LED lighting products help two new builds score high LEED certification ratings in the Kansas City metro area.
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Written by Shel Evergreen. Published by LEDs Magazine April 24, 2023.
Kansas City, where the Midwest gives way to the Great Plains, is a hub for efficiency and design innovation. Two of the region’s latest architectural projects — an expansive international airport terminal and a suburban public works facility — recently earned high sustainability ratings, with the help of solid-state lighting. Energy efficiency drew the projects' designers to specify LEDs over conventional light sources.
A glowing global gateway
Project Credits
Project: Kansas City International Airport
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Lighting designer: LightWorks, Inc.
Designed by global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merill, the newest terminal of Kansas City International Airport, in Missouri, recently achieved LEED v4 Gold BD+C certification. The 1.1 million-square foot facility is the first airport terminal in the Midwest and the second terminal in the U.S. to achieve this high rating.
Completed in February 2023, the project earned a significant part of its efficiency through LED lighting. The terminal deploys about 50 lighting solutions, totaling more than 14,000 fixtures...