by Shane Henson — September 30, 2013—Moseley Architects recently announced that the MCIEAST Regional Brig at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, which it was contracted to design, has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the Green Building Certification Institute. MCIEAST Regional Brig is reportedly the military’s first LEED Gold brig, and it marks Moseley Architects’ 52nd LEED certified project.
Serving Camp Lejeune and surrounding installations, this confinement facility houses pretrial prisoners and some post-trial prisoners. The facility features a secure vehicular sally port; a processing area including intake, waiting, and search area; property storage; and visitation areas for attorneys and the public. The facility includes a 60-bed medium security cell block, a 15-bed special management unit, administrative offices, multipurpose rooms, a cafeteria, and various support spaces.
Due to their nature, correctional facilities often consume vast amounts of energy and water. Consequently, the design-build team, a joint venture featuring Moseley Architects. Enviro AgScience, and M.B. Kahn Construction Company, collaborated with the Navy to determine the most appropriate strategies to reduce consumption, including integrating high-performance heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and envelope materials into a design that also met the Navy’s security and impact resistance requirements. As a result, MCIEAST is modeled to achieve 39 percent energy savings, which readily exceeds the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 of 30 percent, says Moseley Architects.
The project also featured an emphasis on waste recycling during construction and was able to divert 97 percent of all construction and debris from landfills. This reduction greatly exceeded Camp Lejeune’s current recycling goals, says Moseley Architects.
John Nichols, a sustainability coordinator with Moseley Architects, reflected on the project. “From a LEED perspective, this was a smooth sailing project. The Enviro AgScience JV project team paid close attention to the Navy’s very detailed LEED requirements from the initial RFP all the way through the end of construction, which enabled us to constantly monitor our compliance. Even under a NAVFAC Best Value award, the team succeeded in both supporting Camp Lejeune’s environmental policy and significantly reducing the Navy’s total cost of ownership for this new facility.”
