Tamarack Lodge earns LEED certification
Heavenly Mountain Resort’s year-old Tamarack Lodge has received its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Tamarack Lodge is the first LEED-certified, on-mountain building at Lake Tahoe.
Heavenly worked with a LEED-certified commissioning engineer and design team to ensure the process was transparent and closely aligned with the U.S. Green Building Council’s recommendations. The project features native and adaptive plant species in re-vegetation and landscaping to reduce water consumption.
Heavenly's Tamarack Lodge is Lake Tahoe first on-mountain LEED building. Photo/LTN file
Fifty-six tons of construction waste were diverted from local landfills.
Ten percent of the total building materials were sourced from recycled materials.
Heavenly used low-emitting sealants and paints which kept the levels of volatile organic compounds well below recommended standards.
The Tamarack Lodge roof material was chosen carefully to reduce heat island effect, a term used to describe an area that concentrates heat leading to increased energy needs and green house gas emissions.
Many behind-the-scenes design features will allow for on-going energy and water savings making a lasting positive impact on the environment. ow-flush lavatories and other smart plumbing fixture designs will help Heavenly cut water consumption by 33 percent. Light timers and automatic control system will help reduce light pollution on the mountain and cut energy use in the future.
Congratulations to Heavenly on achieving LEED certification – perhaps they can now have the confidence to do any number of green initiatives at all their resorts, although ‘certification’ is not the most encouraging. Aspen & Whistler are still way ahead. . .
In the last decade, it has been proven time and time again, that the higher the LEED rating, the less money is “left on the table”, and the better off the environment becomes. . .
The Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences (aka TERC) @ Sierra Nevada College is LEED Platinum (the highest) and now routinely runs at 45% energy costs pf a building of similar size (45,000 sq.ft.). The Sierra Colina project is to be a LEED Platinum “Neighborhood” – one of only a few in the nation – so Heavenly’s green direction bodes well for Tahoe’s clarity, if they and others follow their (own) lead. . .
Good job !
Yes Garry but look at the season passes difference.SOCIETY CLASS DIFFERENCE.
Aspen 11-11-11 prem.pass is 1819.00 last chance is 1899.00.
Whistler is 1729.00 midweek is 1319.00
They should be ahead the curve ON EVERYTHING,FOOD,HOTELS,TRANSPORTAION, they got the wealthy people from all over the globe with private jets to land within a 1/2 hours drive to the slopes.Trains and nice smooth highways.
There’s no comprised for real quality and first class amenities
when you fit our Big-HOLE TOWN IN THE PICTURE.
This still a wannna be place of cluster planning cash control.
Kinda like watching nfl players and watching highscool football.Big Difference in the size of fish that fed ,play,there.