Featured Certifications

LEED SUMMARY

Leaders across the globe have made LEED the most widely used green building rating system in the world with 1.85 million square feet of construction space certifying every day. LEED certification provides independent verification of a building or neighborhood’s green features, allowing for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of resource-efficient, high-performing, healthy, cost-effective buildings.

LEED is pushing the green building industry to go further. Developed in a transparent, consensus-based process, LEED ensures that leaders can demand more from our buildings, creating healthy experiences, conserving precious resources and benefitting the business bottom line. LEED projects earn points across nine basic areas that address key aspects of green buildings:

• Integrative Process • Location and Transportation • Sustainable Sites • Water Efficiency • Energy and Atmosphere • Materials and Resources • Indoor Environmental Quality • Innovation • Regional Priority

Designers of Possibility

In 2007, Browning Day achieved the first LEED certified project in Indianapolis. Browning Day’s staff consists of LEED Accredited Professional with multiple specialties:

Browning Day’s LEED AP personnel has certified OVER 2 MILLION square feet of building space.

Browning Day has been a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) since 2005.

For more information, visit usgbc.org/leed.

WELL SUMMARY

The WELL Building Standard marries best practices in design and construction with evidence-based health and wellness interventions.

It harnesses the built environment as a vehicle to support human health, wellbeing and comfort. WELL Certified™ spaces and WELL Core and Shell Compliant™ developments can lead to a built environment that helps to improve the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep, comfort and performance of its occupants. This is achieved in part by implementing strategies, programs and technologies designed to encourage healthy, more active lifestyles and reducing occupant exposure to harmful chemicals and pollutants.

The WELL Building Standard is organized into seven categories of wellness called Concepts: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind. The Concepts are comprised of 102 features. Every feature is intended to address specific aspects of occupant health, comfort or knowledge.

Designers of Possibility

In 2016, Browning Day became the first design firm in Indiana with a WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP).

For more information, visit Click to edit Title wellcertified.com

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PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN DESIGN

ZERO ENERGY BUILDING CERTIFICATION (NZEB) SUMMARY

The International Living Future Institute and New Buildings Institute formed a partnership to streamline the certification of and database for zero energy buildings to create broader market adoption, codification, and standardization of net-zero energy technologies in everyday buildings.

The Zero Energy Building Certification program recognizes projects for at least 12 consecutive months of zero energy performance without the use of onsite combustion.

Designers of Possibility

In 2016, Browning Day achieved the first Zero Energy Building certification in Indiana for the Chrisney Branch Library of the Lincoln Heritage Public Library.

For more information, visit living-future.org/net-zero

FITWEL SUMMARY

Fitwel is a cost-effective, high-impact building certification standard that optimizes building occupant health and productivity through targeted improvements to workplace design and policies. Fitwel has a vision for a healthier future where every building is enhanced to support the wellbeing of its occupants and surrounding communities. It is based on the idea that all office facilities can be improved through specific, incremental changes into healthier places to work, regardless of their size, age, and location.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the General Services Administration led the development of Fitwel, garnering input from experts in public health and design and reviewing more than 3,000 scientific studies. The Center for Active Design is the operator of Fitwel, leading its widespread adoption and future development.

Designers of Possibility

In 2017, Browning Day became the first design firm in Indiana with a registered Fitwel Ambassador. Fitwel Ambassadors are well-versed on the evidence-based connection between design and health and have a clear understanding on how to integrate Fitwel’s strategies within buildings. Ambassadors can also navigate the Fitwel Digital Scorecard to assist companies with tracking progress and attain Fitwel certification.

For more information, visit fitwel.org

SITES SUMMARY

SITES is used by landscape architects, designers, engineers, architects, developers, policy-makers and others to align land development and management with innovative sustainable design.

SITES helps create ecologically resilient communities and benefits the environment, property owners, and local and regional communities and economies.

Administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), SITES offers a comprehensive rating system designed to distinguish sustainable landscapes, measure their performance and elevate their value. SITES certification is for development projects located on sites with or without buildings, ranging from national parks to corporate campuses, streetscapes to homes, and more.

Designers of Possibility

In 2018, Browning Day became the first design firm in Indiana with a SITES Certified project, The Center, in Indianapolis.

For more information, visit sustainablesites.org