of the Project at this
time of preliminary design, specifically to demonstrate that the Project will meet the requirements of Article
37 of the Boston Zoning Code relative to the City’s Green Building policies and procedures.
The design team for the Project includes several LEED Accredited Professionals (AP), including the
Sustainability Consultant, Lauren DeVoe, AICP, LEED AP BD+C with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc./VHB.
Ms. DeVoe’s responsibilities include meeting with the Proponent, the project design team as well as the
Construction Manager early in project design to identify the environmental design goals and issues, and to
discuss the potential applicable LEED credits based on conceptual design. Other team members with LEED
accreditation include the architect, Jooyeol Oh, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate with Arquitectonica, and the
mechanical engineer, Robert Leber, P.E., LEED AP, Senior Vice President with Cosentini Associates, Inc. The
Proponent and project design team has and will continue to evaluate and incorporate sustainable design and
energy conservation as the design process continues.
Summary of Key Findings
In accordance with Article 37 of the Boston Zoning Code – Green Buildings, the Proponent intends to
incorporate state-of-the-art sustainable design features into the Project, where feasible and reasonable, so that
the building could achieve the minimum level of certification (“Certified”) using the LEED Green Building
Rating System, or “LEED certifiable.” 10 Each component of the development has unique requirements based
on its use type and users (i.e., lighting) and at this early stage of the design process, specific building system
specifications have not yet been determined. System design solutions will be developed in an effort to achieve
the targeted LEED credits. The current building design achieves a 23 percent energy savings compared to the
baseline building design (based on preliminary building energy modeling), which surpasses the Stretch
Energy Code requirement. The final design and construction of the Project will create a sustainable building
to promote the internal building environmental quality for the residents, customers, and employees, enhance
the surrounding neighborhood locally, and reduce environmental impacts globally. Finally, following
construction the Proponent will develop tenant manuals for both the retail tenants and residential property
management in an effort to further encourage sustainability through operations and the life of the building. A
completed preliminary LEED scorecard is provided in Figure 4.6.
10 LEED “certifiable” indicates that a building meets the energy reduction requirements under the most
appropriate LEED building rating system, but has not officially registered with the USGBC to become
certified.
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