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New Heights in Sustainability LEED Gold CEB Tower Will Be Region’s Tallest p.4 ®
Bringing in the Light p.8
Montgomery County’s 3 rd District Police Station p.2
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Montgomery County’s 3rd District Police Station Protecting and Serving the Environment The 3rd District Police Station, located in Silver Spring,
of police operations. The station features multiple
Maryland, is an innovative and sustainable civic
sustainable elements, consisting of vegetation that
facility that was designed to serve its staff with updated
covers 85 percent of the roof area, exterior sun control
technology, while being environmentally sensitive. The
and shading devices, water-efficient plumbing fixtures,
new $11.7-million, two-story station achieved LEED
energy-efficient building envelope and HVAC system
Gold for its features, materials, and technologies.
with optimal ventilation, and the use of recycled and
®
After five years of planning and development,
locally manufactured materials. Low-impact site design
and conducting a study to evaluate the benefits and
elements were incorporated to reduce stormwater runoff
limitations of various sites for the new station, the final
as well as light wells and large windows to bring daylight
location and plan selected for the facility was chosen
to occupied spaces.
to provide a strong civic presence, and optimize the
The first floor houses general operations, patrol
organization of the facility into non-secure and secure
support functions, and a detainee processing area, while
operational zones. Dewberry provided design services
investigative units, staff support, and administration are
for the new 32,844-gross-square-foot facility, including
located on the second floor. The station includes a public
interiors, security, site analysis, site planning, and
meeting room for community outreach and a command
landscape design.
center that is the access point for the satellite facilities.
Sustainable Station
optimum use and efficiency and will have the resources
The design elements were selected for durability and
to process evidence faster,” says Behrooz Alemi, senior
maintainability with clean geometric facades and
architect with Montgomery County. “We at Montgomery
earth tone colors accented with blue as a symbol
County are very proud to have opened a new state-of-the-art
“The facility has been strategically designed for
police station after three decades.”
The 3rd District Police Station was the first new police station built in Montgomery County in the last 30 years and achieved LEED Gold.
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Summer 2016
Dimensions
New Heights in Sustainability LEED Gold CEB Tower Will Be Region’s Tallest p.4 ®
Bringing in the Light p.8
Montgomery County’s 3 rd District Police Station p.2
deliver y
Montgomery County’s 3rd District Police Station Protecting and Serving the Environment The 3rd District Police Station, located in Silver Spring,
of police operations. The station features multiple
Maryland, is an innovative and sustainable civic
sustainable elements, consisting of vegetation that
facility that was designed to serve its staff with updated
covers 85 percent of the roof area, exterior sun control
technology, while being environmentally sensitive. The
and shading devices, water-efficient plumbing fixtures,
new $11.7-million, two-story station achieved LEED
energy-efficient building envelope and HVAC system
Gold for its features, materials, and technologies.
with optimal ventilation, and the use of recycled and
®
After five years of planning and development,
locally manufactured materials. Low-impact site design
and conducting a study to evaluate the benefits and
elements were incorporated to reduce stormwater runoff
limitations of various sites for the new station, the final
as well as light wells and large windows to bring daylight
location and plan selected for the facility was chosen
to occupied spaces.
to provide a strong civic presence, and optimize the
The first floor houses general operations, patrol
organization of the facility into non-secure and secure
support functions, and a detainee processing area, while
operational zones. Dewberry provided design services
investigative units, staff support, and administration are
for the new 32,844-gross-square-foot facility, including
located on the second floor. The station includes a public
interiors, security, site analysis, site planning, and
meeting room for community outreach and a command
landscape design.
center that is the access point for the satellite facilities.
Sustainable Station
optimum use and efficiency and will have the resources
The design elements were selected for durability and
to process evidence faster,” says Behrooz Alemi, senior
maintainability with clean geometric facades and
architect with Montgomery County. “We at Montgomery
earth tone colors accented with blue as a symbol
County are very proud to have opened a new state-of-the-art
“The facility has been strategically designed for
police station after three decades.”
The 3rd District Police Station was the first new police station built in Montgomery County in the last 30 years and achieved LEED Gold.
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