Transbay Block 6 Tower Tallest LEED-H

“Designed to achieve U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Gold certification, the project will create more than 2,500 green jobs and $490 million in economic activity for San Francisco.”

Press Release Oct. 2013

LEED-H Project Summary:

Transbay Block 6 Tower under construction

Golub Real Estate is developing a 32-story high-rise residential tower at 299 Fremont Street, San Francisco. The project brings much needed housing options to the heart of the Transbay Transit Center, an area that the city is focusing attention on for mixed-use and transit oriented developments. The project, targeting LEED Gold certification, is the first “high-rise” using the LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Rating System. Many people are watching to see if LEED for Homes will be the new defacto rating system applied to high-rise residential towers.

LEED-H Process:

Healthy Building Science performed a feasibility study and worked closely with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and LEED Provider to determine if the project would be eligible for the LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Rating System. After much consideration, the USGBC granted permission to use Block 6 as a trial run. HBS is in the middle of the rater, provider and USGBC on many discussions regarding how to apply mid-rise credit requirements to a 32-story tower. As the first high-rise tower to utilize the LEED “Mid-Rise” system it’s certainly been an interesting project.

HBS worked with the owner and design/build team to identify which LEED-H credits to pursue. HBS provided drawing and specification review comments to ensure that LEED goals were included in all construction documents. HBS provided a kick-off meeting with the builder ensuring all credit tracking would occur as required by the USGBC. We continue to meet with the team regularly to ensure that everything is on track for Gold certification.