Syracuse

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Put It On the Books: Syracuse's Marcellus Free Library Earns LEED Silver Honors

Fri

Oct

Syracuse and Buffalo, by reputation, are the de facto buckles on New York's rust belt. But while those two Western New York cities have shrunken mightily over the past few decades and almost never get any sun, there remain more green bright spots in both than their rusty-brown reputations would suggest.

Monday LEEDoff: Enable, Inc. HQ is First Certified Building in Syracuse

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Feb

by Stephen Del Percio

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Enable, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides assessment, training, and therapy to over 2,000 disabled children and adults and their families each year. Last week, Enable officially received a LEED Certified rating for its new 30,000-square-foot headquarters building at 1603 Court Street in Syracuse, New York- the first project of any kind in the city to formally receive a LEED rating from USGBC. The $5 million facility was designed by Syracuse-based Schopfer Architects LLP, built by Northeast Construction Services, Inc., and opened up in February of 2006. It features a pool, wellness center, and various meeting centers. According to Enable's executive director Sara Wall-Bollinger, the organization began assembling the paperwork necessary for LEED certification shortly after opening its doors, and formally made its application to USGBC over a year later in June of 2007.