Artists for Humanity Achieves Platinum

EpiCenter, the Artists for Humanity, Inc., 23,500 ft² (2,180 m²) headquarters in South Boston, Massachusetts, has achieved 53 points in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED^® Rating System, earning the project a Platinum rating. Dedicated to “providing programs for youth empowerment through art and entrepreneurship,” the building includes fine art and commercial art studios, a learning laboratory, and 5,000 ft² (465 m²) of gallery space for student work. With no mechanical cooling, the EpiCenter is expected to use very little energy, and it sports a 49-kilowatt PV array (currently the largest in Boston). A detailed profile of EpiCenter, designed by Arrowstreet, Inc., with green building consultant Mark Kelley from Building Science Engineering, is available in BuildingGreen’s Case Studies Database.