O’Connor Courthouse in Phoenix gets $10M for green skylight windows
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Posted 11/6/23
The U.S. General Services Administration has allocated $10.1 million for low-embodied carbon materials for a replacement of the roof skylight windows at the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix.
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O’Connor Courthouse in Phoenix gets $10M for green skylight windows
(Photo provide by U.S. General Services Administration)
The U.S. General Services Administration has allocated $10.1 million for low-embodied carbon materials for a replacement of the roof skylight windows at the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix (pictured).
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The U.S. General Services Administration has allocated $10.1 million for low-embodied carbon materials for a replacement of the roof skylight windows at the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix.
Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, the project is one of more than 150 low-embodied carbon projects that GSA announced on Nov. 6, according to a Monday press release.
With a critical investment of approximately $10 million, the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse Window Replacement Project covers the removal and replacement of panes of glass, gaskets and sealants that are currently delaminating and experiencing gasket failures on the roof skylight of the courthouse. The renovation will install low-embodied carbon glazing units that will reduce the building's energy use and extend the useful life of the building.
The project marks another step toward achieving President Biden’s federal sustainability goals, including a net zero emissions federal building portfolio by 2045, and net zero emissions procurement by 2050, while supporting manufacturing jobs.
The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3.4 billion for GSA to further market research and development of low-embodied carbon materials, and to build more sustainable and cost-efficient high-performance facilities.
“The Inflation Reduction Act gives us an opportunity to incorporate sustainable construction materials into our mission to maintain the federal buildings in our portfolio,” Sukhee Kang, GSA’s Pacific Rim Regional Administrator, stated.
