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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 63 R E A L E S T A T E F O C U S Latest green buildings Ranked by certification date Building Certification date/ registration date Certification level Gross square footage Street address 1 West Hall Dormitory Framingham State University May 18, 2017 Oct. 16, 2014 Gold 96,500 42 Maynard St. Framingham 01702 2 Hammond Hall Campus Center Fitchburg State University April 27, 2017 April 24, 2011 Silver 48,125 160 Pearl St. Fitchburg 01420 3 Hampton Inn Worcester SXC Prescott Street Hotel LLC March 9, 2017 Oct. 13, 2014 Certified 63,500 65 Prescott St. Worcester 01605 4 Christa McAuliffe Branch Library Framingham Public Library March 8, 2017 March 25, 2014 Silver 16,887 746 Water St. Framingham 01701 5 Bristol-Myers Squibb Clinical Manufacturing Building Bristol-Myers Squibb March 7, 2017 Sept. 23, 2013 Certified 131,845 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 6 Sheehan Residence Hall Worcester State University Feb. 16, 2017 March 13, 2013 Gold 152,106 486 Chandler St. Worcester 01602 7 Starbucks Franklin Starbucks Coffee Co. Sept. 29, 2016 Aug. 30, 2016 Silver 1,800 648 Old W. Central St. Franklin 02038 8 Nichols College Academic Building Nichols College July 27, 2016 Nov. 18, 2013 Gold 29,339 124 Center Road Dudley 01571 9 Chick-Fil-A Framingham Chick-Fil-A June 28, 2016 July 20, 2015 Certified 4,688 359 Cochituate Road Framingham 01701 10 Kohl's Framingham Kohl's Department Stores June 27, 2016 Aug. 18, 2015 Certified 103,276 1 Worcester Road Framingham 01701 11 Phillip J. Philbin Federal Office Building U.S. General Services Administration June 22, 2016 June 16, 2016 Silver 95,168 881 Main St. Fitchburg 01420 12 Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School South Worcester County Regional School District June 7, 2016 July 31, 2013 Silver 249,393 57 Old Muggett Hill Road Charlton 01507 13 Sitkowski School Apartments & Webster Senior Center WinnResidential * May 25, 2016 Dec. 6, 2013 Gold 85,000 29 Negus St. Webster 01570 14 Ayer Shirley Regional High School Ayer Shirley Regional School District May 20, 2016 Dec. 21, 2012 Silver 144,072 141 Washington St. Ayer 01432 15 Biologics Development Building Bristol-Myers Squibb April 13, 2016 Feb. 14, 2014 Silver 228,000 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 16 Quest Model Laboratory Quest Diagnostics March 22, 2016 Feb. 20, 2014 Certified 171,000 200 Forest St. Marlborough 01752 17 20 Franklin St. Worcester Business Development Corp. March 14, 2016 Dec. 11, 2012 Certified 140,307 20 Franklin St. Worcester 01604 18 TD Bank Auburn TD Bank March 13, 2016 May 12, 2015 Certified 3,243 460 Southbridge St. Auburn 01501 19 Franklin High School Town of Franklin Feb. 17, 2016 June 8, 2012 Silver 306,543 218 Oak St. Franklin 02038 20 Westborough Field Headquarters Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Dec. 22, 2015 March 26, 2012 Platinum 45,293 1 Rabbit Hill Road Westborough 01581 21 Douglas Elementary School Town of Douglas Dec. 9, 2015 Oct. 7, 2011 Silver 83,095 19 Davis St. Douglas 01516 22 Nitsch Engineering Worcester Nitsch Engineering Oct. 9, 2015 Dec. 15, 2014 Certified 2,216 120 Front St. Worcester 01608 23 Park Avenue Elementary School Webster Public Schools Sept. 16, 2015 Aug. 7, 2012 Gold 109,567 58 Park Ave. Webster 01570 Sources: The U.S. Green Building Council and organizations' websites and press releases Notes: Projects listed are those that have achieved Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council as of June 2, 2017. Additional projects are working toward certification. * Current managing company - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Renovated to be more environmentally friendly, including reusing more than 30 percent of the furnishings, use of lighting controls and occupancy sensors, new HVAC with occupant controls and comfort monitoring systems, and water- efficient landscaping. Worcester State's newest residence hall, housing 400 students, both first- year and upper-class stu - dents, and features the main campus dining hall with 2-story windows overlooking John F. Coughlin Field. Renovated its 1971 build- ing in 2015 to add 50,000 square feet and re-do the existing 198,000 square feet. As part of the renova - tion, more than 95 percent of the existing building was reused, including the walls, floors and roof. Skylights and new win - dows brought natural day- light into the building, and a white membrane was added to the roof to reflect heat from the sun. The site is more than 85 percent open space, all of which is vegetated with water effi - cient landscaping and native plants. Recognized in 2009 by the by the Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell for recycling 3.6 million gallons of clean and flush water associated with facility startup. Newest residence hall at Framingham State, with approximately 315 residents on six floors. The building features energy- efficient fiberglass windows, suite bedrooms with vacancy sensors turning off lights if students forget, and heat automatically turns off when windows are opened.