The Alexandria Renew project is a 6-story, 60,000 ft² office building located in Alexandria, VA which will serve as the new headquarters for the sanitation authority there. The project acheived LEED Platinum^® certification through the use of various energy conservation measures (ECMs) and an extensive solar photovoltaic array. Conservation strategies include:

• High-efficiency envelope
• High-efficiency glazing
• Lighting power reduced over 30%
• Daylight harvesting
• Demand-control ventilation
• High-efficiency magnetic-bearing centrifugal chiller
• Heat-recovery chiller-heater used to preheat domestic hot water
• Low-flow lavatories, showers
• Photovoltaic (PV) array generating renewable energy
• Fixed shading structures and trellises providing shade during the cooling season