Caterpillar Visitor Center - GOLD - Peoria, IL
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N 40° 41.404 W 089° 35.327
16T E 281251 N 4507575
The Caterpillar Visitor Center, opened in 2012, was awarded a gold award for its use of solar panels, water retention systems, and automatic daylight control.
Waymark Code: WMJGX7
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2013
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In Peoria, near the Riverfront area, is the Caterpillar Visitor Center, opened in 2012, which was awarded the GOLD status of the LEED award.
The Caterpillar Visitor Center is located along Main Street, between Washington Street and Constitution Ave. Parking is available underground or along the street.
The building is made of metal and glass, and has probably three stories. There are two levels to it where visitors see exhibits about Caterpillar, including actual vehicles that people can climb into, historic timelines about the company and products it introduced, and exhibits about manufacturing of their products.
On the upper level, near the gift shop, is a sign, with the following text:
"[Left side, logo of US Green Building Council, LEED Gold]
Built Today for a Better Tomorrow
The Caterpillar Visitors Center has achieved LEED Gold status for its many sustainable features. Solar panels on an adjacent parking deck provide about 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electric energy per year, about 10 percent of the Visitors Center's projected annual energy usage. On sunny days, however, the solar panels may fulfill up to 75 percent of the Visitors Center power needs at any given time. The solar panels' electric energy production reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 80 metric tons per year.
Through a variety of energy-saving techniques such as external sunshades, automatic daylight controls, enthalpy wheels and heat recovery chillers, the Caterpillar Visitors Center uses almost 35 percent less energy than a typical building of its size.
The Caterpillar Visitors Center includes on-site rainwater retention, high efficiency irrigation and drought tolerant native plantings. In combination, these features reduce potable water usage by 85 percent."
Certification Level: Gold
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